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  <name><![CDATA[Philip Carr-Gomm]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[Philip Carr-Gomm was born in London, raised in Notting Hill Gate, and educated at Westminster School and University College London.

He met his first spiritual teacher, Ross Nichols, the founder of The Order of Bards Ovates &amp; Druids, when he was 11. He began studying with him when a teenager, and joined the Order of Bards Ovates and Druids at 18. He studied meditation with Olivia Robertson in Ireland, who later founded the Fellowship of Isis, and in his twenties he founded The Esoteric Society in London, which organised journeys for members to Bulgaria and Egypt, and hosted talks by well-known authors such as Gareth Knight, W. E. Butler, and Arthur Guirdham.

In 1975 his Druid teacher died, and he followed a Bulgarian teacher, Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov for seven years, giving talks on his teachings and helping with the translation and publishing of his books into English. He also travelled to Bulgaria and studied the work of Aivanhov’s teacher, Peter Deunov, visiting Sofia annually for fourteen years, teaching Deunov’s Paneurhythmy dance in England and at Findhorn in Scotland. In his thirties he turned to a study of psychology, taking a BSc degree at University College London and Jungian analysis, with plans to become an analyst. On discovering Psychosynthesis, he trained instead as a therapist at the Institute of Psychosynthesis in London and began a private practice.

In 1988 he was asked to lead the Order of Bards Ovates and Druids. He organised the Order’s teachings into a distance-learning course, and edited his teacher’s book with John Matthews [1]. Since that time, the Order has grown to become the largest Druid teaching order in the world.]]></about>    <gender>male</gender>  <hometown>London</hometown>      
  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Druid Animal Oracle]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Stephanie Carr-Gomm]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Bill Worthington]]></name>
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  <published>1995</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Druid Craft Tarot]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Philip Carr-Gomm]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Stephanie Carr-Gomm]]></name>
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  <published>2004</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Druid Way]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Druidcraft: The Magic of Wicca and Druidry]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Philip Carr-Gomm]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[In the Grove of the Druids: The Druid Teachings of Ross Nichols]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Philip Carr-Gomm]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Rebirth of Druidry: Ancient Earth Wisdom for Today]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Philip Carr-Gomm]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Elements of the Druid Tradition]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Philip Carr-Gomm]]></name>
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  <published>1994</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[What Do Druids Believe?]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Philip Carr-Gomm]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[Druid Mysteries: Ancient Mysteries for the 21st Century]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Philip Carr-Gomm]]></name>
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        <book id="515579">
  <title><![CDATA[The Druid Renaissance: The Voice of Druidry Today]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Philip Carr-Gomm]]></name>
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  <published>1996</published>  
  
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