Review: THE TRUTH, WELL, SORT OF
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 9, 2014
Before reading this book, all I knew about the Druids I had learn from hearsay and bad movies...terribly bad movies.But the hearsay was pretty good. Many of my ancestors came from the area shaded in dark green: you'll see the map. I knew that Druids worshipped, cared for and defended nature, and wrote nothing down. All knowledge was passed from one generation to another by word of mouth.If you've read anything about the Druids, you know they practiced human sacrifice. One of their most famous sacrifices was found in a peat bog, relatively well preserved for his age. This book touches on the guy. But it doesn't go into detail!! There's so much more to learn about this fellow, and you have the internet at your command.I studied Latin for two years, so I know all about Julius Caesar trying to conquer the world. The first sentence in the first book of his Gallic Wars, letters he wrote to Rome to keep himself in the public eye, tells about the "Celts, who we call Gauls."That would be the French. Caesar found some Druids in France, then he skipped right over to England and found more. Much of what we know about the Druids was written by Romans.You'll even learn why these nature worshippers were eradicated.The Romans say there were two classes of Druids, warriors and priests. Then there's a LOT of info about war and what happens afterward, and even some speculation about Stonehenge.But, other than mistletoe, there's precious little about the Druids' legendary knowledge of the use of plants.Since mistletoe is poisonous, I found that story difficult to swallow.Since their beliefs are so poorly represented here, I think I prefer the bad movies.