Liturgical Loose Ends

Throughout the long history of all the Druidry, not only the Druidry in these parts, we have been caught upon the horns of a great cow, a totem cow, a good vs. evil cow, that ambles across space and time with all the Druidry caught upon her horns. We have presumed at times to steer this enigmatic cow, spelling upon first one horn, for direction, then upon the other.

But we, the Druidry, are tiny little things, and if you were really big, like the good vs. evil cow, you would need the finest Russian microscope to see us. It is a fact, however, that the good vs. evil cow does have the finest Russian microscope ever made, and uses it (the finest Russian microscope ever made) to check up on us, the Druidry, from time to time. The reasons she does this is to see what we are up to and why we may be spelling more on one of her horns than the other.

The good vs. evil cow's Russian microscope has this characteristic. She can look into it and see any time and any place. Today, she has focused in on the Salisbury Plain where two of her Druids, Bran and Gwydion, are spelling for direction. With Bran and Gwydion are assembled the Druidry and people and many of the plants and animals resident in those parts. But the assemblage is not in accord for some are with Bran on the west of the plain, while some stand with Gwydion on the east. Then of a sudden the Druidry and people and plants and animals on the west spell against those others on the east and vice versa. It is a great contest, but in the end, the guile and trickery of Gwydion prevails. Bran and his supporters are routed and Gwydion proclaims victory.

Then Gwydion wonders, "The stone circles are all mine, does anybody know how they work?".

from "Notes on the Druid Cosmoology"
Badgemagus Swineherd, Tabby Labber