Ellen Evert Hopman
Ellen Evert Hopman is an author of both fiction and non-fiction, an herbalist, a lay homeopath, a lecturer, and a mental health counselor who lives and works in Western Massachusetts. She is the author of several books and audio tapes on Paganism and Druidry, and three novels.
Hopman is a certified writing teacher with Amherst Writers and Artists and a multiple recipient of the Golden Oak Award. She was formerly a Professor of Wortcunning at the Grey School of Wizardry, where she taught herbalism, Celtic Neopaganism, Celtic history and Celtic lore. She is a professional member of the American Herbalist Guild. and a member of the Grey Council of Mages and Sages. She has taught Druidry and herbalism in the United States, Scotland, Ireland and Canada, and has been a speaker and workshop leader at numerous Neopagan and New Age events, and a subject of articles in The New York Times.
Education
Hopman graduated summa cum laude from Temple University in Philadelphia with a B.S. in Art Education, and received a master's degree in Mental Health Counseling from the University of Massachusetts in 1990. She trained in Herbalism primarily with William LeSassier in New York in 1983, at the Findhorn Foundation in Scotland under Barbara D'Arcy Thompson, and received professional training at the National Center for Homeopathy.Career
Hopman joined the modern Druidic organization Ar nDraiocht Fein in 1984. She is a co-founder and former co-Chief of The Order of Whiteoak, a Celtic Reconstructionist Druid organization. She is also Archdruid Emerita and founder of Tribe of the Oak, www.tribeoftheoak.org. She held the position of vice president of the Henge of Keltria, an international Druid Fellowship, for nine years. She has been on the staff of Keltria: Journal of Druidism and Celtic Magick and has been a contributing author to many New Age and Pagan journals. She was the founder of The New England Druid Summit, a yearly gathering of Druids in New England. In 2009 she presented a paper on Celtic Cosmology at the International Center for Cultural Studies Conference on Spirituality in Indigenous Cultural and Religious Traditions.Broadcast media
Hopman has appeared on several radio and television programs including National Public Radio’s Vox Pop and the Gary Null Show in New York City. She was also featured in a segment of the series Living the Wiccan Life produced by The Witch School. She presented a weekly "herb report" for WRSI radio in Greenfield, MA, and was featured in a documentary about Druids on A&E Television’s The Unexplained.Books
- 1992 – Tree Medicine, Tree Magic. Illustrated by Diana Green. Seattle, WA: Phoenix Publishing.
- 1994 – A Druid's Herbal for the Sacred Earth Year. Destiny Books.
- 1995 – People of the Earth: The New Pagans Speak Out . Inner Traditions.
- 2000 – Walking the World in Wonder: A Children's Herbal. Healing Arts Press.
- 2001 – Being a Pagan: Druids, Wiccans, and Witches Today. Destiny Books.
- 2008 – Priestess of the Forest: A Druid Journey. Llewellyn Publications.
- 2008 – A Druids Herbal of Sacred Tree Medicine. Inner Traditions International.
- 2010 – The Druid Isle. Lewellyn.
- 2010 – Making Kitchen Medicines – A Practical Guide. Dreamz-Work Productions, LLC
- 2011 – Scottish Herbs and Fairy Lore. Pendraig Publishing
- 2012 – Priestess of the Fire Temple – A Druid's Tale. LLewellyn.
- 2012 – The Secret Medicine of Your Kitchen. mPowr Publishing, London
- 2016 – A Legacy of Druids – Conversations with Druid leaders of Britain, the USA and Canada, Past and present
- 2016 – Secret Medicines from Your Garden: Plants for Healing, Spirituality, and Magic. Healing Arts Press
- 2018 – The Real Witches of New England: History, Lore, and Modern Practice. Destiny Books
- 2018 – Tree Medicine Tree Magic: 2nd Edition. Pendraig Publishing.
- 2019 – The Sacred Herbs of Samhain. Destiny Books
- 2020 – The Sacred Herbs of Spring. Destiny Books
- 2022 – Once Around the Sun. Destiny Books
- 2023 – The Sacred Herbs of Yule and Christmas. Destiny Books
- 2024 – Celtic Druidry. Destiny Books