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So just a quick thread on some of the thoughts I’ve been having on Druidry and the difficulties in being one in America
Most of the writing/books I’ve been reading about it and the stuff I’ve been studying is by people based in the UK, where the movement really started.
And you do not encounter a recognition in those books of how practicing Druidry in America is radically different.
And you do not encounter a recognition in those books of how practicing Druidry in America is radically different.
It has to be. If you’re going to do it with integrity.
Because Druidry involves a deeply spiritual connection with nature and the land where you live. But in America, if you’re a settler by heritage all the land you’re trying to have a relationship with is stolen.
Because Druidry involves a deeply spiritual connection with nature and the land where you live. But in America, if you’re a settler by heritage all the land you’re trying to have a relationship with is stolen.
You’re the heir to a deeply ugly and destructive history that isn’t even history. It’s viciously ongoing.
The relationship you’re trying to cultivate is *starting* in a really bad place.
The relationship you’re trying to cultivate is *starting* in a really bad place.
Which I think confers on you a profound obligation.
Druids globally should have a commitment to supporting the rights and causes of indigenous people everywhere. But in America I think that obligation is especially intense.
Druids globally should have a commitment to supporting the rights and causes of indigenous people everywhere. But in America I think that obligation is especially intense.
If you’re going to be a Druid in America, I think you *have* to make being an ally to Native people a central part of your practice.
I mean we should all be allies. But for a Druid I feel like it’s particular.
I mean we should all be allies. But for a Druid I feel like it’s particular.
In studying Druidry and making daily meditation part of what I’m doing, I’ve been pursuing a mindset that cultivates peace. But I feel like if I don’t make a serious effort to confront the pain of the people who have been driven off the land where I’m seeking that peace...
It’s just something I have to be thinking a lot more about.
Again, every settler should be doing this *anyway*. It’s not that I wasn’t trying to be committed to that before. It’s just that suddenly it has a whole new context.
Again, every settler should be doing this *anyway*. It’s not that I wasn’t trying to be committed to that before. It’s just that suddenly it has a whole new context.
Druidry is cool but I’m learning about how it’s also hard and demanding. Like anything worthwhile.
