The Druid Path...supposedly

Today, Dr. N was on her soap-box in class, but for good reason. The particular subsection of Celtic culture that we were going over today, or at least attempted to begin was "Death and Burials." Death, without any help from Hollywood or popular culture, is intense and tumultuous...and not even for the person who's passed.
The main point that I think Dr. N was trying to get across, in reference to the Celtic culture, is that we have no certain idea about the intent of the types of burials that have been found by archaeologists and therefore must be careful to NOT make assumptions and to base all interpretation on facts.

But there's no written record, so how do we know anything for certain.

This brings me to this guy and Druids. Now, it is completely possible that some modern version of paganism has sprung up and some people, especially those in Europe, may want to call it Druidism.

Let me reiterate...THEY DIDN'T WRITE ANYTHING DOWN.

In fact, in De Bello Gallico by good ole JC, he even emphasizes in Book 6.14 that:

That practice they seem to me to have adopted for two reasons; because they neither desire their doctrines to be divulged among the mass of the people, nor those who learn, to devote themselves the less to the efforts of memory, relying on writing; since it generally occurs to most men, that, in their dependence on writing, they relax their diligence in learning thoroughly, and their employment of the memory.


So, as you watch this video, take what this guy says about Druids with a grain of salt and ask yourself, "Why didn't he mention anything about sacrificing humans or horses?"