The Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids, OBOD, founded in its modern form in 1964 and substantially reorganized and expanded from the 1980s under Philip Carr-Gomm, represents one of the most widely followed contemporary Druid organizations internationally, offering a structured, largely correspondence-based course of study through three grades, bard, ovate and druid, each addressing different aspects of Druid practice including seasonal celebration, nature connection, storytelling and ritual, and drawing eclectically on Celtic mythology, Romantic-era revival material, and contemporary Pagan and earth-centered spirituality rather than claiming unbroken historical continuity with the ancient druids.
Contemporary Druid practice centers substantially on the wheel of the year, a cycle of eight seasonal festivals shared broadly across modern Pagan traditions, celebrated at sites ranging from members' own homes and local groves, the term many Druid organizations use for local practice groups, to prominent ancient monuments such as Stonehenge, where Druid organizations have held public solstice and equinox gatherings for decades, a modern ritual use of a Neolithic monument built many centuries before druids are historically attested at all, illustrating how thoroughly contemporary Druidry operates as a modern spiritual synthesis inspired by, rather than historically continuous with, the ancient tradition whose name it carries.