Title: The Druid source book : from earliest times to the present day /
Authors: Matthews, John, 1948-
Publisher: Blandford Press ; Distributed in the United States by Sterling Press,
Year: 1996
Subjects: Druids and druidism; Celts Religion.; Europe Religion.
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