Emma Restall Orr (born 1965) is a British animist, philosopher, poet, environmentalist, and author.
[2] Together with the Order founder Philip Shallcrass they continued to work on developing the BDO further[3] Following this Restall Orr went on to found The Druid Network in 2002,[4] which was officially launched at Imbolc in 2003.
[5] From the late 1990s Restall Orr organised some of the largest annual gatherings of Druids and those interested in Druidry, at the Avebury Gorsedd and The Awen Camp with Philip Shallcrass,[citation needed] then at The Druid Camp with Mark Graham.
Kissing the Hag considers female nature, Living with Honour is an exploration of practical ethics, and The Wakeful World is a metaphysics of modern animism.
The closing ceremony of the 2012 Paralympics saw Rory MacKenzie recite parts of a 1997 Gorsedd ritual originally written by Emma Restall Orr and Philip Shallcrass.