The Druids | Keepers of Celtic Wisdom (Filmed in a Druid's Den)

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  • @TheWisdomOfOdin
    @TheWisdomOfOdin  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Hello! I have recently launched my own website www.jacobtoddson.com that has a list of events that I am running/assisting over the next few months! I have also created a new line of merchandise called "Ancient Ways, Today" focused on historical designs from around the world.
    This channel and it's content is only possible through the support of you amazing viewers and supporters of my work 🙏 It's just me behind the camera, so any support is always appreciated, even if it is just a comment and a like.
    Thank you! And I hope to see you at a retreat in the future.
    www.jacobtoddson.com

  • @Martin-tn5lm
    @Martin-tn5lm 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +52

    I was born and reared in rural west Ireland in the early 1950s. Many of my old relatives and neighbours were born in the 1800s and they firmly believed in Two "Religions" - Catholicism and Druidic "Fairy" Religion. They were loyal to both belief systems but if anything, they believed more in "Fairy forts", Sacred festivals such as Oíche Shamhna, Bealaine, Lâ Féile Bríde (St Brigid's Day), Leprechauns who were Shoemakers to the "Fairies" et al. They saw Catholicism as a recent arrival and Druidism as the real deal. Thanks for your interesting treatment of the Drudic tradition in Alban/Scotland.

    • @JoanKirk-jm5lh
      @JoanKirk-jm5lh 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Thank you SO MUCH for sharing ❤❤❤❤

    • @loril.mangold8160
      @loril.mangold8160 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Way back when you Either joined the Church or you Died, literally, accussed of being a Witch. Many times Chathol8cs built their Churches ON ANCIENT Celtic Sacred Sites

    • @maegardnermills4292
      @maegardnermills4292 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thanks. I am 71, and fairies are on my mind. I do have Irish ancestors.

  • @emmalewis6436
    @emmalewis6436 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

    Im a druid of the modern aspects of druidry. Something so old so long go, even without the absence of words you can still feel the ancient druids within the the forest. Im dreamt of them since i was a child and also felt a deep connection to their way of life and how much they revered our Tree friends and the folk that rule the sacred spaces within. Something so intense it makes you weep at the sight of a torn down tree or an overturned stone. I live near Sherwood forest Nottinghamshire, we have the druid stone not to far away its nice to see a video remembering the ancestors that once walked the earth.
    Norse and celtic paganism is very simular, ive always been drawn to the old ways more traditional. I agree we cant practice or do not know the ways of the old of the druids but if you can feel the magic of their presence in the silent groves and lush rivers or the standing stones that act as the gateway to the memories of what was you should definitely follow your heart. Its sad that many practices were wiped out overnight, it makes you think anyone that is willing to take gold and silver to convert to Christianity was not really a daughter or son of the gods. Im more of a Floki ❤️

  • @VoodooViking
    @VoodooViking ปีที่แล้ว +40

    Reason why the Druids did not write things down. (And I found this out by talking with Navajo shaman, cause they don’t either). You orally pass everything down cause the world and times are never the same; society and the great mother is always changing, and the exact verbology will never remain the same from generation to generation. The exact words are not what’s important. When you write it down it becomes dogma. And when you go that route, the true meaning(s) are lost. Cause now you’ve created dogma, instead of overall meaning and how it can be applied to the current times. I mean, rules of life and growing food is not the same today as it was in the ice age or Bronze Age or during times of war or catastrophes. Different mindsets that don’t apply to now.

    • @random2829
      @random2829 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Well said! People have asked about my "Pagan Path" and I have to ask them to begin their own path as we are not starting from the same "point" - and neither could we. I can share information - such as the Druids did - but I can not and WILL NOT try to influence someone to believe as I believe - not even my own Wife! 😀😀😀I know of other "religions" that have a system where you have to believe certain things and act in certain ways, but that seems too much like "cloning" to me and is something I outright object to.

    • @brightlord-ov7cm
      @brightlord-ov7cm ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Interesting take on this subject, I might have to try it that way then. You both brought up very good points. Ty.

    • @adeshwodan4679
      @adeshwodan4679 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Absolutely !!! So few of us actually get that . . . ❤😊❤

    • @Mima312xoxo
      @Mima312xoxo 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      This is really beautiful and profound.

    • @End_domination
      @End_domination 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Until now when the bulk of the tradition is totally lost… I’d say it would be better to have a written history

  • @jasoncox7257
    @jasoncox7257 ปีที่แล้ว +409

    Stopped claiming I was a druid ages ago. Thomas Sheridan sorted me out on this, he's put a few posts up about it. I see it as a liberty and dishonest as we know so little about them. They had to undergo about 20 years of training to become qualified. We don't know what that training was and I'd rather keep my sense of honesty. All very sad that the umbilical chord to our ancestors has been severely attacked and I'm all for weaving fragments back together as best we can but I refuse to be dishonest or self misleading and indeed to mislead others with false claims. Enjoyed the video though.

