The Seven Gifts of Druidry

Firstly,
it offers a way of looking at the world which emphasises the sacredness of all life, and our part in the great web of creation. It cares passionately about the preservation and protection of the environment, and offers a worldview which is ecological, pantheistic, geocentric, pragmatic, idealistic, spiritual and romantic. It does not separate Spirit and Matter - it offers a sensuous spirituality that celebrates physical life.

Secondly,
Druidry offers a way of helping us feel at one again with Nature, our ancestors, our own bodies, and our sense of Spirit, by working in specific ways with plants, trees, animals, stones, ancestral stories, spirits of Place, Gods and Goddesses. It has eight seasonal celebrations, which help us attune to the natural cycle, and help us to structure our lives through the year, and to develop a sense of community, when we celebrate with others.

Thirdly,
it offers a way of healing and rejuvenation, using spiritual and physical methods in a holistic way to promote health and longevity. There is tremendous potential for this to be developed more fully in the coming years.

Fourthly,
it offers rites of passage: for the blessing and naming of children, for marriage, for death, and for other times of initiation, when it is helpful to ritually and symbolically mark our passage from one state to another.

Fifthly,
it offers techniques for exploring other states of consciousness, other realities, the Otherworld. Some of these techniques are also used by other spiritual traditions, and include meditation, visualisation, shamanic journeying, and the use of ceremony, music, chanting and sweat-houses, but they are all grounded in specifically Celtic and Druidic imagery and tradition.

The sixth gift
that Druidry offers the contemporary world, is a path of self-development that encourages our creative potential, our psychic and intuitive abilities, and fosters our intellectual and spiritual growth. This is the main focus of the Gwersu [the Order's teaching material].

The seventh gift of Druidry is the gift of magic -
it teaches the art of bringing ideas into manifestation, the art of discovering and then nurturing, and learning how to use, the power of Imbas, of Awen - of spiritual inspiration.