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Druid Sexuality

To: alt.religion.druid
From:  (Lorax)
Subject: Re: Druid Sexuality
Date: 12 Apr 1996 11:45:03 -0700

kaliyuga
49960412 casting the great druidmasters upon the world stage (cptn pitard?)


m4ya@unb.ca:

|....spiritual to me, means the aquiring of knowledge, so that one can 
|transcend to a higher form.  

That reminds me of Pythagorus and gnostics.  Perceiving a greater and greater
degree of oneself, one transits the heavenly dimensions unto the celestial
sphere and touches the realm of (the) God(s) (an old magical act).


|I thought that was one of the goals of Druidism and Wicca; the quest for 
|knowledge. 

Wicca: doesn't seem to have a universal goal; there are certain riteforms
       in common and there are popular tales of rebirth in Happy Lands,
       but no overall goal in common as compared to the Christian Salvation 
       or Buddhist Nirvana.

Druidism: prior to a certain point in history, Druidism does not exist
          except as fancy among the sheets and masonic brik-a-brak of
          organized Druidism or the Neopagan version as brought to us
          by the Archdruid of Our Own Druidism.  my own tree-loving path
          finds knowledge to be contradictory to the ethics of arboreal
          wisdom, a fine distinction made here in support of IMAGINATION 
          over the less refined and more plentiful knowledge


|Druidism is based on acquiring knowledge.  

news to me.  knowledge about anything in particular?  need to be based on
anything, or shall we just begin constructing castles in the clouds?
that would be a fabulous religion (we want knowledge! no, we don't care
of what type, silly! ;>).


|One of these conclusions arrived at 
|had to do with seperating the sexes, not for the sake of taking it away, but 
|only so that people could perform magic when they chose and the chain of 
|energy wouldn't be breached.  

This is a fascinating theory.  Have you contrasted it with Muslim faiths?


|Women have absorbsive energy and men passive, it just doesn't work.  
|Even in most Wiccan circles, you'll find the same thing.  

And you expect that others will confirm your assertions here?  Do you consider
this to be 'universally true'?  Sounds somewhat radical to me.  The Neopagans
of whom I am aware did not ever express this desire for sex-separation to me
at any time during my longterm familiarity.  I suspect this is a jest.


|...Druidism didn't perform sex magick, although, if you have some history 
|book which says they did, please bring it to my attention, or not. 

Well, if you're talking about history books then you must be talking about
the old celtic priest class called 'druids'.  Saying they performed sex
magick is very similar to saying the same things about Knights Templar,
or that they were secretly a homosexual tantric cult worshipping an alien 
god's head while they spat on crosses.

It is entertaining, but there is little evidence to support these things.

tyagi@houseofkaos.abyss.com
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