Druidry

by Emma Restall Orr

The author includes the history of druidry from ancient times to modern days.

Genres: Nonfiction, Spirituality

96 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 2001

About the author

[from Wikipedia] -- Emma Restall Orr is a British neo-druid, animist, priest, poet and author. She worked for the Order of Bards Ovates and Druids in the early 1990s, becoming an Ovate tutor. In 1993 she became joint chief of the British Druid Order (BDO) staying until 2002. Together with the Order founder Philip Shallcrass, she developed the BDO into one of the largest and most influential of its time. Feeling the system of Orders too limiting, in 2002 she created The Druid Network, which was officially launched at Imbolc 2003.

Since the late 1990s she has organized the largest annual gatherings of Druids and those interested in Druidry, first at The Awen Camp with Philip Shallcrass, then since 2001 The Druid Camp with Mark Graham. In 2004 she founded Honouring the Ancient Dead. Since 2004, she has been involved with PEBBLE (The Public Bodies Liaison Committee for British Paganisms) encouraging positive and productive interaction between modern British Pagan groups and British government departments, and other institutions.

Over the course of her life in Druidry she has been on numerous television and radio programmes in Britain and around the world, featured and quoted in the print media and on the internet.

She is daughter of Robin Restall, renowned ornithologist, writer and artist. Her brother is Matthew Restall, history professor and writer.

Reviews

[☘Misericordia☘ ⚡ϟ⚡⛈⚡☁ ❇️❤❣ · Rating 1 out of 5]

Underwelming. Concise to the point of containing not enough information to make a book out of it.

And the pics... I felt as if a was reading an entremely generalistic blog.

I marginally liked a couple of pages overall, which is not anywhere near enough to redeem it.

[C.A. Young · Rating 2 out of 5]

Extremely general, and mainly focuses on the Druid Revival way of doing things. Features some really interesting (and striking) inaccuracies in places. That said, it does give some of the flavor of modern druidry as an experiential path.

Take with salt, but don't toss it out entirely.

[Sofi · Rating 4 out of 5]

A rather nice and concise introduction to druidry. It is clearly not meant to cover all the different views on the topic, or even gather all the available information, whether historical or else. It is a nice testimonial of Emma Restall Orr's vision, who was once joint chief of the British Druid Order.
I recommend this book for those who wish to have an insight of one of the possible paths that lead to druidic spirituality.