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The Mount Haemus Lectures: Volume One
309 page volume of outstanding contemporary research in Druidism.
Contents:
Introduction – Philip Carr-Gomm
Origins of Modern Druidry - Professor Ronald Hutton
Druidry: Exported Possibilities and Manifestations - Gordon Cooper
Phallic Religion in the Druid Revival - John Michael Greer
Question, Answer and the Transmission of Wisdom in Celtic and Druidic Tradition - Caitlin Matthews
Universal Majesty, Verity and Love Infinite - Dr Adam Stout
Working with Animals - Professor Roland Rotherham
I Would know my Shadow and my Light - Philip Carr-Gomm
Entering Faerie: Elves, Ancestors and Imagination - James Warren Maertens Ph.D
Contents:
Introduction – Philip Carr-Gomm
Origins of Modern Druidry - Professor Ronald Hutton
Druidry: Exported Possibilities and Manifestations - Gordon Cooper
Phallic Religion in the Druid Revival - John Michael Greer
Question, Answer and the Transmission of Wisdom in Celtic and Druidic Tradition - Caitlin Matthews
Universal Majesty, Verity and Love Infinite - Dr Adam Stout
Working with Animals - Professor Roland Rotherham
I Would know my Shadow and my Light - Philip Carr-Gomm
Entering Faerie: Elves, Ancestors and Imagination - James Warren Maertens Ph.D
309 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2008
About the author
Philip Carr-Gomm
56 books190 followersPhilip Carr-Gomm was born in London, raised in Notting Hill Gate, and educated at Westminster School and University College London.
He met his first spiritual teacher, Ross Nichols, the founder of The Order of Bards Ovates & Druids, when he was 11. He began studying with him when a teenager, and joined the Order of Bards Ovates and Druids at 18. He studied meditation with Olivia Robertson in Ireland, who later founded the Fellowship of Isis, and in his twenties he founded The Esoteric Society in London, which organised journeys for members to Bulgaria and Egypt, and hosted talks by well-known authors such as Gareth Knight, W. E. Butler, and Arthur Guirdham.
In 1975 his Druid teacher died, and he followed a Bulgarian teacher, Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov for seven years, giving talks on his teachings and helping with the translation and publishing of his books into English. He also travelled to Bulgaria and studied the work of Aivanhov’s teacher, Peter Deunov, visiting Sofia annually for fourteen years, teaching Deunov’s Paneurhythmy dance in England and at Findhorn in Scotland. In his thirties he turned to a study of psychology, taking a BSc degree at University College London and Jungian analysis, with plans to become an analyst. On discovering Psychosynthesis, he trained instead as a therapist at the Institute of Psychosynthesis in London and began a private practice.
In 1988 he was asked to lead the Order of Bards Ovates and Druids. He organised the Order’s teachings into a distance-learning course, and edited his teacher’s book with John Matthews [1]. Since that time, the Order has grown to become the largest Druid teaching order in the world.
He met his first spiritual teacher, Ross Nichols, the founder of The Order of Bards Ovates & Druids, when he was 11. He began studying with him when a teenager, and joined the Order of Bards Ovates and Druids at 18. He studied meditation with Olivia Robertson in Ireland, who later founded the Fellowship of Isis, and in his twenties he founded The Esoteric Society in London, which organised journeys for members to Bulgaria and Egypt, and hosted talks by well-known authors such as Gareth Knight, W. E. Butler, and Arthur Guirdham.
In 1975 his Druid teacher died, and he followed a Bulgarian teacher, Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov for seven years, giving talks on his teachings and helping with the translation and publishing of his books into English. He also travelled to Bulgaria and studied the work of Aivanhov’s teacher, Peter Deunov, visiting Sofia annually for fourteen years, teaching Deunov’s Paneurhythmy dance in England and at Findhorn in Scotland. In his thirties he turned to a study of psychology, taking a BSc degree at University College London and Jungian analysis, with plans to become an analyst. On discovering Psychosynthesis, he trained instead as a therapist at the Institute of Psychosynthesis in London and began a private practice.
In 1988 he was asked to lead the Order of Bards Ovates and Druids. He organised the Order’s teachings into a distance-learning course, and edited his teacher’s book with John Matthews [1]. Since that time, the Order has grown to become the largest Druid teaching order in the world.
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February 13, 2013
"Thanks to the generosity of the Order's patroness, Dwina Murphy-Gibb, who helped to establish the award in its first decade, the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids grants a scholarship each year for original research in Druidism and related subjects. We have called this scholarship the Mount Haemus Award, after the apocryphal Druid grove of Mt Haemus that was said to have been established near Oxford in 1245. Each research paper is published online here, and is also delivered as a lecture at a Mount Haemus Award day held every four years. In addition, every eight years, the papers are gathered together and published in a book." (http://www.druidry.org/events-project...)
Thus reads the description for this particular volume of essays and research papers. Much of the work presented comes off very dry and academic in its nature - which is partly what this is about: academic-level research. For me, there were three papers that were not only outstanding in content, but left me wanting to read even more. Gordon Cooper's "Druidry: Exported Possibilities and Manifestations", Caitlin Matthews' "Question, Answer and the Transmission of Wisdom in Celtic and Druidic Tradition", and Dr. James Maertens' "Entering Faerie: Elves, Ancestors & Imagination". These three papers not only provided information for me on topics of interest, but also helped formulate even deeper questions that I have begun to explore in my own meditations and journal entries. While I did not find the other papers to be nearly as engaging or hold my interest as close - others may find those papers to provide deeper thought for them.
November 27, 2013
I love these lectures. I have read as many as possible and searched for them on youtube. I highly recommend these to anyone.
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