Drawing upon two decades experience in neodruidism, Joshua Free’s original underground masterpiece, “Druidry”, completes the long-planned trilogy of superior resources for modern seekers, which debuted with “Book of Elven-Faerie” and “Draconomicon”…
Venture deep into the folds of the ‘Green World’ and initiate yourself to the greatest mysteries of the Celtic World – the Wisdom of the Druids!
Providing a new vision for modern Druidry, Joshua Free explores the deep teachings of Druidic Lore, including the core doctrines and codes, triad teachings of the Bards, natural philosophy, the construction of ritual tools and performance of ceremonial magic.
Whether you are new to Druidry or simply looking to refresh your own practices, this concise, expertly written and beautifully presented guide to the ancient mysteries will re-enchant your everyday life with the Wisdom of the Druids.
Joshua Free is the founder of Mardukite Ministries (2008) and the prolific author of many works including Sumerian Religion, Babylonian Myth & Magic, the Sorcerer’s Handbook of Merlyn Stone, the Necronomicon Anunnaki Bible, and many others. In the 1990′s he was the youngest initiate of the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids (OBOD) in England until he left to independently pursue the origins of the Celtic Druids – resulting in the “Book of Elven-Faerie“.
Although best known for his work on Sumerians, the Anunnaki and Babylonian Tradition for the “Mardukites”, his work on the Dragon Legacy and modern Pheryllt Druid tradition is also paramount. His writing has even been used for the third volume from Douglas Monroe, “The Deepteachings of Merlyn” (published on the Autumn Equinox, 2011), which completed the trilogy begun in the 1990′s with “The 21 Lessons of Merlyn” and “The Lost Books of Merlyn”.
“Prior information concerning the transition of beings
between worlds have mainly focused on the moments
when the Otherworld beings will come to inhabit the
surface world of Men. The story of Robert Kirk is
amazing because it chronicles a man who went into the
Otherworld, became an initiate of the Elven-Ffayrie
Tradition and returned able to share it. We are not
referring to anything like the use of guided meditation
or other “New Age” concepts – Reverend Robert Kirk
was able to physically access the Otherworld like no
other mortal in recently recorded history. What’s more,
he was able to gain access on repeated occasions, not
simply by happenstance or coincidence. He was even
allowed to keep a journal and sketch-diary of his adventures
and accounts. The legacy of Robert Kirk’s life and
work is so monumental for the modern pursuits and
studies of the Elven-Ffayrie that I am often wary of
resources that make no mention of these accounts, even
in passing.” (Excerpted from the Book of Elven-Faerie by Joshua Free)
“Elemental or mortal transitions, as well as contact with
any type of “nature spirits” requires appropriate conditions
or circumstances as well as the ability to direct
or channel large amounts of energy. During appropriate
times, Kirk was able to return to the same ‘Faerie
Howe,’ or hollow hill and gain entrance at will. I make
mention of these things to entice you, for the story of
Rev. Robert Kirk truly should begin, well, at the
beginning…” (Liber-D)
[The Book of Elven-Faerie: Secrets of the Druids is perhaps the very genesis of the modern 'mardukite' movement, privately released by prolific writer, Joshua Free, in 2006. Within these pages you will follow the ancient traditions of Mesopotamia (Sumerian, Babylonian) as they evolve into the mystical, mythical and societal systems of Western Europe.]
“Robert Kirk was born in the year 1644, the seventh son
of an Episcopalian minister. Kirk later became a minister
himself, in his home parish of Aberfoyle (Perthshire,
Scotland.) While a devout Christian, Kirk was actually
interested and influenced by Faerie-lore his entire life,
though he was unable to accept “magick.” He did,
however, see the importance in preserving the magickal
and ancient Gaelic-Welsh language, and oversaw a
Gaelic translation of the Holy Bible, personally translating
the Psalms and Proverbs. Kirk’s missionary work
was like the Bardic Culdee of the past who preserved
the Celtic and Drwyd symbolism in the Book of Kells,
an “illuminated” manuscript of the Four Gospels in the
Gaelic language.” (Book of Elven-Faerie)
“It is clear (to the present author at least) that Robert
Kirk was never really intending on becoming a monumental
“New Age” figure or advocate for the “occult”
and ‘mystery traditions’ of the fey. In his writing,
however, he does display at least a familiarity with
archaic Hermetic-Gnostic and Rosicrucian doctrine, and
makes references to such in “The Secret Commonwealth
of Elves, Fauns and Faeries.” The nature of Kirk’s
personal research is unclear, but it is likely that he
would have had access to obscure manuscripts as an
esteemed member of the Clergy. With a strict religious
upbringing, he would have been reluctant to delve into
metaphysical matters, and it comes as no surprise that
his ‘pagan’ interests were a concern to his father.” (Liber-D)
[In Book of Elven-Faerie by Joshua Free discover how the most arcane practices actually shaped the beliefs of the western world and learn how mystical lineages of modern "folk magic" can be actually traced through the evolution of human civilization on the planet - all the way back to the ancient Anunnaki and becoming the practices of the Tuatha de Dannan (Tuatha d'Anu) and other Celtic Druid tribes.]
