Were/are Druids nature based priests, spending their time in forests?
The priesthood of the Druids was based upon being the representative of the people to the gods. There were and are many gods of tribe, culture, craft, skill and of natural features and forces. The Druids represented the people in performing the rites of worship to the gods and maintained the order of society and the relationship of society with the gods. The primary job of the Druids being to maintain the traditional order of society makes the identification of them as a priesthood of nature, though a very popular depiction, demonstrates a serious misunderstanding of Celtic culture and the position of the Druid class within that culture. There are many people in Comhaltacht Draiocht who are very active in the conservation and environmental movements and who relate this to their own personal spirituality. And a large portion of the duty of the Druid was maintaining spiritual relationships among the people but also with the surrounding world, but in the view of the time in which there wa
