This book and
Bonewits's Essential Guide to Witchcraft and Wicca
are almost essential bookshelf material for those of us interested in the array of religions and practices which fall under the sometimes murky umbrella of 'Neo-Paganism'. If you want to thoroughly know what Druidry has been through the ages, and what it means now,on both sides of the Atlantic, this is the book.
Isaac Bonewits (1948-2010) had the writing skill of a scholar, but the perspective of a priest, and thus what we have is a rather judicious treatment of all things Druid, from Indo-Europeans in general, to the Western Celts (the only Celts we have much evidence on), to the various Meso-Druid revival attempts circa 1700-1950, and more recent attempts to reconstruct Druidism on a more scholarly or Neo-Pagan (polytheistic) basis. Bonewits' own organization (ADF), and some other Druid orgs, have more broader bases, such as pan-Indo-European mythologies and more scholarly work comparative mythology
This book, like his book on Witchcraft and Wicca, is focused primarily on the history, rather than on the practice, although there are ritual examples and key beliefs of each major organization. It is dry at times, like many historical accounts, but Bonewits showed a delightful sense of humor at times, something often missing in books like this (See for example his bits on forming the Reformed Druids, and the Hasidic Druids of North America).
Thus, I would say that this seems to a great reference book for Druidry (all kinds of it), and plenty of sources are given inside it, for those that want to continue reading about the subject.
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