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Posted by: Lady Elaine Knox 27-Jun-2003, 05:37 PM
a. What is Aurrad? Pronounced: OW-rath

b. What does the term Aurrad mean, where does it come from and how is it used?

c. How is Aurrad different from other 'religions'?

d What are the 9 values?

e. What is the "great triskele"?

f. What is Aurrad not?

g. What are the 4 major holidays celebrated and when?

h. What is the role of the "other world"?

i. How is Mother Earth important?

j. What is the Aurrad position on mixing cultures/gods & goddesses?

I will post the answerson 6-30-03 for you, but do some reasearch and see what ya find!

Posted by: RavenWing 01-Jul-2003, 09:43 AM
I am looking forward to seeing the answers.

Posted by: Lady Elaine Knox 01-Jul-2003, 03:30 PM
Ok..I ment to post these answers yesterday..I'm so senile!
A. A faction of CRP-Celtic Reconstuction Paganism.aka Druidism
B. Of Irish origin it's meaning is"a peron with legal standing within the tribe or clan. It is used mainly by the drui',faidh,fili,and curadh.
C. It is not a traditional "church", we believe the world as 3 realsm being Land, Sea and Sky known as the An Thribhis Mho'r, the great triskele. Druid, wiccan and christian morals are woven together in this faith.
D.
The 9 values: truth,homnor,justice,loyalty,courage,community,hospitality,strenght and gentleness.
E. An Thribhis Mho'r- the 3 realms mentioned above.
F. Aurrad is not a social club, church or cultural revivalist, but a way of faith and a life style.
G. OicheShamhna Nov 1st,La Fheil Bride Feb 1st,La Bealtaine May 1st and La Fheile Lunasa Aug 1st.
H. To hold nd honor our "gods" and ancestors.
I. She is our giver of life we must respect and honor her thru clean living and not polluting her veins.
J.We honour our "gods/goddess" in our Aurrad rituals, yet we respect the gods/goddess of other cultures but nit within our ceremonies.
Whew....lol

Posted by: greenldydragon 27-Oct-2004, 12:01 PM
That's alot of information! Thanx for sharing!

Posted by: Ceciliastar1 27-Oct-2004, 12:56 PM
Wow, that's really interesting. Thanks so much for providing the answers. It's really cool!

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