Druid magic

 Druid magic

Druid magic. Several ancient cultures believed that some things had their own innate power, independent of the magician. Thus, there is a Germanic story about a man who accidentally made a woman sick. He engraved the wrong runes on a talisman - no matter what he intended to do, the runes worked their own magic. There is evidence that island tribes advocated this approach. They considered certain things (such as trees, rocks) to have their own power. A power that the mage could not change or take over. The druid exists in a world full of spirits.
Can a spell to cure a cancerous tumor be cured by placebo alone? If it were possible, arguably this power would be very magical in itself. However, most people suggest that the ability to remove a tumor requires more than just a bit of vague "positive thinking." It suggests the presence of a very real magical force that can make a measurable change in the body. Different cultures around the world have given this force a name. For example, Far Eastern countries speak of chi or ki. It is uncertain what name the ancient Druids used for this power, assuming they had the concept at all.
Druid magic
There is no suggestion in the old texts that other Welsh writers used the word nwyfre in the sense of "magical power," but it is increasingly used in this context today. In Gaelic, a comparable word is neamh . The Egyptians regarded Heka as an innate presence in the universe and believed that it was regulated by the deity of the same name. It is quite possible that one of the Old Deities of the British tribes may have once been considered the source or regulator of this dynamic power. It's hard to say how a magical force might work, regardless of the name, given that we've only recently begun to take magic seriously again. Some can be argued as inducing changes in the mind, such as the love spell mentioned earlier. Some can be direct changes on a physical level - like the case of tumor removal.
Like most old stories, Celtic tales reflect magic used to help or harm. In the latter case, magic affects people against their will. This clearly raises a number of ethical issues for modern druids that were less of a concern in the distant past. Stories suggest that people were largely unconcerned about violating free will; if it was done to advance their own tribe against enemy tribes. Nowadays, people feel much less comfortable with such things, and generally speaking, few of us are likely to get drawn into "battle magic" situations. Largely because of the twin influences of Christianity and commerce, we have largely moved beyond tribalism and into a more universalistic state of mind.