Excellent, very good wisdom and insight

I came across this by pure chance. I guess this I how it was meant! I've had a different book on druidry for 10 years and found that heavy going as I am not a man of words! So this fantastic work has given me inspiration to take things in the right direction. All because of Joanna's wonderful book. It has great down to earth material, you can take as much or as little from it as you want. Makes perfect sense to me. The potential in whatever you want from this book is truly Awen! Thankyou for this Joanna, you are so generous and real
! The only one thing that didn't quite gel at first was the narration. It was OK in the end once I got used to it. The Welsh prenouncations and plant names for UK audience may not be what you are used to. If you are American or Canadian then, happy days. Awesome thanks.

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Very informative

Enjoyed this works, it's very interesting thought provoking, and informative. I have listened to this book numerous times and have also bought the paperback edition of this book.

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Great book

Great educational informative book, with great suggestions for translating into daily practice. Sad that its finished! Just trying to work out how you access the bonus pdf though does anyone know?

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Exactly what I was looking for

This is a brilliant guide book! It answered all my questions and gave me much inspiration.

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An Absolute Must Have!

Most enjoyable, informative and entertaining book well worthy of being in my collection. I rate it as one of the best books a lone practitioner of Druidry could have. It is loaded with ideas and practices and very rare for me will be visited time and time again in my practice. Joanna has really exceeded in relaying teachings on the subject in this book. One of the best!!!

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Beautiful

A lovely audio book that is a pleasure to listen to. I’ll be revisiting again many times I’m sure.

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More than underwhelming

I've bought this book based on Amazon reviews. I wish I concentrated more on negative reviews because now I find them absolutely correct. The amount of positive reviews is truly shocking. This book was underwhelming in every possible way, a total waste of money and time.

The narrator's tone wasn't captivating at all, but even a different narrator wouldn't help this book in any way. Van Der Hoeven is simply not a wordsmith. If you have read/listened to life-changing books by naturally gifted storytellers such as Sharon Blackie, you'll know what I'm talking about. There are words and sentences, but they don't flow together, they don't form an organic narrative, they don't speak to one's soul. It all felt like listening to someone narrating a series of very basic Wikipedia articles.

All the info given is on that basic Wikipedia level, with plenty of historically and archaeologically incorrect information that start already in introduction and first chapter. As someone who is both a pagan and an archaeologist, that is a red line that makes a book lose any plausibility for me. Nothing in this book is about druidry, at best it's a very typical New Age, Wiccan mishmash with a bit of druid/Celtic taste sprinkled on top of it. Sticking a druid label on random things doesn't make them druid. Every Irish and Scottish native would probably get fits from this book.

If you have ever read anything on the Celts, traditional or modern witchcraft or magic, and especially if you have read any scholarly work or are a scholar yourself, just avoid this book.

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