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Sure BG, there are remnants of folklore that have endured and I too find it fascinating. I'm all for old ways and knowledge being passed down as living rituals, but much has also been forgotten. We don't live in the society that produced Druids anymore.

I've seen the Neo-Druids at Stonehenge too. I've now't against anyone's right to believe in and practise whatever they like... but I view the Stonehenge Druids (whatever order they happen to be) in the same light as Historic Re-enactment groups. They are no more Druids than I am a Brigantian Warrior :)

Until approx. 50 years ago it was a criminal offence to be a wiccan or a practising pagan.Perhaps this in itself accounts for the lack of hard evidence to support the modern druid as such.
Druidry is as much a way of life as a religion; practised by people wanting to openly display a love of the land, tolerance of their fellow man, respect for their surroundings, and re-kindling old ways of healing and "religious"(if thats the right word) practises.
Some feel the need to wear robes, others do not. All respect the sanctity of ancient sites, and to Druids Stonehenge is amongst the most important.
I find it hard to believe that the Druids of today would even consider the idea of a modern burial site at Stonehenge; disturbing something of such ancestoral importance is not their style, nor do they believe, their rite.
If calling ones self a Druid can in anyway make the path one follows a better path, thus making the world we live in a better place, then I see no harm done.
Scousemaiden xxx