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I'd have thought , that if they had asked for a " native religions group" cemetary, they would have been nearer the mark. Lets face it, the spiritual religious aspect of these isles, is that most common to paganism. Modern Druid orders, cannot possibly be the descendants of the pre-christian druid orders, as we all know that writing was considered unfit for translation of the rites and beliefs of the day. The original druid orders came to be, on the back of earlier pagan fertility/death/farming/SURVIVAL religious practices. I dont think that the modern druid orders are really trying to convince anyone who understands history ,that they are the rightful priests of that religious aspect, but.... they are the only people around today trying to model themselves on what is known about the pre-christian druids of these islands. and to give them their due, because we dont live in pre-historic times, ie we are nice and comfy in our brick built barratt houses, with nice warm central heating, and endless food supplies from local supermarkets, i think it unfair to try and say that they could'nt possibly be druids, because they are..... THEY SAY THEY ARE SO THEY MUST BE. Life today does not have the same trials and tribulations as life on Windmill hill in the early Neolithic, so it would unwise to suggest that the same rites for survival ( cos lets face it , every aspect of life in those days was about surviving as comfortably as possible ) should be in use in these modern times. Maybe its Druidry of today that gets the stick, rather than druidry, because as far as history is concerned , todays druids are an easy target without text books and evidence to support their beliefs.

Ancient Druids eh ? Bastards! Taking over our old sites
that had been abandoned centuries before they arrived!
Can we have a Zetetics burial site?
(zetetic:
1. a seeker; -- a name adopted by some of the pyrrhonists.
2. seeking; proceeding by inquiry. )
Pete(Zetetic)G

Can we just bury the lot of em now?

TD, I was actually countering the point that the romans killed them all off. This might have been true for GB, but not Ireland.

I actually agree with the points you make which differentiate modern concerns from old ones. I don't think many Christians today could be compared with Christians from 1600 years ago. for one thing they are now the persecutors!

Any group has the right to call themselves what they like, but some Druids today do pretend to be ancient descendants, when it is known that it was a revival thing 200 years ago.

As you say, they name themselves Druids, so that is what they are. Afterall, the closest name for what I do would an Antiquarian and I suppose that's what I am, but I'm not a mad vicar with a labour gang!

IMHO the question shouldn't be who are druids, but what is stonehenge.
So long as it's of unknown origin and built progressively by (many?) unknown people(s) then the best we can say about it today is that it's lost property and for want of any proof of ownership having been provided it belongs to everyone (and no-one). As such, no special burials thanks.

A call to have a burial plot there is a call for the introduction of a brand new concept into the law of property - "ownership by vague spiritual conviction".... Where will it end... much of the British museum contains lost property of identical status to Stonehenge.