2 Books Like A Druid's Herbal for the Sacred Earth Year

"The Druids" by Peter Berresford Ellis is perhaps the most informative and accurately researched book about the Druids in scholarly circles today. Peter Berresford Ellis, a brilliant writer and researcher, has compiled a series of essays about the life and times of the Druids that outweighs most works about the Druids and the Celts, today. To do this, Ellis includes the fascinating origins of the Druids, the rituals of the Druids, and the Wisdom Schools of the Druids. Through these easily accessible essays, we are able to learn about the Druids as teachers, philosophers, judges, historians, astronomers and poets. Finally, we have access to a book that separates fact from fiction to elucidate the truths of the past. If that isn't enough for you to digest, then consider my favorite essay in the book which is entitled "Female Druids." Here, Peter Berresford Ellis presents the fact that women as Dryades… show more.

Anthony Murphy's "Mythical Ireland; New Light on the Ancient Past" opens a doorway to the knowledge of the Druids as they learned to tell time by the night sky. Using the ancient monuments of Ireland such as the monuments of The Boyne Valley, Murphy brilliantly unlocks the ancient secrets of the stone circles and the mounds and presents that information in an enlightening and accessible way for the modern reader. As Murphy's publisher states: "The search embodies retrieving something of deeper import from the 5,000-year old megalithic monuments and their associated myths. The book represents a fascinating and engaging journey through time, landscape, and the human spirit." The importance of this journey is that each of us gain the knowledge of the patterns of the moon, the sun, and the stars from the ancient Druids. Making the information easy to access and opening the pathways of knowing the natural world… show more.