Blessings of Star and Stone!
Welcome to Highland Oak Nemeton, a Druid Grove in Baton Rouge, Louisiana that is affiliated with the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids (OBOD). Highland Oak Nemeton was first organized as a Seed-Group of OBOD in 2001 after having existed informally
in the local pagan community for a number of years. As our members progressed through OBOD's distance-learning program and advanced in their training from Bards to Ovates and finally Druids, we became a Grove in 2008 when we gained the requisite two Druid-grade members.
In addition to our monthly grove meetings, we also gather to celebrate the eight seasonal festivals with rituals, feasting and fellowship. The festivals we observe are the astronomical festivals of the solstices and the equinoxes, and the agricultural, or fire, festivals which occur on cross-quarter days. For more on the Eight-fold Year, see About Druidry.
In addition to the seasonal festivals, as a fully functioning Grove we can also offer formal initiations for OBOD members of all grades (Bard, Ovate, and Druid), and can perform other rites-of-passage ceremonies, such as weddings, handfastings, naming ceremonies, sage/croning rituals, etc.
Membership in OBOD is not required to join Highland Oak Nemeton, nor does one already have to be a Druid. Whether you walk the forest path or follow another religion or spirituality but wish to learn more about modern Druidry, we welcome all who come in peace and in a spirit of reverence for the natural world to visit with us at one of our monthly grove meetings to learn more. If you would like more information or to attend a meeting, please fill out and submit the contact form on this site. We will reply and and give you the schedule for our upcoming meetings and try to answer any questions you may have.
in the local pagan community for a number of years. As our members progressed through OBOD's distance-learning program and advanced in their training from Bards to Ovates and finally Druids, we became a Grove in 2008 when we gained the requisite two Druid-grade members.
In addition to our monthly grove meetings, we also gather to celebrate the eight seasonal festivals with rituals, feasting and fellowship. The festivals we observe are the astronomical festivals of the solstices and the equinoxes, and the agricultural, or fire, festivals which occur on cross-quarter days. For more on the Eight-fold Year, see About Druidry.
In addition to the seasonal festivals, as a fully functioning Grove we can also offer formal initiations for OBOD members of all grades (Bard, Ovate, and Druid), and can perform other rites-of-passage ceremonies, such as weddings, handfastings, naming ceremonies, sage/croning rituals, etc.
Membership in OBOD is not required to join Highland Oak Nemeton, nor does one already have to be a Druid. Whether you walk the forest path or follow another religion or spirituality but wish to learn more about modern Druidry, we welcome all who come in peace and in a spirit of reverence for the natural world to visit with us at one of our monthly grove meetings to learn more. If you would like more information or to attend a meeting, please fill out and submit the contact form on this site. We will reply and and give you the schedule for our upcoming meetings and try to answer any questions you may have.
