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A Druid Course … at Last!
Yesterday morning I finished proof-reading the last four booklets of the British Druid Order’s Druid course. It’s been 13 years since the idea of creating these distance learning courses for the BDO...
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Naturfest 2019, a.k.a. the Annual Shamanic Gathering in Norway
Just from a week in Norway during which Elaine Gregory and I spent four days representing the British Druid Order (BDO) at the Annual Shamanic gathering, organised, as ever, by Sjamanistisk Forbund...
View ArticleGaulish Chant for the Horse Goddess, Epona
Despite having been a Druid since 1974, I learned much that was new to me while researching and writing the British Druid Order's courses. This post deals with just one of the many discoveries made...
View ArticleA Prayer for Long Life & A Good Old Age
The current Covid-19 outbreak is impacting our lives in many ways. How it will play out in the long term remains to be seen. In the meantime, we need to do all we can to keep ourselves and our...
View ArticleA Chant for Healing & Protection
The chant for which you'll find sound and video links below is extracted from one of the booklets of the British Druid Order's ovate course. It draws inspiration, language and symbolism from a poem in...
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Shadows of the tiompán’s strings
Reconstructing a ‘lost’ medieval instrument. Music has been one of the great loves of my life since early childhood. Another passion is history and archaeology, especially as applied to the early...
View ArticleA Winter Healing Ceremony
Hallowe’en, Nos Galan Gaeaf, Samhain, 2020For thousands of years, indigenous peoples across much of the globe, including our European ancestors, conducted ceremonies during the winter designed to stave...
View ArticleGwyl Forwyn, Imbolc, Candlemas: January 31st, February 1st & 2nd
“Today is the day of Bride;the Serpent shall come from its hole,I will not molest the Serpent,nor will the Serpent molest me.” This Scottish folk charm is from Alexander Carmichael's Carmina Gadelica....
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‘Shamanic’ Druidry
From the time I began exploring Druidry in 1974, I have never thought of it as anything other than ‘shamanic.’ I discovered Druidry through Robert Graves’ remarkable book, The White Goddess (3rd...
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Book Review: ‘World Druidry’ by Larisa A. White (2021)
Full Title: World Druidry: A Globalizing Path of Nature Spirituality Author & Publisher: Larisa A. White Publication year: 2021 Format: Hardback or paperback, 322 pages, illustrated with monochrome...
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Druids to present at the 2021 Parliament of the World’s Religions
Druids have (finally) been invited to speak to an audience of leaders from assorted faith communities from around the globe, to share a bit of accurate information about what modern Druids actually do...
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Robes & the Modern Druid
The question of whether or not to robe for ceremonies is one that often arises amongst newcomers to Druidry, usually accompanied by questions as to what type of robes are appropriate. As with so much...
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Spring Equinox – Alban Eilir –‘Birth of the Fresh Quarter’
(The following is extracted from the British Druid Order bardic course, booklet 17) “Harshness vanished. A sudden softness has replaced the meadows’ wintry grey. Little rivulets of water changed their...
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Druidry: A Practical & Inspirational Guide
I published a book with the above title back in 2000. That's it on the left. The circumstances under which it was written were, to say the least, unusual. Ellie, my wife of 15 years, was suffering from...
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Telyn Rawn – The Horse-Hair Harp
Writing on music for the British Druid Order's bardic course rekindled a long-standing love of medieval instruments and the enchanting sounds they create. I’ve written previously about my recreation of...
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Druidry: A Practical & Inspirational Guide – Updated & In Print!
I love books. It's been a dream of mine since I was a kid to see my name on the spine of a really nicely produced hardback book. Well, it took a while, but I finally made it! The first edition of...
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British Druid Order Bardic Course Update Completed!
How was everyone’s Calan Mai? My big news for May Day this year is the completion of the three-year-long revision of the British Druid Order’s bardic course. It took that long because there are big...
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Toad Blessing Day, December 1st
A few years ago, a group of BDO members revived a lost ceremony of Toad blessing I’d learned about while researching for the British Druid Order’s distance learning courses. A reference to it appears...
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The Roundhouse Tune, 1828-2023
If this tune sounds familiar, it could be that you’re a fan of The Incredible String Band. The band's co-founder, Robin Williamson, used it for the closing track, ‘The Circle Is Unbroken,’ on their...
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UK Interfaith Network to close due to removal of government funding
Rishi Sunak, the UK's first Hindu Prime Minister, has warned of the dangers of polarisation and hatred in politics. This follows MP and former deputy leader of the Conservative Party, Lee Anderson's...
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