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The classic guide to living a spiritual life rooted in Celtic antiquity and revived to meet the challenges of contemporary life. Druidry offers people a path of harmony through reconnection with the green Earth. The Druidry Handbook is the first hands-on manual of traditional British druid practice that explores the Sun Path of seasonal celebration, the Moon Path of meditation, and the Earth Path of living in harmony with nature as tools for crafting an Earth-honoring life here and now. From ritual and meditation to nature awareness and ecological action, John Michael Greer opens the door to a spirituality rooted in the living Earth. Featuring a mix of philosophy, rituals, spiritual practice, and lifestyle issues, The Druidry Handbook is an essential guide for those seriously interested in practicing a traditional form of druidry. It offers equal value to eclectics and solitary practitioners eager to incorporate more Earth-based spirituality into their own belief system.… (more)
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The book was interesting and easy to read informative enough to help me to realize that the druidic path was not for me. While I do not plan to join a druidic order, I will take to heart some of the ideas from the druidic path such as some of the forms of meditation and incorporate it into my own spiritual practice, as have so many others before me.
After reading The Druidry Handbook I was able to begin integrating my growing ecological understanding and unease at the horrors of industrialism with my need to better know myself and occupy a meaningful place in the universe.
As Sharon Astyk says "The enormous
Treasure life, and you will find its gifts at every turn.
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.