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August 2026

August 14, 2026

Brendan Myers Has Left The Great Hall Of Life

I am shocked and saddened that Brendan Myers is no longer in this world, but...

May 2025

May 04, 2025

New ADF Archdruid: Rev. Jan Avende

As a Druid who is a member of ADF I am happy to spread the...

July 2023

July 30, 2023

The Book of Druidry

Kristoffer Hughes’ The Book of Druidry is advice and guidance that will be invaluable to...

May 2021

May 16, 2021

Philosophy in Modern Paganism, and Why I Am a Druid

What is the place of philosophy in the Pagan movement? And what is it about...

November 2020

November 22, 2020

19 Years of Druidry – A Spiritual Milestone

19 years ago I had a spiritual epiphany and it changed my life. And for...

September 2020

September 01, 2020

When Natural Places are Disrupted

More answers to questions: disruption of natural places, skills for Tower Time, Druid resources for...

March 2020

March 10, 2020

6 Pagan Things I Want To Do Before I Die

This is my Pagan Bucket List… or at least, part of it. These are the...

February 2020

February 18, 2020

Foreshadowing the Druid – Pagan Signs From My Childhood

Magical successes and magical failures. A search for knowledge and wisdom. A love of Nature,...

December 2019

December 29, 2019

November 2019

November 10, 2019

Druids, Pop Culture, and Pagan Advice for Beginners

The final post from the last Conversations Under the Oaks: what makes a Druid? What...

June 2019

June 06, 2019

The First of Your Tradition – Becoming a Pagan Priest On Your Own

It’s easier to become a priest and to serve as a priest inside a community....

February 2019

February 03, 2019

Druid Reading Recommendations: A Revised List

These are the handful of books that are most helpful to seekers as they try...

January 2019

January 20, 2019

Magic, Druidry, and Syncretism – What Can Be Combined and What Can’t

What can you use magic for? How do you combine pantheons or magical systems? Can...

October 2018

October 30, 2018

Wayist Druids Celebrate Samhain in Athens Tennessee

What do you get when a Druid decides to hold a public ritual in a...

September 2018

September 02, 2018

Many Gods in the Bible, Spiritual Warnings, Owning Knowledge, and More

How should Pagans view the references to many Gods in the Bible? What happens when...

June 2018

June 04, 2018

Druid News: Eimear Burke will be the new Chosen Chief of OBOD

Philip Carr-Gomm announced that he is beginning a two-year transition to step aside as Chosen...

May 2018

May 27, 2018

Paganism in the Dry Season

Dry seasons come to all of us sooner or later. The realities of life intrude...

April 2018

April 10, 2018

Conversations Under the Oaks: April Q&A

The deepest questions we’ve had so far for the Q&A: duotheism, triple goddesses, and the...

January 2018

January 28, 2018

9 Things I Wish I’d Known When I Was A New Pagan

A scan through my private journals turned up a list of things I really wish...

November 2017

November 28, 2017

300 Years of Druidry

According to Ross Nichols, the first Druid order of the modern era was founded in...

October 2017

October 01, 2017

Y Mabinogi – A Review

Listening to Damh the Bard’s new album Y Mabinogi is like opening your home to...

June 2017

June 11, 2017

Summer Solstice – The Necessity of Trust

If there’s a lesson in the Summer Solstice, it’s that nothing worthwhile is entirely under...

May 2017

May 16, 2017

A Druid Method

Each Druid order defines Druidry in their own way and I have no desire to...

February 2017

February 21, 2017

Will You Be My Teacher? Essential Questions For Beginners

There are some questions any new Pagan student needs to ask themselves, particularly if they’re...

February 12, 2017

How Should Pagan Clergy Dress?

We who serve as Pagan clergy have an obligation to our Gods and to our...

October 2016

October 16, 2016

Who Is My Co-Religionist?

We can have our own beliefs and refine them in conversation with others. We can...

September 2016

September 11, 2016

Druids, Polytheism, and Impermanence

What do an OBOD camp and the Buddhist principle of impermanence have to do with...

September 06, 2016

My Religion is a Religion of Relationships

As anyone who has ever been in any kind of a romantic partnership will attest,...

August 2016

August 18, 2016

Step Functions and Loads of Bricks

There’s a place for sequential, ordered learning and advancement. But life rarely works that way...

August 16, 2016

Proudly Re-Paganing America

On the same day the Patheos editors put my post “Are We Bringing Sin Into...