Nobody thinks that modern pagans of any stripe have anything to do with the lost religions from before the Roman conquest.
Actually many modern Druids do claim that they attempt to follow the "old ways" of Druidry.
To what extent this is so, where they get the information in order to do so, I have no idea.
I have only met two people, both male, who claim to be Druids and to follow the "old ways".
One is a gentleman from South London who is quite open about the "barbarism" of many of the rituals performed at the time of the Roman invasion. Many sacrifices were, apparently, by way of performing an act to demonstrate to the Gods exactly what the Priests wanted to happen to the enemy (the Romans)!
The other is, or was, about eight years ago, a rather arrogant and unpleasant gentleman who claims, or claimed, to be the High Priest of all the Circles at Avebury they being the work of Druids and thus the witches had no right whatsoever to hold rituals there. Unfortunately, the management of the Avebury Circles is, or possibly was, I'm not sure if the situation still stands, the National Trust who told him in no uncertain terms that the area was open to all who wished to use it for the celebration of the ancient deities.
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