“Are you Celtic? Find the religion of your Celtic ancestors. It is Celtic Druidism. Pray to your Celtic Gods. We will win this Spiritual War.” – Michael Kingsbury, writer/director of the Celtics movie series talks about the Celtic Druid religion, called Celtic Druidism.
Michael Kingsbury – Celtic Druidism
Spring Equinox 2026
Today in the Celtic Druidism, the Religion of the Celtic Druids, it is the Spring Equinox 2026.
According to Sir Barry Cunliffe the Spring Equinox for the Celtic Druids was a holiday ceremony that might have consisted of the following:
The Spring Equinox (also known as the vernal equinox) is not one of the four primary ancient Celtic seasonal festivals (quarter days or cross-quarter days) that are well-attested in early Irish and related traditions—those are typically Imbolc (early February), Beltane (early May), Lughnasadh (early August), and Samhain (early November). These mark midpoints between solstices and equinoxes rather than the solar quarter points themselves.
Ancient Druids, as described by Sir Barry Cunliffe (emeritus professor of European archaeology at Oxford and author of key works like Druids: A Very Short Introduction (2010) and The Ancient Celts (1997/2018)), were intermediaries between humans and gods, performing rituals, sacrifices, teaching, judging, and observing natural cycles including solstices and equinoxes. However, there is no direct ancient historical or archaeological evidence for a specific named Druidic “holiday ceremony” dedicated exclusively to the Spring Equinox in the pre-Roman or early historic Celtic world. Cunliffe emphasizes that much of what is “known” about Druids comes from classical Greek/Roman accounts (often biased or second-hand), archaeology of sacred sites/groves, and later medieval Irish/Welsh literature, with limited specifics on equinox rites.
Cunliffe notes Druids’ roles in placating gods tied to earth fertility and sky/time cycles, but he does not describe a distinct spring equinox festival in his books. Modern neo-Druidry (revived from the 18th–20th centuries onward, influenced by figures like Iolo Morganwg and groups like the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids) celebrates the Spring Equinox as Alban Eilir (“Light of the Earth” in Welsh-derived terms), focusing on balance (equal day/night), renewal, transformation, planting seeds, honoring figures like Taliesin (for change and bardic themes), and elements of growth/rebirth. This is a contemporary reconstruction, not ancient.
Cunliffe refers to a possible ancient ceremony around the spring equinox, it would likely involve themes of fertility, balance between earth and sky, renewal of life, or observations of astronomical alignments (e.g., at sites like Stonehenge or Newgrange, though these predate classical Druids). Potential elements that are included:
- Rituals in sacred groves (nemeta) honoring nature’s cycles.
- Observance of the sun’s strengthening (light overtaking darkness).
- Ceremonies to ensure fertile earth and communal well-being, possibly with offerings or invocations to deities.
Happy Samhuinn 2025
I celebrated Samhuinn 2025 with a solemn ceremony after the sunset, with many candles, and a wide display of my ancestors photographs, joined with profound Celtic Druid prayers to my Celtic Gods of Brigid, Fionn, Maeve, Lugh, Morrigan, Belenus, Aeronwen, Machta, Cuchulainn, Dagda, Eriu and Scathach.
The Druidic prayers consisted of very hard, forceful, pressing of the hands together in the traditional prayer form, and then pressing the edges of the hands hard against my temple.
Verbally the Druidic prayers were asking my Celtic Gods for wisdom and strength in the year ahead, and while physically praying with my hands against my forehead kneeling over the spread of my ancestors photos, under the many candles in the dark temple room, my apartment, which is my Celtic Druid temple for now.
Then set one large plastic pumpkin with a batter powered light inside, on top of my air-conditioner outside my apartment, and set next to it three smaller plastic pumpkins, Three is a Sacred Number in Celtic culture as it symbolizes movement and life. I set them out to beckon my ancestors who will by flying as spirits through the dark night to locate my apartment and come to view and judge what I have accomplished this past year.
After 4-5 hours of hard Celtic Druid prayers and asking my Celtic Gods and Ancestors if what I have done the past year meets their standards and expectations for me, I put the ancestor photos away in my sacred wooden box, and put out the candles and go to sleep, leaving the lighted pumpkins going through the dark night.
Thank you Celtic Druid Gods, and Thank You Ancestors!!!
Celtic Druid Goddess Scathach
Celtic mythological legend Scathach was a survivor. Dark shadowy past. Self-defense expert. Lived alone. Not much is written about her in the historical record, or in mythical poems. I read between the lines of what has been written about her and reconstruct the most likely and probably scenario, that she endured, survived, childhood sexual abuse, and thus could never form a lasting relationship with a man, had tremendous trust issues with men, and liked to kill them. In this episode with Scathach, we learn things about her, such as she doesn’t like to be touched. Had enough touching.
She speaks in Irish Gaelic here in this episode. Though she lived on the Isle of Skye in a castle on the ocean with a narrow stone bridge to it, I’m giving her an Irish Gaelic language because the Scots are Irish and vice versa, there is only 12 miles between Ireland and Mull of Kintyre in Scotland.
Scathach is a legendary trainer of Celtic warriors, including Cuchulainn here. She would train them in the Art of the Celtic Sword a form of Sacred sword kata, ritual sword performance.
