Author Archives: Greywolf

We brought the World Drum to Ironbridge, the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution that did so much to remove so many of us from contact with the land. Before the Industrial Revolution, about 80% of us in Britain lived and … Continue reading →

Well, it’s been an adventurous few days. Our first public rite with the World Drum was at the great Avebury henge in Wiltshire. We gathered in the South Circle a little before noon and announced our intention for the rite. … Continue reading →

The World Drum is about to begin its travels around the UK, beginning with a rite among the great sarsen stones of Avebury in Wiltshire on Saturday, March 30th, meeting at 11.30am. Avebury has always seemed to me a great … Continue reading →

As mentioned in an earlier post, White Cougar, the shaman whose vision inspired the creation of the World Drum, is joining us for this weekend, along with Morten Wolf Storeide, who has been overseeing the Drum’s travels around the world … Continue reading →

At 11.30am on March 31st, we’ll be bringing the World Drum to Glastonbury Tor to create a ceremony to strengthen humanity’s spiritual relationship with our great Mother Earth. We shall call upon the two great spirits of our own land, … Continue reading →

We’re delighted that White Cougar, the Norwegian shaman whose vision inspired the creation of the World Drum, and Morten Wolf Storeide, who oversees the Drum’s travels around the world and across cultures, will both be joining us for this weekend … Continue reading →

As part of our ongoing plan to merge BDO Druidry with the surrounding wonderment that is the 21st century, we now have online booking available for two wondrous weekend events occurring in April next year. The first is at Cae … Continue reading →

As you may have noticed, we’re in the process of making changes on the website that should make navigating around it easier and also enable us to add more pages. Among other things, we plan to have a gallery page, … Continue reading →

It was 19 years ago today, a complete Metonic cycle ago, that about forty of us stood together in the South Circle at Avebury and swore “by peace and love to stand, heart to heart and hand in hand,” creating … Continue reading →

We were sworn to secrecy beforehand, but Emma Restall Orr and I were approached by the organisers of the 2012 Paralympics closing ceremony with a surprising request. They wanted our permission to use parts of the gorsedd ritual we wrote … Continue reading →