    • @douglasrusinko1383
      @douglasrusinko1383 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      There's nothing dishonest about claiming to live like a druid just because we don't know a fraction. Being close to nature and the universe make you Druid minded

    • @jasoncox7257
      @jasoncox7257 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      @@douglasrusinko1383
      My thoughts were about my personal view, I find it a dishonest claim, personally. I don't care if you think you're batman, with respect.
      I also affiliate with the ideas and feelings but want to respect my ancestors that actually did the initiation.
      And my own words to be accurate as possible as part of that path.

    • @douglasrusinko1383
      @douglasrusinko1383 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@jasoncox7257 deffentlly

    • @jasoncox7257
      @jasoncox7257 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@FloatingLeaf1111 Well not really. Knowing little isn't the same as nothing can be know and that the gods never reveal themselves. The supernatural can be known.. I believe I've had experiences of the guardian spirit of Silbury hill and that spirit has saved my life with warnings of future events.
      Druid in application but humble that I may not have passed the grade, yet.
      Spirit lets us know of it's existence through auguries, synchronicity, intuition, voices, visions, direct experience and reincarnation.

    • @EdricoftheWeald
      @EdricoftheWeald ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Ancient druidry spanned many centuries (likely over a thousand years) across most of a continent, so we can be quite sure there was a large amount of variety between druids in different times and places. Given this, and given the powerful role of the druid as imagined and reimagined in the Irish mythological cycles, what is illegitimate about new traditions ("neo-druidry") for new times, drawing on the few but potent leads we have left on what the druids were? There will be many who call themselves druids without an "adequate" training in the eyes of others, but don't you think that always existed, especially in the twilight years of ancient druidry in early medieval Britain and Ireland? If druidry had survived unbroken into the present, I don't think it would have ever had a single orthodoxy, or unchanged 1st century BC sensibilities. It would be made up of 20th and 21st century men and women just as all present religions are. It surely would look like a richer form of what exists now in neo-druidry. The druids once were created, and all of their traditions were once brand new, while drawing from what came before.

  • @msaturn5636
    @msaturn5636 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    I've been dipping my toes onto paganism in order to find my spirituality and your channel has been as necessary as water to me! You show so much information with so much respect and genuine interest on what you're talking and searching, it helped me a lot. Thank you!

    • @TheWisdomOfOdin
      @TheWisdomOfOdin  ปีที่แล้ว +8

      That's what I have always hoped to do with my content, thank you!

    • @juliahewson6868
      @juliahewson6868 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Im here 6 months later to say the same thing! Hi! ❤🎉

  • @nightangel486
    @nightangel486 ปีที่แล้ว +151

    Damn I don't know how you managed to fit so much history and info into one 20 min video! Safe travels friend and thanks for letting me live vicariously through you

    • @TheWisdomOfOdin
      @TheWisdomOfOdin  ปีที่แล้ว +13

      3 months of filming and lots of editing 😂
      Glad you enjoyed! You would have loved the Druid den!

  • @nihantuzun3726
    @nihantuzun3726 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    As a Nordic pagan believer also wonder about Druids so much.
    Thank you Jacob for this amazing video. Hello from Türkiye

  • @Ellary_Rosewood
    @Ellary_Rosewood ปีที่แล้ว +73

    As a druid, I'm very happy to see this video! I just sat down on my balcony with my tea surrounded by plants and saw that you posted this. This is the perfect way to start my morning. 🌲💚

    • @TheWisdomOfOdin
      @TheWisdomOfOdin  ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Good morning 🌳 Hope you enjoy the video!

    • @VoodooViking
      @VoodooViking ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Same here I’m enjoying a few beers while watching my garden and looking at the cranes on the pond.

    • @Ellary_Rosewood
      @Ellary_Rosewood ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@VoodooViking That sounds lovely! Say hello to the cranes for me. I'll wait a few hours before I get into my beers. 😉

    • @VoodooViking
      @VoodooViking ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@Ellary_Rosewood I live on seven acres. So lots to look at

    • @Ellary_Rosewood
      @Ellary_Rosewood ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@VoodooViking That's wonderful to hear! Unfortunately at the moment I live in a crowded apartment in a noisy suburb (not my ideal location), but I'm very close to a lovely trail that's full of nature and forested areas, so I try to spend as much of my time there as possible. Can't wait until I can live on my own land again. 💚

  • @aarongipson7056
    @aarongipson7056 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    The production value you bring to your videos is off the charts! I watch this and think to myself that this could very well be a PBS series on Paganism. Thank you for all the great work you do for the Pagan community, and I can't wait to see more!

    • @TheWisdomOfOdin
      @TheWisdomOfOdin  ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Imagine what I could do with a full film crew 😂! This is with my hobbit ass taking buses alone 😂 In seriousness thank you 🙏

  • @ButterflyHummingbird
    @ButterflyHummingbird ปีที่แล้ว +83

    I live in Humboldt County, on California’s North Coast, land of the Ancient Redwoods. Paganism is very popular here among the mists that have nurtured these magnificent trees over many millennia. There is also a strong Druidic presence here, or so I have been told by students of their schools. Thank you for covering the lands and spiritual practices of my Celtic ancestors. I’m wondering if we might gradually reconstruct the ways and teachings of the ancient Druids by the use of ancestral magick, connecting with ancient Druids on the astral plane. If I’m having this idea now, there may already be people working on this project, that’s the way collective consciousness works.

