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September 2014

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Druids on Primrose Hill

Primrose Hill, London. Tue 23 Sep 2014
 

 
 Druids come to mark out the circle

 and to practice the 'Peace to the four corners' at the end of the ceremony

 

 

 

 Under the trees half way down the hill, they are getting ready for the ceremony

 making up the basket of fruit and flowers and the headdresses for the Lady's attendants

 They put on the robes which have been brought there, carefully packed

 

  The robes come in packets in a plastic box, and other necessities are in another box, with a detailed list on the table
 


A banner, possibly around a hundred years old, is taken in a special lined wooded box 

 

 

 

There are two banners, each have to be hung on wooden poles.
The Western Banner includes the scales of Libra in which the sun rises at the Equinox and depicts the equal balance
between night and day indicated by symbols of the sun and moon at each side.
Perhaps thesymbol at top left alsorelates to the equal division of the two vertical lines rather than being a letter H 

 

The other banner, with what looks like an image of Stonehenge has a word in Celtic script, Gairoeacnas (or Gairoeachas),  

The stepped pyramid below the scales shows druids on the different levels in the path to enlightenment 

 

 

 

 
 

   

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