The Druids

by Peter Berresford Ellis

Book Overview

An account of who and what the Druids were, covering their Druidic training, philosophies and beliefs, portraying them as doctors, lawyers and advisers to kings and arguing that they were the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802837980
• ISBN13: 9780802837981
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.6" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

food for thought

Ellis's writing style can be a bit frustrating for the pagan reader, but as a student of history I found this book most enjoyable. The author's theories about the similarities between Celtic and Indian culture are, if nothing else, intriguing. I feel that the material was presented in the manner intended: as a sampling of the evidence that will hopefully inspire others to do the research for themselves. As a Celtic reconstructionist pagan, I personally share his views on "new agers" claiming to follow a Celtic path. A triumphant book that delivers us from the New Age dregs of revisionist religion to at least a plausible level of ancient custom.

Druidic Definitive

Of the books published for this decade, this tops the charts in both research, and it's being a flowing book. In that, I am referring to the fact that unlike predecessors by other authors, this book actually reads well. It's a moving historical work that gives the facts/fiction/and dramatic in both. P.B-Ellis has excelled himself in this work