One of the most important differences between what we do and what Neo-pagans do is based on the Celtic Tree Calendar. It's a calendar that was 'invented' by Robert Graves and is now a firm part of neopagan beliefs and practices. Even the Witches Datebook that I have has the Celtic tree calendar in it. I just ignore it as it's not part of my practice as both a Druid student and a Irish Polytheist. The reason that I reject it is the same reason that Druids have rejected it.
It's made up lies and something that shouldn't be apart of any spiritual practice. Both groups reject it solely on those grounds alone. So to keep things simple I reject it due to it being a falsehood and don't use it in my practice. Of course people in the neopagan community goes on and on about how the truth lies somewhere in the middle and respect what Graves did.
If you read anything that we do have about the Celts, and I mean written by people that know what their talking about, you will not find it at all in any model that the Celts used to record their months. The Celtic Tree calendar might of existed but not in the form that Graves has given us. He had no respect for the Celts and any system that they had. We do have a calendar that was found in Coligny France and was used by the Celtic speaking people to help them with planting, festivals, harvesting, and so on.
Once again there is no Celtic Tree Calendar, not the way that Graves did things. The only legit calendar is the Coligny calendar that's housed in France.
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