Did Druid's use Magick, spells, incantations, etc. The short answer is yes and some of us still do. Although seldom discussed in Facebook groups of Druid major organizations or interest pages (that I am a member of) in our ancient past we were considered the Masters of Magick, Conjure, Curses, Rosc and Spells.
See "Ár nDraíocht Féin > Our Own Draíocht" Ref. 3
What is to me, so interesting in "Dlui Fulla" reference, we get a glimpse of how one type of Draíocht or spells was done and even a hint to who started this practice. And it ties in well with other well-documented magick crafts, still very much in use today.
What is to me, so interesting in "Dlui Fulla" reference, we get a glimpse of how one type of Draíocht or spells was done and even a hint to who started this practice. And it ties in well with other well-documented magick crafts, still very much in use today.
>>Dlui Fulla, or fluttering wisp, a wisp of straw, hay, or grass, on which
a charm or incantation was pronounced (SPELL)for a person. It was called Dlui Fulla
(recte Fullon,) from Dlui, a wisp, and Fullon or FulIa, the name of the druid who first practised the art of pronouncing charms or incantations on a wisp of straw or hay, etc, hence Dlui Fullon literally means Fulla or Fullon's wisp, ii. 203, 204. << Ref. 1
There is also another view of Fullon's Wisp or The Madman's Wisp. I explored it some time ago. Ref. 4
References:
Ref. 1
Page 570 GLOSSABIAL INDEX
(ON THE MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE ANCIENT IRISH. Volume Three (1873)
A SERIES OF LECTURES DELIVERED BY the LATE EUGENE O’CURRY, M.R.I.A)
available at books.google.com
Ref. 2
What is a Poppet Doll?
In folk magic and witchcraft, a poppet (also known as poppit, moppet, mommet and pippy) is a doll made to represent a person, for casting spells on that person or to aid that person through magic. They are occasionally found lodged in chimneys.[1] These dolls may be fashioned from such materials as a carved root, grain or corn shafts, a fruit, paper, wax, a potato, clay, branches, or cloth stuffed with herbs with the intent that any actions performed upon the effigy will be transferred to the subject based on sympathetic magic. It was from these European dolls that the myth of voodoo dolls arose.[1][2] Poppets are also used as kitchen witch figures.
Poppet - Wikipedia
Ref. 3
Draíocht - One of the three primary arts, the word is used to refer to what we would now call "magick" (in both the simple and the ritual sense). It means "the use of powers to effect ends." Spell-casting, the use of evocations and invocations, the practice of chanting, circle dancing (intended to bring about a particular end) and other arts are all considered disciplines of draíocht. http://www.isisbooks.com/celtic-springs.asp
Ref. 4
Draíocht - One of the three primary arts, the word is used to refer to what we would now call "magick" (in both the simple and the ritual sense). It means "the use of powers to effect ends." Spell-casting, the use of evocations and invocations, the practice of chanting, circle dancing (intended to bring about a particular end) and other arts are all considered disciplines of draíocht. http://www.isisbooks.com/celtic-springs.asp
Ref. 4
Other resources:
Poppet Bone Pins
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