Greywolf of the British Druid Order has blogged to say that the closing ceremony of the Paralympics included words from the gorsedd ritual. The gorsedd rital was written by Emma Restall Orr and Greywolf (formally Philip Shallcrass) was written in 1993 and designed to bring together many different faiths and cultures for a multi-faith conference […]
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Druidism officially recognised as a religion in Britain
The Charity Commission in the United Kingdom will re-classify Druidry / Druidism as a religion. This means that the Druid Network will be able to maintain charity stats that gives it tax breaks. However, the amount of money the Druid Network will earn will be very small. There are only 350 or so people registered […]
Hood Hill’s Druid crash site desecrated
The North York Moors National Park and the Forestry Commission was joined by The Ministry of Defence in calls to put an end to the macabre and dangerous quest for the remains of a British aircraft.
A mystery crash brought Flying Officer Colin “Snatch” Grabham’s Sabre aircraft down on Hood Hill in 1954.
Collectors with metal detectors have be seen with metal detectors attemping to find either pieces of the historic Sabre aircraft or the crash site.
Protester Arthur Pendragon ordered from Stonehenge
Arthur Pendragon, formerly known as John Rothwell before his deed poll name change 30 years ago, has been ordered by the English Courts to leave Stonehenge.
The pagan protester is 10 months into a Stonehenge sit-in against the enforced restricted access to the world famous stone circle. Pendragon believes not only should visitors be able to walk through the stone circles at any time but they should be able to touch them.
In particular, Pendragon is upset at the fence that has been added to the site in order to keep visitors away. The druid suggested the religious site was now “in a stranglehold like a snared animal”. The visitor centre is also under criticism. He said: “It was supposed to be a temporary building. It’s awful. It is a national disgrace so what I am hoping to do by my protest is embarrass the government.”
Druids battle over skeleton
Rollo Maughfling, the archdruid of Stonehenge and Glastonbury, said: “Beyond all the other philosophical, scientific and religious arguments, in the end it comes down to something called common human decency.”
The move is opposed by academics who worry that any decision to rebury Charlie will result in a trend of other important archaeological finds being returned to the earth.
Dr Josh Pollard from Bristol University told the BBC, “I think it could set a very dangerous precedent, one in which we would find a situation where all prehistoric human remains held in museums, held in other collections across the United Kingdom, have to be reburied.”