    • @l-vbordercolliesbryanbaque6237
      @l-vbordercolliesbryanbaque6237 ปีที่แล้ว

      Demon worship

    • @JG-kn7ew
      @JG-kn7ew ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Ayyyy! Fellow humboldtian! I dig your perspective. Hope the redwoods are keeping you well. Something Ive been trying to do lately is Learn from the Yurok and Wyott about their practices before us and respectfully incorperate them into my own Irish heritage. Historically the Irish and native actually worked together during the 17-1800s, with each side helping the other. There was actually a huge push from the irish to give back native lands. Really cool stuff worth checking out. Shout out to you homie! Hope youre wel😊

    • @aelfwealld
      @aelfwealld ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I think you may be onto something. Astral projection and similar practices can open up all kinds of possibilities. I’ve been very interested in astral projection for awhile now.
      There is also what’s called the “Akashic records”. It’s a kind of library where the history of everything that has ever happened is stored. I’m not quite as knowledgeable on that but surely that might be a place to learn about the past!
      When I hear humboldt I think of cannabis haha :)

    • @raggie1778
      @raggie1778 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@l-vbordercolliesbryanbaque6237Christianity Is Demon Worship.

    • @raggie1778
      @raggie1778 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ​@@l-vbordercolliesbryanbaque6237Jesus Is Hades And Allah Is Ares.

  • @OdinMaiden
    @OdinMaiden ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Love this. I felt an instant connection on watching. I must have been a Druid in past lives, as I adore, revere, nurture and protect trees. My spirit wants to travel back in time, to feel the pure, clean air, clear waters, magic stones, beautiful foliage, and the fabric of those ways in ancient days.

    • @NorsebyNature
      @NorsebyNature ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I feel this

    • @EmilyLavinder-bp7so
      @EmilyLavinder-bp7so ปีที่แล้ว

      I love nature and small towns surrounding nature and I hate cities.

    • @scrublord4480
      @scrublord4480 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@EmilyLavinder-bp7soYeh cities are hella ghey I like trees and air and water also I probably was a druid before. You use dead tree skin to clean your ass your not no true druid like me I don't wipe at all

  • @lukeray3105
    @lukeray3105 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I grew up near Anglesea, now living in Hertfordshire. I spend a lot of time in a small woodland, frequently taking small crystals to throw into the stream as an offering.

  • @kev1734
    @kev1734 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    Awesome video mate. The two words that come to mind in this video is Beauty and Sorrow. I do feel deep sorrow for all that christianity has erased from our ancient past. But such is life and we can do nothing but move foreword. Excited for the next one! Safe travels out there

    • @Foxglove963
      @Foxglove963 ปีที่แล้ว

      The forced introduction of Christianity into Europe and its succeeding history was a great calamity. When the church was institutionalised the free people lost their liberties and became serfs, slaves. We still are not free.

    • @jorgecaneda4595
      @jorgecaneda4595 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Well that's all fine and good but make sure the New druidism doesn't include human sacrifice

    • @raggie1778
      @raggie1778 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@jorgecaneda4595No, Christianity Is Human Being And Jesus Is Not God.

    • @raggie1778
      @raggie1778 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@jorgecaneda4595Paganism Believe Gods Is God And Christians Believe In Human Is God.

    • @ButterflyHummingbird
      @ButterflyHummingbird ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jorgecaneda4595 🦋🧚🏻 The true, unadulterated, pure Druidism did not involve human sacrifice!

  • @carmaela2689
    @carmaela2689 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I live in the Laurel Highlands of SW Pennsylvania. This place in your video looks like places here. We have hundreds of places like this. Big rocks, water, caverns. Something deep in my bones feels a sense of reverence every time I visit these places. I can see why my Germanic and Scottish ancestors settled this land.

    • @samhainmist6344
      @samhainmist6344 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I don't know if you'll see this, but I'm from Maryland and used to visit Glen Rock PA for the Spoutwood Faerie festival until they had to close it down. I know what you mean by the land feeling very vibrant, primal, and alive there. It's really exhilarating!

    • @LilyGazou
      @LilyGazou 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Did you ever investigate the hundreds of miles of stone walls that predate the arrival of Europeans?

  • @nataliekerr5440
    @nataliekerr5440 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I'm from Scotland and only recently visited this spot ! It is truly magical!! 💚
    thank you for such an awesome and interesting video!

  • @thomaslehman6676
    @thomaslehman6676 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Most of my ancestry is Celtic, with Germanic and Slavic next- so I'm very moved by any really good portrayal like this. Thank you! Slainte! Danke! Sposibye!

