{"id":10270,"date":"2013-10-06T15:49:57","date_gmt":"2013-10-06T14:49:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eden-saga.com\/en\/initiation-celts-gauls-druids-drugs-potions-mushrooms-hydromel.html"},"modified":"2026-09-24T10:36:50","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T09:36:50","slug":"initiation-celts-gauls-druids-drugs-potions-mushrooms-hydromel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eden-saga.com\/en\/initiation-celts-gauls-druids-drugs-potions-mushrooms-hydromel.html","title":{"rendered":"Ancient Potions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-87768\" src=\"https:\/\/eden-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/magicienne3-philtre-amour-26xe-1000x600-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"chapo\">The ancient Celts were using psychedelic drugs &#8211; some of them so powerful they would kill us right away. These tough people were searching violent and intense effects on their mind. To reach this goal, they were ready to take the greatest risks.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080\"><strong>Besides, what risks did they take, except that of dying poisoned or become crazy ? As everyone knows, the Gauls were afraid of only one thing: that the sky is falling on their heads.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"perfect-quotes\"><p>What risk for the warrior except his life or death ?<\/p><footer class=\"blockquote-footer\">Carlos Castaneda<\/footer><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This fear was far from stupid, for the fact happened several times &#8211; meteorite or other cataclysms of which druids had carefully saved the memory. Thus the Gauls did not fear death. Or suffering.\u00a0At the initiation of the young warrior, took place the presentation of the sword. During a ceremony held under a long barrow, the druid felt valor taillaidant the young man in his chest with a large sword. Precisely the sword the druid would give him. <em>&#8220;You did feel in your flesh the bite of the sword. Now that you know the pain it can inflict, may you use it without weakening or shuddering, or taking any pleasure.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Then the wounds were covered with salt so that the scars are very ugly. For the same reason, the wounds&#8217; banks were sewed wide open.<\/p>\n<p>And when at last came the hour of battle, the Gauls fought naked, displaying their appalling injuries and their total contempt for death. Under their helmets and armors, Roman legionaries did not lead off. It was exactly the goal.<\/p>\n<p>This anecdote illustrates the image that the following centuries have drawn of the Gauls and Celts &#8211; cantankerous, feisty, brave to rashness, with their everlasting quality at peace and war : panache. But let us reduce this superficial portrait of the Gauls. This proud people did not draw his courage in any magic potion that guarantees invincibility, like Asterix and Obelix make us believe.<\/p>\n<p>Their bravery originates in total disregard of death. Their former masters, the Tuatha, Ligurian and Etruscan, taught them the ultimate wisdom that gives enlightenment. The quest of the Gauls was not in this world.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-23333 size-full\" title=\"Le mortier de pierre \u00e9tait indispensable pour pr\u00e9parer nombre de potions et de panac\u00e9es. Image Pixabay, domaine public\" src=\"https:\/\/eden-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/mortier-alchimie-pixabay-688po.jpg\" alt=\"mortier-alchimie-pixabay-688po\" width=\"688\" height=\"413\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Like their ancient model the Atlanteans, they knew that this world is but an illusion, that time is a vision of our shortsighted mind, that this living on earth will continue in the other world and that the only values\u00a0important to cultivate\u00a0are those of the heart and soul.<\/p>\n<p>The Celts wove the finest fabrics and chiselled the most beautiful jewelry. Their reputation for refinement and culture was well established among neighboring peoples. While European\u00a0elegant ladies ruined for frills made in Gaul, their husbands flocked to study in the Druidic universities that broadcast an oral outdoor education among the megaliths. However, the Celts were not fashion victims. Their ultimate goal was of another order &#8211; not a material one.\u00a0They were in search of \u00a0powers given by enlightenment. In their universities, initiations by fire from heaven were common.<\/p>\n<p>Every full moon, many ceremonies gathered a huge crowd of insiders and onlookers. To achieve ecstasy and visions, all means were good. Drugs and potions were commonplace : the most famous is probably the mead, that is called <a href=\"#\">chouchen<\/a><span class=\"note\">hydromel<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 17px;line-height: 28px\">in Britanny.