2025 Special Guest
Dana O'Driscoll, artist, writer, educator, herbalist, naturalist, and druid, joins us as our special guest for GCG 2025!
Dana's Keynote Workshop:
"Crafting a Joyful and Enchanted Druidry with the Spirits of Nature"
An enchanted world is one that is alive, spiritually responsive, and magical. It is a world that is full of natural intelligence and spirits of the land who are yearning to rekindle our ancient ancestral relationships. An enchanted world is the world of our spiritual ancestors, and this is the world that many of us strive to live in. But enchantment and joy can be hard to experience in today’s age.
In this workshop, we explore how to deepen and wildcraft an enchanted, joyful, and whimsical druid spirituality through direct work with the spirits of nature—especially our plant, mushroom, and tree allies. Participants will have an opportunity to learn and practice several techniques that can be used to re-enchant their connection with the living earth.
"Crafting a Joyful and Enchanted Druidry with the Spirits of Nature"
An enchanted world is one that is alive, spiritually responsive, and magical. It is a world that is full of natural intelligence and spirits of the land who are yearning to rekindle our ancient ancestral relationships. An enchanted world is the world of our spiritual ancestors, and this is the world that many of us strive to live in. But enchantment and joy can be hard to experience in today’s age.
In this workshop, we explore how to deepen and wildcraft an enchanted, joyful, and whimsical druid spirituality through direct work with the spirits of nature—especially our plant, mushroom, and tree allies. Participants will have an opportunity to learn and practice several techniques that can be used to re-enchant their connection with the living earth.
Dana O’Driscoll is an animist druid living in the enchanted Allegheny Mountains in Western Pennsylvania. She is a Druid in the Order of Bards, Ovates, and Druids (OBOD), an Ollave Adept in the Ancient order of Druids in America (AODA), and since 2019, has served as the Grand Archdruid of the AODA. She was selected as OBOD’s 2018 Mount Haemus Scholar for her work on the Bardic Arts and the Awen.
Dana is the co-author of the forthcoming revision: Nature Spirituality for the 21st Century (2025), and author of several books, including Land Healing: Physical, Metaphysical, and Ritual Approaches for Healing the Earth; Sacred Actions: Living the Wheel of the Year through Earth-Centered Sustainable Practices; and the Sacred Actions Journal (all from REDFeather). She is also the author/illustrator of the Plant Spirit Oracle, the Tree Lore Oracle and Magical Compendium of Eastern North American Trees, and the Tarot of Trees; and publishes the blog, The Druids Garden.
She practices Traditional Western Herbalism, permaculture, homesteading, and rewilding on her five-acre homestead. Dana is frequently covered in paint, dirt, or both, and is regularly found frolicking in forests, talking with mushrooms, foraging wild medicines, and hanging out with her beloved flock of geese.
Dana is the co-author of the forthcoming revision: Nature Spirituality for the 21st Century (2025), and author of several books, including Land Healing: Physical, Metaphysical, and Ritual Approaches for Healing the Earth; Sacred Actions: Living the Wheel of the Year through Earth-Centered Sustainable Practices; and the Sacred Actions Journal (all from REDFeather). She is also the author/illustrator of the Plant Spirit Oracle, the Tree Lore Oracle and Magical Compendium of Eastern North American Trees, and the Tarot of Trees; and publishes the blog, The Druids Garden.
She practices Traditional Western Herbalism, permaculture, homesteading, and rewilding on her five-acre homestead. Dana is frequently covered in paint, dirt, or both, and is regularly found frolicking in forests, talking with mushrooms, foraging wild medicines, and hanging out with her beloved flock of geese.