Druids Are Back

When the sun set on Salisbury plain June 20, it was the eve of the longest day of the year. A crowd had gathered from all over the world, an estimated 20,000 in all, camping out to greet the summer solstice at sunrise. Standing in the shadow of Stonehenge, Druid priest Arthur Pendragon, a grizzled former bike gang leader and British army veteran who believes himself to be the reincarnated King of the Britons, gestured with a long wooden Gandalfian staff to illustrate how Stonehenge is positioned along the axis of the sun’s path. The sound of drumming from inside the iconic stone circle echoed all around.