
Empower Your Life with Sophrology by Philip Carr Gomm
Empower your life with Sophrology by Philip Carr Gomm really is one of those books that ‘does what it says on the can.’ So, if you don’t meditate, but suspect that your experience of life would be better if you did; if an underlying feeling of stress is your normality, or if you easily lose…

Seek Teachings Everywhere: Combining Druid Spirituality with Other Traditions by Philip Carr Gomm
‘As there are billions of souls/There are billions of ways to grow’ (Rumi) prefixes the introduction ‘Sex on the Beach or Death in the Afternoon? A mixology for the spiritual speaker’: this writer understands a good hook, has an open, original approach and eclectic tastes. His lifetime of reading and learning and gift for juxtaposing…

If Trees Could Talk: Life Lessons from the Wisdom of the Woods
by Holly Worton ~ It is beautiful to read an account of a person exploring their land, finding trees and developing a teacher-student relationship with them, for this is something seriously lacking in our lives, even with us Druids, it could be argued…

Blood and Mistletoe ~ The History of the Druids in Britain
by Professor Ronald Hutton ~ This long-awaited book is a tour de force. Interpretations of Druidry through the ages, treated to scrupulous scholarly dissection, in a masterly fashion. The first chapter, the raw material, should be required reading for all who have ever given credence to the impeccability of original sources…but given their suspect nature,…

This Ancient Heart: Landscape, Ancestor, Self
This book explores how we humans in the 21st century relate to the spirits of the lands in which we live, their other-than-human inhabitants, and our collective and individual ancestors.

The Handbook of Urban Druidry
Druidry is a spirituality that is associated with being in the beauty of nature but what happens when you live in an urban environment, which is where the majority of people live? Does Druidry also have a message for people in this situation? Any mature spirituality must appeal to people in all walks of life…

Wood Wisdom
This is a book and card set designed to be a companion to exploring the sacred forest – both in the inner and outer worlds. 22 trees are explored with stories, rituals, meditations, poems and illustrations – all created by the talented author.

The Lie of the Land
This is the book I’ve been waiting for. Believing that magic springs from the soil, that our locality, our region, our land grows us as surely as it does potatoes or grapes, it’s always been a fascination that I know so little about the geology of my native land: and then came along this book…

The Isles of the Many Gods
Having been drawn to Druidry through a keen interest in the ancient history of Britain, especially its cultural and spiritual heritage, this book was a welcome find…

The Awen Alone: Walking the Path of the Solitary Druid by Joanna van der Hoeven
Druidry is a fast growing tradition and whether by necessity or choice, many of its practitioners walk the path alone. Sharing a tradition and its spiritual practices with others can be richly rewarding but it is not for everyone and Joanna van der Hoeven’s latest book The Awen Alone: Walking the Path of the Solitary…

The Journey into Spirit: A Pagan’s Perspective on Death, Dying and Bereavement by Kristoffer Hughes
Druidry teaches us to honour death and to remember the dead with reverence. However, for most of us, our wider culture has hidden much of death’s processes from view. The physical realities of this most inevitable and unavoidable rite of passage have been obscured and this has only served to intensify the fear of death…

Storytelling for a Greener World
Nimue Brown reviews ‘Storytelling for a Greener World: Environment, community and story-based learning’ by Alida Gersie (Editor), Anthony Nanson (Editor), Edward Schieffelin (Editor) – Hawthorn Press ~ While this isn’t written as an explicitly Druidic book, this is an excellent text for the aspiring bard. It includes a wealth of relevant stories, many ideas for…

Nature Mystics: The Literary Gateway to Modern Paganism
by Rebecca Beattie Moon Books, Winchester (UK) & Washington (US), 2015 £4.99 UK, $9.95 US 132 pages. This little book is a joy to read, delving into the lives and works of some well-known, and many lesser-known, British and Irish literary figures in search of the origins of contemporary Paganisms. The writers, five men and…