“The infamous “Faerie Howe” where Robert Kirk’s body
was eventually found, was a place that he had visited
frequently throughout his life. One day, Kirk actually
discovered, or rather was revealed, the entrance to the
“Faerieland Otherworld.” By means of a special knock
at the right times of month and day, Kirk would be
granted repeated access to the alternate dimension. In
his published accounts, except for the recently released
“Secret Lives of Elves and Faerie,” his private journals,
he does not always speak of these matters concerning
the Otherworld in first person. He prefers instead to
attribute these reports to those seers he has interviewed
as part of the research. His work was based on journals
from 1688-1692 implying four years of practical
“Otherworld Initiation” to compliment his research in
folklore.” (From the Book of Elven-Faerie: Secrets of the Druids by Joshua Free)
““The Secret Commonwealth of Elves” was never
published in its complete state, and was never in print at
all during Robert Kirk’s lifetime. Some scholars believe
that any first person references concerning mysticism,
the Otherworld Tradition and the Elven-Ffayrie encounters
themselves, were replaced as “accounts from seers”
or edited out of the manuscript altogether before
eventually being published into a Christian society as
authored by a Christian minister. In spite of this, Kirk
emphasizes and insists that there is no real conflict
found between his own religious beliefs and what he
comes to learn and experience concerning the Elven-
Ffayrie. The only real contradiction emerges in the
minds of Fundamentalist Christians who see these
beings as demons and devils. Kirk even goes as far as to
say that he feels that it is his mission to clarify the
misconceptions concerning the fey among his Christian
brethren.” (Liber-D)
[Ever popular in the underground, Book of Elven-Faerie includes the complete 'Druids of the Necronomicon' discourse with its corresponding "Grimoires" of Elven-Faerie and forest magick traditions, bringing a complete Elvish Tradition to the light of the mortal world for the first time in printed history.]
“It may very well be that the Antiquarian writers of
Robert Kirk’s time period, continuing with the Brothers’
Grimm, John Aubrey and Iolo Morganwg (to mention a
few) all felt that there was a part of folklore and the
Faerie Tradition hidden within, that was quickly disappearing
from contemporary society. More modern reconstructionists
like myself, Andrew Lang, R.J. Stewart and
John Matthews have felt the same in the sense that the
Elven-Faerie Tradition, as well as the legacy and involvement
of Robert Kirk as part of the tradition, must be
preserved without fail.” (Book of Elven-Faerie)
“After a disturbing encounter in Faerieland concerning a
chance episode with a solitary Dark Elf, Robert Kirk
took it upon himself to seek out the city of the Unseelie
Court and attempt to apologize for the rise in tension
resulting from his appearance in the Otherworld.
Apparently, he had not yet realized that by actually
setting foot on the ground of the Dark Elves, he was in
violation of the most severe of Unseelie laws. The
Unseelie Court sentenced him to death, but the Seelie
Court intervened and decided instead that Kirk should
remain forever “prisoner” in the Otherworld. This permanent transition would still leave his physical body dead
in the Middle World. He is allowed one night to set his
affairs in order in the ‘Lands Above’ in good faith, of
which he leaves his journals behind for his son, then
returns for his sentence.” (Liber-D)
“Some time after Kirk’s death, he appears to a relative
and claims that he will again appear at the Christening
of her daughter. At that time, her husband is to throw a
dagger at the apparition and if so, then the enchantment
of the Faerieland would be broken and he could return
to the Middle World. When the Christening came and
Kirk appeared, those present were so astounded that
they did not move to throw a dagger and so Kirk
remained in the Otherworld. Years after, another attempt
is made toward the family that resided in Kirk’s house
at the time. They are informed by a vision of him to
baptize their child in that room and stab a dagger in
the seat of the chair where Kirk sat to write. If they did
this, then he would be free again. Again, this is not tried
and Robert Kirk is never freed, showing again that
many folk still live in a dark age of ignorance where
they cannot even come to conceive of that which they
are forced to behold. Perhaps the Otherworld simply
was indeed Kirk’s fate.”
