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Druid 2013: The Conference!

Check out the all-star line-up for what looks like being a cracking event. Previous events have been amazing, offering an opportunity to engage with a wide range of modern Druids and Druidry. Plus music, stalls, and all manner of wonderment. … Continue reading

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Ovate Course Update: Nearly There!

Well, it’s been, as I suspected it would be, a long, strange trip, but our ovate course is now almost complete. It will run to over 1200 pages, of which there are only 60 left to fill. I’m just waiting … Continue reading

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Ovate Course Sampler Goes Online!

About six months ago, I tried editing together a sampler pdf file with selections from our new ovate course. This proved to be more difficult than I’d imagined. The course runs to about 1200 pages, over 400,000 words and more … Continue reading

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World Drum update …

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

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Travels With The World Drum So Far …

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

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The World Drum, UK 2013, March-April

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

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Latest News on the World Drum & Druid Hedge Schools Weekend

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

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The dress code

Hi, I am a relatively new druid, and I was wondering- for ceremonies, should we wear the green, blue and white robes? I know what each one stands for, and in photos I’ve seen other druids wearing them. If we … Continue reading

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The World Drum at Avalon and the Sleeping Giant of Albion

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

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Special Guests Added to the Wildways World Drum/Hedge Schools Weekend – April 19th-21st

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

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