A root page for the Celtic and Druidic current as part of the Primordial Tradition, not only as a background to Arthurian romance.
Main idea
The Celtic-Druidic layer preserves a memory of sacred nature, bardic inspiration, warrior initiation, divine kingship, the Otherworld, and the hidden wisdom of the land.
Core themes
- The Druid as priest, poet, judge, seer, and keeper of tradition
- The sacred grove as primordial temple
- Awen as divine inspiration
- The Otherworld as a living spiritual geography
- The cauldron, cup, well, and spring as Grail precedents
- Sovereignty of the land and the marriage of king and kingdom
- The continuity between Celtic myth, Faery, Avalon, and the Grail
Topics to expand
- Druids and Bards
- Awen and poetic inspiration
- Sacred groves, wells, stones, and hills
- The Tuatha Dé Danann
- Annwn and the Otherworld
- Sovereignty goddesses
- Celtic kingship and initiation
- The cauldron as precursor to the Grail
Place in the Royal Art
This page belongs to the Primordial Tradition because it treats the Celtic-Druidic current as one of the ancient streams feeding the Western Mystery Tradition.