Ross Nichols

Philip Peter Ross Nichols , priestly Nuinn , (born June 28, 1902 in Norfolk , England; † 1975 ) was a Cambridge graduate and publishing poet, artist and historian. He was also Dean of the Celtic Church, initiated by Bishop Tugdual of St. Dolay. The knowledge gained from this flowed into his life's work, which took on a spiritual-religious character.

For these reasons he founded the OBOD in 1964 , a branch of the 'Ancient Druid Order', a successor to the AOD , of which he became a member in 1954 and which he took over as chairman after the death of ADO chairman Robert MacGregor in 1964 and the division of the ADO. The lineage of the order can be traced back to the 1717 meeting in the Apple Tree Tavern in Covent Garden , London.

Nichols was a friend of Gerald Brousseau Gardner , and while Gardner was working on the introduction of Wicca into the modern world, Nichols turned to the practice of modern druidism . He introduced the amalgamation of Celtic mythology and bard art, as well as the celebration of all eight annual feasts in addition to the training for the initiations in the three degrees, in accordance with classical forms of the tripartite division of the priestly degrees.

Philip Carr-Gomm took over the order after Nichols' death in 1988.

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Sassenach Stray , England 1940
Prose, Chant Poems , England 1941
The Cosmic Shape , England 1946
Seasons at War , England 1947

literature

Book of Druidry , England 1990
In the Grove of the Druids. The Druid Teachings of Ross Nichols Watkins, London. pbk. xv, 264pp. illus. index. 2002. ISBN 1-84293-032-X by Carr-Gomm, Phillip

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SURNAME	Nichols, Ross
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Nichols, Philip Peter Ross (real name); Nuinn
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	British Cambridge graduate and publishing poet, artist and historian
DATE OF BIRTH	June 28, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH	Norfolk , England
DATE OF DEATH	1975

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