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Millennials Seeking Spirituality | Former Chosen Chief of The Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids Philip Carr-Gomm

Season 2, Ep. 8

Do you consider yourself a spiritual person?


This week on Storyteller, host Lisa Golden speaks to author, psychologist and former Chosen Chief of The Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids, Philip Carr-Gomm, about what modern spirituality looks like for those who've moved away from the formal religions of their childhoods.


In this wide-ranging topic they cover the background and foundation of the modern Druid order, if more millennials are seeking religion after the isolation and reconnection with nature brought on by the pandemic, and why Carr-Gomm describes himself as an "incurable optimist."

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