  • @raymondwolken7975
    @raymondwolken7975 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    You put together a wonderful presentation that brought tears to learn our ancestors were such a civilized society. We as a society have to understand where and whom we came from in history to understand where we are going

    • @TheWisdomOfOdin
      @TheWisdomOfOdin  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thank you, I am glad my video and its messages came through to you 🌳

    • @lianaminasyan1783
      @lianaminasyan1783 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      There is information from history that these civilized people came from the territory of present day Turkey (formerly the great Armenians) but they were Christians and brought a great culture.

    • @lianaminasyan1783
      @lianaminasyan1783 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​​​@@TheWisdomOfOdinaia... 🇦🇲🇦🇲 Come to Armenia and you will see Karahunj ( stounhenj)

    • @wor53lg50
      @wor53lg50 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​​@@lianaminasyan1783 how do you know it aint the other way around and celt culture went to modern day turkey through trade, anatolians in what was then part of europe was celt before being invaded and colonised by islam and Caucasian mountains being claimed as asia, never heard Armenians being celt though..

    • @ButterflyHummingbird
      @ButterflyHummingbird ปีที่แล้ว

      Celtic Society was truly egalitarian as adult women, mothers, were also warriors. You would not want to face a Celtic Mama on a battle field! Those too young and too old to fight held things down in the villages, took care of the very young and very old.

  • @high-five-creative
    @high-five-creative ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I'm loving all the on site education. Thank you.

    • @TheWisdomOfOdin
      @TheWisdomOfOdin  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It was a wonderful place to discuss the druids!

  • @dancingdruid
    @dancingdruid ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Thank you for giving us a glimpse of these sacred groves! Your presentation was fantastically informative, and I appreciate the effort you put into it.

  • @MissAngel452
    @MissAngel452 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    We still have druids in France (Brittany region). Every summer, they have a ceremony (Gorsedd) to introduce the new members.

  • @vixendoe6943
    @vixendoe6943 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Years ago I had a dream that I had a long conversation with a druid sitting in a dolmen. Sometime later a friend gave me a book that had that picture in it. I may never be a druid in the ancient sense, but I honor nature and do what I can to tred softly and leave no trace, while learning all that I can from it.

  • @lavendersky1696
    @lavendersky1696 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    thank you so much for this video! as a young, starting celtic/norse pagan, your videos have helped me so much on my path, especially this video. i’ve been finding it difficult to find good information about celtic paganism, so your videos have been a wonderful source, as well as a wonderful way to learn about sites that i’ve never known of. i’ve always been in love with (and felt very connected to) ireland and scotland for as long as i can remember. i’m working on planning a trip to both ireland and scotland for next year. thank you so much for sharing your travels and research!

    • @ButterflyHummingbird
      @ButterflyHummingbird ปีที่แล้ว

      I have a playlist of TH-cam videos on Celtic paganism but I’m not sure how to share it with you. Have you searched that specific term here?

  • @HeartOfLightning
    @HeartOfLightning ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Thanks for creating and sharing this! Quite a feat doing all that yourself, that shows a lot of dedication🙏

  • @scottsutherland6273
    @scottsutherland6273 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    You yourself are majical, the excitement you bring when offering this information is just wonderful. This was just great to watch, and learn. You keep going, and take care.

  • @alaskadeafcouncil1886
    @alaskadeafcouncil1886 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Thank you. Beautifully done & educational beyond anything I’ve been able to find. The ancestors thank you too!😉👍

  • @helenwood8482
    @helenwood8482 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    Great video. I am a druid and it's so refreshing to see one that isn't full of fake history.

    • @TheWisdomOfOdin
      @TheWisdomOfOdin  ปีที่แล้ว +18

      I seriously recorded this video several times, because I kept finding issues with information 😆 Very hard subject to navigate

    • @Inquisitor_Vex
      @Inquisitor_Vex ปีที่แล้ว +7

      How does one become a druid?

    • @chrisrowe6340
      @chrisrowe6340 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      ​@@Inquisitor_Vex especially when the video by someone that's done the research says we don't know much about it, just records by the Romans and Irish monks...

    • @O_Rei
      @O_Rei ปีที่แล้ว +14

      No, you’re not, ma’am, no one is, stop roleplaying and go home 😂

    • @kooringagnd
      @kooringagnd ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@Inquisitor_Vex put your hands in the air and yell "I'm a druid, my name is Gandalf". No one knows for sure how people became a druid. Modern "druids" come from books written in the last couple of hundred years. Unfortunately for the "druids" they have been proven to be mostly 🐂💩.

  • @GermanaMirza
    @GermanaMirza 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Beautiful Video! It seems that the Druids also did this: (in Austria at least, Georg Rohrecker would be an Author to read). They kept simple hostels on the wayside and on mountain passes, where you could stay the night, ask the way and get healing if needed. I think, this is a great idea to do , because you only need to talk to everybody who comes into the country just a little .... and you know quite a lot more about who comes into the country, what they want, and what goes on in other places.

