Category Archives: 2017workshops

Bush craft is the study of wilderness survival. We have it today largely because of the early Christian Missionaries and their anthropological studies of ancient Pagan tribal peoples from around the world, as they tried to convert them to Christianity. Whilst doing this they made many documentaries about how their bush craft was not just about how toContinue reading “Shamanic Fire with Martyn West-Wright”

Giant wolves, world encircling wyrms, resurected goats, ravens of the mind and other strange creatures… Discover the wyrd and wonderful creatures of Norse Mythology Graham Butcher will take you on an exploration of the animals who accompany, feed, serve, carry, battle with, and occasionally eat, the Aesir and Vanir. We will also see if weContinue reading “Graham Butcher – Creatures of Norse Mythology”

JJ and Adrian will be offering two workshops during Camp. Which Power Animal will choose me? A brief examination of Power Animals and their relevance. How do Power Animals come to us? Using the Druid Animal Oracle as a tool, we will ritually discover which animal spirit is currently looking to communicate its wisdom to each of us. HavingContinue reading “JJ Middleway and Adrian Rooke”

Graham Butcher will be holding Stav training sessions each morning, as in previous years. Stav means ‘knowledge of the rune staves’. If you don’t know of Stav, it is a martial art based upon the Runes and uses a staff and runic stances as a part of a physical and mental workout. Further workshops with GrahamContinue reading “Graham Butcher’s Stav”

Gordon MacLennan, “the Toad”, will be speaking on Friday evening. His subject, in keeping with this year’s theme of ‘animal spirit’ is called “Fur, Feather and Places: meeting the animal people of historic landscapes”. Drawing on recent work with Buxton Museum and ongoing inspirations from Orkney, Gordon will take us on a poetic and storyContinue reading “Gordon “the Toad” MacLellan”

The Re-Wilding of Druidry In 1990, most people’s idea of Druids was of groups of people (mostly men) standing around in stone circles wearing pristine white robes and performing staid and scripted ceremonies. They were seen as patriarchal, monotheistic sun-worshippers and deemed incomplete if they didn’t have a beard. Since then, the idea of DruidsContinue reading “Philip Shallcrass (Greywolf of the BDO)”

Last year we introduced a mead workshop to the programme and unsurprisingly it was very popular! Starting with a tasting session where many different varieties, flavours and recipes were compared and sampled. Recipes were exchanged, more mead was drunk to the pleasure of a welcoming audience. There was a demonstration on how to make meadContinue reading “Jay’s Mead Workshop”