Reading List
We encourage those who are interested in the path of Druidry to explore the training available within the order - Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids.
"In the lineage of Druidry we find not saintly figures, but men and women who broke the mould: who dared to be different, while adhering to strong principles. They were often politically active-with many key figures from the Revival period onwards being interested in radical politics, supporting individual liberty and social justice. They were naturopaths, vegetarians, naturists or healers, poets, historians and philosophers. They were attracted to Druidism because their spirituality was founded in a passion for Nature and history, mythology and ancient monuments. And each – in their own way – can act as an inspiration for us if we, too, have such passions."
Philip Carr-Gomm ‘What Druids Believe?’
For those not ready to make that commitment or wish to take their learning deeper, we have a number of works we suggest.
For those new to Druidry and would like to learn a bit more about how we practice within Silent Heron...
For those who would like to deepen their practice:
"In the lineage of Druidry we find not saintly figures, but men and women who broke the mould: who dared to be different, while adhering to strong principles. They were often politically active-with many key figures from the Revival period onwards being interested in radical politics, supporting individual liberty and social justice. They were naturopaths, vegetarians, naturists or healers, poets, historians and philosophers. They were attracted to Druidism because their spirituality was founded in a passion for Nature and history, mythology and ancient monuments. And each – in their own way – can act as an inspiration for us if we, too, have such passions."
Philip Carr-Gomm ‘What Druids Believe?’
For those not ready to make that commitment or wish to take their learning deeper, we have a number of works we suggest.
For those new to Druidry and would like to learn a bit more about how we practice within Silent Heron...
- Druid Mysteries: Ancient Wisdom for the 21st Century by Philip Carr-Gomm
- What Do Druids Believe? by Philip Carr-Gomm
- The Path of Druidry: Walking the Ancient Green Way by Penny Billington
- Pagan Portals - The Awen Alone: Walking the Path of the Solitary Druid by Joanna van der Hoeven
For those who would like to deepen their practice:
- The Mount Haemus Lectures Volume 1 and Volume 2
- Taliesin: The Last Celtic Shaman by John Matthews and Caitlin Matthews
- From the Cauldron Born: Exploring the Magic of Welsh Legend & Lore by Kristoffer Hughes
- The Druid Renaissance by Philip Carr-Gomm
- In the Grove of the Druids: The Druid Teachings of Ross Nichols by Philip Carr-Gomm
- The Book of Druidry by Ross Nichols
- Contemplative Druidry: People Practice and Potential Dr. James Nichol
- Druidry and Meditation by Nimue Brown
- The Salmon in the Spring: The Ecology of Celtic Spirituality by Jason Kirkey
- Celtic Tree Magic: Ogham Lore and Druid Mysteries by Danu Forest
- The Book of Celtic Magic: Transformative Teachings from the Cauldron of Awen by Kristoffer Hughes
- The Bardic Handbook: The Complete Manual for the Twenty-First Century Bard by Kevan Manwaring