What is the Wicker Man? Ancient Pagan Celtic Ritual described by Greek and Roman Writers...

[@gabetaylor5924]

It is important to note that this is mentioned in specific instances, it is not necessarily practiced across many tribes and territory

[@uncatila]

They should put Zelensky in wicker man. Dressed in high heals along with Kolemouski

[@harrietharlow9929]

@@uncatila Now, can you make an intelligent comment about actual video content as opposed to your antediluvian political views?

[@SpaceTrashCrash]

@@uncatila - Who committed the coup d'etat of Ukraine which installed Zelensky as a puppet? USA/Israel. Ukraine is US territory in this proxy war of greed and savagery.

[@cavemanwmd]

Yeah, this just kinda reinforces my opinion that the ancient Celts were the most heavy metal people ever.

[@christopherellis2663]

We still delight in bonfires .

[@Survivethejive]

I have wondered if insular Celtic speakers used wicker men in the way the Gauls were alleged to.

[@drraoulmclaughlin7423]

Probably. I think the southern Britons might have practiced this rite, or similar customs, due to their kinship connections with Gaul. Pliny writes: ‘Magic certainly found a home in the two Gallic provinces, and that down to living memory. For the principate of Tiberius Caesar did away with their Druids and this tribe of seers and medicine men. But why should I speak of these things when the craft has even crossed the Ocean and reached the empty voids of Nature? Even today Britain practises magic in awe, with such grand ritual that it might seem that she gave it to the Persians. So universal is the cult of magic throughout the world. although its nations disagree or are unknown to each other. It is beyond calculation how great is the debt owed to the Romans, who swept away the monstrous rites, in which to kill a man was the highest religious duty and for him to be eaten a passport to health’ (Pliny, 'Natural History', book 30, passage 30.4). Perhaps Pliny was recognising distant Indo-European connections from the deep past?

[@drraoulmclaughlin7423]

Some academics dismiss the Wicker Man ceremony as there is no archaeological evidence. But what would that evidence look like? - especially if the ceremony were a rare and extreme occurrence? Perhaps it was only performed when tribes and clans were uniting. If each community contributed an offering - then this would explain the multiple sacrifices. Archaeologists found that the High Mound at Navan was composed of different soil types. As though peoples from different regions had brought ‘contributions’ of earth to bury the giant ‘Solar Wheel’ temple. The temple is contemporary with reconstructed border defences at the Dorsey. So, the burning ceremony at Navan might have been a collective response to external threat. I might follow your lead and film my own video-documentary at the site! :-)

[@alanpennie8013]

@@drraoulmclaughlin7423 Southern Britons, highly likely. Irish, more doubtful.

[@inquisitive-]

​@@drraoulmclaughlin7423even looking for evidence in soil would be difficult. The effigy burnt, the bones literally whisked away and made into potions and powders, the dirt scooped into leather pouches for spells and protection by hundreds of hands. What would you have to look for? I'd suggest that the most telling evidence is in stories and legends and specifically stories about treatment of cases of albinism....who would've either been raised to high rank in sorcery or been hunted for sacrifice, as noted happens today in some cultures. There are many stories of albino families in hiding specifically because of this time period.

[@aBRUSHforCONFUCIUS]

I know what the Wickerman symbol means on the coins. It is featured in religions and petroglyphs the world over. It is the symbol on the Berber flag and the women tattoo it on their faces. The sky wheel is the cross with four dots, seen the world over in religions and petroglyphs. Dr Anthony Perratt a plasma physicist from Los Alamos, has identified these as plasma formations in the sky. Similar but more powerful versions of the Aurorra.

[@goblin3359]

Absolutely fascinating. Thank you.

[@archenema6792]

Here's one chookter who can't wait to hear what you've got to say about our ancient penal code, Dr. McLaughlin. And I hope you'll be mentioning the dropping of The Veil on Friday night. The ootlanners can have their candy, I'll be polishing the skulls on my threshold.😉

[@EiriktheNordAndersen-ju4gl]

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[@archenema6792]

@@EiriktheNordAndersen-ju4gl It's a Samhain thing. You wouldn't understand. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇮🇪 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@drraoulmclaughlin7423]

Just make sure your new rockery isn't wheel shaped. You might bat-signal a Celtic deity. Happy Samhain :-)

[@EiriktheNordAndersen-ju4gl]

@@drraoulmclaughlin7423, @ArchEnema 67 Happy Samhain!

[@archenema6792]

@@drraoulmclaughlin7423 The old brood don't concern me too much. It's the little ones tucked in the shadowy corners that I'm keeping my eye out for. The ones that are always around, not just today, because they don't have to worry about The Veil. Harder to get rid of than cockroaches, and less sanitary, as well.🔎🧚‍♂️🏹

[@secularstones]

Many thanks for this. Hoping you will do something on censorship in ancient Rome.

[@davidgonzalez-herrera2980]

Dang I wish I could watch the premiere but I have work at 2 pm

[@jacobsamorodin9937]

October, 31 was a very important day of the year for the druids and their wicker man rites.

