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Levite tribe of Israel, from which came the priests.
An aura of mystery surrounded the Druids, and they were considered evil. It was alleged that
they possessed strange powers, such as being able to produce mists, storms, floods, and cast
spells. As it turned out, there was reason to fear these men, because some of their rituals included
both animal and human sacrifice.
The Druids worshipped the Sun God, Hu; the moon, and the stars. Many of their rites
centered around such astronomical occurrences as equinoxes and solstices. It is believed that
Stonehenge, built in 2750 BC on the Salisbury Plain in southwest England, and transformed into
a solar observatory by 1900 BC, was later used by the Druids as a temple for sacrifices. A similar
structure in Avebury, 20 miles north, was also used.
Their biggest night of the year, was the ceremony known as the ‘Vigil of Samhein,’ on
October 31st, in honor of Samhein, the Horned Hunter of the Night (Satan, as seen in the
Pentagram), the Oak God of the Underworld, and the God of the Dead. It is this ritual that
evolved into the annual tradition of Halloween.
Witchcraft
The lineal successor to the religion of the Druids was British witchcraft, which became
strong in the 1200’s, and considers itself to be the world’s oldest religion. The word Witchcraft
is derived from the Anglo-Saxon word ‘wiccecraeft’ (‘wicca-craft’) or “craft of the wise.”
Witches say that their religion is not anti-Christian, because they worship deities that were in
existence before the advent of the Christian era. They worship nature and earth, and as
polytheists, they believe this power to be manifested in the form of various gods and goddesses.
In this pluralistic system, there is a Mother (Moon) goddess, who controls fertility rites, and the
process of birth and life; and also a horned god, who represents the masculine side of nature.
Known as Cernunnos, the god of hunting, fertility, and wild animals, he is the god of the
underworld who controls the gates of life and death.
Even though witches say that they don’t believe in Satan, unknown to them, this ‘horned
hunter of the night’ is a descendant of Nimrod, who became the sun god, and was the symbolic
representation of Satan. You must remember, that Nimrod, and his wife, Semiramis, were the
prototypes for all gods and goddesses that permeated all subsequent cultures and societies.
According to former witches and Satanists, the deities that witches worship are actually
demons.
One thing that a lot of people try to do, is to pigeonhole witchcraft into one single category,
and you can’t do it. Within the realm of Christianity, you have many religions, such as Catholics,
Lutherans, Methodists, Baptists, Presbyterians, etc. And within each of these, you have a further
breakdown, which divides the various churches according to their own variations in
philosophies. Well, since Witchcraft is a religion, the same divisions also exist. There are
different denominations, so-to-speak. The terms most used are White and Black Witchcraft,
Traditional (who believe power must be inherited through family lineage), Modernist,
Gardnerian (revival of the ‘old religion’ established by anthropologist Gerald Gardner), and
Alexandrian (offshoot of the Gardnerian tradition by Alexander Sanders). But there are many
others.
White Sorcery is practiced out of the La Clavicule de Solomon (The Key of Solomon), which
was said to be written by King Solomon, but was actually written in the 14th or 15th century.