Spirits of the Sacred Grove reveals Druidry as an accessible and compelling spiritual path that offers enormous potential for personal healing and empowerment.
Spirits of the Sacred Grove reveals Druidry as an accessible and compelling spiritual path that offers enormous potential for personal healing and empowerment.
Celtic spirituality, Paganism & neo-paganism
For many, the word Druidry conjures up images of white-robed figures involved in esoteric rituals. But modern Druidry is not wrapped up in a veil of secrecy - it is celebrated openly, in the sunlight of the meadow or the shady leafiness of forest glade. Druids are passionate about the environment, and their worship is above all focused on Nature through the celebration of the changing seasons of the year.
Spirits of the Sacred Grove is a very personal journey through the seasons seen through the eyes of a modern female Druid. Emma Restall Orr takes the reader through the cycles of nature, from the chaos of Samhain or Hallowe'en into the dark of winter, through the energy of spring and into the bright summer months - then back through autumn to Samhain. At the same time she acts as a guide along the paths of the sacred rituals.
Spirits of the Sacred Grove reveals Druidry as an accessible and compelling spiritual path that offers enormous potential for personal healing and empowerment. Exploring rites of passage and weaving in references to many other spiritual traditions, this book is an intensely rich mixture of the ideas and images of a Pagan Druid priestess.
Published in 1998, this was the first book in the Moon Books Classics series. It was previously available as 'Druid Priestess' but we've reverted to the original title for this edition.
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Spirits of the Sacred Grove reveals Druidry as an accessible and compelling spiritual path that offers enormous potential for personal healing and empowerment. Exploring rites of passage and weaving in references to many other spiritual traditions, this book is an intensely rich mixture of the ideas and images of a Pagan Druid priestess. ~ BrumbySunstate
5 Star review for the first edition published 1998: "The most beautiful, inspirational book I have ever read." When I first began reading 'Spirits' (now re-titled 'A Druid Priestess') I was recovering from a major operation and so had the time, at last, to consider in depth, my spirituality, something I'd been attempting to do for a long time. Although raised a Roman Catholic I had always been drawn to nature, and the nature-based religions, and found the Pagan way of living was becoming more and more interesting and important to me. Although, I WOULD say that you don't have to be interested in following a pagan pathway, to delight in the pages of this wonderful book. Anyone, following any religion or spirituality, will find something within these pages which touches them deeply. It does not aim to convert. Many of my non-pagan friends have read it, and have found solace in its words. It is a book based on a very personal journey in the life of a very beautiful Priestess. Completely enthralling, weaving knowledge with inspiration, and sharing many personal moments, 'Spirits' allows the reader to truly 'be' there, to walk alongside Bobcat, to wander about in her world and touch her reality, as she treads her own, unique path throughout the wheel of the year. I was feeling particularly low in my own spirit and soul when someone recommended I read 'Spirits', stating "it'll blow your head off Ri", and it did! From the very first page I was captivated. From the very first page I soared. 'Spirits' is one of those books which is difficult to put down once you start reading, yet at other times I became so overwhelmed, so fuelled with emotion, that I just had to, either to merely wipe my tears of sadness or elation, or actively work with the spirits of place, to share what I was experiencing ... 'Spirits of The Sacred Grove' is a very powerful insight, into a very beautiful native spirituality. I knew from the moment I began reading it that the path of Druidry was the one I'd been walking in secret all of my life. I felt as if I'd 'come home'. And now, almost 4 years after first reading it, I feel that even more strongly. I'm still walking my path, with deeper and deeper reverance each day, and still delighting in my now well-read, dog-eared book of 'Spirits of The Sacred Grove'... ~ Mouse, Amazon Customer Review
5 star review for the first edition published 1998: "A wonderful guide to the spirit and passion of druidry." I have read many texts giving in more or less detail the practical aspects of druidic practice. They are informative and interesting, but few have engaged my imagination and my spirit as this one has. I have seldom, if ever, come across such a vivid and beautiful description of what it is to actually live as a priestess (or priest). Emma takes us along with her on her spiritual journey through the year, allowing us to experience the laughter and the fears, the doubt and the joy of modern druidry. A truly moving book for anyone with an interest in the spiritual side of life, no matter what religious background they hail from. ~ Craig Cartmell, Amazon Customer Review
