Hanging out with a druid was not quite what I was expecting from my stay at The Dreaming. To be fair, I am not sure what I was really expecting from this Welsh healing retreat, created by Charlotte Church. The website had mentioned all sorts of potential activities… but I’m pretty sure there was nothing about druids! Our couple of hours with Kris Hughes, chief of the Anglesey Druid Order, turned out to be one of the highlights of my stay, with intriguing stories of Druidry past and present, about their beliefs and their worship of Mother Nature. Afterwards, we perform a small celebratory ceremony in the woods, in an area called the Grove of the Holly King.
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