There are disagreements within the world of Druidry, as within any community, and there is no one universally accepted understanding of Druidism, but this has encouraged a diversity within the landscape of modern Druidry that is fertile and even exotic. How did it get to be this way? Where and when did Druidry begin?

Male Druids are often equally formidable.

But it also takes into consideration the view that we are meant to be here, that we are destined to be active, creative participants in life, and that our thoughts, feelings, words and actions all have an effect which obeys the Law of the Harvest.

As we settle into this new century it is of vital importance that we reconnect with our Druidic roots. Tom Cowan, Of Ancient Shapes and Memories

Related to the idea that we are all connected in one great web of life is the belief held by most Druids that whatever we do in the world creates an effect which will ultimately also affect us.

THE GORSEDD/DRUID’S PRAYER Grant, 0 God, Thy protection; And in protection, strength; And in strength, understanding; And in understanding, knowledge; And in knowledge, the knowledge of justice; And in the knowledge of justice, the love of it; And in that love, the love of all existences, And in the love of all existences, the love of God, and all

These lodges proliferated throughout England, and then abroad in most corners of the British Empire and in parts of Europe.

In 60 CE she led a revolt against the Romans which nearly succeeded in ousting them from Britain.

Some believe the term ‘Druid’ comes from the Celtic word for oak – dru – combined with the Indo-European root wid – to know – making the Druid a ‘knower of the oak’, in other words a ‘forest sage’. Others believe the word comes from the pre-Indo-European roots deru, meaning ‘strong’, and weid, meaning ‘to see’, making a Druid a ‘strong seer’.