Druidry vs Witchcraft
There are several historical things that actually draw distinctions between Druidry & Witchcraft. Here are the main key distinctions:
Witchcraft as a spiritual path focuses on the reverence of lunar cycles in reference to Feminine mysteries, which focuses on a system of natural Elements of Earth, Air, Fire & Water. This follows the ad quadrulum school of Sacred Geometry. Druidry is solar oriented focusing solely on triplicities & triads, as its Sacred Geometry follows the ad triangulum school.
Given Witchcraft is feminine oriented, it focuses mainly on feminine mysteries such as lunar phases. Because of this the rites of Witchcraft are celebrated at night. Druidry is the exact opposite: masculine & solar oriented, so the rites of Druidry are celebrated during the day. Tho nowadays we Druids also honor the Lunar alongside the Solar & Telluric.
Druidry has 4 Holy Days, called Albans, which are celebrated at the solstices & equinoxes. It is up to the individual Druid whether or not they choose to celebrate the Fire Festivals (cross quarters). Witchcraft has 8 Holy Days called Sabbats. This comes from the 15th century accusations of Witches worshipping Satan (some do but not all) and using Flying Ointment. Many Trad Crafters still use Flying Ointment during Sabbatic rites.
Druidry, like Witchcraft, has 3 Degrees called "Grades." These are Bard, Ovate, & Druid. However, unlike Witchcraft our Grades work differently. Witchcraft's Degrees work like a Priesthood. Witches train with a High Priest/High Priestess of their Tradition/Coven slowly becoming High Priest/ess themselves. Druidry's Grades work like a classical education. The Bardic Arts of Arithmetic, Rhetoric, Fine Arts, Music, Poetry, & Storytelling form the base foundation of Druidry. Ovatic training is similar to Witches in that Ovates study things like wortcunning (herbalism), gemstone properties, divination, oracular prophecy, lunar phases, meteorological patterns, etc.
Witch translates from Old English (wicce/wica) as "Wise One." Druid translates from Welsh (Derwydd) as "Knower of the Oak." In Druidry, the Oak is revered as the symbol of life & the Mysteries; a doorway between Earth & Faerie. So a Druid is/was responsible for keeping the Mysteries sacred. Druids are king-makers (presiding over politics), judges, executioners, ritual liturgists, & Grove leaders. Similar in function to a Druid is a Witch High Priestess minus the king-maker & executioner aspects.
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Duke Reviews Xtra: The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Hello, I'm Andrew Leduc And Welcome To Another Duke Reviews Xtra Where We Continue Our Look At Disney...
Last Sunday On Duke Reviews, I Reviewed Disney's Fantasia Which Features Mickey As The Sorcerer's Apprentice Well, Today We're Going To Switch Mickey With The Voice Of Hiccup From How To Train Your Dragon In Jerry Bruckheimer's Version Of The Sorcerer's Apprentice...
This Film Stars Nicholas Cage As Balthazar Blake, Who Is A Sorcerer In Modern Day Manhattan That Fights Against The Forces Of Evil In Particular, His Arch Nemesis And Former Partner, Maxim Horvath (Played By Doc Ock) While Searching For The Prime Merlinean, The Person Who Will Inherit Merlin's Powers...
This Turns Out To Be Dave Stutler (Played By Jay Baruchel) A Physics Student Who Balthazar Takes As His Apprentice, Giving Dave A Crash Course In The Art And Science Of Magic And Sorcery So They Can Stop Horvath And Morgana Le Fay From Raising The Souls Of Her Evil Dead Servants So They Can Take Over The World...
Will Dave And Balthazar Stop Them?
Let's Find Out As We Watch The Sorcerer's Apprentice...
The Movie Starts With An Intro By Ian McShane...
Balthazar Spends The Ages Trying To Find The Prime Merlinean With No Child Being Successful Until The Year 2000...
When A 10 Year Old Named Dave Stutler (Played By Ben Stiller's Son From Night At The Museum) Encounters Balthazar In His Antique Store, After Straying Away From His Class Field Trip. Giving Dave The Dragon Figurine, It Comes To Life And Forms A Ring On Dave's Finger, Revealing Dave To Be The Prime Merlinean...
But When Balthazar Goes To Get A Book Of Spells For Dave, Dave Accidentally Knocks Over The Grimhold, Releasing Horvath From His Prison...
(Start At 2:34)
Found By His Classmates And Teacher, Dave Is Ridiculed By His Classmates When He Tells Them What He Saw Only For The Shop To Be Completely Empty, But Either Way Dave Keeps The Ring...
