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An Account Of Druidism.

their authority , either as prophets or judges , pretending that its motion was miraculous . In what consecrated p laces or temples these relig ious rites were celebrated , seems to be the next enquiry ; and it appears that they were , for the most part , celebrated in the midst of groves . The mysterious silence of an ancient wood diffuses even a shade of horror over minds

that are yet superior to superstitious credulity . The majestic gloom , therefore , of their consecrated oaks , must have impressed the less informed multitude with every sensation of awe that mig ht be necessary to the support of their religion and the dignity of the priesthood . The reli g ious wood was generally situated on the top of a hill or a mountain , where the Druids erected their fanes and their altars . The temple was

seldom any other than a rude circle of rock perpendicularly raised . An artificial p ile of large fiat stone in general composed the altar ; and the whole relig ious mountain was usually enclosed by a low mound , to prevent the intrusion of the profane . Among the primeval people of

the east , altars were inclosed by groves of trees , and these groves consisted of p lantations of oak . Abram passed through the land unto the p lace of Sichem—unto the oak of Moreh : and the Lord appeared unto Abram ; and there he builded an altar unto the Lord , who appeared unto him beside the oak of Moreh * . That particular places and temples in Danmonium were appropriated to particular deities is an unquestionable fact . Borlase tells usthat the old British appellation of

, the Cassiterides , or Scilly Islands , was Sulleh or Sylhh , which signifies rocks consecrated to the sun f . This answers to the temples of Iran . , which were dedicated to the sun and the planets : and the sacred ceremonies of Iran are represented by sculptures in the ruined city o £ Jemschid % ; and a number of places irr Danmonium still preserve , in their names , the lasting memorials of the British deities . In Ti-esadarn we

have the town or house of Saturn , in Nausadarn , the valley of Saturn ; and many of the enormous rocks which rise with peculiar grandeur in those wild p laces , were undoubtedly appropriated to the fire-worship of the .

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LONDON: Article 2
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS TO CORRESPONDENTS. Article 3
THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE, OR GENERAL AND COMPLETE LIBRARY. Article 4
THOUGHTS ON MODERN WIT. Article 8
MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS TO QUEEN ELIZABETH. Article 9
QUEEN ELIZABETH TO SIR NICHOLAS THROGMORTON. Article 9
A SPEECH Article 10
JOHN COUSTOS, FOR FREEMASONRY, Article 12
KNIGHTS TEMPLARS IN ENGLAND, Article 16
Untitled Article 17
ACCOUNT OF A TOUR TO KILLARNEY, &c. IN A LETTER TO J. AND E, FRY. Article 18
THE LIFE OF MRS. ANNE AYSCOUGH, OR ASKEW. Article 22
AN ACCOUNT OF DRUIDISM. Article 26
A VIEW OF THE PROGRESS OF NAVIGATION. Article 33
ACCOUNT OF JOHN O'GROAT'S HOUSE. Article 38
MEMOIRS OF THE LATE . DR. PAUL HIFFERNAN. Article 39
SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF M. BRISSOT. Article 48
ON THE STUDY OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY. Article 50
CHARACTER OF REGULUS. Article 55
PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. Article 58
STRICTURES ON PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS Article 63
POETRY. Article 70
THE FIELD OF BATTLE. Article 73
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE. Article 74
MONTHLY CHRONICLE. Article 75
DEATHS. Article 80
BANKRUPTS. Article 81
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An Account Of Druidism.

their authority , either as prophets or judges , pretending that its motion was miraculous . In what consecrated p laces or temples these relig ious rites were celebrated , seems to be the next enquiry ; and it appears that they were , for the most part , celebrated in the midst of groves . The mysterious silence of an ancient wood diffuses even a shade of horror over minds

that are yet superior to superstitious credulity . The majestic gloom , therefore , of their consecrated oaks , must have impressed the less informed multitude with every sensation of awe that mig ht be necessary to the support of their religion and the dignity of the priesthood . The reli g ious wood was generally situated on the top of a hill or a mountain , where the Druids erected their fanes and their altars . The temple was

seldom any other than a rude circle of rock perpendicularly raised . An artificial p ile of large fiat stone in general composed the altar ; and the whole relig ious mountain was usually enclosed by a low mound , to prevent the intrusion of the profane . Among the primeval people of

the east , altars were inclosed by groves of trees , and these groves consisted of p lantations of oak . Abram passed through the land unto the p lace of Sichem—unto the oak of Moreh : and the Lord appeared unto Abram ; and there he builded an altar unto the Lord , who appeared unto him beside the oak of Moreh * . That particular places and temples in Danmonium were appropriated to particular deities is an unquestionable fact . Borlase tells usthat the old British appellation of

, the Cassiterides , or Scilly Islands , was Sulleh or Sylhh , which signifies rocks consecrated to the sun f . This answers to the temples of Iran . , which were dedicated to the sun and the planets : and the sacred ceremonies of Iran are represented by sculptures in the ruined city o £ Jemschid % ; and a number of places irr Danmonium still preserve , in their names , the lasting memorials of the British deities . In Ti-esadarn we

have the town or house of Saturn , in Nausadarn , the valley of Saturn ; and many of the enormous rocks which rise with peculiar grandeur in those wild p laces , were undoubtedly appropriated to the fire-worship of the .

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