Good introduction to modern Druidism ( )

Nicely written account of the modern druid movement - full acknowledging the lack of truly ancient resources but recognizing the contributions of "revival druidry" of the 18th and 19th centuries. A bunch of fascinating history here, and the author, as always is an excellent and engaging storyteller. The only real lack is of the modern neo-pagan druid movement other than the authors own branch. Overall a great introduction to this eclectic tradition. ( )

Both Greer and I acknowledge that there's so much more to be said about the topics he introduces. One of the strengths of this book are the extensive, annotated lists of further readings. Overall The Druidry Handbook is a very good introduction to revival Druidry. The history, lore, and meditation sections were especially interesting or useful. ( )

Really good reference section around ogham. Instead of a day-by-day study guide, it's just a simple list of tasks that would need to be completed in the course of a year to consider yourself ready to further pursue Druidry. ( )

I came to this book with a certain amount of cheerful skepticism - which is how I approach religion in general - and was pleasantly surprised. I'm not sure it's possible for a book to explain a religion while being *less* dogmatic about it, and the history was interesting and presented with no attempt to hide flaws or controversy or claim any sort of divine revelation. In fact, the whole book was basically "here are some things that we find useful, and some variations that also seem to work for people, your mileage may vary."

While I may never be able to take "ritual magic" totally seriously, it's nice to find practitioners who don't really seem to either, and in addition to the history and basic lore I found the discussion of meditation particularly interesting, and the outline of a druid candidate's first year of study seemed sensible, interesting, and useful. If nothing else, this book has pointed me in the direction of an interesting writer whose blog I will definitely be investigating. ( )