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Articles

Cosmology & Ritual Structure

  • Breaking Away from the Earth Mother/Sky Father Binary

Spirit Relationships

  • Explaining the Patron vs Devotee Relationship
  • Devotee vs. Patron
  • The *ghosti of Our Own Druidry

Magic

  • Crafting a Magical Working
  • Making Sacred Ink
  • Magic in ADF Ritual
  • Solar Eclipse 2017 Sigil Work

Leadership

  • Thoughts on Ethics & Virtues
  • Things No One Told You About Being a Priest
  • Let’s Talk Vocation: Mentoring
  • Leaders Are Always Growing
  • What Makes a Good Leader in ADF?

Pagan Parenting

  • Pagan Parenting: How to Find the Time
  • Raising Pagan Children: Two Years In
  • A Little Oaks Samhain

Workshop Notes

  • “A Voice at the Fire: Invitations to the Spirits” Workshop Outline
  • “Mentoring Matters: Cultivating Trees for Our Forest” Handout

Personal Practice

  • I am an Initiate.  This is what I do.
  • Revisiting the Home Shrine Essay
  • Grief is…

Bardic Work

  • Immortality through Bardry
  • Playing at the Dublin Irish Festival
  • The Love of the Sea and the Moon (story)
  • How Jack-o’-Lanterns Keep the Tricksy Spirits Away (story)

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ADF Priest Blogs & Websites

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Hellenic Links

  • Beginners Guide to Hellenismos
  • Hellenic Calendar (HMEPA)
  • Hellenion Calendar
  • Hellenion's Temenos
  • The Orphic Hymns
  • Works of Callimachus

Pagan Links

  • Chaos Matrix
  • Conference on Pagan Studies
  • The Agora
  • The Pomegranate
  • The Sigil Workshop
  • We Are Star Stuff
  • Witch Vox

Religious Orgs

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  • Elaion
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  • Order of Bards, Ovates, & Druids
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  • The Troth

ADF Member Blogs & Websites

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  • Cardinal & Locust Mike Bierschenk
  • Ceisiwr Serith
  • Fire, Well, and Tree Leesa’s Musings
  • Jason's Dedicant Work Jason Wills
  • MAGpies Prairie Tidings Mountain Ancestors Grove Blog
  • Musings of a Queer Pagan Ashton
  • Mythical Magpie Traci A
  • Nemeton Dumnonantu Trevor Hanson (Trebomâros Auigani)
  • River Crow River
  • Rooted Flame Dr. Amy Gorniak
  • Roving the Two Lands Claire
  • The Ditzy Druid Grey Catsidhe
  • The Joy of Thex Thexalon
  • Werkelwald Birgit Reinartz
  • World Tree Heritage Jacque Composanto

Podcasts & Videos

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  • Druids in Cars, Going to Festival
  • Tea With Druids

Pagan Children's Resources

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Pagan Blogs

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  • Rev. Chelly Couvrette
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