St George
Also known as "Victory Bringer"
It may seem strange that a Pagan-orientated site such as ours
should feature a Christian saint, but this is purely in recognition
of the fact that, over the centuries, he has come to be acknowledged
as the "patron saint" of England.
The Christian connotations suggested thereby are, for the Fellowship,
of lesser concern.
However, let's not forget that the ancient Celtic Druids managed to survive well into the 12th century as the Culdees, resulting from their embracing of many of the tenets of original Christianity.
Nevertheless, we feature St George here as a patriotic gesture,
given that the Fellowship is essentially an English group, and
that our adaptation of the cultural heritage of the Celts has
inevitably acquired a peculiarly English "flavour".
This is not to say that we regard the English peoples as pre-eminent
or "better than" any other, but simply a recognition of the debt
we owe to our own ancestry.
Moreover, St George's legendary exploit of the slaying of the dragon, whether taken as literal fact or not, can be seen in a wholly different way when put into a Magical context and, in that sense, it possesses considerable significance for the Fellowship.
And finally of course there is the connection with and concept of Knighthood evoked by his image, which integrates well with our own notions of Honour, Integrity, and the like.
For a full and historical account of St George derived from original
Medieval sources, click here.

