Day 2

A druid was a member of the priestly and learned class in the ancient Celtic societies of Western Europe, Britainand Ireland. They were suppressed by the Roman government and disappeared from the written record by the second century AD. Druids combined the duties of priest, judge, scholar, and teacher. Little contemporary evidence for them exists, and thus little can be said of them with assurance, but they continued to feature prominently in later Irish myth, literature and law.The earliest record of the name druidae is reported from a lost work of the Greek doxographer Sotion of Alexandria (early second century BC), who was cited by Diogenes Laertius in the third century AD.The Celtic communities that Druids served were polytheistic. They also show signs of animism, in their reverence for various aspects of the natural world, such as the land, sea and sky,and their veneration of other aspects of nature, such as sacred trees and groves (the oak and hazel were particularly revered), tops of hills, streams, lakesand plants such as the mistletoe.Fire was regarded as a symbol of several divinities and was associated with cleansing. Purported ritual killing and human sacrifice were aspects of druidic culture that shocked classical writers.Modern attempts at reconstructing, reinventing or reimagining the practices of the druids are called Neo-druidism.

In Probers 15 these verses that stands out to me .. verses 2-3 The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth of the fool gushes folly.The eyes of the LORD are everywhere,keeping watch on the wicked and the good. verses 8-9 The LORD detests the sacrifice of the wicked, but the prayer of the upright pleases him.The LORD detests the way of the wicked but he loves those who pursue righteousness. verses 25-26 The LORD tears down the proud man's house  but he keeps the widow's boundaries intact. The LORD detests the thoughts of the wicked,  but those of the pure are pleasing to him. verse 33 The fear of the LORD teaches a man wisdom,  and humility comes before honor.