[@oliveryoung9926]

this form of human sacrifice seems extremely benign when one takes into account that modern govts sacrifice 10s of thousands if not hundreds of thousands of human lives, in order to enforce their agendas. What is war, if not a form of human sacrifice? What is the justice system, if not a form of sacrifice. In the 1800s (and prior), it was common for people's lives to be sacrificed for the sake of the god of justice. The problem with these pagan sacrifices, is that they don't actually work... If they worked, then it would be completely understandable why these people would do them.

[@stuartmcalpine9468]

Somebody needed to say it and you did.

[@OccultTeachings]

Exactly the methods of sacrifice has changed over time. But the end goal has not.

[@giuseppegiacomoni7058]

They do work when done in the right way and at the right time

[@Reziac]

And today in America we have Burning Man...

[@sandrakimball518]

History does tend to repeat itself.

[@sandrakimball518]

History has a tendency to repeat itself.

[@infinityiznow]

Blackrock city!

[@christopheraliaga-kelly6254]

During the anLysis of the Great Mound at Emain Macha, near Armagh, it was suggested that the stones piled inside the 'Great Hostel' circular structure came from some earlier burial mound. As such, they represented the 'souls' of departed ancestors. And, the act of setting fire to the circular structure sacrificed them to "The Gods" for the benefit of the tribe or "tuath". This act might have been the origin of the story of the 'Wicker Man". This was raised in one of the papers about "Emain Macha' in "Current Archaeology", No.134, Vol.12, No.2, p.46-9. Sadly, this ingenious propsal haas yet to be tested by discussion or other specialists in the period.

[@wulfshead]

Thank you for this. There is lots in here I hadn’t heard or read before. Excuse my ignorance, but what is the metal worked piece that is shown from 6:04 that seems to represent a ritual/celebration with someone representing Cernunnos? I have never seen this before

[@drraoulmclaughlin7423]

Thanks for the support. The object is a Celtic 'Ritual Cart' from Strettweg in Austria. The central deity supporting the sacrificial bowl is believed to be a goddess. In front of the mounted warriors a girl holds the horns of a stag while an attendant stands ready with an axe. Is this a sacrificial scene?

[@drraoulmclaughlin7423]

I would recommend Aedeen Cremin, 'The Celts' (pages 129-130). It is a small book, but its full of artefact photos and illustrations.

[@shastadimension8169]

Thank you Dr. Raoul McLaughlin for the book recommendation. I ordered it for only $10 from Amazon.😊

[@TempleofBrendaSong]

I dont mind sacrificing criminals to the gods.

[@Korea4Me]

The Celtic Pagan world according to Caesar (an Ancient Roman from an equally polytheistic culture).

[@albebelt3013]

on the stupipedia page it is written that Julio Cesare wrote propaganda falsehoods on the human sacrifices of the Wicker Man. These ignorant people do not know that Julio Cesare was a very precise man and for such a man the concept of falsehood was idiotic. He also described in great detail everything he found during his travels and these things have been confirmed.

[@johnedmundson7547]

Caesar was a politician first and foremost. The Gallic Wars was a piece of self promotion. I don't think Caesar purposefully invented stories but he had a political agenda. The Romans feared the Celts so salacious details about their alleged barbarism would have served his purposes. He never witnessed a wicker man and never claimed to have done so. He wrote what he had heard from an older source which may or may not have been reliable and which cannot be tested because it is lost. The logistics of building a wicker man containing multiple human sacrifices would have been impractical. Even one person contained in a giant effigy of wicker would have been impractical. Giant wicker effigies without human sacrifices would seem more likely but I haven't seen that proposed.

[@oriraykai3610]

I feel like there's more propaganda going on NOW about this than there ever was by Caesar or Strabo. They were not pagans, so they just spoke about things as they experienced them without embellishment.

[@inquisitive-]

​@@johnedmundson7547from what we've been taught of magic, would the actual person even have to be in the idol? Couldn't it be a voodoo doll or similar likeness and the event cause a later passing? This may be why certain cultures feared photographs would steal their souls...grant power over them by their enemies?

[@weilandiv8310]

I still remember my shock, when the Equalizer, Mr. Edward Woodward, was hoodwinked and then burned alive by those isolationist hicks.

[@cosmic4037]

I fear this practice has been resurrected.

[@ianjohnson7646]

One can only hope

[@cody7101]

How does this relate to “Burning Man” festival?

[@sandrakimball518]

The effigy used by the Celts was built of a wooden frame, in the shape of a man, that was intertwined by wicker reeds. The effigy used at the Burning Man festival is the same way. It is built of a wooden frame, in the shape of a man. Same idea. Both effigies, the one used by the Celts and the one at the festival, are ultimately set on fire. 🔥

[@infinityiznow]

Might want to ask why it's called Blackrock city

[@fatherchristmas2998]

very good information

[@Fortyball]

Hey I can't find the video on Eamhain Macha...

