That's an interesting posting Paul as it touches on something that remains the subject of an unresolved debate.
You say -
"Basically, being respectful in our circles is to leave no sign of your being there after you've gone. "
but you also say -
"For thousands of years, Castlerigg has been given gifts by visitors. Whether it be the burial mound in the North-East of the Circle, whether it be pottery or jewellery, or even if it was only left the week before, a quartz pressed into the mud by someone giving thanks for the rain stopping, the Gods and Ancestors of Castlerigg are loved.
Burning Fire, on the ground, with or without turf, destroys these gifts. By making fire, you steal the very gifts left for the Gods by others before you. "
which sounds very much as if you are pro-the leaving of offerings and "foreign" material such as quartz.
How exactly do you and the Cumbrian Druid Order reconcile the two attitudes? Which is your true position?
(It can't be both, can it?)
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