Silent Heron is a newly formed group in Southern New Hampshire.
We are a diverse group who approach our own Druidry in different ways.
“…the greatest characteristic of most modern-day Druids lies in their tolerance of diversity.”
Philip Carr-Gomm, Chosen Chief of OBOD
We come together as community to:
* Celebrate our connection to nature.
* Support the modern druid in his/her spiritual growth through sharing, study and contemplative practice.
* Help make a difference by honoring our green values, and
* Celebrate the Wheel of the Year through druid ceremony and ritual.
Silent Heron is an affiliated Seed Group with the Order of Bards, Ovates, and Druids (OBOD); an international spiritual order headquartered in the United Kingdom.
You can find many of our events listed on New Hampshire Druidry Meetup.
or find us on Facebook
For more information contact us at [email protected]
We are a diverse group who approach our own Druidry in different ways.
“…the greatest characteristic of most modern-day Druids lies in their tolerance of diversity.”
Philip Carr-Gomm, Chosen Chief of OBOD
We come together as community to:
* Celebrate our connection to nature.
* Support the modern druid in his/her spiritual growth through sharing, study and contemplative practice.
* Help make a difference by honoring our green values, and
* Celebrate the Wheel of the Year through druid ceremony and ritual.
Silent Heron is an affiliated Seed Group with the Order of Bards, Ovates, and Druids (OBOD); an international spiritual order headquartered in the United Kingdom.
You can find many of our events listed on New Hampshire Druidry Meetup.
or find us on Facebook
For more information contact us at [email protected]
What is OBOD
The Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids is a worldwide group dedicated to practicing, teaching, and developing Druidry as a valuable and inspiring spirituality.
The Order was founded in Britain over 50 years ago by the historian and poet Ross Nichols, aided by the writer and founder of the Tolkien Society Vera Chapman, and fellow members of the Ancient Druid Order, which developed during the early years of the last century out of the Druid Revival which began about three hundred years ago.
The Order is essentially a Mystery School and community, and the term ‘order’ is derived from the tradition of magical orders rather than from the tradition of religious orders. Neither the Order nor Druidry is a cult. A cult revolves around a personality, a charismatic leader, or a particular deity or saint. The Order and Druidry have none of these characteristics.
Both the Feminine and the Masculine principles are celebrated and represented in the Order’s teachings and membership. The Order is not patriarchal or biased in favor of men – many women are in leadership roles and over half the membership is female.
Membership of the Order is open to followers of all faiths and none, regardless of gender, sexual orientation or ethnic origin, and there are currently over seventeen thousand members in fifty countries.
Although most members practice Druidry on their own, there are over 130 groups around the world that offer the opportunity for members to meet and celebrate together. In addition individual members and groups organize gatherings, retreats, camps, conferences and workshops. See the Community section on this website for more information.
The Order offers comprehensive training in Druidry in seven languages through its distance learning course, which includes a personal mentorship program, camps and gatherings in many countries, a monthly magazine, and members' internet forums. In addition, the Order promotes a Sacred Grove Planting Program and a Campaign for Ecological Responsibility, and supports three tree-planting charities: Trees for Life, Tree Aid, and The Woodland Trust.
The Order also offers training in celebrancy (the art of leading weddings and funerals and other rites of passage) to members, and educational materials in the form of books, audios, retreats and workshops to people who are interested in the Druid tradition and would like to incorporate some of its ideas into their lives, as well as to those who would like to follow a training program in Druidry.
For more information visit druidry.org