[@drraoulmclaughlin7423]

Script is ready. Just have to illustrate the new data. Meanwhile, here's a link to the full 2020 report from the Oxford Journal of Archaeology - onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/ojoa.12198

[@Fionan95]

You need to take Caesars words about the Celts with a pinch of salt. He was writing war propaganda

[@oriraykai3610]

Yea, that's good advice. Ignore the founder of one of the greatest civilizations in recorded history and take the word of some anonymous person with a very CELTIC sounding screen name.

[@danesovic7585]

Why is this so unbelievable to you? I mean, 300-400 years ago they were burning witches too.

[@johnedmundson7547]

@@oriraykai3610 Roman civilisation was hundreds of years old before Julius Caesar was born. To call him "the founder of one of the greatest civilizations in recorded history" does a disservice to all those Romans who had built the republic over those preceding centuries. JC had political ambitions, as did any Roman who led an army into neighbouring territory in the hope of achieving a triumph. I think his 'Gallic Wars' is a vital historical document, but as with *any* historical document, it must be evaluated for its purpose, its function, its potential agenda. And it can be many things - an historical document that attempts to be accurate and a political propaganda piece at the same time.

[@roblogs7168]

Shit😂colonizers inflated the actual human sacrifices. So not surprised this the reason why I’m looking at other groups

[@lifechangeshypnosis8991]

Britons were not celts

[@dantheman9135]

Nice...

[@jedicouncilelonmusk]

Men can willfully due add duty to your own end. Amen.

[@Cholatemilk1]

Hello Dr. McLaughlin, are there any sources on this topic other than Juilius Caesars' propaganda?

[@drraoulmclaughlin7423]

Some strange accounts of burnings exist in early Irish myths. In 'The Destruction of Da Derga Hostel', supernatural forces arrive to pursue and kill the doomed Irish High King Conaire. Conaire takes refuge in the giant wooden dwelling of Da Derga (The 'Red God') where he is defended by his champions who manage to put out the fires until - - -

[@drraoulmclaughlin7423]

- - - here is the ancient text celt.ucc.ie/published/T301017A.html

[@trevortoews9850]

Meshack, shadrack and abendego. Refused to worship king of babylons Nebuchadnezzar’s idol. I think of himself? Their fate was to be burned alive. God had other plans. In book of Daniel

[@TheOguzbaba]

It is a good wok, thanks alot

[@waynemcauliffe2362]

Made a good film too

[@AngelDiMauro1]

Eternal-Death With Good-Riddance. Saturday, May 18, 2024, AD, 9:05 am, Eastern Standard Time, Temporary milky way galaxy.

[@jordanjolley]

Here from ac Valhalla

[@keluargakhairakayla4086]

Ay

[@rockraprecords5198]

Why would this be in that game 🤔

[@henkstersmacro-world]

👍👍👍

[@ashwayn]

YOU SURE show me a text that says that

[@shastadimension8169]

Due to the emphasis of this video on comparing Roman political falsified information and accepting this political bunk as truth, do not buy into this "reasoning."

[@DawnHub666]

Ud be surprised what they used to do. This is just a teaser

[@robertnewberry7799]

Burning man.

[@danesovic7585]

Noooooo, Celts dlndu nuffln. They were all good bois and girls.

[@nodruj8681]

Imagine being a descendant of the people who were clearly having propaganda about them and believing it outright, the self hate is sad.

[@drraoulmclaughlin7423]

You might want to rethink that statement... kzbin.info/www/bejne/jKWUeKKGiL-Ko5Y

[@DawnHub666]

Ud be surprised what they used to do.

[@Arginne]

Human sacrifice has taken place in most places throughout history in pagan societies. Its not self hate its taking accountability for our ancestors heinous actions and making a change for the future

[@ajacobs100]

​@Arginne only someone who lives without the redeeming power of Jesus's blood takes accountability for their ancestor's actions.

[@digiornopizzadelivery8062]

​@ajacobs100 where in the Bible does it ever say a person without christ bears the sins of their ancestors? No where? Right..

[@juliecramer7768]

Disgusting. Another example of how pagan deities required the blood of man to appease them. Jesus Christ, God in the flesh, gave His own life to save mankind.

[@fastfish1186]

All early peoples sacrificed human beings! The more centrally located civ's progressed faster simply do to exposure with others & exchange of ideas. Romans had already outlawed human sacrifice nearly 500BC & instituted this law across all their provinces, including Britannia & Gaul. Yet it was Christianity itself, through Pope Lucius III with the Inquisition; root out all heretics in the convert of die mantra with all the atrocities it entailed. Call it what you will I guess to continue your holier than thou charade. Obviously it's just ignorance, on both fronts.

[@rainatmidnight]

that's right, my ancestors did sacrifice the Romans. The Romans deserved what they got. Celts shall forever rule, Christianity will not overthrow us.

[@billyrankin8890]

How ironic.

[@Armdfg]

Which is even worse than a human sacrifice, if you think about it. Your religion is literally based on a god-sacrifice and you're absolutely fine with it but for some reason you find the idea of human sacrifices horrible. How strange.

[@juliecramer7768]

@@Armdfg For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God. 1 Corinthians 1:18

[@rogerauger7766]

I hate long, windy preamble to these sort of videos. Waste of time.

[@claudiaxander]

Rake Britons Grate Again! :)