What are Druids, Sumerians and Shamanism?

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Let me explain to you what a druid is!

Europeans generally believe that druidism advocates nature and neutrality, and they regard the whole wasteland as a hermit in their homeland. They use their special power to protect nature and balance the whole world. This is fully reflected in Diablo II: the game describes druids as a group of wizards who live in the northern forest and are close to nature. They don't use elemental magic in the traditional sense, but integrate with nature in their own way to gain unique magical ability, which enables them to control fire, earth and wind. The magical power of druids enables them to summon many plants and wild animals to help them fight, such as crows, eagles, wolves, vines and even ghosts wandering in the wilderness. They can also transform themselves into wild animals such as wild wolves or giant bears, thus gaining wild power to fight the enemy. Druids' skills are divided into three categories: elemental magic, transformation skills and summoning ability.

Margaret Atwood, a Canadian writer, won the Booker Prize in British literature for her biography The Blind Assassin, which established Margaret's famous position in the world literary world. After attending the awarding ceremony of London City Hall, she was invited to a grand dinner, during which she teased the Booker Prize awarding ceremony: "... it was like a Druidic ceremony-the judges came to the banquet with six innocent lambs, five were slaughtered and the remaining one was awarded to her." Sacrificing gods with living people or animals is a cruel druid religious ceremony in the impression of westerners. Last year, the story of the famous adventure game "The Mysterious Druid Church" originated from German folklore, and told a horrible murder in a mysterious big house. Players will play a Scotland Yard detective named Gus, investigating a series of horrific murders. Soon behind the scenes: a mysterious dark druid church surfaced, and their purpose turned out to be to hold bloody killings and sacrifices to summon demons.

Many orientals owe their understanding of Satan to the Iranian writer Rushdie who lives in Britain. He was hunted because his work "Satanic Verses" angered former Iranian religious leader Khomeini. In the west, especially in Catholic countries, Satan is synonymous with the devil. At the mention of Satan, the children are too scared to make a sound. However, in recent years, this terrible fallen angels has improved. It has been worshipped by teenagers in many European and American countries, and gradually evolved into a cult organization "Satanism", which staged one shocking human tragedy after another. The cult kills animals and people in the celebration ceremony to worship its idol-Satan (by the way: remember the sheep's head troll in the "big pineapple" series? He is the incarnation of Satan popular in medieval Europe. In the United States, some satanists openly claim that their religion originated from the ancient primitive religion "Druidism". It seems that the druid can't wash it off even if he jumps into the Yellow River. -|||

In fact, after the Christian forces unified Europe, in order to strengthen ideological control, the original religious unity in Europe was demonized. When Christianity was first introduced into Europe, it was brutally suppressed by the Roman Empire. The popular entertainment at that time was to feed Christians to the lions in the Colosseum because they were "pagans". Thirty years in the east of the river and forty years in the west of the river, the religious residual court established after Christianity took power still destroyed life: those who did not want to convert to themselves were beheaded, drowned, hanged and even burned in the fire. The reason is exactly the same as that used by the Roman emperor: criminals are "pagans" and even Joan of Arc was burned as a witch. This kind of killing in the history of the development of western civilization, that is, the history of the development of Christianity, does not seem to be more noble than modern cultists.

Druid's English original name is Druid, which can be understood in two parts: the first half is related to Druids in Greek, which means oak tree; The second half is similar to the suffix "-wid" of Indo-European language family, which means understanding. Druids also take acorns as sacred fruits, so the ancient meaning of Druids' names is people who are familiar with oak trees. According to the ancient chronicles of Ireland, Druids were the earliest colonists in this country. They all belong to the Japheth tribe, and the most important thing is the Irish. Druidism entered Greece, Egypt, Spain from scythia (the area centered on the northern shore of the Black Sea in ancient Southeast Europe), and finally arrived in Ireland from Spain in 1530 BC. In all these maritime migrations, Druidism has a very important core-the high priest Caicos. It is said that he foresaw Erinn (the old name of Ireland) as their final destination at the beginning of his journey to Druidism.

When Druids arrived in Ireland, Amin was the leader of the Irish people. Amin is a very famous druid: he is not only a great priest, but also a poet and judge in the druid expedition. The ancient Irish epic Leibohar Gahala (also known as History of Aggression) holds that Amikin was the first druid among Irish Gaels. With the first batch of Druids immigrants landing in Ireland, Druids conquered this land like lightning and spread their teachings to every inch of Ireland.

Druid rituals and teachings are very mysterious, and are traditionally taught orally. Therefore, although historians have made unremitting research and exploration, they still know very little. Most of the information about them comes from ancient Greek and Roman literature. In addition, archaeologists can only occasionally find some tiny clues from the remains of forests, shrines and temples, such as pictures and marks. The earliest record of Druidism in history books is mainly found in the works of Julie Caesar and Tacitus, the greatest historians in ancient Rome. In these works, most of them describe the cruelty and terror of druidism! Caesar reported to the Senate during his expedition to Gaul: "Druid priests have an important position and power in the local area, such as arbitration and chief sacrifice, and are proficient in physics and chemistry. They live in the Woods, cut sacred acorns with golden sickles, and even sacrifice the living! " In fact, in most cases, druids are recognized as guardians of ancient wisdom, with lofty moral cultivation and profound attainments in natural science and theology.

According to ancient Roman records, the priest druid was proficient in divination. In the process of prophecy, druids often use birds and animals, such as crows and eagles, to predict good and bad luck. Sometimes, the throat and viscera of sacrificial animals (living people used for sacrifice) are observed to make predictions. When the festival comes, the druid priest will hold a ceremony to hypnotize people, then exchange souls, and then predict the future with dreams. Druids also believe in the eternity of the soul. After the death of their loved ones, they will burn all the belongings of the deceased before their death, and even jump into the fire to hug the bodies of their loved ones and enjoy bliss with them. They will write to the deceased, and even increase the amount of compensation, so that the other party can repay after death. Druidism stipulates that both men and women can become Druidic priests and enjoy a lofty position in society. They are synonymous with law enforcers, bards and explorers. Some historians equate Druid priests with Indian Brahmins, Persian monks, Egyptian priests and witch doctors.