Fast Forwarding 20 Years Later, Dave Is Now A Physics Student At NYU Where He Meets His Childhood Crush, Becky Barnes (Played By Teresa Palmer)...
No, Not Bucky Barnes, Becky Barnes Though The Possibility Of Relation Can Be Questioned...
With His Feelings For Her Quickly Coming Back, He Repairs The Transmitting Mast Of The Radio Station She Works At After It Is Struck By Lightning. Released From The Urn After 10 Years, Horvath And Balthazar Escape To Continue Their Missions With Horvath Being The First To Get To Dave..
(Start At 0:38)
Landing On Top Of The Chrysler Building, Dave Refuses To Help Balthazar As He's Been Under Psychiatric Care Since They First Met But Saying That Once They Get The Grimhold, He'll Leave, Dave Decides To Help By Taking Balthazar To Chinatown Where It Has Been Located While Giving Dave Sorcery 101...
But When They Get There They Discover That Horvath Has The Grimhold And He Has Unleashed One Of The Evil Sorcerers That Was Inside Of It With This One Being A Chinese Warlock Named Sun-Lok, Who Fights Balthazar Until It Ends Up On The Streets Of Chinatown...
(End At 2:47)
Changing His Mind After Defeating Sun-Lok, Dave Becomes Balthazar's Apprentice, Giving Him A Book That Holds The History Of Sorcery As Dave Agrees To Take On The Responsibility Of Being His Apprentice...
Meanwhile, Horvath Goes To Visit A Current Evil Sorcerer Named Drake Stone, Who Is A Criss Angel Type Magician (Played By Doctor Doom From Fan4stic) To Ask For His Help Against Balthazar And Dave...
Taking A Break On A Bench, Balthazar And Dave On A Bench Across From Becky's Radio Station. Figuring Out That Dave Likes Her, Balthazar Is Somewhat Negative On The Relationship Stating That Love Is Not Good For A Sorcerer...
But Dave Follows Her To A Subway Station Where A Mugger Robs Them At Gunpoint, Stealing Becky's Grandmother's Bracelet But Chasing After The Mugger, Dave Uses His Magic To Knock Him Out And Return Becky's Stuff, Impressing Her...
The Next Day, Horvath Plans To Use The Satellite Dishes In The Financial District When The Spell Is Cast By Morgana, While Balthazar Continues Training Dave Only To Be Interrupted By Becky Who Comes Over For Dave To Tutor Her In Physics. Despite Trying To Put A Dampener On Their Relationship, Balthazar Leaves..
Showing Off His Tesla Coils, Dave Uses Them To Make Musical Sounds From Stevie Wonder's Superstition...
To OneRepublic...
So He Can Impress Becky...
It's Not Quite Can You Feel The Love Tonight But...It Works...
But As Becky And Dave Start Somewhat Of A Relationship, Dave Gets Encountered In The Bathroom By Stone And Horvath, Who Ask Dave Where The Grimhold Is After Telling Him The Truth That Veronica Is Inside Of The Grimhold...
Saved By Balthazar, Who Traps Horvath Inside Of A Mirror Temporarily And Knocks Out Stone, Dave Tells Him That He's Tired Of The Lies And Wants To Know The Truth Which Leads Balthazar To Tell Dave The Entire Backstory Again So That Dave Will Know Everything..
Getting Ready For His Date, Dave Attempts To Clean Up The Lab But Frustrated At The Mess, Dave Brings A Broom To Life Which Leads To A Recreation Of The Sorcerer's Apprentice Scene From Fantasia...
(Start At 0:25)
And Yes, I Know That Some People Complained That "They F-ed This Up This Is In No Way As Good As Fantasia!" And While That's True I Still Like This Scene For What It Is, The Actual Sorcerer's Apprentice Scene With Hiccup From How To Train Your Dragon...
Chastising Dave For Using Magic As A Shortcut, Dave And Balthazar Get Into A Big Fight Which Leads Dave To Storm Out In Anger...
Seeing Becky With Her Friends, Dave Leaves In Defeat Feeling Like He Doesn't Belong But Following Him To The Rooftop Where Balthazar Had Taken Him, Dave Is About To Throw Away The Ring, But She Stops Him, Saying That Nothing Is Ruined And That She Really Cares About Him...
Disguised As Dave, Drake Traps Balthazar So Horvath Can Search The Lab To Find The Grimhold As Horvath Reveals That The Reason He Turned Evil Was Because He Was Jealous Of Veronica Choosing Balthazar Over Him...
But Freeing Himself Balthazar Fights Horvath And Almost Loses Until The Real Dave Arrives To Save Him But Unfortunately Drake And Horvath Manage To Find The Grimhold And Leave With It...
