In The Druid Way, Philip Carr-Gomm takes us on a journey through the sacred landscape of Southern Britain, and as he does so, we learn about Druidry as a living tradition of the land and its people, a tradition that is as relevant today as it was for our ancestors. As we walk the ancient tracks across the South Downs we encounter dragons and giants, ancestral voices and ancient places that speak to us of the beauty of a spiritual way that still exists and can still be followed. We learn how Druidry can help us to sense again our kinship with Nature, and how following the Druid Way can lead us towards a profound sense of oneness with all life. This new edition has been extensively revised and includes the complete ceremonies of three Rites of Passage, a guide to the sacrfed sites of Sussex and a Foreword by Cairisthea Worthington.
In Living Druidry Emma Restall Orr opens the doorway to this powerful and ancient spirituality in a way that is both accessible and inspiring. Grounded in everyday life and experience this book guides the reader to find their own vision, and their own deep, personal, ecstatic relationship with nature. You will learn about: • The fundamental principles underlying Druidry • The relevance of Druidry and nature spirituality today • The powers of nature that resonate within the individual • Understanding and accepting yourself • How to bring a profound spiritual experience into your everyday life • Simple ways to acknowledge and embrace the wild side of your nature.
In the traditional society, the symbolic and mythical are integrated with the activities of everyday life: there is no division between the physical necessities of existence and the deeper levels of the symbolic world. There, every thing, every activity, operates on a number of levels, each of which infuses and informs the other.
This work is a Druidic exploration of the ramificactions of our human symbolic understanding of the world, from the perspective of Celtic civilisation, describing the symbolic structures upon which the more familiar signs, symbols and sigils of western spirituality are based.
According to ancient Druidic ethics, the three principle endeavours are to learn and collect knowledge; the second is to teach them; whilst the third is to make peace and to put an end to all injury. To carry out the third endeavour is the objective of the previous two. This book is offered to the reader in this spirit, “For to do contrary to these things is not usual or becoming to a bard”.
The Druidic Order of the Pendragon reveals the rituals and secrets of a Druid order active in Derbyshire from the mid-nineteenth century until the 1940s. The author was sworn to secrecy during his lifetime but wrote down all his knowledge of the Order's ceremonials and symbolism for posthumous publication. He describes this, that and a whole lot of other things. There are surprisingly few parallels to other Druidical, magical or pagan groups. The initiation rituals are not for the faint-hearted and, to initiates, eggs will never seem the same again. The Druidic Order of the Pendragon is a delightful insight into an all-but lost world of powerful self development. At a time when paganism is increasingly diluted by teen witches, this is a reminder that ritual magic can be an effective tool for personal change.
A re-issue of a classic work by a formidable priestess, pupil of Dion Fortune and working partner of Sharles Seymour, F.P.D., the ‘Forgotten Mage’. Working at a time when many were turning to Eastern spirituality, Christine Hartley believed that Britain has its own mystery tradition, hidden in myth and legend and in the land itself. She had known Merlin on the inner planes, journeying with him to the Celtic Underworld and she was more than happy to show us the entrance to this realm. Drawing on folklore and song, the legacy of Druidic culture is brought alive, providing practical guidelines for modern students of the ancient mysteries. The Western Mystery Tradition is the basis of the Western religious feeling, the foundation of our spiritual life, the matrix of religious formulae, whether we are aware of it or not. To it we owe the inspiration and force of our spiritual life. Very much reflecting the current return to paganism in our search for the spiritual, Christine Hartley reminds us that ‘The corn is still green and the ears are ripening for the harvest.’
