- Druids For Justice
by Belinda Hodder Most people know Malta as a beautiful Mediterranean holiday destination. But if you scratch below the surface, you will learn about the refugee crisis here – the struggles people are enduring and the injustices at hand. I have recently become friends with Chèrif and Salmane – two...
- Modern Druidry
by Uma Puri-Baldwin Is their any such person as a Hindu Druid? A question for which the answer no doubt to most people would be a negative, is it possible to be a member of a religion that reveres many Deities and also follow an Earth based Spirituality and way...
- Modern Druidry
by Joanna Van Der Hoeven What does it mean to be a Druid in this modern day and age? Being a Druid today does not mean trying to live in the same manner as our Celtic ancestors did in this land. We simply couldn’t – with our technology and changed...
- Modern Druidry
by Caitlín Matthews Talk given at OBOD 50th Anniversary ~ 7th June 2014 MIDSUMMER SONGDark is the night, far is the dawning, Sing for the shining of light on the way. Hearken, be ready, attend to my calling: Sing all you guardians who wait at the door. CHORUSSing, sing, sing...
- Modern Druidry
by Joanna Van Der Hoeven Druidry is a spiritual tradition that takes its ethics from the inspiration available in the natural world around us. It does not only listen to the language of humans, but also those of the trees and wind, the pack and the herd, the moss and...
- Modern Druidry
by Joanna Van Der Hoeven A blog post about whether to call yourself “Druid” or not has been brewing in my mind for weeks – when do we think we can claim the title? Simply because in the past one could not claim to be a Druid until after 19...
- Gods and Goddesses
by Joanna Van Der Hoeven Sometimes one has to retreat from the world, in order to better understand it. Finding sanctuary, a sacred space where we can open our souls without fear, where we can simply be, is a glorious experience. It happens a lot less than we need in...
- Gods and Goddesses
The early Celts savoured the dark side of life. They embraced war like a lover, plunging into battle naked, singing gloriously boastful songs. They were fearless in the face of death, which their belief in reincarnation taught them was ‘…but the centre of a long life.’
...- Gods and Goddesses
from Voices from the Circleby Caitlin Matthews Iron on the king’s thigh,Plough in the loam.Call the maidens to the danceAt the King’s Stone. Each young man or woman comes at some point to an understanding of the indwelling inspirer, giving them a unique insight, for men, of the Divine Feminine,...
- Miscellaneous
by Dr Kennan Elkman Taylor Heathen Magic is an account of the exploration of and reconnection with my own heritage and ancestry in the context of a healing vocation, which itself is not simply defined by my learned trade as a medical practitioner. Further than this, it is also how...
- Miscellaneous
by Joanna Van Der Hoeven In a recent article published in Paganism 101 – An Introduction to Paganism by 101 Pagans, Emma Restall Orr wrote about Pagan ethics, and how they can be achieved and viable through a religion that has no single central authority or god figure. Using nature...
- Miscellaneous
by Barbara Stühlmeyer The story I want to share happened in the 1980. We had just moved to a wonderful tiny village in northern Germany not too far from the University we were studying. We had a charming old cottage with a fitting number of rooms for our instruments and...
- Miscellaneous
by Jason Kirkey Druidism, whatever else we would like to think of it as, is a social structure of the past. It existed within ancient Celtic society, serving a very specific role. As the original Celtic social structures that supported it began to disappear and transform, druidism also began to...
- Miscellaneous
by Julian Rose We who engage in postulating solutions to the dominant issues of this time, use much energy speculating on unknown outcomes. But how much energy do we use in laying the ground for a future of our own making? How much time do we give to devising the...
- Druids For Justice
In the contributions published in this Druids for Justice section, we hear the voices of OBOD members. The pieces reflect the reality lived by members directly affected by racism or other injustices, and how Druids have taken action to express their love of justice, in ways great or small. They...
- Miscellaneous
by Maria Ede-Weaving The paradoxical mystery and beauty of the Autumn Equinox is that when the year is waning and moving towards the dark and colder days of winter, the earth blesses us with abundance. This blend of decline and bounty always comforts me because it suggests that the Earth...
- Modern Druidry
by Maria Ede-Weaving You will need a white and a black candle. In preparation for the ritual, choose an animal, a tree and a special place.Each must feel scared and special to you. Your animal and tree must speak to you of cerain characteristics and/or abilities that you wish to...
- Miscellaneous
by Maria Ede-Weaving The Autumn Equinox is here again. As the sun’s path lowers in the sky and the season changes, the light changes also; it becomes a paradoxical mixture of clarity and softness; there is a kind of sweet melancholy in it, but also a joy. These seemingly contradictory...
- Miscellaneous
In the run up to the Equinox I have experienced that strange unsettling feeling that I so often encounter at these times of the year when the light and dark meet each other as equals. Part of me quite likes it. Psychologically speaking it feels a bit like giving my...
- Modern Druidry
by Maria Ede-Weaving This ritual can be performed outdoors on a beach or in a grove. You will need to construct a large spiral of stones or pebbles upon the sand/ground. If this is not possible, the ritual could be adapted for indoor use, creating a mini spiral with stones,...
- Druids For Justice
In the contributions published in this Druids for Justice section, we hear the voices of OBOD members. The pieces reflect the reality lived by members directly affected by racism or other injustices, and how Druids have taken action to express their love of justice, in ways great or small. They...
- Druids For Justice
In the contributions published in this Druids for Justice section, we hear the voices of OBOD members. The pieces reflect the reality lived by members directly affected by racism or other injustices, and how Druids have taken action to express their love of justice, in ways great or small. They...
- Druids For Justice
In the contributions published in this Druids for Justice section, we hear the voices of OBOD members. The pieces reflect the reality lived by members directly affected by racism or other injustices, and how Druids have taken action to express their love of justice, in ways great or small. They...
- Druids For Justice
In the contributions published in this Druids for Justice section, we hear the voices of OBOD members. The pieces reflect the reality lived by members directly affected by racism or other injustices, and how Druids have taken action to express their love of justice, in ways great or small. They...
