Dana O'Driscoll

Dana O’Driscoll has been an animist druid for 20 years, and currently serves as Grand Archdruid in the Ancient Order of Druids in America (www.aoda.org). She is a druid-grade member of the Order of Bards, Ovates, and Druids and is the OBOD’s 2018 Mount Haemus Scholar. She is the author of Sacred Actions: Living the Wheel of the Year through Earth-Centered Spiritual Practice (REDFeather, 2021), the Sacred Actions Journal (REDFeather, 2022), and Land Healing: Physical, Metaphysical, and Ritual Approaches for Healing the Earth (REDFeather, 2024). She is also the author/illustrator of the Tarot of Trees, Plant Spirit Oracle, and Treelore Oracle. Dana is an herbalist, certified permaculture designer, and permaculture teacher who teaches about reconnection, regeneration, and land healing through herbalism, wild food foraging, and sustainable living. In 2024, she co-founded the Pennsylvania School of Herbalism with her sister and fellow herbalist, Briel Beaty. Dana lives at a 5-acre homestead in rural western Pennsylvania with her partner and a host of feathered and furred friends. She writes at the Druids Garden blog and is on Instagram as @druidsgardenart. She also regularly writes for Plant Healer Quarterly and Spirituality and Health magazine.

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  1. Merry Meet ! I have a strong connection to the Bird beings . I’ve had the most interaction with owls. I was drawn into Druidic thought/practice/principles by finding a Bard Owl that had been hit by a car . Since then ( about 20 yrs ago ) I’ve had many interactions with Owls and Hawks, and some that were very intense and personal . I’ve seen my share of Eagles and had one instance where an Eagle flew about 10 feet over my head and a very small feather floated down and landed on my shoulder ! Coincidently I was in The 101st Airborne Div. in VN…The Screaming Eagles . Anyhoo appreciate your thoughts and observations on these sundry topics ….AWEN

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