Larisa A. White, M.S.Ed., Ph.D. (née Larisa Naples), is an author, educator, and independent scholar with 30 years' combined experience in mixed-methods sociological research, curriculum design, educational program evaluation, and teaching. She is the founder of Quercus Academy, where she currently teaches. Her research activities focus on the neurobiology of learning, the ways in which people learn, grow, and change under the influence of changing educational contexts and cultures, and the sociology of contemporary, nature-based religions. In her free time, she works on ecological restoration projects in the Coast Range Mountains of California.
"If anybody wants to know what modern Druidry is like, across the
world at the present day, then this is the book which provides the
answer. It is researched to rigorous standards of academic
scholarship, while also allowing Druids to speak in their own many
voices, unmediated. No other work brings out so clearly what they
have in common, and what distinguishes them between groups and
nations. It is an excellent achievement." - Ronald Hutton,
Professor of History, University of Bristol Author of "Blood and
Mistletoe: The History of the Druids in Britain"
"World Druidry offers a fascinating and unrivalled survey of
contemporary Druidry internationally. It is enlightening about
attitudes and activities, clarifies dynamic frictions between
individuality and community, and traces generational changes. Among
many virtues, its inclusion of the many voices of diverse Druids
will make this an invaluable resource for researchers and
practitioners alike." - Graham Harvey, Professor of Religious
Studies, The Open University, UK Author of "Animism: Respecting the
Living World"
"With this book, the written history of Druidry has now entered a
fourth stage. The first stage were the writings of antiquity. The
second, the personal writings of the Druid pioneers of the late
20th / early 21st Century such as Carr-Gomm, Shallcrass and
Restall-Orr. The third, the academic histories of the Druids as
revealed by the likes of Hutton et al. Now we have a book which,
for me, is probably the most important Druid book in the last 10
years. The start of the fourth age of Druid literature, as I
confidently predict this book will come to represent, discloses how
Druidry is actually practiced by its 21st Century adherents. Using
questions formulated in conjunction with many leading Druid
figures, Larisa A White delves into the "what, how and why" of the
Druidry practised by modern day Druids from around the World. Using
statistical analysis, the results can be surprising but for me, it
is the disclosure of the common practice amongst the, often,
solitary practitioners from very often completely different
backgrounds, that point to how the shape within the modern world of
Druid practice currently lies. Easy to read and full of the
personal, and in some cases, necessarily anonymous responses from
Druids around the world, this is a book about the lived experiences
of Druids today. It shows and explains both concisely and
statistically the commonalities between distant practitioners,
geographically close groupings and the wider Druid organisations.
For someone who is active in interfaith such as myself, this book
will be a great toolkit with which to refer to when, in
discussions, the inevitable 'what Druidry actually is, and how it
is practiced' questions arise from time to time within the national
UK interfaith setting. Highly recommended." - Neil Pitchford,
Trustee, The Druid Network, Vice-Moderator, Faith Communities
Forum, Inter Faith Network (UK)
"This is a fantastic resource showing the diversity of views and
practices among Druids today. Larisa White's World Druidry survey
has found Druids engaging with their environments in Europe, the
US, Australia, South America and in many other locations with some
surprising commonalities as well as differences. This volume is
invaluable for anyone interested in finding out more about
contemporary Druids." - Suzanne Owen, Reader in Religious Studies,
Leeds Trinity University
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