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Before becoming the disgusting tourist trap that we know now, the Breton mead was a psychedelic and hallucinogenic drink made with a very original recipe. At full moon, a big\u00a0jar of\u00a0apple or wheat \u00a0alcohol\u00a0was installed under a wild hive &#8211; buzzing with bees. Cutting the root of the hive, the Druid makes it fall in alcohol and at once the jar was hermetically sealed with wax. For at least one moon, the hive was marinating in strong alcohol. The hive with its honey, its bees and their venom.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-18848 size-full\" title=\"La boule de cristal \/ The Crystal Ball by John William Waterhouse --  Uploaded by Ellin Beltz --  https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Magician_(fantasy)#\/media\/File:John_William_Waterhouse_-_The_Crystal_Ball.JPG ---- modifi\u00e9 par Stef Kervor pour Eden Saga\" src=\"https:\/\/eden-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/the-crystal-ball-johnWaterhouse-sk-688po.jpg\" alt=\"the-crystal-ball-johnWaterhouse-sk-688po\" width=\"688\" height=\"413\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We can imagine that this marinade sipping sent into the air\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0in the proper sense of the word &#8211; \u00a0our ancestors the Gauls.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Please note that the use of this magic potion was highly regulated and ritualized. Drunkenness was always devoted to an inner quest. Except in this <a href=\"#\">oxydantal<\/a><span class=\"note\">This misspelling is volunteer<\/span> globalization called progress, drugs have always been a spiritual vehicle, supported by druids, monks or shamans, and dedicated to enlightenment.<\/p>\n<p>Or at least, to a vision quest, as is still the case with <a class=\"link\" href=\"\/en\/initiation-amazonia-hallucinogenic-quest-vision-dream-drug-ayahuasca.html\">ayahuasca<\/a>. I was told that our youngsters discover with delight the practice of sacred trance in Goa parties. Some musicians have indeed the shamanic gift of mastering trance. Since the Sufi Mevlana, whirling dervishes are practicing this musical trance, with or without dance. This is the ultimate culmination of spiritual techniques, well above the silent and motionless meditation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Celtic Wisdom<\/h2>\n<ul id=\"item_2236\" class=\"collapse show\" aria-expanded=\"true\">\n<li><a title=\"For the mysterious Tuatha, there is another world inside of ours, they called Sidhe\" href=\"https:\/\/eden-saga.com\/en\/tuatha-de-danaan-holy-sidhe-inside-world.html\">The Sidh Of Dana<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Beliefs and practices of Gallic and Celtic Druidesses\" href=\"https:\/\/eden-saga.com\/en\/history-gaul-religion-beliefs-of-druidesses.html\">The Druidesses<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Ramayana means : the long race of Rama, who travelled from Hyperborea to India and beyond\" href=\"https:\/\/eden-saga.com\/en\/ramayana-race-of-ram-hyperborea-druidesses-matriarchy-western-empire-indian-empire.html\">Ram and the Druidesses<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Magicians, enchanters, teachers, healers, Gallic Druids are still in our dreams\" href=\"https:\/\/eden-saga.com\/en\/celtic-mythology-druidic-universities-3-functions-teachers-priests-doctors-holy-oak-druids.html\">The Druids<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Were they elfs ? Gods ? Supermen ? Giants ? The Celts still remember them.\" href=\"https:\/\/eden-saga.com\/en\/celtic-mythology-ulster-giants-megalithic-great-goddess-sidh-tuatha-de-danaan.html\">Tuatha De Danaan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Arthur is not a legend. Either he has lived for 2,000 years, or his name is a title...\" href=\"https:\/\/eden-saga.com\/en\/arthur-bear-of-urs.html\">Arthur Bear of Ur&#8217;s<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Like Hinduism, Judaism and others, the religion of ancient Celts came from Atlantis.\" href=\"https:\/\/eden-saga.com\/en\/religion-tradition-celtism-druidism-old-religion.html\">The Old Religion Of Druids<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"The detailed rite of druidic baptism as I happened to relive in Dark Forest\" href=\"https:\/\/eden-saga.com\/en\/the-druidic-baptism.html\">The Druidic Baptism<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Magic! The big word is out. I\u2019m fond of it, but it scares a lot of people.\" href=\"https:\/\/eden-saga.com\/en\/magic-illusion.html\">Magic? Illusion?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"There are three categories of beings, says Lewis Trondheim. The living, the dead and the invisible.