The Druid source book : from earliest times to the present day /

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Other Authors: Matthews, John, 1948-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : New York : Blandford Press ; Distributed in the United States by Sterling Press, 1996.
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Table of Contents:
  • Part one: Dawn: Beginnings of Druidry in Britain and Ireland
  • Classical accounts: from Caesar to Clement of Alexandria
  • Druids in early Ireland: extracts from the earliest manuscripts
  • Druids: their functions and powers by P.W. Joyce
  • Druids in the light of recent theories by J.A. MacCulloch
  • Origin of Druidism by Julius Pokorny
  • Druids by T. Rice Holmes
  • Theories concerning the origins of Druidism by Lewis Spence
  • Part two: Revival: Druidry in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries
  • Early antiquarian accounts by various hands
  • Critical history of the Druids by John Toland
  • Celtic researches by Edward Davies
  • Moral doctrines of the Druids by Godfrey Higgins
  • Essay on the Neo-Druidic heresy by Algernon Herbert
  • Druidry in folklore by W.A. Winwood Read
  • Druidism by Iolo Morgannwg and J. Williams ab Ithel
  • Bardism by Aneurin Vardd
  • Fairies and Druids of Ireland by Charles de Kay
  • Druidical chants preserved in the choruses of popular songs in England, Scotland, Ireland and France by Charles Mackay
  • Druidical magic by James Bonwick
  • Par tthree: Recovery: Druidry in the twentieth century
  • Initiatory ceremonies and priesthood by Dudley Wright
  • Druidic church by Sir John Daniel
  • Druids in tradition by T.D. Kendrick
  • Druidic theology and ritual by Lewis Spence
  • Tree-trilothon of the year Duir
  • month of the Oak: 11 June
  • 8 July by Ross Nichols
  • Four Celtic fire festivals by Colin Murray