It is fair to speculate that modern Druidry was influenced by the ideas of Deism current in the 17th and 18th centuries when the seeds of the modern druid orders were planted. I have suggested elsewhere in these pages that Druidry and Freemasonry are related, probably cousins although each might lay a certain claim to [...]
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Natural Religion and Druidry
Posted in Uncategorized on March 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Masonry, Radicalism, and the Vatican
Posted in Masonry, freedom on March 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been reading Pope Leo XIII’s encyclical Humanum Genus which condemns Freemasonry. Although it dates from 1884, I suspect that the opinions expressed in it have lingered on. Once a Pope proclaims something it is pretty hard for Catholics to ignore it later and admit that it was founded on mistaken assumptions or bad information. [...]