CELTICS Religious Series, Season 3 “The Resistance”
Plot Outline
Celtic Druid warrior legends train for a very specific type of ruthless combat against the Roman Empire slave merchants. Celtic Gods get shocking inspiration from bright Sunlight. While Roman Soldier and Cleric regroup down in Londinium.
Plot Summary
The Celtic Druid mythological legends (demi-gods) of Scathach and Cuchulainn meet in the sacred Druid Grove to train in the arts of war fighting under orders of the Celtic Druid high Gods of Eriu and Dagda. We see the dark past of Scathach and what made her who she is in historical legend. Eriu and Dagda are electrified with ecstatic inspiration from the extremely bright white sunlight, on the most humane, precise and effective method, backed by Celtic Druid Brehon moral legal law, to defeat the slave merchants of the Roman Empire. Meanwhile down in Londinium, lower Britain, the genocidal warring, and insanity, of the Roman Empire is described by a cynical Cleric and an experienced Soldier, who meet to discuss the very significant problems of conquering the Celtic Druid nations.
Michael Kingsbury, writer/director
Celtic Druid Religious Books
One of our most sacred religious books we found buried in the soil, much as the Mormons found their gold tablet books buried in the soil of New York state. We of the Celtic Druid Religion do not proselytize, we don’t want to convert people to our religion, we are not a cult, we don’t want people to join, we are exclusive, not universalist, we are not about power through numbers.
Here are some of the Most Holy and Most Sacred Chapters and Verses in our Celtic Druid Religious Books, illustrated manuscripts and images of the Celtic Druid Saints and their Deeds.
Happy Samhuinn 2024
This Samhuinn of 2024 I had much to show my Celtic Druids Gods and my returning Ancestors, from this Summers Celtic series filmed production. It was an exhausting but productive year. I was able to finish the Season 2 editing and post it by April 2024, and was able to get back to my sacred Celtic Druid Ancestors land and religious building in Colorado to do some much needed roof repair work on the 120 ft long sacred Ancestor Celtic Druid religious building on my 10 acres of land.
And still I was able to get back on time for my regular job, and also film Season 3 of the Celtics religious Druid series up at Mt. Pinos at 8,500 ft in the wonderful huge tall pine forest there. I wrote, cast and filmed Celtics, Season 3, “The Resistance” with the Celtic Druid Gods Eriu, Dagda, Sacthach and Cuchulainn. An exhausting production but well worth it for my spiritual and religious Celtic Druidism journey. Because in my religion of Celtic Druidism, one must worship one’s ancestors through actual physical Deeds, that’s very important.
So on October 31-November 1, 2024 I against worshipped and prayed to my Celtic Druid Gods, and my sacred Ancestors, on Samhuinn eve. This ritual encompasses carefully taking out my ancient ancestors photos, some of which date to over 140 years old, Daguerreotypes from the 1850’s. Ancient tiny photos of silver and glass, highly detailed, as well as more recent cyanotypes, and silver emulsion photos. I arrange them, study them and pray to them. Putting my hands forcefully together in a regular prayer way, then pressing the prayer-hands into my forehead, while kneeling over my ancestor photos and chanting, reciting prayers to my Celtic Druid gods, asking for strength in the coming year and for their judgement of what I had accomplished this past year.
I set out electric lit large pumpkin on my air conditioner outside my apartment door in North Hollywood, California, here, along with three smaller plastic pumpkins (three is a sacred magical number in Druidism).
Happy Samhuinn to my Celtic Druids!
Samhuinn 2023
Another very busy year. Season 2 of the CELTICS religious film series has been completed, only editing left. It was a wild year with filming up at Mt. Pinos and up at Big Bear, California, on an old abandoned ski resort ski run with huge trees.
So I’m exhausted. Making these indie films with little budget and working full time, it’s really tough. But I can show my Ancestors who come to visit this year that yes, I have accomplished some really great things!
Again this is the Celtic New Year in our Celtic Druid religion, so be sure the set the calendar right and stay in spiritual contact with your Celtic Gods!
Happy Samhuinn 2023!!!
CELTICS, Religious Series, Season 1, “The Gods Speak”
Celtic Gods meet in a secret Druid Grove to remember the horrors they have seen in the Roman Empire occupation for intense debate on how to best resist its subjugation, censorship, genocide, slavery. The beginning of The Resistance.
CELTICS, Season 2, “The Lost Book”
Celtic Gods meet in the sacred Island of Orkney to begin to find the Sacred Books. Swords, and methods to fight back, in the Resistance, aganinst the Roman Empire. Roman Empire solider and consul meet to plot strategy of how to defeat the Celtics.
Samhuin 2022
Samhain is the Irish Gaelic spelling and Samhuinn is the Scottish Gaelic spelling. This is our Celtic New Year, we are in the Year 8071 AB, After the birth of Brigid. Changing the calendar to my Celtic religion was key to really getting connected to my Celtic Druid Religion practice and worship.
It was a momentous year! The first of CELTICS, Season 1, was filmed, from the cold snow of March up at Mt. Pinos at 8,500 ft vertical above seal level, to late October snow flurries also at Mt. Pinos. What a wild film production season.
I couldn’t have done it without prayers to my Celtic Druid Religion, prayers to all of my Celtic Gods and Goddesses on advice, strength and reassurance.
I’m exhausted, but I’ve lit candles in the darkened room of my apartment. Taking a deep breath and asking, proudly for my beloved ancestors to come and see what I’ve done!!!
Happy Samhuinn to all Celtic people!