Sublime

This truth was expressed by the alchemists (and there is a strong tradition of alchemy within Druidry) and later by Carl Jung (whose work first began to influence modern Druidry through Ross Nichols).

They may consider themselves Pagan or Christian or Buddhist or of no particular faith, but all these approaches are possible within Druidry, which seems able to become one’s sole spiritual path or to enhance whatever path one is treading already.

That is the circle of the year.

Druidism as a spiritual path appeals to all kinds of people, all over the world, because it directly concerns itself with the three most pressing problems of our age: the destruction of the environment, the alienation of the individual, and the commercialization and mass production of culture.

Many of those drawn to Druidry consider themselves Pagan. They often actively dislike conventional religion, usually Christianity, because of its doctrines or its historical record of intolerance and cruelty, and prefer instead the lack of dogma and the focus on the world of nature that Paganism offers.

Edmund Wilson, the most well-known scholar associated with this research, suggests that biophilia is the source of our religious instinct.

Druidry can be practised alone or with others. Those who prefer the solitary approach sometimes call themselves ‘Hedge Druids’ just as some solitary Wiccans use the term ‘Hedge Witch’.

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

In Celtic mythology, legend says that all who are born within the British Isles are daughters and sons of Albion, regardless of race or creed.