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Description In Living Druidry Emma Restall Orr opens the doorway to this powerful
and ancient spirituality in a way that is both accessible and inspiring.
Grounded in everyday life and experience this book guides the reader to
find their own vision, and their own deep, personal, ecstatic relationship
with nature.
Reviews Review One Review One Emma begins by gently introducing us to how she became a Priest within the tradition, followed by a brief background to Druidry and some basic concepts inherent within her practice of Pagan Druidcraft. She then leads us to find a firm footing within our selves, allowing us to begin to express our own personal understandings, before taking us through her vision of how to truly express our unique wild soul and our own ideas of the Craft - provoking us to look at how we live our lives, how we handle relationships, and how we interact with all around us. She explores connection with the powers of nature, the powers of the gods, and weaves these explorations into deepening our connection with nature and with ourselves, to find the inspiration to change, to let go of all that holds us back and to find true freedom. But this is no philosophical treatise, no dry theoretical work asking us to take intellectual concepts of philosophy, or to spend hours undergoing our own psychotherapy. Neither is it a simple, sugar sweet easy read. This is a book that encourages the reader from the very first words to experience what it is to practice the Craft of the Druid. Each chapter takes us deeper into how we can integrate spiritual practice into our own lives to exert profound practical change – if we choose to do it. And fundamental within the whole book is the undercurrent that what you can create is your own vision and practice of Druidcraft, meaningful to the individual, offering the opportunity to find their personal wild spirit, unfettered by modern expectations placed upon us by a society afraid of what is seen as ‘different’, or unexplainable by rational thought or science. There were times as I read it that I felt I wanted more. I would read a chapter, and find myself drawn into the words, wanting to explore more deeply, yet occasionally I was left a little lost and bemused, thinking: “Yes!! But how do I actually do it?” But perhaps that’s the point – the reader needs to work that out for themselves. Of course, the reader can choose to read this book superficially, as an exercise of the intellect, but to do so misses the point completely and may well leave the reader unfulfilled and disappointed. This is a book where the reader has to actually do something to understand the words, has to put into practice what he or she reads. Some of it may shock, or have no resonance; some of it may call to you on the deepest level. But then, of course, it really is up to reader what they do with the material, and how they do it. This book will challenge you, will challenge your perceptions and your understandings, and will – perhaps - open your eyes to the potential for creativity in all of us. I have a feeling this book will provoke reaction and stimulate debate as to what Druidry really is today, its relevance to the world we live in and its relevance as a spiritual practice – and that has to be a good thing. I think it is a book that will either sing to you and that you will love, or one that you will reject as irrelevant and meaningless. Either way, it is a book everyone with an interest in Druidry should read…..and for this reader it is inspirational. Review Two Living Druidry is a uniquely wonderful book. Emma Restall Orr (Bobcat) explores
the teachings and history of this ancient, natural and vibrant spirituality
in a compelling and powerful way. The craft of Druidry displays a love and
respect that honours all life, and all relationship.
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