  • @TheWitchInTheWoods
    @TheWitchInTheWoods ปีที่แล้ว +7

    What an amazing location, and ashamed to admit, I didn't know about it. I'm glad you chose to film in an historical druidic spot, rather than bring us footage of stonehenge on summer solstice or something. Yeah, that's the way to connect to the Druids. Beautiful film. Thank you for travelling all over the place to bring us the magical places of Britain.

    • @TheWisdomOfOdin
      @TheWisdomOfOdin  ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Many people in Scotland didnt know about it either! It really is in the middle of a field, but so worth a visit!

    • @TheWitchInTheWoods
      @TheWitchInTheWoods ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@TheWisdomOfOdin lovely place. Thanks for sharing it

    • @tabitha4135
      @tabitha4135 ปีที่แล้ว

      Is this video in Scotland or Ireland 🇮🇪

    • @RFL1976
      @RFL1976 ปีที่แล้ว

      It Fife in Scotland about 4 miles from St Andrews@@tabitha4135

  • @IloveCamels335
    @IloveCamels335 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Druid here. Am supposed to be a "green witch". This video resonated so much in ways I cannot even begin to explain. Certain locations that you showed can really feel the connection, even through the screen. Obsessively watching and reading everything that I can regarding the subject these days. Thank you for the wonderful video!

  • @flavianokeeffe8029
    @flavianokeeffe8029 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Thanks for your super background on this topics, the locations were really well chosen and it was really cool to get a glimpse of the infamous Isle of Anglesea where the Romans did their destructive work. Another great video, thanks!!!

  • @maricat96
    @maricat96 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thank you so much for this. You've led me on such a rewarding journey through your videos on Celtic paganism and especially through your lessons and musing on the Druids. With your inspiration, I've found my path ahead. I am so so thankful. Safe travels.

  • @noirodex
    @noirodex ปีที่แล้ว +39

    that was a great video, I recommend "The Druid Path" for anyone wanting to walk a path that resembles that of the druids. While this is not a history book, but rather a modern guide to practice, it still provides an inspirational look into the modern practice of Druidry. farewell

    • @random2829
      @random2829 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you for sharing that! 😀❤

    • @christabelleblue9901
      @christabelleblue9901 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Is that the one in Sussex?

    • @joejennings8397
      @joejennings8397 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Who is the author? I'm seeing multiple books of the same title, different authors. Thanks

  • @Tay_Rene_Media_Medicine
    @Tay_Rene_Media_Medicine ปีที่แล้ว +2

    What's so wild to me about your youtube channel is that I feel like i get to spend time with you. I hear the interest and passion in your voice. I look forward to making a trip with you one day! Remember my name, dear friend ❤

  • @christinamorales6887
    @christinamorales6887 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have Celtic ancestors and Welsh ancestors from my mom and love learning about my ancestors along with my Native American ancestors.

    • @wor53lg50
      @wor53lg50 ปีที่แล้ว

      Just be proud to be American for crying out loud....

  • @jamesonsan8539
    @jamesonsan8539 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Glorious. So appreciated, so authentic

  • @Hauk-Wolfseye
    @Hauk-Wolfseye ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Anyone else notice the rock face that overlooks the water at timestamp 4:56 has an outline of a face. (separate from the face carved into the stone that's pointed out to us. ) This one is the whole of the rockface.
    I've often have looked at such as a guardian spirit keeping watch over such a sacred place.
    THIS .... VIDEO ... IS AWESOME! Well done.

    • @Hauk-Wolfseye
      @Hauk-Wolfseye ปีที่แล้ว

      Sidenote ... I consider myself a Norse-Gaelic Druid of Turtle Island. All that means is I've felt myself a druid for many years and influenced by the Norse pantheon and beliefs with Gaelic a round the edges and a huge foundation built from teachings from wisdom of various elders of various tribes among the first peoples of the Americas.
      The Stonehenge modern ceremonies. .... That got me thinking that we all evolve from the wisdom we gain. It's a part of what I've always felt Odin pushes us towards ... gaining wisdom whenever and wherever we can and using it to better ourselves and our life's journey.
      Modern druids have simply evolved and are using or tapping into sacred sites of old.
      We can't help but to do that here in the Americas.
      Just over a year ago, I felt led to perform a personal ceremony at an old shell ring on Hilton Head Island in SC. Did so with respect and offerings lifted for those original peoples who used that spot as part of the ceremony.
      Have done similar to other natural world places here in the Blue Ridge of Virginia that you can just feel has been sacred for generations .... before the coming of the settlers. Likely sacred to the first peoples of this land.
      Balancing act to be sure, but still. ..... That bit in the video made me look at how we experience, learn, adapt, grow and continue moving forward.
      Jacob, your showing the modern things people are doing was / is so important in speaking towards the journey of these sites as well as how things have evolved and changed .... but how they are still here. The locations and the people seeking those connections.
      Again ... Nicely done. (Typing as I work my way through it and to the point of the upside down stump )

    • @mrzombie1780
      @mrzombie1780 ปีที่แล้ว

      There's places like that all over Ireland look up Eagles Rock in Sligo Ireland

    • @Foxglove963
      @Foxglove963 ปีที่แล้ว

      It is of course, simulacra.

