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Tuatha de Brighid - Who We Are
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Tuatha de
Brighid is a Clan of modern Druids who seek to find common ground amidst all non-harmful
spiritual loyalties, and who believe in the interconnectedness of all faiths.
Brighid, who is both Goddess of the Gaels and Saint of the Christians, is a fitting Matron
for this endeavor, and so we are Her Folk.
We offer a place of fellowship and support to those who would not be limited by labels and dogma. We seek as well to build a worshipping community, where those who would walk the path of kinship with the infinite beauty and diversity of the Divine, can come together in peace and reverence. We honor all life, all love and all wisdom.
Tuatha de Brighid is not associated with any organization that would hold bigotry as a valid goal and path, for we find all bigotry unacceptable.
Our Customs - these are policies, precedents and traditions of our Clan in entirety
In the timeless spirit of Druidry, it is our calling:
Like a beautiful tapestry, we blend together all non-harmful paths to create a new path of harmony, health and growth. We search for that which brings us together, rather than for that which separates us. We affirm that the path of balance and coalescence is a good, valid and useful road to walk - and we keep each other company on the way. We recognize that on some level all things are one - and we also recognize that what we call Divine manifests itself in infinitely many ways. The holy lives within and without, and flows like waters that gives us life. Within our way we offer a lucid cosmological vision that is general enough to accommodate all non-harmful paths, yet defined enough to unite. When we come together, we worship in ways derived from traditions that are the legacy of our ancestors, leaving the interpretations of such traditions for each person to contemplate on their own. Our traditions bind us together, but they are neither static, nor hasty - rather, like a healthy tree, they continue to grow from the roots of our past to the light of the future wisdom. We embrace wisdom in all of her forms and manifestations, and we encourage the pursuit of wisdom and the excellence contained therein - excellence of out-sight defined by scholarship, and excellence of in-sight, defined by intuition. We appoint ourselves the keepers and guardians of our planet Earth - for it befits children to honor their Mother, and to care for her with love and reverence. We hold ourselves as kin to all of the Earth's children. In the way of the Ancients, we view ourselves as a Tribe - one people, united by ties of loyalty, honor, and vision, united by love of each other, and the one thing that defines to us the best of all human endeavors - the pursuit of truth. Our Groves are our families, and The People of Brighid is our Clan. As a Clan, these are the things we reject as being contrary to our path and our very reason for existence:
A Druid is a Seeker of Truth: In all places As a Sacred Oak is true: In its roots that reach deep into the
Earth, So is a Druid true: In the Soul - the Keeper of Holiness,
We believe that all things are of the Divine. Thus, we strive, to the best of our ability, to treat ourselves, and all with which we interact, accordingly.
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