To be fair the word has drifted a lot from its inception. If you want the second one you need to do some very in depth research on Celtic social dynamics. Also it's more fun to have magic
Though it would be cool to have an actual magical druid as a religious leader of a group.
Same way that the word Tyrant just meant absolute ruler but in a neutral connotation; kinda like the word king. NOW it means an unjust ruler but it just meant ruler to early Greeks