Jeff Russell

Oh no worries at all. It wasn't so long ago when these sort of correspondences would span months (or even years) rather than hours and days.

I have a hunch that the hard-reconstructionist approach might recede into the background as rationalism becomes less and less fashionable. To use some Nietzschean terminology here, the approach toward reviving the Way of Our Ancestors would shift from the Antiquarian to the Monumental (meaning: past, present, and future all play a role).

I think modern Druidry is great for an individual spiritual path, for those inclined toward nature spirituality, but in its current formulation there isn't really much of an emphasis on community-building or the formulation of the sort of shared beliefs and practices that are required for creating and sustaining cohesive communities. Without a least a solid set of common precepts and a Lindy ethical philosophy, Druid groups very easily sink into a morass of relativism and subjectivism, or simply become a sock-puppet of whatever pop culture fad happens to be all the rage this week (I realize I'm describing much of alt-spirituality here).