Old Gods, New Druids

by Robin Herne

The universe is filled with countless gods, goddesses and nature spirits. Many made themselves known to the Druids of ancient Northern Europe. How can modern day Druids make contact with these age-old Beings? 'Old Gods, New Druids' offers a series of twenty humorous and informative lessons that can be used for group or solitary study and is ideal for people interested in Druidry and the Pagan spirituality of ancient Britain and Ireland.

Genres: Religion, Paganism, Spirituality

276 pages, Paperback

First published December 16, 2009

About the author

A lecturer by profession, Robin Herne lives with his dogs in deepest, darkest East Anglia. His passions include druidry, world mythology, murder mysteries, poetry, Hammer Horror films, Doctor Who, music of the Golden Age (such as Cole Porter), and animal conservation.

Reviews

[Bryn · Rating 5 out of 5]

While you really can't hope to learn druidry from a book, this is an excellent book to start from if you want to learn druidry. Not least because it's full of pointers for real world action and exploration. Written with much insight and a light touch, Old Gods, New Druids is very much about modern, polytheistic, celtic-inspired religion.

Not only is this a great book for beginers, it also offers much food for thought, for those who have been exploring druidry for a while. It makes a very effective teaching tool for group learning - and could be shared by folk with common interest but no one to guide them. I can see it has great potential use for groves who study together.

[Nimue Brown · Rating 5 out of 5]

While there are a lot of books that claim to be introductions to paganism, and for that matter druidry, there are very few that will take you from knowing nothing, to being able to pracice a pagan faith. This is one of the book that does. I consider it essential reading for anyone wanting to learn about Druidy. It's also an excellent tool for anyone running a group - be that a specifically druid group, or a moot. If learning and discussion are part of what your groups does, this is a really useful guide to likely topic and talking points and a solid basis for shared contemplation and group learning. It's very well written, and I cannot recommend it enough!

[Faie · Rating 5 out of 5]

First I just want to say that I agree with Nimue Brown.

This book is great even for the person working alone in solitary too. Robin describe and told in a almost poetic way (I think) about different topics it also ask questions to contemplate over and grow in your own path. I also love how the book is set up and make it easy to go back, reread, find ideas and contemplate. It is very well written and I recommend it 100%

[Ivan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Like most books on subjects about druids, little is really known and most of what is written is simply best guesses. I have found after just a few books on the subject, the best thing to do is to go out in nature and find your own path. Meditation, especially outdoors, is a good start. Quiet awareness and an openness to possibilities helps.

[Maya · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read my full review at : Celtic Scholar's Reviews and Opinions

[Ayleen Tiggy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very informative, writen in Robin's friendly, humorous style. A good book for anyone to learn from & a damn good read.