Modern Druidry

Blodeuwedd in Bloom by Selina Fenech by Maria Ede-Weaving Ritual Statement: We come together to celebrate the festival of Beltane. This is the time when sweet desire weds wild delight. The promise of spring and the power of the waxing year meet in the greening fields and forests, and all...

Lady of the earth’s desire and the earth’s yielding, of the sap rising and the embrace of longing, as the kiss of the sun awakens you, we too are awakened to the yearning of our bodies and souls. As you unfurl each petal, you release the scent of bluebells, may...

by Lucy Jones Something strange happened to me when I was nineteen. I was on day seven of ten at the conservative evangelical Christian camp for children and teenagers I had attended each year since I was eleven. It was a significant point in the schedule. Each year followed the...

by Maria Ede-Weaving Ritual Statement: I draw circle in my sacred space to celebrate the festival of the Spring Equinox. Life is quickening everywhere: catkins and pussy willow herald the greening of the trees; the nodding trumpets of daffodils – golden and sweet smelling – are the fanfare of the...

by Maria Ede-Weaving Ritual Statement: I draw circle in my sacred space to celebrate the festival of the Spring Equinox. Life is quickening everywhere: catkins and pussy willow herald the greening of the trees; the nodding trumpets of daffodils – golden and sweet smelling – are the fanfare of the...

  by Maria Ede-Weaving Ritual Statement: I draw circle in my sacred space to celebrate Imbolc, the festival of growing light. Though the cold chills me and the wet winds keep me hunched in upon myself, there is a stirring within the earth, a stirring deep inside my winter ponderings...

by Maria Ede-Weaving For this ritual you will need a sun candle, a cauldron or bowl, several smaller candles or t-lights, a dark green candle, a light green candle and three paper stars. Make the paper stars yourself, decorating them, making them look beautiful but leave one side of the...

Cast Sacred Space Ritual Statement: I draw circle to celebrate the festival of Samhain: summer’s end. The mellow light of late autumn is sharpened by a growing chill. As the darkness grows, through the bare branches we catch glimpses of breath-taking stars. We let go of the warmth like trees...

We live in a time when many are revisioning their spiritual practice, finding ways to contact ancestral and spiritual presences within their own tradition. The return to our first home in order to heal and remember is not an easy one for we have neglected ancestral teachings, mislaid the wisdom,...

Nearly five years ago the Order piloted our first training courses for celebrants, and in October 2017 we launched the online School of Celebrancy, where people all over the world can access them. During this time hundreds of students in over a dozen different countries have taken part in the...

As an autistic person, I fancy that I, too, know a bit about ego-dying: when faced with an excess of stimulus and stressors, my brain at a certain point simply stops obeying my will. I experience what is known as an autistic meltdown....

Craig a member of the order, prison chaplain and founder of the Dinas Canolog grove in Birmingham has recently been appointed as the first Pagan Managing Chaplain for a prison in the UK. To mark this momentous occurrence, he and fellow Chaplain Alan, a Christian member of the order, interview...

Modern OBOD Druidry, though it may be serious, is never stuffy or sombre. Of course, many factors contributed to this transformation, but it seems certain that the inspiration of Olivia Robertson played a major part. Long may her influence continue!...

by Eileen Donaldson Knowing how stories work is almost all the battle.~ Terry Pratchett, Witches Abroad Introduction While it might be a given that the actions and behaviours needed for survival would probably have been the ones humanity mastered first, it is almost certain that recounting those actions in story...

by Joanna Van Der Hoeven There is a marked increase in the rise people who follow a Druid path and, indeed, all Pagan paths. Why should this be?In today’s society, we can become so distanced from nature that we feel we need to do something to return to it; something...

by Joanna Van Der Hoeven In Druidry, we learn often hear the word, awen, being used, but what exactly is awen? Loosely translated from Welsh, it means flowing spirit, or flowing inspiration. Awake to our own energy, and stretching out towards the energy of nature around us, we begin to...

by Philip Carr-GommMy father introduced me to the Chief of the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids when I was 15. His name was Philip Ross Nichols, but I soon came to know him by his mystical name of Nuinn. Shortly after our first meeting, I accepted his invitation to...

by Philip ShallcrassMost Pagans, unless they are hard-core New Agers living permanently in flotation tanks, will have noticed great things happening in the Pagan world over the last few years. Interest in our traditions has never been stronger, and those traditions themselves have been evolving in exciting ways. The magic...

by Gordon CooperI have come by the green and winding road That leads from the town to the gods’ abode,- To the ancient shadowy place apart, Where spring is born in the woodland’s heart, And over and over the ages through The spirit of joy is made anew. O world...

by vyvyan ogma wyverne The Discourse:In the discourse on Druidry which is being developed within Druidry the probing questions about Druids and about Druidry are being asked by Druids themselves. Druidry is a quest. It’s a call to the instincts, intelligence and communication skills of people who call themselves Druids....

by Kevin O’Reilly Awen is a complicated concept and hard to understand. Teaching its meaning is often not clear and imprecise. I can only offer my sense of feeling and, as sure as the wind drifts sand, my own perspective may shift slightly as time moves on. I only know...

by George KnowlesVera Chapman is perhaps best known as the founder of the Tolkien Society of Great Britain, founded in 1969 to promote the works of the author J.R.R. Tolkien. Later she became an accomplished author herself, best known for the Arthurian Trilogy: The Green Knight (1975), King Arthur’s Daughter...

by Adam Brough In ancient times, the Druids were members of a professional class in which their society’s religious and spiritual life was embodied. They were the philosophers, scientists, theologians, and intellectuals of their culture, and the holders of the philosophical, scientific, and religious knowledge of their age. The nearest...

by Philip Carr-GommMankind has got to get back to the rhythm of the Cosmos.~ D. H. Lawrence Since the Enlightenment our culture has projected the message that life is linear – that we are born, we grow old and we die, and that’s it. The old message of the cyclicity...