What is Ancient Druidism?

I have been looking into quite a few different religions, because I come from a very diverse background. My family has been known to have many different religions, and I have looked into many of them. One of my friends' mothers is a Druid, and I would like to look into that religion. Because of where I live there aren't many books I can get from my public library so I turned to the Internet. If you have any good, well-researched web pages I could look into they would be greatly appreciated. Any first-hand knowledge would be appreciated as well. If you don't feel like typing here you can e-mail me at: thegirlyouwontforget@yahoo.com Please no spam mail, only those who are truly interested in helping me find true spirituality. I assume that some people are going to think that because I'm young I'm doing this because it's "witchcraft" and I think it's "cool". That's honestly not the case here. I really want to find a religion that matches my beliefs more.

Thank you for taking the time to read and answer this question.

Any knowledge is greatly appreciated.

heathens...It wont save anyone..

We know a lot about modern druidism, since it was reconstructed recently. But we know very little about ancient druidism because it was such a secret belief system and those that practiced it got wiped out.

Recognize the spirit of other living forms besides just what the humans propagate as being spiritual. Listen to the wind

Unless you are up for some human sacrifice ancient druidism isn't a good option.

No group can claim a heritage of the ancient druids so if one says so, run!

The Noe-pagan or revival of druidism is generally still a nature based/philosophy based religion from personal experience.

In Britain there is the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids, their website is here: http://www.druidry.org/ This website well help you

also check out http://www.witchvox.com for a wider view of pagan thought.

Druidry is a term used to describe the religious practices of two main groups of people, one historical and one modern.

The original Druids were the priestly and intellectual caste of the Prue-Christian tribes of Britain, Ireland and Gaul (modern France) ~ the Druids may also have been part of tribes from a wider area of what are now loosely described as culturally Celtic peoples, but the evidence is currently too ambiguous to say for certain.
Modern Druid groups around the world are a very varied bunch. Some strive to maintain a strong continuity of belief and practice with the original Druids, whilst others engage in practices that are as much inspired by concepts from Hinduism, Wicca, Buddhism, Christianity etc as they are by any Insular Celtic ideas. For some people the term Druid is used more to convey a suggestion of "nature priest(Essa)" than it is to imply a specific link to ancient practice.

Druids work to build harmonious relationships with deities, ancestors, spirits of the land, animals, trees, rocks, rivers and humanity, both through ritual activity and through their everyday actions. Some modern Druids perceive these spirit beings as real, whilst others regard them as more metaphorical or archetypal.

I'd highly recommend http://druidnetwork.org for anything you'd like to know about Druidry.