[5] By 1992, the BDO was publishing and disseminating pagan literature focused on the shamanic traditions of the Islands of Britain.

The first US Gorsedd, Caer Pugetia, was founded in Seattle during a visit to America by the joint chiefs of the Order in 1997 and the Gorsedd of Bards of Cor Gawr founded at Stonehenge as part of the BDO's work to extend ritual access to the site.

[5] By 2010, the BDO had completed construction of an Iron Age style roundhouse which has since been the focus of training, workshops and ritual for the order.

[8] BDO Druidry The order believes that the pre-Christian, indigenous religious and spiritual practices of the original Druids were shamanic in nature, and works to reconstruct such practices in a form as a spiritual system answering to the needs of the 21st century where possible and to reconnect with the spirit of them where not,[4] a process referred to by the BDO as 'rekindling the sacred fire.

'[10] Practically, the British Druid Order seeks to understand and work with the spirit of inspiration and creativity known in the British Druid tradition as 'awen' through study, ritual, folklore, healing and many other practices to facilitate connections to sources of knowledge, inspiration and wisdom beyond the confines of the human psyche and rooted in the natural world.