[Book of Elven-Faerie actually restores the historical basis of the modern "New Age" movements resulting from one Seeker's pursuits into the origins of the "Druids.]
“After the obscurity of the Middle Ages seemed
to take hold on the power of the occult, the
dragon came to directly represent the actual
‘power’ that fed anything that truly remained
from the ancient mysteries. The electromagnetic
currents on the planet as well as the
systems of energy that moved throughout the
human organism all came to viewed as the
“power” of the dragon or dragon lines of power.
Contemporary scientists are actually interested
in the exact same phenomenon, though
they reserve for themselves non-esoteric
semantic vocabulary into which to relay their
knowledge. Ley Lines and “natural” magnetic
fields are, of course, what we are speaking of
here.” (From the Draconomicon by Joshua Free)
“Given the thousands of years that wizards and
magicians had already spent in appropriating
the ‘nature’ or ‘qualities’ of the natural
elements or even the earth planet as the
“Body of the Dragon,” it seems no ‘stretch’ to
adopt the idea that the emanations of the
planet are also going to be viewed as draconic.
Therefore, adopting the semantics of the
dragonmaster, we can consider the ‘outer’
magnetic and ley lines as “dragon lines” and the
‘internal’ currents of kundalini and chakras
as “dragon currents.” Dragon energy truly has
many forms – as we have seen.” (Draconomicon)
“When we introduce the ‘draconian’ vision for
electromagnetic fields and lines, the serpentcoil
system of the kundalini or even the
chakra energy centers, someone is likely to
say or ask: why are these considered of the
dragon – and that again returns us to the basis
of this all, and how the universal truths were
originally All-as-One and only later fractured
(fragmented) into the many parts that they
are encountered by today. The deep, ancient
and esoteric ‘star-lore’ that came to be known
later as occultism, really encompassed all of
the knowledge of the universe as a whole –
and perfectly. It did this very discretely
however, and in such a way where the ‘common man’ was not really programmed to accept
and understand. Thus, this realm of ‘occult
philosophy’ served as a protective ‘womb’ of
sacred knowledge that would only later be
given birth to as the ‘sciences’ and ‘intellectual
fields’ proper, once each had sufficient
semantics and vocabulary to isolate into
paradigms.” (Draconomicon)
““Dowsing” is perhaps one of the oldest practical
forms known for ‘channeling’ the dragon
lines of the earth planet. The method has been
used for multiple purposes: locating underground
water, locating missing objects, and of
course, ‘dowsing’ or ‘diving’ the locations of
Ley Lines. According to contemporary metaphysics,
dowsing is a form of “radiethesia,”
which operates according to the same principles
as pendulum divination. Practicing this
form of ‘magic’ requires the use of special
rods or ‘wands’, called ‘dowsing rods’ or – you
guessed it – dragon rods. Traditionally, they
are made from either a hazel or willow
branch and appears reminiscent of a “Y.” (Draconomicon)
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“The dragon has always been something of an
enigma, but slowly and surely it has reemerged
into the light of present times, most
progressively during the last 100 years. Prior
to the last century of ‘pagan’ and ‘mystical’
revival, the dragon was mostly either considered
evil or else connected to distant and
‘irrelevant’ mythologies (according to the
consciousness level of the population at these
times).” (from the Draconomicon by Joshua Free)
“One of the most paramount initial reintroductions
of the dragon into modern culture
came popularly from someone who would be
‘respected’ among his peers, or at the very
least be ‘one of the community’ when making
his relay… J.R.R. Tolkein.”
“Although mostly absent from the “Lord of the
Rings” literary cycle itself, The Hobbit
famously featured the hoarding-dragon
Smaug. For as long as it has been available (c.
1939), The Hobbit and its dragon have
influenced more of 20th and 21st century “epic
fantasy” (including such projects as Dungeons
& Dragons) than anything else to appear in
print.” (from the Draconomicon)
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“The 1960′s brought a period of ‘fantasy’ and
‘psychedelic enchantment’ that very often
included the dragon themes. Consider the
Disney rendition of Sword-in-the-Stone where
Madam Nim turns into a dragon. Another of
their films, Sleeping Beauty, also features a
female magic-user that transforms into a
dragon. The song and film “Puff the Magic
Dragon” also seems to have inspired a certain
segment of a past generation that will never
be able to forget, nor the timelessness of
Pete’s Dragon and similar lovable classics.” (from the Draconomicon)
“In 1977, TSR launched their first edition of
“Advanced Dungeon & Dragons,” what players
would later call simply “D&D.” This newer
version of the game consisted of expanded
rules available in separate hardcover books,
allowing for infinite expansion possibilities,
an aspect that TSR took full advantage of. The
core books required for the game are “The
Player’s Handbook,” “The Dungeon Master’s
Guide” and the “Monster Manual,” all of which
were originally written by Gary Gygax himself.
