- USA
Hello! I’m Carol Ludwick, a proud OBOD member, currently in the Ovate grade and a certified lifecycle celebrant and ordained metaphysical minister. I was trained at the Celebrant Foundation and Institute and have earned three certifications- Ceremonies Across the Lifecycle, Weddings and Funerals. I’m also the Midwest Alumni Chapter facilitator...
- Canada
There are no two memories that are alike, so I will work closely with you to develop a ceremony, celebration, or ritual that will be an event that you and your loved ones will never forget. I will help you to ensure that everything needed for your ceremony will be...
- UK
I am a qualified Celebrant, End of Life Doula, a Grief Coach and a member of The Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids. I offer personal celebrations for handfasting, funerals, naming of babies, naming of pets and pet memorials. There are many key rites of passage and life transitions which...
- UK
I am a fully qualified Celebrant and Soul Midwife and member of OBOD. I offer beautiful, personal and memorable wedding celebrations, handfasting ceremonies, baby naming ceremonies, and pet memorials. In fact, any coming-of-age, rite of passage, or life transition, where you need to mark an occasion with love, joy, celebration,...
- France
I am a Druid in the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids, a poet, writer and professional trainer. As a Druid, I celebrate the seasons with a small group of people in Maine et Loire. I offer my services as a Celebrant for any ritual or rite of passage ceremony...
- Switzerland
As a Bard, Ovate and Druid, I play music and write poetry as well as offer my services for celebration, divination and healing. I am a teacher, a father, a husband, a man, a warrior, a peace maker, a judge, a police man, an actor, a priest, a wise man,...
- UK
I’ve been a celebrant for over 10 years and bring warmth, empathy and experience to any occasion. I fascilitate hand-fastings, naming ceremonies, funerals and memorials. Bringing my many years of experience, I am able to help you plan and prepare for your ceremony, and be a calming and reassuring presence...
- Poland
Emrys lives in Ilawa (Warmia and Mazury), where he has been leading one of the Polish pagan groups for years. He is strongly connected with the land on which he lives. His activities promote cultural heritage and folk traditions. For Emrys, leading in rituals is not only a duty, but...
- Italy
I started the druid way in 2007 and today I am an OBOD druid. I am a tutor, mom, wife and fantasy writer. I love to celebrate the steps of life in harmony with Nature, using a poetic and emotional ceremony. I love listening to your stories and the way...
- USA
My name is Jason Desneiges, a bilingual independent celebrant, and have been on an Earth-Based spiritual path since 1992 when I first discovered the various expressions of paganism. I am an OBOD Druid and a licensed clergy member through the Maine Pagan Clergy Association of Maine, and offer services that...
- Australia, UK
As a celebrant and member of the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids, I am trained in both Traditional and Ancient Celtic Ceremony whether it be a Naming, Handfasting, Home Blessing or Farewells. In essence I love collaborating in a ceremony, something that honours the person(s) in that moment in...
- UK
Harriet is a Druid, celebrant and ritualist based in Cumbria. Harriet is delighted to offer weddings, handfastings and baby naming ceremonies, as well as more bespoke rituals of transition, ancestral connection and Earth based rites of passage. She will work with you to create a unique, meaningful and compassionate ceremony...
- Germany
I offer babynamings, handfastings, renewal of vows, divorce healing rituals, rites of passage, individual healing rituals and sweatlodges (with the Druid Medicine Wheel). My resources are Shamanic, Druid and artistic and, since I am Bi, I am there for all LGBTQIA people with all my heart. I am looking forward...
- Netherlands
Tot mijn grote geluk mag ik mij celebrant noemen, een ceremonieel begeleider. Ik heb beide opleidingen gevolgd; “Serving the living and the death” en “Celebrating Life”, begeleid door River Jones. Uit eigen ervaring weet ik hoe belangrijk het is om bij keerpunten in het leven stil te staan. Het geeft...
- UK
My name is Lorien Cadier. I am an accredited civil celebrant and offer to work with you to create personal and meaningful celebrations of love and light for all your important rites of passage including baby naming, wedding and hand fasting, renewal of vows, civil partnership, and ceremonies for those...
- Austria
I am happy to support you in the development of tailor-made personal, secular and spiritual rituals and stand by your side as a ritual leader. From the bottom of my heart I love to accompany people in the most diverse phases of life and have done so for several decades. In...
- Netherlands
I am a celebrant, ceremonial speaker and naturecoach with a great love for Mother Earth. As an OBOD member, currently studying the Bardic grade, and a graduate of the OBOD course Celebrating Life and following the course Serving the Living and the Dead at the School of Celebrancy, I have...
- UK
I am a Druid Graduate of OBOD, and a member of the Fellowship of Professional Celebrants. I am also an Approved Celebrant with the Pagan Federation (Scotland), which means that I can Solemnise marriages on their behalf, basically I can legally marry people! I live on the beautiful and mystical...
Simon is a musician, record-producer, and founder of the bands The Afro Celt Sound System and Imagined Village. Simon joined his first band, Scritti Pollitti, in the 1970s. Later he was a founding member of Working Week, which toured extensively worldwide, won many European awards, and headlined at the Montreux...
Youth, Martin Glover, is an artist, poet, writer, musician and record producer. In 2016 Youth received the Award for Outstanding Contribution to UK Music from the Music Producers Guild, and this is what they said about him: One of the UK’s most consistent, credible and influential producers, Youth has been...
Jamie Reid is an artist, living in Liverpool, with a lifelong interest in Druidry. His great uncle George Watson MacGregor Reid founded the Ancient Druid Order. Jamie has created ‘The Eightfold Year’ – a set of paintings for every day of the year. Jamie Reid’s longstanding practice as an artist...
Henriëtte is an opera singer based in the Netherlands, who performs solo in the fields of opera, art song and oratorio. For many years she sang at the Dutch Opera House. Her favourite opera roles were as Tatyana in Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin and as Nedda in Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci. Through her...
Eric is a storyteller, the author of a dozen children’s books and a singer-songwriter. Born in South Australia, Eric spent years working as a ‘bush artist’ in Aboriginal communities, learning about their notion of ‘songlines’ and ‘the dreaming’. Since living in Snowdonia he’s become familiar with the old tales and...
Barry is a full time bard, house-husband & urban peasant. He has always been inspired by our beautiful, ancient land & its wildlife. Barry started making & playing frame drums like the bodhran in 1990 and joined OBOD in 2002 after having been a guest speaker at a couple of...