В современном мире люди привыкли к тому, что словом «друиды» обозначается нечто весьма монументальное и значимое, как минимум философское течение или древнюю цивилизацию с богатым культурным наследием. Однако для тех, кто решился всерьез заняться изучением друидизма, уже давно не секрет, что за этим термином скрывается не более чем одна из многочисленных религий, к тому же по историческим меркам переживающую пока всего одну из первых стадий своего развития. Вообще, если бы не название «друиды», данное жрецам этой религии, вряд ли бы она пользовалась такой популярностью. В самом деле, кому охота писать о простых жрецах? Совсем другое дело – загадочные «друиды».
Впрочем, стоит только присмотреться, и становится понятно, что не такие уж они и загадочные, какими кажутся. Если говорить сухим словарным языком, то друиды – это жрецы-кельты, чья организация после окончания периода активных миграций получила распространение в основном у британских, итальянских и галльских кельтов. Существует, правда, распространенное убеждение, что религия друидов родом из Британии. Однако гораздо более убедительной выглядит версия, согласно которой установить ее подлинное происхождение оказалось невозможным, и ее «прописали» в Британии лишь из-за того, что в этой местности друидская религия сохранилась в наиболее первозданном виде.
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Для того, чтобы избежать разного рода разночтений, стоит отметить, что под «друидизмом» мы подразумеваем только одну из его форм – веру галлов, живших в I веке до нашей эры. Это – пожалуй, единственная форма религии друидов, о которой сохранились более-менее точные сведения. О формах друидизма, существовавших в других странах, осталось чрезвычайно мало сведений, чтобы можно было рассуждать о них всерьез.
В значительной мере это подтверждается трудами Цезаря. Он писал об учении друидизма, что эта наука, «как обычно думают», возникла в Британии, а уже оттуда была перенесена в Галлию. То есть даже он рассказывает об этом, как об одном из устоявшихся мнений, упоминая, что те, кто хочет более вдумчиво изучить основы друидизма, едут за этим именно в Британию.
Если поразмыслить, уже исходя из этой информации, можно прийти к определенным выводам. Ведь даже если следовать простой логике – чтобы мнение о британском происхождении друидизма настолько укоренилось, это учение должно было до этого просуществовать в Британии хоть сколько-нибудь продолжительное время. А если вспомнить, что друиды из Галлии были известны уже за пару сотен лет до наступления нашей эры (а значит, они должны были обосноваться в Галлии как минимум за столетие до этого), то получается, что британский друидизм должен иметь еще более солидный возраст. Вероятно, после кельтского завоевания британское учение попало на кельтскую почву и получило распространение по Галлии. Отсюда, по всей видимости, и пошел друидизм в том виде, в котором он известен нам.