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The Druid Academy

A hedge school offering instructional materials in the path of modern Pagan Druidism

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  5152 Sepulveda Blvd., Box 139
  Sherman Oaks, California 91403
  United States

Elements of Pagan Druidism: Working with a Sacred Landscape
Seventh CD in a seven-part series (includes a reading list for the course). It is an essential feature of the Pagan Druid’s work that he or she work within a picture of the cosmos that can be seen as home to the Powers offered to in ritual and which can be recreated in both private and public worship. This class includes a guided visualization, showing how this technique can be used to deepen this world picture.
Disc: $10.50
 
Elements of Pagan Druidism: Rites of Offering
Sixth in a seven-part CD audio workshop series. The essential act of Pagan Druidism is the Rite of Offering. By making offerings to the Powers, one strengthens them and also builds a more concrete relationship with them. This class also looks at the concept (and misconceptions) of sacrificial offerings.
Disc: $10.50
 
Elements of Pagan Druidism: The Three Realms
Fifth CD in a seven-part audio workshop series (including a guided visualization). Ancient Indo-European Paganism, such as the Druidic religion of the Celts, understood the world as not merely extending in four directions, but crucially also as including realms above and below our own, each peopled with powerful beings. Most commonly the Three Realms are referred to as “Earth, Sea, and Sky.” The importance and attributes of these realms and Celtic notions of the "Otherworlds" is covered in this class.
Disc: $10.50
 
Elements of Pagan Druidism: The Land and the People
Fourth in a seven-part series of workshop CDs. Ancient Pagan religions presupposed an ongoing and formal relationship between the people and the Land, especially through rites honoring a Goddess of Sovereignty. This class looks at this concept from a modern perspective.
Disc: $10.50
 
Elements of Pagan Druidism: The Three Powers
Third in a seven CD audio workshop series. This class focuses on the recipients of the Druidic Pagan's worship: the Deities, the Ancestors, and the Allies of the Middle World. The concept of patron and matron Deities is addressed.
Disc: $10.50
 
Elements of Pagan Druidism: Constructing the Nemeton
Second in a series of seven audio workshop CDs. Includes a guided visualization. Modern Druids have taken various approaches to the establishment of permanent or temporary sacred space. This class looks at historical and contemporary spaces for worship, the use of altars and shrines, the concept of innately sacred places, and the importance of borders and boundaries.
Disc: $10.50
 
Elements of Pagan Druidism: Will and Word
First CD in a seven-part audio workshop series. Includes a guided visualization. This class examines the core principles of poetic inspiration and conscious intention as they apply to Pagan Druidic practice. The importance of the spoken word and oral tradition is emphasized.
Disc: $10.50
 
Ancient Druidism & Celtic Culture: Seasonal Festivals of the Celts
Fifth CD in a five-part audio workshop series. This class looks at the so-called fire festivals of the Celtic peoples and the evidence for their celebration from mythology, archaeology, and folklore.
Disc: $10.50
 
Ancient Druidism & Celtic Culture: Celtic Bardic Traditions
The fourth in a five-part CD audio workshop series. In common with other Indo-European peoples, the Celts have always had a highly-developed system of poetic training and composition. This is a survey of the important place of Bardic traditions in Celtic culture.
Disc: $10.50
 
Ancient Druidism & Celtic Culture: Traditional Law & Culture in the Celtic Lands
The third CD in a five part series. Much of our understanding of the cultures of the ancient Celtic peoples comes from the elaborate and unique legal systems they bequeathed to us. In this class, the ancient laws of Ireland and Wales will be surveyed for what they can teach us about ancient Celtic culture.
Disc: $10.50
 
Ancient Druidism & Celtic Culture: Reconstructing Druidism
This is the second CD in a five-part audio workshop series. The ancient Druids were noted for relying only on oral tradition and not committing their teachings to writing. In spite of a dearth of evidence, it is possible to reach informed conclusions about this lost spiritual tradition. This class looks at the concept of reconstructing lost practices from fragmentary evidence and related traditions.
Disc: $10.50
 
Ancient Druidism & Celtic Culture: History of Druidism
First CD in a five-part audio workshop series, this lecture is an overview of the ancient Druids and their social and religious functions.
Disc: $10.50
 
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