Druids and Bards began to reappear in England, Ireland, Wales and Cornwall in the 18th Century. The cultural revival in Wales led to the revival of the natioanal eddistfod, which whas sponsered by 'bards'. In London, and then elsewhere Scholars began to re-examin the old Druid beliefs, and to find the 'hidden' druidic traditions that had been absorbed by the Christian church. By the time of Victoria, leading members of society were Druids. This continues to the present day, one of the most famous 20th Century Druids was Winston Churchhill.

The offical website of the Order of Bards, Ovates, and Druids says: In the seventeenth century a few scholars began to take interest in the mysterious monuments – the artificial mounds, stone circles, dolmens and standing stones – that filled the countryside around them. They read the classical accounts of the Druids and suggested that these monuments were built by them. In doing this they began a period we now know as ‘The Druid Revival’. One of these scholars, William Stukeley, has been called the ‘founding father of archaeology’. These early attempts at archaeology stimulated the interest of other gentleman-scholars who started to look for traces of Druidism within Christianity. The thought that their pre-Christian ancestors were not brutish and ignorant, but were instead wise philosophers inspired these Revivalists, and has continued to inspire Druids to this day.

Revival Druidry spawned a spate of writing, some of it obscure and bizarre, some of it quite fascinating and provocative. Freemasons became interested in this, and Revival Druidry entered the world of Masonry via such organizations as the Ancient & Archaeological Order of Druids, joined later by Winston Churchill.

It is important to note that Human Sacrifice is not compatable with Curent Druidic Teachings, and has been incompatable with those teachings at least since Druidism was revived in the 18th Century.