By working in this way we learn to by-pass the rational mind, which so loves to create limits to understanding.

When I met the old Chief Druid, Nuinn, he spoke of a way that had never severed its connection with nature, and which conveyed a sense of the immanence of the divine in all things. In Druidry you communed with Deity in the ‘temple not made with hands’ – in the ‘eye of the sun’ – in the open air, in the environment made by the god/dess not by

One such theme is a deep love of the land, the earth that is our home. When it comes to love, modern Western culture focuses only on romantic erotic love, condemning all those who are not paired up in bliss to feelings of failure and unhappiness. Most, if not all, of those who follow Druidry as a spiritual path today see love in a much wider

Opinions about the nature of the Native Americans were divided: some saw them as bloodthirsty

The evidence available to us now, however, suggests the revival and modern Druids are right about their ancient forebears, whether we consider the proto-Celts (and hence the proto-Druids) to have emerged in Britain in around 2000 BC, as Beaker folk, or even earlier as Indo-Europeans, as Colin Renfrew argues.

Through working with the eightfold festival scheme, and with the power of the four elements that are allocated to the cardinal points in the sacred circle of Druid working, the Bard is brought to a stage where they have acknowledged and worked with the four aspects of their being – represented by earth, their practicality and sensuality; water,

We also know that Druids acted as tutors to the children of kings, queens and nobles, and that students would be sent from one Druid teacher to another to learn different skills.

Who or what do you think it is that controls the turning of this wheel?’

As these four elements and parts of the self are explored and harmonised, the Bard finds him- or herself naturally opening to their inner creativity.