WORLD DRUIDRY BY Larisa White (Book Review by Wayne Martin Mellinger)
Larisa A. White World Druidry: A Globalizing Path of Nature Spirituality. Belmont, CA: Larisa A. White Publisher. 1st edition 2021 322 pp $48 Within the last 25 years Nature Religions of all types have significantly increased in popularity across the globe. While still a tiny fraction of the global religious landscape, they are having a significant impact upon our cultural imaginations. Moreover, many of these practitioners are the vanguard of a sustainability revolution, forging new lifestyles that minimize carbon footprints. In the United States there are now more Pagans that Presbyterians. Nature Religions are defined by their focus on the sacredness of nature. While indigenous religions, such as those of Native Americans, are the oldest representatives of these religions of nature, recently various forms of Paganism have taken form and are rapidly growing in size across the globe. Included here would be spiritual approaches as diverse as Cel...