Emma Restall Orr | |
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| Nationality | British |
| Other names | Bobcat |
| Known for | The Druid Network,Kissing The Hag andLiving Druidry |
Emma Restall Orr (born 1965) is a British animist, philosopher, poet, environmentalist, and author.
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Restall Orr worked for theOrder of Bards, Ovates and Druids in the early 1990s, becoming an Ovate tutor.[1] In 1993 she became joint chief of the British Druid Order (BDO), staying until 2002.[2] Together with the Order founderPhilip Shallcrass they continued to work on developing the BDO further[3] Following this Restall Orr went on to foundThe Druid Network in 2002,[4] which was officially launched atImbolc in 2003.[5]
From the late 1990s Restall Orr organised some of the largest annual gatherings of Druids and those interested in Druidry, at the Avebury Gorsedd and The Awen Camp with Philip Shallcrass,[citation needed] then at The Druid Camp with Mark Graham.[6] In 2004, she founded the organization,Honouring the Ancient Dead. She remains Chair of the Trustees.
She is the author of numerous books onDruidic andpagan spirituality, pagan ritual, poetry and animism, her later books moving away from druidry. Kissing the Hag considers female nature, Living with Honour is an exploration of practical ethics, and The Wakeful World is a metaphysics of modern animism.
In 2006, Restall Orr opened Sun Rising Natural Burial Ground and Nature Reserve (https://sunrising.co.uk) in South Warwickshire. Since 2012, she has moved out of the public eye, focusing on her work with this project. Restall Orr's brother is the historianMatthew Restall and their father is the ornithologist and philatelist Robin Restall.
Theclosing ceremony of the2012 Paralympics saw Rory MacKenzie recite parts of a 1997 Gorsedd ritual originally written by Emma Restall Orr andPhilip Shallcrass.[7] in a declaration which was witnessed by an estimated audience of around 750 million people.[8]
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