Druidcraft: The Magic of Wicca and Druidry

by Philip Carr-Gomm

Overview

Druidry and Wicca, also known as "the Craft", are the two great streams of the Western Pagan tradition. Both traditions originated in the British Isles, and both are now experiencing a renaissance all over the world, as more and more people seek a spirituality rooted in a love of nature.In the ancient past Druidry and Wicca probably weren't separate. Today, the ways of Druidry and Wicca are starting to merge again, as contemporary readers combine ideas and techniques from both traditions to build their spiritual practice.In this down to earth yet inspiring book, Philip Carr-Gomm offers a name for this Path that draws on the common beliefs and practices of both Druidry and Wicca: Druidcraft. Then, in a series of six lessons, he empowers the reader to follow this practice by showing how anyone can work with its ways:The Way of Blessing• The Way of the Hearth• The ways of Love• The Ways of Healing• The way of the Earth and Her seasons• The Ways of Magic and SpellcraftDruidcraft draws on the traditions of scholarship, storytelling, magical craft and seasonal celebration of both Druids and Wiccans, to offer inspiration, teachings, rituals, and magical techniques that can help you access your innate powers of creativity and healing, intuition and seership.

Philip Carr-Gomm is a writer, psychologist, and Druid of world renown. He is the author of The Druid way, The Elements of the Druid Tradition, co-author of The Druid Animal Oracle, and editor of The Book of Druidry and The Druid Renaissance. He is the chief Druid of The Order of Bards Ovates and Druids, one of the largest international Druid groups, and he combines his role as Chief Druid with a private practice in psychotherapy, writing, and giving workshops world-wide.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780007555833
Publisher:	HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date:	03/27/2014
Sold by:	HarperCollins Publishers
Format:	eBook
Pages:	224
File size:	563 KB

About the Author

Philip Carr-Gomm is a writer and psychologist, living in Sussex with his wife Stephanie and their children. He is author of ‘Druidcraft – the Magic of Wicca & Druidry’, ‘The Re-birth of Druidry’ and ‘The Elements of the Druid Tradition’ and editor of ‘The Druid Renaissance’.

Table of Contents

	Acknowledgements	ix
	Foreword	xi
Chapter 1	A Hidden Valley--The worlds of the Witch & Druid	1
Chapter 2	The Secret of the Returning Tide--The Ways of Blessing	17
Chapter 3	The Cave of Dreams--The Ways of Love	42
Chapter 4	The Grove of the Summer Stars--The Ways of the Earth and Her Seasons	67
Chapter 5	The Garden of Herbs and Healing--The Ways of Health and Rejuvenation	90
Chapter 6	The Circle of Stones--The Ways of Magic and Spellcraft	116
Chapter 7	The Waters of the Well--Druidry, Wicca and Druidcraft as Ways of Freedom	149
	Resources	156
	Bibliography	165