Druidcraft: The Magic of Wicca and Druidry - Softcover

Carr-Gomm, Philip

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9780007133888: Druidcraft: The Magic of Wicca and Druidry

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ISBN 10: 000713388X ISBN 13: 9780007133888

Publisher: Thorsons, 2002

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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 Spellcraft

Druidcraft 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.

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Druidry and Wicca are the two great streams of Western Pagan tradition. Both traditions are experiencing a renaissance all over the world, as more and more people seek a spirituality rooted in a love of nature and the land.

Increasingly, readers are combining the ideas of both traditions to craft their own spiritual practice. In this down-to-earth, inspiring guide, Philip Carr-Gomm offers a name for this Path that draws on the common beliefs and practices of Wicca and Druidry: Druidcraft.

'Druidcraft' 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, intuition and healing.

About the Author:

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.

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