​

​

 

Aspiring initiates should submit book reports on two books from each category to either Ellen or Melangell (melangellgreen_13@protonmail.com) in order to be considered for fostering. Please submit all reports at one time, not separately. Fostering involves personal, one-on-one tutoring in the traditions and practices of Tribe of the Oak. This may take at least a year to complete, followed by initiation into the Order. While reading, have a Book of Write ready to record anything of particular importance. Later the Book will hold material from the fostering lessons. Blank journals with Celtic designs on the cover are recommended, as well as a special pen dedicated to this purpose.

​

Used copies of most of these books can be found on Amazon, EBay, or Thrift Books. Some are also available for free on https://archive.org with registration and log-in. (see links below) Inter-library loan is another good source. Many of the books are available on loan from the Tribe’s lending library. Contact Ellen at ancientoak@mindspring.com

​

HISTORY

​

Barry Cunliffe, THE CELTIC WORLD - https://archive.org/details/celticworld0000cunl

Miranda Green, THE WORLD OF THE DRUIDS - https://archive.org/details/worldofdruids0000aldh 

John Haywood, THE HISTORICAL ATLAS OF THE CELTIC WORLD

Fergus Kelly, A GUIDE TO EARLY IRISH LAW

Bruce Lincoln, DEATH, WAR AND SACRIFICE - https://www.academia.edu/5953566/1993_Bruc

Alwyn and Brinley Rees, CELTIC HERITAGE - https://archive.org/details/celticheritagean0000rees_g2l6

Marie Mary-Louise Sjoestedt, GODS AND HEROES OF THE ANCIENT CELTS - https://www.perlego.com/book/110191/celtic-gods-and-heroes-pdf

​

​

LITERATURE

​

Jeffrey Gantz - EARLY IRISH MYTHS AND SAGAS - https://archive.org/details/earlyirishmythss00jeff

Christian Guyonvarch - THE MAKING OF A DRUID: HIDDEN TEACHINGS FROM THE COLLOQUOY OF SAGES - https://archive.org/details/makingofdruidh00guyo

Muireann Ni’ Bhrolcha’in - AN INTRODUCTION TO EARLY IRISH LITERATURE - https://archive.org/details/introductiontoea0000nibh

​

​

MODERN AND HISTORICAL DRUIDS

​

Jean Markale - DRUIDS: CELTIC PRIESTS OF NATURE - https://archive.org/details/druids00jean

Ronald Hutton - THE DRUIDS - https://archive.org/details/druids0000hutt

Ellen Evert Hopman - A LEGACY OF DRUIDS

Kristoffer Hughes - THE BOOK OF DRUIDRY

​

AIDS TO CREATING RITUALS

​

Alexei Kondratiev, CELTIC RITUALS: AN AUTHENTIC GUIDE TO ANCIENT CELTIC SPIRITUALITY - https://archive.org/details/celticritualsgui0000kond

Alexander Carmichael, CARMINA GADELICA - https://archive.org/details/carminagadelicah30carm

Robert Barton, DANCE OF OAK & WREN: RITES OF DRAIOCHT

Morgan Daimler, BY LAND, SEA AND SKY

Ellen Evert Hopman, A DRUID’S HERBAL FOR THE SACRED EARTH YEAR

 

OGHAM

​

Danu Forest, CELTIC TREE MAGIC: OGHAM LORE & DRUID MYSTERIES https://www.amazon.com/Celtic-Tree-Magic-Ogham-Mysteries/dp/0738741019

Ellen Evert Hopman, A DRUID’S HERBAL OF SACRED TREE MEDICINE

Erynn Rowan Laurie - WEAVING WORD WISDOM - https://archive.org/details/ogamweavingwordw0000laur

 

ECOLOGY AND NATURE STUDIES

Diana Berresford-Kroeger TO SPEAK FOR THE TREES

Robin Wall Kimmerer BRAIDING SWEETGRASS

Suzanne Simard FINDING THE MOTHER TREE.

 

FICTION

​

Ellen Evert Hopman, trilogy of Druid novels:
PRIESTESS OF THE FOREST

THE DRUID ISLE

PRIESTESS OF THE FIRE TEMPLE

Philip Freeman - THE PHILOSOPHER AND THE DRUIDS - https://archive.org/details/philosopherd00free

Morgan Llywelyn - DRUIDS https://www.amazon.com/Druids-Morgan-Llywelyn

 

Supplemental Reading

​

• The Hindus – An Alternative History

• Nerys Patterson’s “Cattle Lords and Clansmen”,

• any of MacNeill’s material‐‐especially the “Silver Bough” volumes and the “Festival of Lughnasadh”,

•  Gregorson’s “The Gaelic Otherworld”,

• Enright’s “Lady with a Mead Cup”,

• Brunaux’s “The Celtic Gauls”

• Cunliffe et al., “Celtic from the West”

• CELT – Corpus of Electronic Texts

• Matthews - The Celtic Spirit - Daily Meditations for the Turning Year

​

​

 

​