Following Them In Balthazar's Car In A Chase That Ends Up In The Mirror Dimension From Doctor Strange, Horvath And Drake Still Get Away By Turning A Person Into A Veronica Look Alike...
Knowing That Balthazar Let Horvath Go For That Reason, Balthazar Finally Comes Clean That Veronica Was His One True Love Which Leads Dave To Decide That They Are Going To Get Veronica Out Of The Grimhold And Destroy Morgana Forever...
Back At Drake's Apartment, Drake Wonders How They're Going To Open The Last 2 Shells Of The Grimhold Only For Horvath To Use A Parasite Spell To Steal Drake's Powers And Life Force...
So He Can Open The Next Shell Which Releases Abigail Williams, A Witch From The Salem Witch Trials Who Kidnaps Becky At The Radio Station But Unfortunately After That, Horvath Uses The Parasite Spell On Her So He Can Eventually Free Morgana...
I Guess It Just Comes Down To...
Arriving At Drake's Apartment For The Grimhold, Balthazar Gets Caught In A Persian Rug Quick Sand Trap While Dave Gets The Grimhold Only For Horvath To Enter With Becky With His Cane On Her Throat Stating To Give Him The Ring And The Grimhold Or Becky Dies...
Realizing He Has No Other Option, Dave Does Just That Only For Horvath To Fire A Energy Bolt At Becky And Dave Which They Dodge And Flee As Balthazar Escapes The Quick Sand Trap...
Apologizing To Balthazar For Failing, He Accepts Saying That He Would Have Done The Same Thing Before Flying Away On A Giant Metal Eagle To Becky's Shock...
Dave Tries Dropping Off Becky But She Won't Have It As She's Involved Now So They Come Up With A Plan To Use Dave's Tesla Coils Strapped To Balthazar's Car To Defeat Morgana As Horvath Unleashes Morgana From The Grimhold In Battery Park...
Finding Them, Balthazar Fights Horvath Off As He Raises The Bull Market Bull Statue To Life So It Can Chase Balthazar. Believing Himself To Be Victorious, Dave Arrives To Halt Horvath's Celebration By Using Tesla Coils To Destroy His Cane, Defeating Him And The Bull..
But As That Happens, Becky Disrupts The Spell By Moving One Of The Satellites Which Leaves Balthazar To Suck Morgana's Soul Into His Body, Freeing Veronica...
With Balthazar Not Breathing, Dave Uses His Magic To Resuscitate Him So He'll Live Happily Ever After With Veronica As Becky Arrives For Her And Dave To Live Happily Ever After By Taking The Giant Eagle To Paris...
We Get An End Credits Scene Which Reveals That Horvath Will Return In A Sequel That Will Never Happen Thanks To Everyone, Who Didn't Like This Film...
And That's The Sorcerer's Apprentice And How Could Anyone Not Like This Movie?
The Story Is Great, The Action Scenes Are Amazing, The Cast Was Good, I Just Honestly Enjoyed It As Much As I Enjoyed The National Treasurer Movies Who's Director Jon Turtletaub Directed This..
You Know Some People Consider This As One Of The Disney Reboots But I Seriously Don't And The People That Do Are Idiots Only Question I Have Is Why Did This Movie Not Do Great?, Is It Because There Wasn't A Nicholas Cage Freak Out In It?
Newsflash! We Do Not Need A Nicholas Cage Freak Out In Every Movie He's In!
The First National Treasurer Movie Didn't Have A Nicholas Cage Freak Out And Look How Well That Did At The Box Office Where The Second One Did And Look How Bad That One Ended Up, I Still Like The Second National Treasurer Movie And I'll See The Thrid One When And If It Comes Out But Still...
Either Way I Say Don't Listen To The Haters And See This Movie...
