The Druid Grove

Beginning the Journey

The Hearthfire
A forum for informal conversation and friendly repartee. Please join us at the fire, introduce yourself and receive a hearty welcome!

The Field Guide
Important board announcements, news of upcoming events of potential interest to our members, FAQs, and a place to ask for and receive technical help with board features.
Subforums: Navigating Through the Message Board, Information for OBOD Members, Board Announcements, General Announcements, Q & A, Links of Interest

Entering the Grove

The Philosophers' Roundhouse
Druidry emphasizes 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, geocentric, pragmatic, idealistic, spiritual and romantic. It does not separate Spirit and Matter - it offers a sensuous spirituality that celebrates physical life.
Subforums: Discuss Druidry, The Skeptical Druid, The Speakers' Corner, The Common Quest, DruidCast - A Druid Podcast

The Spirit of the Journey
Druidry influences us in many different ways: how we go about our daily activities, raise our children, and interact with others. It also works with 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. Within this forum are subforms in which we discuss the ways Druidry touches our lives.
Subforums: Druid Living, Druid Parenting, Druidry in the Workplace, Sages and Crones, Rites of Passage, In Memoriam, Rainbow Bridge

The Healing Sanctuary
The practices of Druidry promote healing and rejuvenation, using spiritual and physical methods in a holistic way to promote health and longevity.
Subforum: Health and Healing

The Woodland & The Wilderness
Druidry offers a set of practices that help us feel at one again with Nature, our ancestors, our own bodies, and our sense of Spirit, by working with plants, trees, animals, stones, and ancestral stories. Eight seasonal celebrations help us attune to the natural cycle, and help us to structure our lives through the year, and to develop a sense of community with all living beings.
Subforums: All Creatures Great and Small, Animal Action Alerts, Greening Gaia, Herbs and Herbalism, Natural History, Sacred Sites

A Path Through the Forest
Druidry as it is practiced by OBOD offers a path of self-development that encourages our creative potential and fosters our intellectual and spiritual growth.
Subforums: Creative Bardic Pursuits, Eisteddfod Competition, Poetry and Writing Forum, Music Forum, Visual Arts and Multimedia Forum, Arts and Crafts, Writers' Grove, The Attic, The Druids' Marketplace, The Reading Room

The Circle of Stones
The lineage of the Druid spiritual tradition can be traced across many thousands of years of time. From its foundation in the wisdom of the old myths and legends to the centuries of scholarship to be found in the Druid tradition, Druidry today is a living spirituality rooted deep in ancient tradition.
Subforums: Celtic Studies, Breton, Cornish, Irish, Scots Gaelic, Welsh, Isle of Man, Mythology and Lore, Library

The Wider Landscape
Druidry speaks to people around the world, encouraging individual responsibility – firstly in our own lives, then in concert with others for our community, and for the wider issues that affect the community of all life.
Subforums: Action Alerts: What can YOU do?, Current Events, Environmental Issues, Au Coin du Feu, Bij het Haardvuur, Bosque dos Druidas

Deeper Into the Forest
The Order of Bards Ovates & Druids is a Mystery School which offers a journey of spiritual development rooted in the Druid tradition. There are many members-only forums. For more information about becoming a member, please click here. If you are already an OBOD member, please click here for information on how to request access to these forums.