wo fires would be lit on top of a hill. People would thenheerd sheep and cattle between them or jump over them for purification. These ritualswould last for three days, starting at sunset the first day and ending at sunset of the third.At day time games would be played while at night the serious rituals were performed.Today there some misconceptions about the Druid rituals that took place inancient times. It is not known for sure whether or not the Druids had human sacrifices. Ifthey did have human sacrifices, it was an offering to nature by the person beingsacrificed. No one was forced to be sacrificed. The Druids did not worship any evilspirits but the whole of dark and light that is the universe.Druidism was driven underground as Christianity moved into Western Europe.Much of Druidism was incorporated into the Christianity of the British Isles. But by 700C.E. Druidism was almost completely gone. The only reason we know as much as we doabout the Druids is because of Christian monks who documented them. It is from theirwritings that we know the ways of the ancient Druids...
