Tag: ADF
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April Tumult & the Birth of New Myth
April was a month of great change and upheaval. Perhaps I’ve been holding on to Winter, and all that it represents, and the Gods would have no more of it. Or, it could be the result of cosmic forces; a planet gone retrograde, or some other unseen spirit. I cannot say. All I know is […]
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I Think I Saw A Goddess
In front of me stood a large tree, next to which was a stone well (not unlike the one I’d seen at the holy site in County Kildare). Between these two sat a third.
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Ghosti!
At the moment of surrender, when all seemed lost, I experienced a new kind of connection to the Gods. It’s what the Druids call, “Ghosti”.
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Tree Roots and Druid Groups
The question is, must I be a strict adherent to any one of these traditions in order to accomplish that? Can I be an ADF member, following through on my commitment to the Dedicant Path, while still harboring this love for the Druid Revivalists and their modern spiritual offspring?
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A Weiser Win, and a Welcome To New Readers
This morning I received a sweet note in my Facebook inbox from “Ankhie”, the Weiser Books web guru. She wrote to inform me that my post, “In the beginning, there was Weiser…” was selected as the winner of the Weiser Books 100th Blog Post Challenge.
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A Beautiful Noise
This mashup of religious expression is coming from a sincere place, and I believe sincerity to be the most important ingredient in one’s religious life.
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On Meditation and Devotion: Weeks 10, 11, & 12
March has been quite productive. Spring is definitely upon us! I’ve been working away from home for over half of the month, relying heavily on my portable altar for morning worship.
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The Doing of the Details: Ostara 2011
Worship must be more than role-play. I believe that effective group worship must be an engaging act that seeks to unite the people present in a common mind for a common purpose.
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On Meditation and Devotion: Weeks 7, 8, and 9
I think it is time for me to return to the DP material and search out techniques to control my mind. It’s time to bring more mental discipline into my practice.
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A Response to “Omens and Tarot”
This post is a response to the blog post “Omens and Tarot”, posted yesterday on Grey Wren’s Flight (http://greywren.wordpress.com)
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The Kindred Speak Through the Tarot
I don’t normally share the details of my daily meditation outside of one of my weekly recaps. But today, I’m making an exception.
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On Meditation and Devotion: Weeks 5 & 6
My daily devotional and my periodic, but often powerful meditative work, have become a central part of my life. For this reason, I feel blessed.
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Prose or Poetry?
A question for all my fellow ADF’ers: What if I prepared my Dedicant Path submissions on the High Days as poems instead of the traditional prose/academic model? I could still site references (which could be kinda cool, actually – my poems would have footnotes!), and it would allow me to engage with the assigned writing […]
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My Heart Is Your Hearth: Imbolc 2011
Imbolc is a High Day where we acknowledge and honor Brighid, yes. But, I think it is also an opportunity to acknowledge and honor all of the qualities which She represents in us.
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My Portable Altar
I’m ok with taking a pause from academia. But, worship? Worship goes with.
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On Meditation and Devotion: Week 4
The second in a series of posts that serve to summarize my daily experiences during meditation and devotional rituals.
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History Waits… The Gods Call!
History was never my forte, and my getting older hasn’t changed that much. Now, religion and philosophy? I can dig into some religion and philosophy.
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Advice From The Otherworld
An unannounced visit from a relative can be jarring. Especially when they’re dead.
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On Meditation and Devotion: Weeks 1 through 3
Ideally, this series of posts, “On Meditation and Devotion” will come weekly, and serve to summarize the daily entries I keep in my hand-written journal.