  • @sashasg11
    @sashasg11 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    this was so cool. I have a distant irish lineage and this helped me connect and respect the reality of these people and culture. amazing video. lobe your work. grateful. sending bessings. 😇💛👍🌞

  • @elainecoll7868
    @elainecoll7868 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you for this film. Interesting and informative with beautiful scenery. Whenever I visit areas that are associated with Druids The atmosphere has a special energy .

  • @gard5jason
    @gard5jason ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Wow! I was excited about this video and it did not disappoint. Thank you Jacob.

  • @joyh2125
    @joyh2125 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thank you ! I'm donating because your work is so important.

  • @jimbrooks8772
    @jimbrooks8772 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Druids were also "time keepers". It was a matter of life and death to till, sow, tend, harvest and store your crops. So planting and the rest be done at the right season. We have the Fire holidays, Beltaine etc, but holidays for tending land were different. Imbolc for example was for the lambing time. I became a Druid in 1971 after having university classes in comparative religion. We didn't study Druidism or even Pagan practices. We studied the major 3 or 4 faiths and I saw how corrupt, inhumane and soul strangling they were. So I have been a Druid for half a century. I live in the Pacific Northwest, Portland area, and led a grove of fellow Druids. We were the Glendover Grove and I served as Archdruid for 10 years. Blessed be!

  • @Lizzard570
    @Lizzard570 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    As an Atheist / someone interested in neo-paganism this is fantastic to see. You really captured the magic of the area and the Druids

  • @jarvishill1007
    @jarvishill1007 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I watched this with eclectic vision having stumbled onto who the Druids or Dravids in Sanskrit are. Britain is very close to Sanskrit meaning "finger like". 🤔 (Before I go any further, as a missionary child in India, learning to respect other cultures & religions, I have been shunned as "the devil" for breaking ONE RACE & ONE RELIGION! I'm in my 11th year of SOLITUDE in middle 70s. Taught by Christians to leave religion and KNOW by my NDE Experiences.)
    1st, imagine the dravids were missionary with ancient vedic knowing to improve the lives in the world🤔
    Water & sacred rivers.
    Plants and medicine.
    Cremation misunderstood (projection of human sacrifice).
    India has a festival of "LIGHT" or celebration of FIRE.
    India has a long history of schools, starting 1st veterinary medical to heal animals wounded by invaders.
    There are many very old stone works in India.
    You did very well, such that I recognized similarities to give even more confidence to the unique knowing from coincidences. Thank you ❤

  • @terralimburg9979
    @terralimburg9979 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank you for this very informative ad beautiful video. I have a fascination with Celtic lore and this makes me want to visit the U. K. more than ever.

  • @EVtripper
    @EVtripper ปีที่แล้ว

    Very nice! Thanks for supporting our ancestors' thread of history that is left.

  • @Cosmic_Nomad
    @Cosmic_Nomad ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This hits home with me. I love your content man! I live my ancestors lives vicariously through your content 🤜🏻🤛🏻

  • @martica4521
    @martica4521 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Stonehenge is older than any celtic tribes that set foot on esrth. Anyway I am more than glad to see that people like you are looking for their roots that have been cancelled. The men of the past knew that besides our genetic footprints we are bound to the local energies, spirits and gods that are present in the place we were born and shape our consciousness and inner soul.

  • @cafemitologico
    @cafemitologico 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Connecting with nature is incredible, you can spend a few minutes enjoying the landscape and listening to what nature is saying to you. ❤

  • @adventurecreations3214
    @adventurecreations3214 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    First of your videos that I have seen. Lovely! I feel as if you took me along for a grand adventure.

  • @ethanpearson853
    @ethanpearson853 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video. I love it. All the power to Druidic practitioners, The Romans percecuted them because Druidic idea conflicts with Monotheism. But, we learn from the mistakes of those that came before us, so all the power to you.

  • @Imm0rtalcookie
    @Imm0rtalcookie ปีที่แล้ว +4

    If youre still in scotland and want to visit a place with incredible energy, and history, i super recommend the Callanish Stones on the Isle of Lewis in the Hebrides. Thank you for exploring my home and country!

    • @TheWisdomOfOdin
      @TheWisdomOfOdin  ปีที่แล้ว

      I was so close to hopping on the ferry when I was in Skye, but sadly we did not have the time :(

  • @jjbowman4653
    @jjbowman4653 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I don't know your background, or what lead you to makeing these videos, but they have been AMAZING.
    I went on a journey trying to find where my family originated from. Which, lead me to a lot of generalized areas.
    Right now, I am reading about Neolithic and mesolithic eras. My family has a long history of farming, and it's really jnteredting to see the transitions our ancestors went through and different farming practices that might have happened. I am waiting to read the Norse Broze Age, very excited.

  • @Boats_N_Hoez
    @Boats_N_Hoez 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I’m part Scottish. I have damn near everything on the planet in my dna so I don’t feel connected to my ancestors as much as some. But I’m American and that’s my heritage. This is very beautiful because I know women were held in high regard in their own way.

