Hopman is a certified writing teacher with Amherst Writers and Artists and a multiple recipient of the Golden Oak Award.[4] She was formerly a Professor of Wortcunning at the
Grey School of Wizardry, where she taught
herbalism,
Celtic Neopaganism,
Celtic history and Celtic lore. She is a professional member of the American Herbalist Guild.[5] and a member of the Grey Council of Mages and Sages.[6] She has taught Druidry and herbalism in the United States, Scotland, Ireland and Canada,[2][7] and has been a speaker and workshop leader at numerous
Neopagan and
New Age events, and a subject of articles in The New York Times.
Hopman joined the modern Druidic organization
Ar nDraiocht Fein in 1984.[1] She is a co-founder and former co-Chief of The Order of Whiteoak (Ord na Darach Gile), a Reconstructionist Druid organization. She is also Archdruid and founder, Tribe of the Oak (Tuatha na Dara), www.tribeoftheoak.com. She held the position of vice president of the
Henge of Keltria, an international
Druid Fellowship, for nine years.[7] She has been on the staff of Keltria: Journal of Druidism and Celtic Magick and has been a contributing author to many New Age and Pagan journals. She was the founder of The New England Druid Summit, a yearly gathering of Druids in
New England. In 2009 she presented a paper on Celtic Cosmology at the International Center for Cultural Studies (ICCS) Conference on Spirituality in Indigenous Cultural and Religious Traditions.[9]
Broadcast media
Hopman has appeared on several radio and television programs including
National Public Radio’s Vox Pop and the
Gary Null Show in
New York City. She was also featured in a segment of the series Living the Wiccan Life produced by The
Witch School.[10] She presented a weekly "herb report" for WRSI radio in
Greenfield, MA, and was featured in a documentary about Druids on
A&E Television’s The Unexplained (Sacred Societies, February 1999).[7]
Books
1992 – Tree Medicine, Tree Magic. Illustrated by Diana Green. Seattle, WA: Phoenix Publishing.
ISBN0-919345-55-7
2001 – Being a Pagan: Druids, Wiccans, and Witches Today (with Lawrence Bond). (Revision of People of the Earth: The New Pagans Speak Out) Destiny Books.
ISBN0-89281-904-9
2008 – Priestess of the Forest: A Druid Journey. Llewellyn Publications.
ISBN978-0-7387-1262-8
2008 – A Druids Herbal of Sacred Tree Medicine. Inner Traditions International.
ISBN978-1-59477-230-6
Dougherty, Anne Kathleen (December 11, 2004) Herbal Voices: American Herbalism Through the Words of American Herbalists (pgs 217–226) Routledge
ISBN0789022044,
ISBN978-0789022042