This is perhaps the most important part of The Art of Ritual area. There is within Druidry both a resistance to liturgy and an attraction to it.
Ancient Druidry is spoken of as an oral tradition; modern druidry is rarely so. Our distant Druid ancestors, we believe, committed nothing of their religion to writing. What is not written remains vibrant and relevant, adjusted appropriately to each new day, each and every relationship. It is also less likely that deep mysteries will be misused or misconstrued by those without the necessary loyalties, wisdom or wit.
Nowadays, we write a great deal, but these essential values of the oral tradition are still acknowledged.
Our religious practice is also deeply blessed by its long, and sometimes strange, ancestry. Some actions, prayers or words have been used for just a few years, some for decades, and in some cases centuries, some ideas behind those actions and words may go back even further to ancient classical times and ideas. They hum with the experience of continuity, with ancestral voices. They also dance with the vigor of new ideas.
These pages invite members of the Druid community as a whole to contribute, to say what to them is important and why within ritual. The links below are a guide for the subject of each page, but more can be added.