  • @parisrose921
    @parisrose921 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hi Jacob, so lovely to find you here today through my search for more information. So much delight to find that the video suggested is yours. What a wonderful life. We met at Dunino the day you filmed there. Love the video xx

    • @TheWisdomOfOdin
      @TheWisdomOfOdin  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Oh wonderful! Glad you found your way here! So happy to have met you there!

  • @areonsflame4285
    @areonsflame4285 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have a castle down in Switzerland. That looks like a shrine of the druid at the moment. House petty. Even if it fell. I want to rebuild it. And make the city have honor and respect it deserves. When I do get over there. I need to invoke the way of battle into the hearts of everyone. Tiewaz Tiewaz Tiewaz!!!

  • @macgregordespitethem
    @macgregordespitethem ปีที่แล้ว

    The hills man ,,,mind the rocks...it gets deeper...best wishes to all x

  • @BethRitterGuth
    @BethRitterGuth 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This was great. I identify as a philosophical Druid but don't really align with the bigger Druid organizations like OBOD. This was a great video, and spot on. Where is the Druid's Den? I definitely want to put that on my bucket list!!!

  • @jackdaniels4320
    @jackdaniels4320 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thank you, Jacob! At 3:33 you suggest that you are at a place (Dunino Den) that was "more than likely used by the ancient Druids." How do we know that this was "more than likely" the case? Like many others, I'd like more info on the Druids than the accidents of History have left for us, and some more info about Dunino Den especially since I just recently visited the place. If you know of any peer-reviewed materials - archaeological, cultural, religious, historical-critical - that analyze the Den, please share them. In any event, the Den is a very interesting and peaceful place to see...like so many other places where one finds ancient ruins in Scotland. Pax!

  • @jackwhite6513
    @jackwhite6513 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    love the videos jacob! id recommend visiting the Odinist fellowship in Newark the only temple in the uk dedicated to the old gods

    • @PaIaeoCIive1684
      @PaIaeoCIive1684 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sadly, yes. We folk of these islands worshipped a multitude of gods now lost to legend: Thunor, Frig, Woden, Tiw and others. All eradicated by the zealous followers of the Christian one god. Only a few place names and a handful of archaeological finds show the Old Gods held sway for hundreds of years.

  • @yourheartlightreiki
    @yourheartlightreiki ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thanks, Jacob, for this informative video about Druids. Happy Summer Solstice! ☀🌞

  • @SentientSoup
    @SentientSoup ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Excellent and informative video, sir. Thank you for your work.

  • @daisypeters3216
    @daisypeters3216 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That's the first time I watch this video, and I enjoyed a lot. Thank you so much for sharing all your knowledge with us!

  • @fourfurrypotatoes
    @fourfurrypotatoes ปีที่แล้ว

    I love Celtic music and really just anything Celtic like faces in the trees.

  • @MagdaleneDivine
    @MagdaleneDivine ปีที่แล้ว

    At the start I thought it was going to be a summers eve commercial when you said "I wanted to find the right spot to talk about this "

  • @corinasucre
    @corinasucre 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Beautiful video and sites!! Thank you for such great information. Very inspiring ❤

  • @skram1000
    @skram1000 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    When my friend was young his family took a trip, they camped somewhere outside the stone henge greater area. He heard the most beautiful singing when he woke up at night, ghostly.
    He is in his 80s now
    It is interesting how big the area is, considering everything still buried. Bigger rings are still underground.

  • @katmcguire-waldrop4211
    @katmcguire-waldrop4211 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for going out there and doing this documentary! My ancestors are from Feremauh (spelled wrong) County. Seeing where some of my ancestors might have been is amazing! Well done!

  • @Lizzard570
    @Lizzard570 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I play a Druid in D&D and this is great inspiration for how to roleplay my character

  • @pentegarn1
    @pentegarn1 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for the offering Sidhe friend.

  • @OliveirosDiasJr
    @OliveirosDiasJr ปีที่แล้ว +1

    🙏Thank you Jacob for your sharing. 🙏

  • @vincentkruse7814
    @vincentkruse7814 ปีที่แล้ว

    Definitely one of the best examinations of the Druids that I've seen, friend! Well done! You always manage to present your material as objectively as possible, without an entrenched bias but always personal and passionate. A rare achievement, Jacob. Keep doing what you're doing, we're inspired by your work.

  • @seanmcguinness6669
    @seanmcguinness6669 ปีที่แล้ว

    If you get a chance, have a look at "The Rocky Valley" just outside of Tintagel in Cornwall, including St. Nectarns Glen & Kieve & Whistman's Wood, which is between Two Bridges & Postbridge on Dartmoor, Devon

  • @chandadobra305
    @chandadobra305 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I was on the Unity Asset Store trying to find things to create my game... and this video popped up once the video on a totally different site ended. I haven't watched anything on your channel in a while!! Weird that this would pop up. Glad to be back in these parts!

  • @Ajourneyunfolding
    @Ajourneyunfolding ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I cry as I watch. I feel their spirits.