Till Next Time, This Is Duke, Signing Off
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Merlyn: the Wildman of the Woods
Master Merlyn, the all powerful Wizard of history whose magick is highly coveted, is actually Myrddhin & is a Welsh God. He is the Lord of Nature, Poetry, Smithcraft, Healing, Knowledge, & Magick. He historically was a Pheryllt Druid & part of the original Dragon Priesthood (a fact few know about because of biased opinions no one asked for). He is MUCH older than the legends make him out to be! Since he is the Lord of Nature he is the God of Druidry (Art of the Oak Knower), and laid down the laws that govern how magick works. The British, Gaulish, & Gaelic Druids gathered at Stonehenge every turn of the season & paid homage to "a God of poetry, magick, & knowledge," and did the same thing upon the discovery of Mistletoe upon an Oak (a very sacred occurrence that was revered with ceremony & a golden sickle). This God was discovered to actually be Myrddhin. He is the Wildman of the Woods who rules over Madness, Revelry, & Liberation, a Title given to him after earning it upon his retreat into the woods after war to reconnect with the Old Gods & rediscover his magick. He is Nature, & we work with Nature as well as enjoy natural pleasures. We are of Merlyn & therefore are Merlyneans. His Staff is the Torch of Knowledge which he uses to light the way through the Shadow into the Light. His Mark is the Faeryblood given to His people being born of Faerie & therefore Changelings. Master Merlyn is the Gnaddr (pronounced NAH-thare) known in our Tradition as the original Dragon-Derwyd. It was He who had the prophecy of the Reg & White Dragons of Pendragon, which represents His connection to the Pheryllt Priesthood. This Draconic association of the Druids was lost long ago, but has always been remembered by the Welsh Bards who have always called Druids "Adders." (This would make that legend of St Patrick much more gruesome) What the Devil/Man In Black is to Traditional Witches, Master Merlyn is to Merlyneans.
If you reverse engineer the name of Merlyn's home, Carmarthen, from it's original name of Caer Myrddhin in Welsh, you eventually get Moridunum. It means "Sea-Fortress" and refers to an ancient name for Great Britain called Albion. This points to the Arthurian side of Master Merlyn. Do the same exact reverse engineering using the rules of the Welsh language with the name Myrddhin & you come up with Moridunos, meaning "He of the Sea-Fortress." This comes up with his Title as the Fortress of Albion. This bit of info comes from John Michael Greer's "The Mysteries of Merlin."
Master Merlyn's Wizardry is probably the most coveted in history due to how powerful he is. I am truly honored to be taught by Master Merlyn, and therefore his child: a Merlynean Wizard. I am a sworn Guardian of the Grimoire of Merlin, and some of the most sought after spells & incantations in history. For this reason the magickal community is after me & often tries to burn me at the stake (VERY hypocritical BTW! But if the world is after me then I take it as a compliment!). Merlyn isn't just an idea or a legend that unites us all, He is our deity & our father, the Father of Faeryblood. He is a Pheryllt Druid & the most powerful Wizard who ever lived.
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The Magick of Spiderowl the Grey!
As many of you know, I'm a Merlinean Wizard. But what type of magick do I use? Here is the answer to that:
Druidic 💙 That's right! My path is that of the ancient Druid. In reality tho, my path is a European Wizard (Druid) of the Merlynean Tradition. Have you ever read the Wizardology Trilogy? The basis of the Merlynean Tradition is in those books. Before you laugh & disregard my posts as nonsense, here me out. The Wizardology Handbook & its predecessor Guide to the Wizards of the World perfectly map out the path of the European Wizard. We work with Nature Magick, Druidry, Faerii Faith, Elven Magix, Forest Magick, etc. You get the idea. This is obviously rooted in the path of the ancient Druids of Celtica.
For thousands of years, the Druidic Tradition of Wizardry has remained in tact in the Occult Underground. The last "true Druid" was none other than Emrys Myrddhin of Avalon, aka Master Merlin. His secret teachings & Druidic magix were preserved & eventually brought back to the surface by Dugald Steer who edited the original books & created the Wizardology Trilogy. Merlin was the most famous & powerful of all Historical Wizards. I am his successor, a Prime Merlinean. Once his Apprentice, now a Journeyman in the Tradition. This Title is given only to those who decode the encyption spell cast upon the Liberae Merlinae Arcanus & its predecessors to reveal the Merlyean Tradition. We are the Keepers of the Tradition & its secrets.
My Craft as a European Wizard mimics that of the Celtic Faerii Faith & Elven Magix of the Seelie Court. I practice these Magix as a European Wizard: Nature, Faerii, Starcraft, Runic (Prime Base), Elven/Forest, Triskellion (Land-Sea-Sky, Secondary Base), Folk, Bardic (Storytelling, Third Base), Ovatic, & Druidic.
My lineage began in ancient Celtica with the introduction of the Druids from the ancient Tribe Tuatha d'Anu. I have this lineage spiritually through Merlin himself. The Wizardology Trilogy does *not* make up the entirety of the Tradition, only a small fraction of it. Each of us (few & far between but connected through secret networks) have an Encantus & a Grimoire of our learnings in the Tradition. Not ready just yet to teach the Tradition to Apprectices but very soon I will be. I just have to bring all these teachings back up in my memory & put it in my Encantus. This could take awhile.
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