We are the People of the Oak. 

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To the ancient Gaels, the oak was a symbol of strength, power, resiliance, wisdom, growth and fertility.  The Eo Mughna was one of the Five Sacred Tees of Ireland.  It was an oak of immense size and girth, capable of sheltering a hundred-score warriors and yielding 900 bushels.  Its shadow was a thousand cubits (457m/1500ft.).   The oak was brought from the an Saoghal-eile, The Otherw​orld, the mythic realm of the Gods and ancestors.  

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Tribe of the Oak (Tuatha na Dara) was created in 2014 by author, Herbalist and Druid Ellen Evert Hopman (Saille) as a teaching Grove to carry on the lessons created by Hopman, Brendan Myers, Morgan Daimler, Dr. Kenneth Proefrock, J. Craig Melia and others when The Order of White Oak (Ord na Darach Gile) folded. Tribe of the Oak has since evolved into a full-fledged Order with training, one-on-one fostership and fellowship for Celtic Reconstructionist Druids.

 

We have a public page on Facebook which you can find here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/372101093633539

 

Our virtual shrines are places for study and reflection and we welcome original contributions of poetry, prose and art.

 

Our Druid Kids section has resources for Pagan parenting.

 

Our Tribe is an ever-evolving work in progress. Please join us to partake of our gifts and share  your gifts with us!

 

“Think of the Bards as Lore, learning the songs and stories of our ancestors, the lineages of great lords and kings, and the wisdom sayings of the people. Think of the Vates as Math: learning the relationship between numbers, pattern recognition, and using those skills for divination and tracking of the animals, stars, birds, as well as the seas. Now think of the Druids as Law: the judges, barristers, legislators, and mediators.” – Ellen Evert Hopman speaking in a dream-vision had by Luis A. Valadez [Oracle] in which he and she had a conversation about Bards, Ovates and Druids.