Druidry Frequently Asked Questions
Druidry
WHAT IS DRUIDRY?
Druidism, or Druidry as it is often called, is for some a spiritual path, for others a religion, and for others a cultural activity.
Below are different authors’ views on what is Druidry. For sake of not repeating information, please see AppleOak’s Druid links page, which I have linked several different Druid organizations and informational pages.
John
Michael Greer, Druidry – A Green Way of Wisdom
What does it mean to be a
Druid today?
Above all else, Druidry means following a spiritual path
rooted in the green Earth. It means participating in a living Western spiritual
tradition drawn from many sources, including surviving legacies from Celtic
wisdom teachings, but embracing the contributions of many peoples and times. It
means learning from archaic traditions, from three centuries of modern Druid
scholarship, and from the always changing lessons of the living Earth itself. It
means embracing an experiential approach to religious questions, one that
abandons rigid belief systems in favour of inner development and individual
contact with the realms of nature and spirit.
Emma
Restall Orr, Druid Priestess
It’s an attitude, an understanding, an
exquisitely simple and natural philosophy of living. For a great many it is a
rich and ancient religion, a mystical spirituality. For others it’s simply a
guiding way of life. It is absolutely open and free for anyone to discover.
Cassandra
Eason, The Modern-Day Druidess
Rather than being an organised
religion, Druidry offers a personal individual life path that can become part of
a modern urban existence as easily as a rural life. It connects us instinctively
to the life-giving energies of the earth beneath the pavements, and the sky
above the highest office or apartment block.
Cairistiona
Worthington, The Beginner’s Guide to Druidry
What is Druidry?
A
Spiritual Path, a way of life, a philosophy, Druidry is all of these…Druidry
today is alive and well, and has migrated around the world forming a wonderful
web of people who honour and respect the Earth and the sacred right to life of
all that is part of the Earth. Like a great tree drawing nourishment through its
roots, Druidry draws wisdom from its ancestral heritage. There is a saying in
Druidry that ‘The great tree thrives on the leaves that it casts to the ground’.
Druidry today does not pretend to present a replica of the past, rather it is
producing a new season’s growth.
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