all three degrees of the Druidic Mysteries. The candidate was buried in a coffin, as symbolic of the death of the Sun God. The supreme test was being sent out to sea in an open boat. Many lost their lives in this ordeal. Taliesin the ancient scholar who passed through the mysteries describes the initiation of the open boat in Faber's Pagan Idolatry, "The few who passed were said to be "born again" and were instructed in the secret hidden truths, These had been preserved by the Druid priests from antiquity.

Faber's_ Pagan Idolatry

Albert Pike_ Morals and Dogma

Godfrey Higgins_Celtic Druids