Comments on: The Druidry Handbook by John Michael Greer http://paganbookreviews.com/2009/02/06/the-druidry-handbook-by-john-michael-greer/ Book reviews from a pagan bibliophiliac Thu, 27 May 2010 15:54:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: kelley http://paganbookreviews.com/2009/02/06/the-druidry-handbook-by-john-michael-greer/#comment-3002 kelley Fri, 06 Feb 2009 23:47:01 +0000 http://paganbookreviews.com/?p=360#comment-3002 I read this book some years ago and really learned a lot from it. I don't know how accurate his takes on the Druids are, but as you said, his info was useful and applicable. Thanks for the reminder! I read this book some years ago and really learned a lot from it. I don’t know how accurate his takes on the Druids are, but as you said, his info was useful and applicable. Thanks for the reminder!

]]> By: Oak, Chalk, and Stone http://paganbookreviews.com/2009/02/06/the-druidry-handbook-by-john-michael-greer/#comment-3001 Oak, Chalk, and Stone Fri, 06 Feb 2009 22:42:41 +0000 http://paganbookreviews.com/?p=360#comment-3001 The material Greer quotes in that chapter is mostly derived from 18th century Welsh sources. The idea of humans passing through animal lives for the lessons entailed therein seems to have been current among Welsh and Scottish thinkers during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The 19th century Scottish novelist George MacDonald gives similar material a role in his book <i>The Princess and Curdie</i>. For magical reasons Curdie is given the ability to tell what animal a person has inside them, but is cautioned that he is not to judge people on that basis because he has no idea whether that person is descending into a being beast or growing out of being one. One of the nice things about AODA is that, like most Druid Revival orders, it has no doctrinal requirements. People can accept or reject, use or set aside ideas and concepts based on their own personal needs and opinions. Freedom of opinion, etc, is encouraged. The material Greer quotes in that chapter is mostly derived from 18th century Welsh sources. The idea of humans passing through animal lives for the lessons entailed therein seems to have been current among Welsh and Scottish thinkers during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The 19th century Scottish novelist George MacDonald gives similar material a role in his book The Princess and Curdie. For magical reasons Curdie is given the ability to tell what animal a person has inside them, but is cautioned that he is not to judge people on that basis because he has no idea whether that person is descending into a being beast or growing out of being one.

One of the nice things about AODA is that, like most Druid Revival orders, it has no doctrinal requirements. People can accept or reject, use or set aside ideas and concepts based on their own personal needs and opinions. Freedom of opinion, etc, is encouraged.

]]> By: NightStorm http://paganbookreviews.com/2009/02/06/the-druidry-handbook-by-john-michael-greer/#comment-2999 NightStorm Fri, 06 Feb 2009 16:19:52 +0000 http://paganbookreviews.com/?p=360#comment-2999 Greer has other handbooks and guides out too, and a few that I have read and studied in. Greer has other handbooks and guides out too, and a few that I have read and studied in.

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