Druidism tends boast its lack of institutionalized dogma. Druids commonly
accept these two Basic Tenets:
(1) The object of the search for religious truth, which is universal and a never-ending search, may be found through the Earth-mother, which is nature, but this is one way, yea, among many.
(2) And great is the importance , which is of a spiritual importance, of Nature, which is the Earth-mother; for it is one of the objects of creation, and with it people do live, yea, evaen as they do struggle through life are they come face to face with it.
This is generally considered overly word and verbious it has been shortened
(1) The search for spiritual truth is important.
(2) Nature is important and helpful in that search.
Alternatively and less debatedly
(1) Nature is Good.
(2) Nature is Good.
Even more simplification has led to the less (un?) debatable
(1 and 2) Nature is Nature.
We were all rather vehement against further simplification, mostly because '(1 and 2) Is' was thought to be leading to something more debatable.
It is possible to take a gander of some of the other sentiment of many Druids; the material realm, Nature, is often personified as the Earth-Mother. However, the Druids do not affirm or deny any religious belief, we consist of all types of people from many different traditions and backgrounds. The Druids at Carleton tend to change over time, sometimes drastically, due to the group being based at a four year college. Every four years there is an entirely different group of people that may have very different views from those who came before them. The Druids are continually questioning and each is conducting their own personal search for spiritual truth, however they may define that, which makes it difficult to say what Druids believe. There are very few things that we all agree on, even the wording of the tenets gets adjusted frequently, but this lack of set definition, the flexibility of the group and the devotion to questioning and learning is the very thing that attracts people to Druidism. Druidism is an alternative to mainstream religion, that means that we can't very well go mainstream ourselves.