At an academic conference I attended this summer, an Irish Druid presided over an opening ceremony. She blessed the ...

Celtic pagans held a Celtic festival for the new year. It was known as Samhain, which meant "summer's end," and marked the beginning of winter. Druids believed that the spirits of those who died ...

The era saw a revival of interest in all things Celtic. The London visionary William Blake, for instance, was particularly interested in the druids. Welsh exiles in the English capital formed ...