Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 299.16
EAN num: 9781855381674
ISBN number: 1855381672
Label: Thorsons Publishing houses
Manufacturer: Thorsons Publishing houses
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 320
Printing Date: 1992-05
Publishing house: Thorsons Publishing houses
Sale Popularity Level: 315576
Studio: Thorsons Publishing houses
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A comprehensive study of the Druids, from their earliest history to the present-day renaissance.
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Modern Druidry owes a lot to Ross Nichols. He removed the masonic ties and brought paganism back into the path. Inspiring and educating many followers of the modern Druidic Revival - we all owe a great debt of gratitude to this man. And his lessons live on through Philip Carr-Gomm. Everyone should have this book in their collection.
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Crap.
The Book of Druidry by Ross Nichols was a huge disappointment for many reasons. Many of its assertions have been proven false by scholars, archeologists, and historians. It's like Nichols got most of his information from sources published in the 19th century and certainly before 1950. And it's just a big advertisement for OBOD in a lot of ways. In my opinion, this book is crap and not worth a dime, much less the price on the cover.
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This book is a must-have not because of its many historical/archeological inaccuracies but because it was one of the very first produced by someone in recent history proclaiming to be following a Druidic Way. No one truly knows what the ancient druids did or believed with any exactness. It's left up to Anthropology and its constant flux of theories in order to interpret archeological finds versus historical documents and data to come up with a possible answer. Even so, no Anthropologist will tell you that there science leads to truth.
I think that some reviewers think other folk are stupid. The title of this book gives it all away. This is a book about "Druidry" and not really about the ancient historical persons known as druids. I had no misconceptions when reading this book. I knew it was a modern/romantic view of the druid religion through the eyes of someone who was part of the Ancient Order of Druids as well as the Martinist Order. As far as I know Ross Nichols was not a historian with a PhD from Oxford with scholarly publications in peer reviewed journals. As such I do not expect that kind of scholarly material in his work. I look more for the history of romantic Druidry and a peek into his spiritual path. I also expect to find (within this book) the cumulative lore and rituals as found within the AOD and his OBOD.
Purchase this book before it goes out of print!
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this book was more than I anticipated. i didn't know anyone who could fit that much information in any type of book Ross does it well and keeps it interesting. A must for anyone wishing to know history and druidism...
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Modern druidry traces its roots to the early 1700's and that is the tradition that this book is about. The Order of Bards, Ovates, and Druids is still around and going strong and this book seems to be an introduction to the Order.
All that aside, it is a good read. A wealth of ideas, this book can be one step on your spiritual path. Or it can be just an interesting book about modern druids. Regardless of your beliefs, if you have any interest in the subject this is a good book.
There are many other books available if you are interested in historical druids- "The Druids" by Stuart Piggott, for example.
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