NOD News

We are pleased to announce the launch of the new Youtube-channel of the New Order of Druids. 

This new channel contains all the content that could already be found on our previous channels (NODTV and NODCast, which hadn't been updated anymore) as well as new video material. We have divided our video material in playlist categories such as NODCast (the NOD Podcast), the old NODTV episodes, general videos (which also include photo collages of our events and activities), and more!

In addition, we have also set up a few Celtic music playlists called "NOD Celtic Music Channel", which contains many hours of all kinds of Celtic-related music for you to enjoy while surfing our website or elsewhere on the internet.

We invite you to subscribe to our Youtube channel at this link:
https://www.youtube.com/@neworderofdruids


You can also follow the New Order of Druids on other social media:

⇒ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/neworderofdruids/
⇒ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/neworderdruid/


Our social media channels are, like many of our services, provided to you completely for free. We would, however, like to take this opportunity to point out that running our organisation does cost money, such as the required administration, the server hosting and software. The cost of all this increases every year. To pay for these expenses, we rely heavily on incoming funds from upgraded memberships. That is why we would like to ask you to consider upgrading your membership, if you can. 

As an upgraded member, you not only support the New Order of Druids, but you also benefit from extra services such as getting a mentor assigned to you for the standard courses, access to the specialisation courses, course certificates, access to our full online Celtic library, and more! 

An upgraded membership costs merely € 29.95 per year, a price we have thus far maintained since its introduction in 2006.

You can read more about our upgraded membership services here:
https://www.druidcircle.org/nod/index.php/en/membership-options

Our upgraded membership is green! For each paid upgraded membership per year, one tree will be planted through the Plant A Tree initiative. 


Thank you for your support, and we hope to see you on our website and/or our various social media channels!

We are happy to announce that, as of today, the New Order of Druids has expanded its local activities with a new vernemeton (local grove) in Spain.

We welcome the Vernemeton of Cernunnos, based in Jerez de la Frontera, to our international community! If you live in Spain or are interested to find out more about the Vernemeton of Cernunnos, make sure to follow their Instagram for updates!

Website & Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vernemetoncernunos/ 

The Vernemeton of Cernunnos is a ritual sanctuary and druidic community rooted in the magic of the forest.

The Vernemeton of Cernunnos is a ceremonial and creative circle dedicated to the living worship of the forest god, Cernunnos, and to druidic practice as a means of connection, healing, and community. Born in southern Iberia, this sacred space brings together guardians and seekers of the ancient essence of the Druids, who share a vision: to restore the profound bond between humanity and nature through art, ceremony, and druidic magic.

Read more about the Vernemeton of Cernunnos here:

https://www.druidcircle.org/nod/index.php/en/home/find-a-local-nemeton/624-vernemeton-of-cernunnos

A Handfasting is a term for a Celtic wedding ceremony, in which the hands of the bridal pair are joined and tied together or "fasted" with a rope around it. Celtic wedding rituals, and pagan weddings in general, are on the rise, but up to now there had not been a register book in which Druids or other priest(esse)s could keep a record of the wedding ceremonies they performed. Such books do exist, but are almost always tailored specifically for Christian parishes and churches. 

With the launch of the "Handfasting Register" book, it is now also possible to keep a registry in a book specifically designed for recording pagan wedding rituals. The register allows to fill out an index number, date, the names of the newlyweds, the place of the marriage, the names of the witnesses, remarks, the name of the Druid(s) or other priests or priestesses who performed the ceremony, and the signature of the ceremony leader. Each book provides space for up to 350 marriages, supplemented with an index. The book also contains an introductory text on Celtic and pagan wedding ceremonies, and how to best keep a registry of them.

The register book comes in A4-size and contains high-quality paper with hardcover case wrap. 

This book is provided to you by the New Order of Druids, but is not exclusively intended to be used for handfastings performed by us. The book can be used by any Druid or other pagan priest/ess who feels they can benefit from keeping a registry of their own.

The book is available in English and in Dutch from our NOD Book Store at the following links:

English version: https://www.lulu.com/shop/new-order-of-druids/handfasting-register/hardcover/product-kv5revv.html

Dutch version: https://www.lulu.com/shop/new-order-of-druids/register-der-handfastings/hardcover/product-2mwevk4.html


The Dutch version can also be purchased at our local webshop at this link: https://druidenwinkel.be/register-der-handfastings-invulboek/

Below you can find a few pictures of the inside of the book for the Dutch version. The English version is identical, but of course entirely in English instead.

We hope this register book will be beneficial to the Druid and the pagan community as a whole.