DowrgiHello again. Hope you’re well.
But the error I see is in my ancestors refusing to commit anything to writing.
Indeed — frustrating, isn’t it? Certainly for historians and historical linguists. Yet there may also be a silver lining: the absence of dogmatism and a kind of freedom that comes with it. It was, after all, an oral ‘mystery’ tradition, part of a culture that, although literate, placed greater importance on memory and the spoken word. Even today, we can see the difference between someone speaking confidently from within themselves and someone reading from notes or an autocue.
Going a bit deeper: what language does the wind speak? Or the mighty oaks? I believe it is to them that Druids should listen. From a more animistic perspective, it matters perhaps less which human language is used. I’ve also come across shamanic traditions in which practitioners create their own language, so to speak, in order to communicate with spirit. It’s difficult to summarise briefly, but the idea of speaking intimately with the spirits — and freeing oneself from the constraints of human language, with all its connotations — can be profoundly liberating.
And I gather from this, BDO is also not very recon leaning?
I can’t speak for the BDO as a whole, only from my own experience of it. Nevertheless, I would say that ‘rekindling’ implies blowing on glowing, living embers rather than trying to light a fire from scratch, if you follow me.
Bennathow,
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