- Modern Druidry
by Philip Carr-Gomm From the trees Teut draws out many beautiful spirits with healing, cathartic and defensive powers, whose chief is Esus. Into the stones Teut writes the records and infuses the messages of the higher worlds. ~ Ross Nichols,The Book of Druidry When first approaching Druidry it is natural...
- Sacred Sites
by Paul Nettle ~ St Catherine’s Hill was a centre of human settlement around 3000 years ago, long before the founding of Winchester. An iron-age fort was constructed here in the 3rd century BC, and a Celtic oppidum within it. However, some time around 100 BCE it was occupied by...
- Sacred Sites
Personal thoughts concerning modern-day Druidic and Pagan theologies of burial, life after life and the conflicting practices of archaeologists. by Blackbird ~ There are many different realities in the worlds of philosophy, religion and science, and my perception concerning the reburial issue is Druidic, and concerns esoteric concepts of time...
- Modern Druidry
by Shaun William Hayes So, let’s start with this word Sovereignty. You have all heard it in this context, but what do we really mean. I could have titled this ‘The Importance of the Land’, or ‘The Spirituality of the Land’ etc. These alternatives would not be wrong, but would...
- Animals
- Miscellaneous
by Dr Kennan Taylor What is the Soul? Soul has become obscure, denigrated and even lost in the modern era; yet it has never completely gone away, neither as a concept or in fact. Soul can be expressed in diverse and indirect ways, such as describing music, domestic animals, or...
- Miscellaneous
by Maria Ede-Weaving The year is releasing itself, letting go with the kind of intense beauty that never fails to inspire awe in me. There was a time I used to dread this season, sensing the darkness closing in; the claustrophobia of the encroaching winter. Now I see how beautiful...
- Miscellaneous
by Elizabeth Cruse ~ To enter a wood is to pass into a different world in which we ourselves are transformed. It is no accident that in the comedies of Shakespeare, people go into the greenwood to grow, learn and change. It is where you travel to find yourself, often,...
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by Joanna Van Der Hoeven Far too often we allow our emotions to control us, dictating how we react and respond to situations and perhaps not in the best way. Some would argue that our emotions are what gets things done, however, something done with anger, for instance, may not...
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by Chris Parks Along the ages, folk have put their faith in all manner of medicines, charms, prayers and superstitions to keep the bees in their hives healthy and the honey in their pots plentiful. Some of the lingering medieval powers that beekeepers invoked were those of Saint Valentine. Honey...
- Sacred Sites
by Mara Freeman ~ It is an extraordinary thing to consider that there are still literally thousands of holy wells in the British Isles. Most of these are natural springs; some open pools like St.Madron’s, while others are contained by a stone edifice, often covered. The majority, however,are in ruins,...
- Modern Druidry
by Joy Purcell Pulled from many sources but based on the research of Dr. Masaru Emoto before his passing. Water holds a charge, sacred prayer and honoring sent to the water changes it’s molecularprogram for the better. Water is life. Everyday Affirmations for simple things, having a glass of water,...
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e leaves are like a myriad tiny green hands stretching upwards in a vain attempt to grasp the last vestiges of the now fading light of day, as the shadows grow ever longer. The old dead Lightening Oak nearby becomes a dark and mysterious silhouette in the fading light, eerie...
- Grail and Arthurian Studies
by Prof. Roland Rotherham ~ Recently much has been made of the book written by Dan Brown and entitled “The Da Vinci Code”, many have regarded this book as a break-through in contemporary thoughts regarding the very basis of accepted Christian belief but it would appear that one thing has...
- Miscellaneous
by Rosemary Gibson The following was drawn together from meditation on the Four Treasures of the Tuatha De Danaan inspired by events at the 1998 UK Lughnasadh Camp and by conversation with other Druids on Rites of Passage, which set bells ringing in my head on a subject I have...
- Modern Druidry
by Penny Billington The mistletoe is found but rarely upon the oak; and when found is gathered with due religious ceremony, if possible on the sixth day of the moon (for it is by the moon that they measure their months and years, and also their ages of thirty years)…They...
- Modern Druidry
by Joanna Van Der Hoeven Is ritual important? Many Druids perform ritual on a fairly regular basis – at least the seasonal rituals that celebrate the turning of the wheel of the year. Many also honour the phases of the moon, in whatever aspect, whether it be quarter, half, full...
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by Abaris To cherish what remains of the Earth and to foster its renewal is our only legitimate hope of survival. ~ Wendell Berry I went to Glastonbury last June to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Druid Order I belong to, the Order of Bards, Ovates, and Druids, or...
- Miscellaneous
by Dr Renata Bartoli It’s not possible to give a date when the concept of reincarnation first appeared among human beliefs because it seems to be as old as humankind itself and it is present in cultures all over the world. Its first manifestation seems to be in Shamanism. From...
- Miscellaneous
by Rev. Alistair Bate My Druid is Christ, the Son of God, Christ, Son of Mary, the Great Abbot, The Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. ~ St. Columba It is well known that there are today, and have been, probably for nearly two thousand years, Christian Druids. This...
- Modern Druidry
by Philip Carr-Gomm ~ Nowadays it is quite common to see psychologists, psychotherapists and psychiatrists aligning themselves with Druidry. We live in enlightened times. But even in earlier years, before the ‘Great Enlightenment’ of the 1960s, there is evidence that some of those working in these professions were drawn to...
- Modern Druidry
by Steve Hounsome It was recently stated to me that Druidry takes its teaching not from human wisdom, but from Nature. Such a statement reflects a great depth and timelessness in the teaching and inherent wisdom of Druidry and opens for us great vistas of learning from all ages of...
- Miscellaneous
By J. Whitehead, N. A. of Lodge No. 135, Glodwick near Oldham. ~ Read before a Delegate Meeting, held at Middleton Sept. 20th. 1829 ~ It must be obvious to every enquiring and intelligent mind, that the description of a people such as the Druids were on the invasion of...
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by Charles Upton ~ Once upon a time, poetry was a sacred art. It was immensely more “liturgical” than we can easily imagine nowadays, and dedicated to a double purpose: Memory and Theurgy. As Memory (the Muses being “the daughters of Memory”) it carried not only the chronicles and legends...