  • @SadbhMotherofOisin
    @SadbhMotherofOisin ปีที่แล้ว

    /just what we needed - another video with less info than a Druidry 101 webpage.

  • @IttaiMartinez
    @IttaiMartinez 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you family ❤

  • @sephanisbetart298
    @sephanisbetart298 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank you from another Druidic Bard...

  • @grandmakellymcdonald
    @grandmakellymcdonald ปีที่แล้ว

    Let’s go let’s go adventure and knowledge 🌺💕✌️👵

  • @alanyoung2842
    @alanyoung2842 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for this - I really enjoyed the video. Some hard facts, some assumptions and all delivered rationally and calmly. Great job!

  • @jonathanwallace6746
    @jonathanwallace6746 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    the sacred grove you were in I beleive was in the show Outlander! In the firsts easona I beleive! Claire was made to swear her truth in there to prove herself!

  • @moonjava357
    @moonjava357 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video dude thanks for creating this. My family is from Abernethy Perth and Kinross in Scotland and every single thing you said resonates in spirit with me. Sending love

  • @tiffanymyers8041
    @tiffanymyers8041 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This was so impressive and well made! I can’t wait to watch other videos of yours. Thank you!

  • @dubcount
    @dubcount ปีที่แล้ว

    From "I Sold Everything to Explore Religions of the Ancient World" to this most recent Film and off course before with all your content but most of all your spirit i have had nothing but respect and a deep interest on you journey so much Joy Happiness and Blessing to you and all that you do and THANK YOU

  • @JPK-o5j
    @JPK-o5j ปีที่แล้ว +1

    love your videos fan of your channel, i am a pagan beginner so i am still trying to find a pantheon for myself, i left Christianity for a very different reason so i was so happy to stumble upon your channel so i can see which pantheon i want to convert to, thank you for existing and giving pagan beginners like me and i will continue to watch your videos, enjoy your day

  • @RamaKrishnan-ml3mt
    @RamaKrishnan-ml3mt ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Oak, stone, streams, mounts... nature is a good teacher.Respect to Odin🙏.

  • @notislamay
    @notislamay ปีที่แล้ว

    my jaw dropped when i realised i've actually been to that den, it's like 30 mins up the road from where i live 🤣

  • @fratercontenduntocculta8161
    @fratercontenduntocculta8161 ปีที่แล้ว

    My favorite part of this channel is your exhaustive research of the topics. These presentations are one of a kind. Thanks Jake!

  • @GramaSagefeather
    @GramaSagefeather 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I love your films and truly appreciate all your work.

    • @TheWisdomOfOdin
      @TheWisdomOfOdin  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you for calling them films ❤️ 😂

  • @findingfolklore
    @findingfolklore ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice video, really enjoyed it. I've never been to the Druid Den in Fife... I'll have to get on that and visit in the next couple of weeks.

  • @julijuls7271
    @julijuls7271 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm so glad I found your videos - so interesting!

  • @christianboustani8284
    @christianboustani8284 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Dang, Runescape's portrayal of Druids was actually kind of accurate then

  • @SlytherinShark888
    @SlytherinShark888 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Fascinating. Thanks for all your hard work.

  • @TheRussianRob
    @TheRussianRob ปีที่แล้ว

    Something always fascinated me about the Druids... Thank you for this adventure into the past! Gonna take it again! And yess, very well done!!

  • @dulcetghost
    @dulcetghost ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I LOVE documentaries like this I enjoyed it thoroughly 😄thank you for sharing!

  • @danielgraham-scott3994
    @danielgraham-scott3994 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video as always, thank you! Regarding upturned stumps, have a look into 'Seahenge' in Norfolk here in the UK, a huge upturned tree stump surrounded by a wall of timber posts dating from the bronze age, Seahenge II found nearby, constructed at the same time..very interesting! Looking forward to your next video.

  • @keithpowell317
    @keithpowell317 ปีที่แล้ว

    When I was on Anglesey my familiar voices told me that we were cornered and were trapped, I was told that everyone that I travel with through time and space with decided to get on our boats and die at sea instead of being killed at the hands of the Romans. We didn't die at sea we made it to Newfoundland and we continued to try and evade the Romans THat is why I ended up in the Pacific Northwest in Washington State

  • @AmandaGreenman
    @AmandaGreenman ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you so much for these videos, I really appreciate all of the research and work you put into them. I am really enjoying the places you are showing as well, I really hope to get the chance to visit a few of these locations someday!

  • @edwardhudson9851
    @edwardhudson9851 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    English Heathen here following from Edmonton Canada,good job on these Vids Brother ;0]
    Here's some places for you to explore:0]
    Chanctonbury Ring
    The Longman of Wilmington
    The White Horse of Uffington
    The Temple of Mithras near Hadrians Wall

  • @j.k.stringer192
    @j.k.stringer192 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It's truly heartbreaking to be left with so little information about Celtic culture & life that was eradicated by the damn ancient Roman pagans and then later the Middle Age Christians. I hope we can one day rediscover all that was lost & reclaim all that once was. 🌠