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by James Nichol, a repost from his Blog, Contemplative Inquiry This post looks at Animism as the guiding principal of my Druidry. The term itself comes from nineteenth century anthropology, and is somewhat problematic. Scholars from European and North American backgrounds , formed by a mix of Christian and secular...

We heard the sad news that Jamie Reid, artist, revolutionary, and druid has just died. His great uncle was the founder of the Ancient Druid Order. OBOD awarded Jamie an Honorary Bardship in 2016. Here you can see the presentation Jamie’s gallerist and friend John Marchant gave for us at...

by James Nichol, reposted from his Blog Contemplative Inquiry Streatham’s Rookery (1) is a formal garden within Streatham Common, one of south London’s many remarkable green spaces. I made a connection with it in 1992 when living close by. About a year before I discovered OBOD Druidry, I was working...

by Damh the Bard, reposted from Damh’s website Hello, my friends. Yes me and Cerri have launched a new YouTube channel. It’s been a while in the making and the first video was uploaded yesterday. If you are a regular reader of my blog you will have already seen some...

by Joanna van der Hoeven, reposted from her website Down the Forest Path The fallow deer stags have shed their antlers on the heath and in the forest in the last few weeks. As I found one atop a small rise next to ancient Celtic tumuli (burial mounds), dropped on...

by Penny Billington, reposted from Penny’s Blog I live near a tourist town with a monthly free paper promoting dozens of occult/self-development courses. Depending on your point of view, it’s either a treasure-store of magical opportunities or an ad hoc market – an esoteric version of the ancient and much...

by Nimue Brown reposted from her Blog Druid Life     David’s post on magical tools got me thinking about what I use in my own work. Animism is at the heart of my world view, so in my interactions with objects, I don’t tend to think of them as...

Reposted from Damh the Bard’s Blog June 14 2023 It was Lughnasadh/Lammas 1995 and I was at a Wiccan camp. I wasn’t initiated into a Coven but had been invited to help by the organisers and I jumped at the chance. It was a fabulous opportunity to meet a whole...

by Maria Ede-Weaving I have just had the pleasure of spending my birthday in Glastonbury – always a joy to find myself in this place again; I have so many magical memories of it and have been blessed with some powerfully transformative times here over the years. The first time...

by John King, reposted from his Blog Muddy Feet: Meeting Nature on Nature’s Terms You might find this a surprising heading for a blog about Druidry and the natural world but in fact Falling in Love, is what so often happens. Some of you may have seen the article in...

by Cerri Lee, reposted from Cerri’s Blog I am a self confessed modern day druid, many people over the years try to tell me and others like me, that I can not be a druid as I do not know what they did, there is no book of rules to...

by James Nichol, reposted from his Blog, Contemplative Inquiry The Irish name for May is Bealtaine. Linguistically at least, the May Day festival sets the scene for a calendar month. As I experience the wheel of the year in my own life, this feels right. May, the merry month, has...

by Penny Billington reposted from Penny’s Website ALTAR: from the Old English alter or altar, based on late Latin altare, altarium, from Latin altus ‘high’. and also to the Latin adolere, which means ‘to ritually burn or sacrifice’. ‘The altar’ can be a term to make hackles rise. We can...

by Cerri Lee, reblogged from an article on Cerri’s website, originally posted 1 May 2018.   For many years I was dissatisfied with many Beltane celebrations I had attended. Now, I realise I am a bit odd generally, but, when it comes to Beltane I am odder still. I have...

by Maria Ede-Weaving, reblogged from A Druid Thurible article from May 18 2017 I’ve been truly feeling the energies of Beltane this year. It is a joyous festival that celebrates love and passion; the natural world explodes into life; the greening and blossoming cracking open our senses. Traditionally, Beltane honours...

By William AyotWritten for a talk William gave on 6.7.2020 for Online Events calledMen & the Quest for Soul: A Mythopoetic Journey. You can find William’s website here. Poetry, Story & Ritual: The Three Strange Angels Was the skald who first recited Beowulf a poet or a storyteller? The answer...

by Nimue Brown, reblogged from her website Druid Life, first posted 8 April 2023. “How do you feel more magic all the time?” I’m writing Wednesday blog posts for a particular person, who has jumped in with a question this week. It’s a good question and one that raises a...

by Maria Ede-Weaving from A Druid Thurible   Finding courage and inner resilience seems to be the order of the day for so many people around me at the moment, myself included. The Goddess as She-Bear has always held great attraction for me. In modern Paganism some have come to...

by Nimue Brown, reposted from Nimue’s Website Druid Life. Grounding is a strategy that many Pagans use after magic and ritual, or simply as an everyday practice. The idea is to come back into your body, connect with the ground, the physical, your roots etc. Over on facebook recently my...

by Penny Billington ~ You can find Penny’s Website and Blog here.   Let us consider the warming earth beneath our feet at the vernal equinox – a time of rising energy and joy! Now, the Roman VENUS equates with Greek Aphrodite, the Goddess of love. But before that association,...

This week’s article is a re-Blog from The British Pilgrimage Trust by Dawn Champion. A recent report into pilgrimage revealed that men in younger age groups are more likely to make these journeys alone, with women preferring groups of two to three. Often this is due to concerns about how...

by Kevin Emmons reposted from Kevin’s Blog The Animist Druid   Ecstasy is essential to living a healthy life. Our bodies require experiencing ecstatic states of consciousness. From getting lost in music to dreaming without limits, from beautiful sexuality to having visionary experiences, we need moments of ecstasy to remain...