{"id":1179,"date":"2009-07-21T13:55:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-21T13:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=1179"},"modified":"2009-07-21T13:55:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-21T13:55:00","slug":"druidry-and-made-up-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=1179","title":{"rendered":"Druidry and Made-up History"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here is the YouTube trailer for a new documentary on British Druidry<\/a>. Yes, that is Ronald Hutton at the beginning (long hair, glasses). (If the YouTube link does not work, try this one<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

And here is the video clip dissected with a sharp knife<\/a> by a different British Pagan academic.<\/p>\n

It’s true: there is nothing<\/em> in the historical record on ancient Druids (which would fill about two typed pages) about land ownership or the rights of women. The one speaker is simply making it up.<\/p>\n

It is the “crisis of history” again. Can your religion get respect when it is based on non-existent “history”? It works for the Mormons, true, but not without some pain.<\/p>\n

Hutton’s Blood and Mistletoe: The History of the Druids in Britain<\/a>\"\"<\/em> offers the whole history of making up Druidic “history.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here is the YouTube trailer for a new documentary on British Druidry. Yes, that is Ronald Hutton at the beginning (long hair, glasses). (If the YouTube link does not work, try this one.) And here is the video clip dissected with a sharp knife by a different British Pagan academic. 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