Below is a list of books which compliments our standard suggested reading list. These resources are not required to work the Dedicant Path nor can they be used for the book reviews you will need to submit to document your work on the Dedicant Path (unless they are also listed above). These books, especially those in the first section that deal specifically with ADF's own flavor of Druidy, are listed in order to help our students grow and learn what the Druid Path is all about, while giving them both the grounding in history and the ritual knowledge needed to deepen the work on this path..

This list is grouped into the following categories: Our Own Druidry; Overviews of European Paganism: Overviews of Specific Cultural Systems, Ritual and Devotional Support, Meditation and Altered States of Awareness, Ogham and Runes, Theology and Other Forms of Modern Druidry.

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Our Own Druidry

• A Book of Pagan Prayer - Ceisiwr Serith
• Bonewits Essential Guide to Druidism - Isaac Bonewits
• The Solitary Druid - Robert 'Skip' Ellison
• Sacred Fire, Holy Well - Ian Corrigan
• The Druid's Alphabet - Skip Ellison

Overviews of European Paganism

• From Olympus to Camelot: The World of European Mythology - David Leeming

Overviews of Specific Cultural Systems

• Deep Ancestors: Practicing the Religion of the Proto-Indo-Europeans - Ceisiwr Serith
• Magic of the Celtic Gods and Goddesses - Carl McColman
• The Complete Idiot's Guide to Celtic Wisdom - Carl McColman
• Exploring the Northern Tradition - Galina Krasskova
• Mysteries of Demeter - Jennifer Reif
• Indo-European Poetry and Myth - M.L. West (for Proto-Indo-European studies)

Ritual and Devotional Support

• The Book of Pagan Prayer - Ceisiwr Serith
• A Circle of Stones - Erynn Laurie
• Creating Circles and Ceremonies - Oberon and Morning Glory Ravenheart-Zell

Meditation and Altered States of Awareness

• Monsters and Magical Sticks: There's No Such Thing as Hypnosis - Steven Heller
• Prometheus Rising - Robert Anton Wilson

Ogham and Runes

• The Druid's Alphabet - Skip Ellison
• Ogham: Weaving Word Wisdom - Erynn Rowan Laurie
• Taking Up The Runes - Diana Paxson

Theology

• The Myth of the Eternal Return, or, Cosmos and History - Mircea Eliade
• The Sacred and the Profane - Mircea Eliade
• A World Full of Gods - John Michael Greer
• The Deities Are Many: A Polytheistic Theology - Jordan Paper
• Pagan Theology: Paganism as a World Religion - Michael York
• Sacred Gifts - Rev. Kirk Thomas

Books About Other Forms of Modern Druidry

• The Druid Renaissance - Phillip Carr-Gomm, ed.
• The Druidry Handbook - John Michael Greer
• The Mysteries of Druidry - Brendan 'Cathbad' Myers