A Chat With Nimue Brown

I have had the pleasure of speaking with the author Nimue Brown, who is herself a modern druid. She lives with her husband and son near Stroud in England, where she enjoys long walks in the countryside and visits the many prehistoric earthen mounds or barrows. She is a member of the druid organisation OBOD and meets with them regularly for chats and meditation. Her approach to spirituality is quite solitary however, and she believes it's important to live your spiritual path in your every action. For her, this means adopting an environmentally friendly lifestyle, and taking time to connect with the natural world. She works from home as an author and publicist for Moon Books, across the desk from her illustrator husband Tom Brown. The creative energy in the house seems to be very fertile, as Tom and Nimue collaborate on a web-comic, and Nimue writes an inumerable number of books on a variety of themes. She finds great pleasure in concocting fantasy worlds, but is also a dilligent writer of non-fiction, and acts as a guide to pagan paths. Her main focus in paganism is Druidry, and how to adapt this ancient spirituality to modern life.

If you want to listen to my little chat with Nimue, just click the link below....

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