The Ancient Order of Druids was founded in England in 1781 as a secret society, rather similar to the Freemasons. Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (mid-2004) - Density Ranked 1st UK 50. ... 1781 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... A secret society is a social organization that requires its members to conceal certain activities—such as rites of initiation or club ceremonies—from outsiders. ... American Square & Compasses Freemasonry is a worldwide fraternal organization. ...

By the early twentieth century it had become a more open, general society with aims "convivial, fraternal and philanthropic". The group was the first to practise rituals at Stonehenge in the historic period and adopted the site for ordination of its members on 25th August 1905 when around 700 modern druids gathered at the monument to take oaths and welcome new acolytes. Later, the group shared the site with another organisation, the Church of the Universal Bond. A ritual is a formalised, predetermined set of symbolic actions generally performed in a particular environment at a regular, recurring interval. ... Stonehenge Stonehenge is a Neolithic and Bronze Age monument located near Amesbury in the English county of Wiltshire, about 8 miles (13 km) northwest of Salisbury. ... Neopaganism (sometimes Neo-Paganism) describes a heterogeneous group of new religious movements which attempt to revive ancient, mainly pre-Christian and often pre-Judaic Indo-European religions. ... The Church of the Universal Bond was a religious group founded in Britain in the early twentieth century by George W MacGregor Reid, promoting socialist revolution, anti-imperialism and sun worship. ...

In 1935 the group held its 150th congress at Stonehenge and can still be reached today, listed under Druids in the London telephone directory. In Celtic Polytheism, the word Druid denotes the priestly class in ancient Celtic societies, which existed through much of Western Europe north of the Alps and in the British Isles. ... London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... In telephony, a telephone directory is a listing of telephone subscribers in a geographical area or subscribers to services provided by the organisation that publishes the directory. ...

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Chippendale, C, "Stonehenge Complete", Thames and Hudson, London, 2004, pp172-3