Emma Restall Orr
Emma Restall Orr is a British neo-druid, animist, priest, poet, and author.Career
Restall Orr worked for the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids in the early 1990s, becoming an Ovate tutor. In 1993 she became joint chief of the British Druid Order, staying until 2002. Together with the Order founder Philip Shallcrass they continued to work on developing the BDO further Following this Restall Orr went on to found The Druid Network in 2002, which was officially launched at Imbolc in 2003. In 2004, she founded the organization, Honouring the Ancient Dead.
Since the late 1990s Restall Orr has organised some of the largest annual gatherings of Druids and those interested in Druidry, first at The Awen Camp with Philip Shallcrass, then at The Druid Camp since 2001.
She is the author of numerous books regarding Druidic and pagan spirituality, pagan ritual, poetry and animism. Some of these works are collaborations between herself and BDO founder Philip Shallcrass.
