[Exploring Life] A Perennial Course in Living Druidry is intended to provide process for learning that is designed to endure for an indefinite period of time. In this sense, a course integrates elements of a practice or ritual. The Perennial Course in Living Druidry contains no information:
Taking that understanding, this course offers the simplicity of reminders, guiding and directing through ideas and questions. If the course is worked well, it will be the natural world (human and non-human) that provides any information about what Druidry truly is. The course, then, aims to teach by pointing out where and how the real teaching can be found.
Spiritual learning often reverses many of the common assumptions about education. The learning environment of spirutuality is the interior classroom of the mind, not an external room. The teacher of spiritual learning is ultimately the essence of the spirituality itself, rather than a human messenger. The teaching of spirituality is therefore exclusively achieved through direct experience, while receiving support and guidance from a mentor. The prescribed content is not really content at all; what is prescribed are the necessary qualities of mind such as awareness, attention, and concentration that allow access to spirutal teaching.
The course is not about the specifics of ritual, mythology, culture or heritage, but about the simplest steps that make Druidry a deep, real and utterly natural spirituality. It doesn’t go into magic or alchemy, but provides a foundation of relationship that is considered essential for the deeper mysteries of Druidry. As a result, giving guidance, suggestions and encouragement, rather than a definitive body of Druidic knowledge, the course is designed to be of value to everyone.
Learning is animated by active exploration and discovery, not by pre-determined chunks of information. The goal of learning is to embrace active engagement and to inspire the creation of relationships. The process of learning is guided by guidance, suggestions, and encouragement.
It doesn’t matter how many times the course is repeated. Nor is there any end point when all that can be learned from the material has been learned. Nature encourages us to carry on learning.
