A British Druid by William Stukeley I am always intrigued by the mysterious, which is why I'm so interested in ancient history. The further back we go, the more mysterious it gets! The ancient Druids are one of the mysteries of history. They left no written records themselves, to explain who they were or what they believed. All we have to go by is the accounts of foreign visitors and Christian converts. Both of these commentators are biased toward their own religion and culture, and therefore unlikely to paint an accurate picture. What we can do however, is compare the Druids to other priestly castes around the world. The Celtic culture was a parallel development to the Vedic culture, from their common Indo-European roots which began to branch out some five thousand years ago. It has only been in recent decades that Celtic scholars have begun to reveal the full extent of the parallels and cognates between the Celtic and Vedic cultures. Peter Berresford Ellis, one of Europ...

 La Justice: Tarot de Marseille The eighth card of the Tarot is traditionally the Justice card, althoug modern decks swap Justice with the eleventh card, Strength. Personally I see the number eight clearly in the Justice card. Turned on its side, it resembles the scales with which the evidence is weighed. A figure of eight turned on its side is also known as an infinity symbol. The justice served is the after-effect of karma, called vipaka in Pāli. Vipaka means "the appropriate result" or in other words "justice". This card speaks of the natural consequences of your actions. The number eight is associated with the cube, which has eight corners. Eight is associated with infinity because it was believed that beyond the seven planetary spheres, an infinite eighth realm existed. According to Babylonian mythology, the eighth realm is the starry home of the gods. Eight is therefore associated with heaven or paradise. Eight is also the number of superspace , the...