Sacred Time vs. Profane Time
Ritual and festival exist outside ordinary time, connecting us to the eternal.
Festivals and rituals step outside profane, ordinary time into sacred time where the mythic past becomes present. During a ritual, we are not merely remembering the gods and ancestors - we are with them. Sacred time is always now.
In the sacred circle, all time is now; the ancestors stand beside us.
This concept reveals the Celtic experience of ritual as genuine encounter with the sacred.
Druidic Philosophy