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'''Druidry''', or '''Druidism''', is the religion of the Druids, a [[pagan]] [[Celtic]] priesthood that existed in [[France]], [[Britain]] and [[Ireland]] before the coming of [[Christianity]] to those lands. Its international headquarters was on the island of Mona, now called Anglesey, off the north-west coast of [[Wales]], but was destroyed by the [[Roman]]s in 61 AD during the revolt of [[Boudica]].
 
'''Druidry''', or '''Druidism''', is the religion of the Druids, a [[pagan]] [[Celtic]] priesthood that existed in [[France]], [[Britain]] and [[Ireland]] before the coming of [[Christianity]] to those lands. Its international headquarters was on the island of Mona, now called Anglesey, off the north-west coast of [[Wales]], but was destroyed by the [[Roman]]s in 61 AD during the revolt of [[Boudica]].
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Druid beliefs, as recorded by [[Julius Caesar]], revolved around observations of the motions of the heavenly bodies and their influences on the earth, as in [[astrology]], and they were also firm believers in [[reincarnation]], so much that it was possible to defer the payment of debts until the next life. They also sacrificed criminals and enemy soldiers captured in battle in huge wicker men by burning them to death.
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Druid beliefs, as recorded by [[Julius Caesar]], revolved around observations of the motions of the heavenly bodies and their influences on the earth, as in [[astrology]], and they were also firm believers in [[reincarnation]], so much that it was possible to defer the payment of debts until the next life. Caesar recounted stories of the Druids sacrificing criminals and enemy soldiers captured in battle in huge wicker men by burning them to death. These stories should be taken with a grain of salt as Caesar was known for embellishing stories of his time in Gaul.
    
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