Theoretical Soul Retrieval of the Druids

[Ruriha]

I happened upon a book called Soul Retrieval by Sandra Ingerman at a magical store called Second and Charles. I have been interested in Soul Retrieval for a long time but didnt even know where to get started with it, so this book is quite a gem.

It turns out that a lot of the implements to perform a soul retrieval were part of the ancient celts repertoire.

The bodhran is a perfect example. It is very similar to the drums that cultures that practiced soul retrieval used.

The druids also had a medicine [crane] bag, where they could have stored items used for the soul retrieval ritual.

They would have had guardians and helpful spirits to aid them on their journeys.

The only thing I have never heard of the celts having is a soul catcher, but crystals can be used for that as well.

Im curious about nonordinary reality and the shamans that use ecstasy to reach it.

[Morell Sunweaver]

:-) I agree. I think that there was much more that what is saved for us by romans and christians... They refused to write down some things for sure...

[Ruriha]

well it isnt known about in any documents that Im aware of, I was just thinking maybe they had something like soul retrieval considering they have the same tools and they were an animistic culture, verging on, if not, shaman. A lot of shamanic cultures had similar outlooks on the nature of reality, why not the Celts, who were also animists?

[Morell Sunweaver]

Something like that is being done by shamans.

[Tara]

Very interesting, do they call it soul retrieval in Celtic and other cultures too? 

[Morell Sunweaver]

There are good books about Shamans, but I'm glad to hear that there is actually quite a lot written about Celts.