Featuring a mix of philosophy, ritual, spiritual practice, and lifestyle issues, for all those seriously interested in practising a traditional form of druidry FOREWORD BY PHILIP CARR-GOMM IX ACKNOWLEDGMENTS XIII INTRODUCTION 1(8) Part I: A Quest for Ancient Springs: The Druid Tradition in the Modern World 9(36) CHAPTER 1: CIRCLES AND STANDING STONES 11(10) Diviners, Poets, and Teachers 15(3) The Rebirth of Druidry 18(3) CHAPTER 2: THE REVIVAL TRADITIONS 21(12) Druids and Masons 26(2) Welsh Druidry 28(2) The Druidry of the Revival 30(3) CHAPTER 3: DRUIDRY IN THE WIDER WORLD 33(12) Druidry Today 37(2) Druidry and Modern Paganism 39(1) Further Reading 40(5) Part II: Wisdom of the Stone Circle: Three Triads of Druid Philoshophy 45(88) CHAPTER 4: THE FIRST TRIAD-DRUID SYMBOLISM 47(20) Three Rays of Light 50(4) Three Circles of Manifestation 54(5) Three Elements of Nature 59(8) CHAPTER 5: THE SECOND TRIAD 67(42) Above and Below 70(4) Stations of the Year 74(8) Ogham, the Alphabet of the Trees 82(27) CHAPTER 6: THE THIRD TRIAD 109(24) Taliesin, the Wizard Bard 111(6) Arthur, the Once and Future King 117(5) Merlin, the Mage 122(7) Further Reading 129(4) Part III: Ways of the Sacred Grove: Initiation into the Druid Tradition 133(102) CHAPTER 7: THE EARTH PATH 135(32) Nature Awareness 143(3) Stillness, Focus and Study 146(3) Living in Harmony with Nature 149(5) Twenty Steps to a More Natural Life 154(5) Planting Trees 159(5) Further Reading 164(3) CHAPTER 8: THE SUN PATH 167(32) Learning and Performing Rituals 170(3) Opening and Closing the Grove 173(7) Holy Day Rituals 180(16) Further Reading 196(3) CHAPTER 9: THE MOON PATH 199(36) Preliminaries to Meditation 205(15) Concentration and Meditation 220(9) Other Meditation Methods 229(6) AFTERWORD: PATHS TO THE FOREST TEMPLE 235(12) THE ANCIENT ORDER OF DRUIDS IN AMERICA 237(1) THE AODA FIRST-DEGREE CURRICULUM 238(9) ENDNOTES 247(2) BIBLIOGRAPHY 249(8) INDEX 257