The original fantasy artwork gracing these
covers was deemed too controversial for the
mainstream, so a more commercial look was
given to the same edition in 1978. Further
titles came to supplement the core materials,
including: “Deities & Demigods,” “The Manual of
the Planes” and the controversial “Fiend Folio.”
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“Dungeons & Dragons began to spark religious
controversy once things started happening to
psychologically unstable teenagers who became
obsessed with the occult elements and
the “role-play” of the game. Although the
game obviously exposed players to metaphysical
and magickal “themes,” it did not
teach practices any more useful that someone
might gain from reading Grimms’ Faerie Tales.” (from the Draconomicon)
“The first bout of public concern emerged
almost immediately in 1979 when a player,
James Dallas Egbert III, at the University of
Michigan disappeared for nearly a month.
Media attention was attracted and the official
story became that the boy’s reality had
merged with the game world, so he goes into
the steam ducts of the university for personal
adventure and dies. Of course, none of this
turned out to be true. Sales skyrocketed
though.”
“In 1989, TSR produced a new “second edition”
of the game as well as new rules and supplements.
TSR has been steadily dealing with
financial problems and sought to attract a
new generation of players with a new look
and feel to the product. A decade later, TSR
would be bankrupt, only to have their design
patents and trademarks purchased by Wizards
of the Coast, who released a new, classier, easy
to use “third edition” in 2000, returning the
game title to simply: Dungeons & Dragons. The
debut of the new edition was accompanied by
the first D&D feature-length motion picture
to be released (New Line Productions). Warner
Bros. produced a sequel in 2005, the “Wrath
of the Dragon God.” (from the Draconomicon by Joshua Free)
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“Via imaginative storytelling, the characters
gains more “gaming experience” cumulative
over time and ultimately becomes “stronger.”
Fantasy role-playing has been stereotyped a
“nerd niche,” but no more than chess or Risk.
Although originally conceived of by older
battle strategy enthusiasts with probably
nothing else better to do with their time, the
game is now marketed to young adults and
college-level consumers who have the
expendable income to support this (often)
expensive hobby. Other fantasy adventure
games have since followed in the D&D
tradition, including the now out-of-print
“Hero Quest” rendition by Milton Bradley and
the more recent release of “Heroscape.” No
series has ever reached the sheerness of the
original D&D world, of which practitioners
and cowans alike continue to collect vast
remnants of.” (from the Draconomicon)
“When the 1980′s were coming into their power
in human consciousness, motion pictures
such as Excalibur and Dragonslayer were
intriguing the mystical and fantasy-seeking
population, and something else arrived in the
underground: a pseudo-scientific movement
to explore dragon activity on the planet – what
they called musingly an infestation. This was
brought forth by Warner Brothers Books
when they released “Dragons: A Guide to the
Modern Infestation” written by Pamela Blanpied
in 1980 (later reprinted in 1996). The work
refers to the academic pursuit as “verminology.”
Drawing upon two decades experience in neodruidism, Joshua Free’s original underground masterpiece, “Druidry”, completes the long-planned trilogy of superior resources for modern seekers, which debuted with “Book of Elven-Faerie” and “Draconomicon”…
Although best known for his work on Sumerians, the Anunnaki and Babylonian Tradition for the “Mardukites”, his work on the Dragon Legacy and modern Pheryllt Druid tradition is also paramount. His writing has even been used for the third volume from Douglas Monroe, “The Deepteachings of Merlyn” (published on the Autumn Equinox, 2011), which completed the trilogy begun in the 1990′s with “The 21 Lessons of Merlyn” and “The Lost Books of Merlyn”.
“It may very well be that the Antiquarian writers of
Robert Kirk’s time period, continuing with the Brothers’
Grimm, John Aubrey and Iolo Morganwg (to mention a
few) all felt that there was a part of folklore and the
Faerie Tradition hidden within, that was quickly disappearing
from contemporary society. More modern reconstructionists
like myself, Andrew Lang, R.J. Stewart and
John Matthews have felt the same in the sense that the
Elven-Faerie Tradition, as well as the legacy and involvement
of Robert Kirk as part of the tradition, must be
preserved without fail.” (
