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   XPost: alt.religion.druid   
   From: nospams@least.invalid   
      
   Searles O'Dubhain wrote:   
   > On May 9, 1:23 pm, "1X2Willows" wrote:   
   >>   
   >> There are, however, very few modern Druids who still adhere to the   
   >> traditional, i.e. way pre-1800s values and tenets. One of those   
   >> tenets is the principle of lip-to-ear or oral tradition, which means   
   >> as soon as you find someone spouting their alleged wisdom all over   
   >> the Internet or by way of publishing books, you know you've got a   
   >> fake right there.   
   >>   
   >> HTH   
   >   
   > Before Padraig, it was lip to ear and Nature that preserved memory.   
   > After Padraig, written books were included. Following the invention of   
   > the personal computer and the Internet, electronic storage devices   
   > were also included in the mix. Druids suit the tools to the job. In   
   > the case of memory, the mind is the best place or source for creative   
   > and productive memory, with Nature and then random access memory not   
   > far behind. Think about painting or music and the analogy will hold   
   > (as with all things creative).   
   >   
   > I'd like to think that most Druids are not stuck in the past or locked   
   > in to the present. I'd also like for a living, potential-filled future   
   > to be there in their quests as well. Druids are not dead nor gone   
   > despite all attempts to the contrary. Tradition, Experience and   
   > Inquiry are the names of the three greatest Druid practitioners.   
   > Excellence in Everything is their master.   
      
      
   That's #3 for you, Fred.   
      
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