Celtic Neopaganism - Types of Celtic Neopaganism

Types of Celtic Neopaganism

  • Celtic Reconstructionist Paganism (CR) – Celtic polytheistic reconstructionism.
  • Celtic Neoshamanism – a kind of neoshamanism based on Michael Harner's controversial "Core Shamanism"; proponents include John and Caitlin Matthews.
  • Celtic Wicca – a loose syncretism of Wicca and Celtic mythology.
  • Neo-Druidism, which grew out of the Celtic revival in 18th century Romanticism.
    • Ár nDraíocht Féin (ADF), formed in 1983
    • Church of the Universal Bond
    • Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids (OBOD), formed in 1964
    • Reformed Druids of North America (RDNA), formed in 1963
    • The Druid Network, the first contemporary pagan organization to be recognized as a charity in the United Kingdom
    • The Druid Order, formed c. 1910 but claiming origins as early as 1717

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