About Ellen

Ellen Evert Hopman is an Herbalist, Druid Priestess, and author of Celtic herbals, a trilogy of Druid novels, and children’s literature. Her most recent offerings are “The Sacred Herbs of Yule and Christmas – Remedies, Recipes, Magic & Brews for the Winter Season” and “Celtic Druidry – Rituals, Techniques and Magical Practices”. All her books can be found on this website, and can also be ordered from local bookstores and online in the usual places. Hopman is a registered Herbalist with the American Herbalists Guild, and Archdruid Emerita and founder of Tribe of the Oak (Tuatha na Dara), a Celtic Reconstructionist Druid Order. She was the founder of the White Oak Yahoo list and later a co-founder and co-Chief of the Order of White Oak (Ord na Darach Gile). She was also a founder and Vice President of The Henge of Keltria Druid Order. She has at times been a member of ADF, OBOD, and is a Bard of the Gorsedd of Caer Abiri in England. She is a member of the Grey Council of Mages and Sages. Hopman lives in an oak forest in Western Massachusetts.