Finding my true self through Druidry

The Documentary Podcast

BBC

Society & Culture, Documentary, Personal Journals

4.3 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

As a teenager, Mhara was struggling with her gender identity and sexuality. She felt completely alone. But finding books about witchcraft and Druidry transformed her life. She enjoyed getting lost in stories of enchantment and learning about local folklore. When she was ready to join a Druid community, she discovered there was a thriving one right on her doorstep. Anglesey, in Wales, was one of the last strongholds for Druids in Britian after the Roman invasion. The land is believed to be sacred and contains several historical and spiritual sites. Mora Morrison joins Mhara in Anglesey and they visit sacred rivers, ancient burial sites, and the Anglesey Druid Order headquarters.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, radio, podcasts.
0:08.8	Kavarcha me you, O'Brien,
0:12.6	do we es, the avon hon,
0:14.5	which hivoui through the tyrolin sanctaith
0:18.8	we call to you, O'Brien, goddess of this sacred river that flows through.
0:25.7	The wind picked up there.
0:27.7	Which wind?
0:32.4	I'm Maura Morrison, and this is the documentary from the BBC World Service.
0:37.8	For this week's heart and soul, I've come to Anglesey in Wales.
0:41.7	I'm here to meet local witch and druid Mara and learn why she and others around the UK
0:46.7	are increasingly drawn to the nature-based religion of druidry.
0:51.0	And I'm curious about what it can teach us about connection and community.
0:56.5	One, two, one two.
0:59.8	Okay, I'm setting the car outside of Bangor Train Station with Mara Starling.
1:04.8	Mara, thank you so much for spending time with me.
1:07.1	Thank you for inviting me. I'm excited to take you on a little bit of a magical tour.
1:11.6	Amazing. So we are going to head to the Isle of Anglesey. Where are you going to take us first?
1:18.4	Tell us about our first stop. Well, the first stop is on our way to the second stop, strangely enough.
1:23.8	But it's the banks of Ravon Braint, the River Brinds on Anglesey.
1:28.8	This river in particular is rather sacred to me
1:32.5	and to many of my fellow druids and witches who live on the island.
1:36.7	It's a river that flows pretty much throughout the entirety of the southwestern part of the island.
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