Celtic Druid

Luke Mays

-Druidism came from theLand of Gaul.-Lived in the IronAge and British Isles

-Most knowledge comes from Julius Caesar, and friend.-Word comes from Celtic,Druwides and means oak-knower

-Made up Celtic religious,Society as priests.-No taxes, military service,Excommunication, and exiling

-Highly respected along with,

nobles, equites, and rulers.-Could stop warring armies.-priest, philosophers, doctors

-Druids were trained in,Secret, in dark forests.-Training was intense and,Could take twenty years.

-Druids practice human sacrifice,Drowning, burning and hanging-Used mostly criminals,Used innocents if necessary.

-The soul is indestructible,Switch to different bodies.-metempsychosis “Pythagorean

Doctrine”-Roman’s followed Catholicism.

-”Druidic circles” a.k.a. Stonehenge

-Monotheistic beliefs among druids

-Ritual killings and burnings-Celtic god Samhain, Halloween

Credits•http://ezinearticles.com/?History-of-the-Celtic-Druids&id=1477679•http://www.adf.org/articles/cosmology/otherworld.html•http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Druid#Etymology•http://www.klaxo.net/tcoto/rel/DRUID.HTM•http://www.religioustolerance.org/druid1.htm