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The Druids combine the functions of the priest, the magistrate, the scholar, and the physician. They used no images to represent the object of their worship, nor did they meet in temples or buildings of any kind for the performance of their sacred rites. A circle of stones (each stone generally of vast size), enclosing an area from twenty feet to thirty yards in diameter, constituted their sacred place.These sacred circles were generally situated near some stream, or under the shadow of a grove or widespreading oak. In the center of the circle stood the Cromlech or altar, which was a large stone placed in the manner of a table upon other stones set up on end. The Druids had also their high places, which were large stones or piles of stones on the summits of hills. These were called Cairns, and were used in the worship of the deity under the symbol of the sun. |
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