ABOUT

I am James Nichol and I live in the city of Gloucester, England. My contemplative inquiry began in 2012, grounded in modern Druidry. Over the years, I have worked with the wisdom of many times and places, including the new spiritual movements of today. In my blog I include personal sharing, discursive writing, photographs, poetry, and book reviews.

In the contemplative moment,  I am living presence in a field of living presence, at home in a living world. This is not dependent on belief or circumstance. Within a context of ultimate unknowing, I personally lean towards to panentheism, strongly intuiting a divinity from which nothing is separate. I find myself guided towards a spirit of openness, a fuller acceptance that nothing stays the same, an ethic of interdependence and a life of abundant simplicity.

My book, Contemplative Druidry: People, Practice and Potential, was published in 2014. It includes a foreword, Deep Peace of the Quiet Earth, by Philip Carr-Gomm. There are major contributions in the main text from 14 other Druids offering diverse perspectives on the topic: https://www.amazon.co.uk/contemplative-druidry-people-practice-potential/dp/1500807206/

EDITED FRIDAY 21 NOVEMBER 2025

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