\" href=\"https:\/\/eden-saga.com\/en\/fades.html\">The Fades<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"The Gauls had many gods, in whom are recognized the former astronauts gods, present in all mythologies\" href=\"https:\/\/eden-saga.com\/en\/the-gaulish-gods-teutates-belenos-lugh-ram-cernunnos-belisama-rhiannon-brigida.html\">The Gaulish Gods<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"The Celts and the Gauls had their lives punctuated by seven initiations\" href=\"https:\/\/eden-saga.com\/en\/the-seven-initiations-of-the-celts.html\">The Seven Initiations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Carnac, Brittany and Karnak, Egypt: same name, same function, same origin. \" href=\"https:\/\/eden-saga.com\/en\/carnac-and-karnak.html\">Carnac and Karnak<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"The wood of Kerohou in Argoat shelters a magical hill, authentic megalithic sanctuary\" href=\"https:\/\/eden-saga.com\/en\/the-pulpit-of-the-druids-kerohou.html\">The Pulpit Of The Druids, Britanny<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/eden-saga.com\/en\/war-queen-boadicea.html\">Vercingetorix And Boudica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Velleda is a Gallic prophetess of the 1st century who spent her life locked in a tower\" href=\"https:\/\/eden-saga.com\/en\/velleda-in-a-tower.html\">Velleda In A Tower<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Ancient Potions<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Britons once fetched in the Auvergne fly agaric mushrooms for vision quests\" href=\"https:\/\/eden-saga.com\/en\/fly-agaric-amanita-muscaria-neolithic-celts.html\">Celtic Drugs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Margot Hood and Morgana of the Coast are the two types of Britanny fairies\" href=\"https:\/\/eden-saga.com\/en\/morgan-and-margot-fairies.html\">Brittany Fairies<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"In the privacy of Celtic fairies, a magical journey for the heart, body and spirit\" href=\"https:\/\/eden-saga.com\/en\/morrigans-and-korriganes.html\">Morrigan And Korrigan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"King Arthur and Merlin have left many traces in the language and culture of France\" href=\"https:\/\/eden-saga.com\/en\/arthur-and-merlin.html\">Arthur And Merlin<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Merlin&apos;s laugh is not mocking. My benefactor had this seer&apos;s laugh. I have too.\" href=\"https:\/\/eden-saga.com\/en\/merlins-laugh.html\">Merlin&#8217;s Laugh<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"As he approached his seventies, Merlin stopped playing the magician for Arthur \" href=\"https:\/\/eden-saga.com\/en\/viviane-and-merlin.html\">Viviane And Merlin<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Percival was a young peasant when he discovered chivalry\" href=\"https:\/\/eden-saga.com\/en\/percival-of-wales.html\">Percival Of Wales<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Doue da bardonou an Anaon! May God forgive the dead!\" href=\"https:\/\/eden-saga.com\/en\/may-god-forgive-dead.html\">May God Forgive The Dead!<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"The conception of the Britons&apos; other world is unique: the dead and the living are not separated.\" href=\"https:\/\/eden-saga.com\/en\/an-anaon-our-dead.html\">An Anaon, Our Dead<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-79175 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/eden-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/druides-ligures-rituel-arbre-sacre-25xe-1000x600-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" \/><a title=\"Druids are not priests in the modern sense, but rather healing seers.  They got Atlantis powers.\" href=\"https:\/\/eden-saga.com\/en\/druids-doctrine.html\">The Doctrine of the Druids<\/a><\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ancient Celts used many drugs, some of them so powerful they would kill us right away.<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":63658,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2236],"tags":[1662,1659,1665,1663],"class_list":["post-10270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celtic-wisdom","tag-drugs","tag-druids","tag-hydromel","tag-potions"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eden-saga.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eden-saga.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eden-saga.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eden-saga.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eden-saga.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10270"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/eden-saga.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10270\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63662,"href":"https:\/\/eden-saga.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10270\/revisions\/63662"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eden-saga.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eden-saga.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eden-saga.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eden-saga.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}