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The ADF PodcastEPISODE 1- 2nd Annual ADF AwardsJosh and Shea reconnect after a long NFL season to crown this year's ADF Award winners. The hosts also talk about what to expect out of Harper and the Phils and a Premier League update on Shea's beloved Blades. Be sure to watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/P6sijgljiP0 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-adf-podcast/support
2024-02-2045 minDruids In Cars, Going To Festivals
Druids In Cars, Going To FestivalsEpisode 119 - The Role of the BardToday, Rev. Avende and our Grove Bard, Mike Bierschenk, travel out to Harvest Nights and bring you along in the car with them, as they discuss the role of the Bard in Three Cranes Grove, ADF, and in ritual in general. Both have served in the role for our Grove, and both have brought their own magical touch to the work. Find us on Facebook, check us out at threecranes.org, and learn more about Druidry at adf.org.
2023-10-1226 minThe ADF Podcast
The ADF PodcastS2 E6- Going YardJosh and Shea talk about what position each Phillies player would play in football. We provide our weekly picks, player of the week, and induct 2 players to the ADF Hall of Fame. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-adf-podcast/support
2023-09-1939 minThe ADF Podcast
The ADF PodcastS2 E5- The North Dakota BoysJosh and Shea talk about what’s next for Trey Lance and Carson Wentz. We also talk Rams without Kupp, named the ADF Player of the Week, and gave our Prime Time Pick’ems for Week 2 of the NFL. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-adf-podcast/support
2023-09-1237 minThe ADF Podcast
The ADF PodcastS2 E1- The NorthsJosh and Shea kick off season 2 of the ADF Podcast by discussing the AFC and NFC North. LINKS: https://linktr.ee/ADFPodcast --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-adf-podcast/support
2023-08-1535 minDruids In Cars, Going To Festivals
Druids In Cars, Going To FestivalsEpisode 115 - Managing the Magical: The WorkingThe Summerland Festival is next week, August 17-20, 2023, near Yellow Springs, Ohio! As of publication, you can still register! This week is the final of five episodes we recoded back-to-back about "Managing the Magical," or how we do magical work in certain sections of our rituals. We'll talk about what we consider the "big magical workings" in ADF ritual, the history behind those sections, and how they came to be part of our liturgy, before diving deeply into how we actually do these ritual parts. This week is all about "The Working," which sounds ominous...
2023-08-1020 minDruids In Cars, Going To Festivals
Druids In Cars, Going To FestivalsEpisode 114 - Managing the Magical: The Return FlowHave you registered for the Summerland Festival August 17-20, 2023, near Yellow Springs, Ohio? You should! Come meet us! This week is the fourth of five episodes we recoded back-to-back about "Managing the Magical," or how we do magical work in certain sections of our rituals. We'll talk about what we consider the "big magical workings" in ADF ritual, the history behind those sections, and how they came to be part of our liturgy, before diving deeply into how we actually do these ritual parts. This week is all about the Return Flow (in all its...
2023-08-0348 minDruids In Cars, Going To Festivals
Druids In Cars, Going To FestivalsEpisode 113- Managing the Magical: Taking OmensHave you registered for the Summerland Festival August 17-20, 2023, near Yellow Springs, Ohio? You should! Come meet us! This week is the third of five episodes we recoded back-to-back about "Managing the Magical," or how we do magical work in certain sections of our rituals. We'll talk about what we consider the "big magical workings" in ADF ritual, the history behind those sections, and how they came to be part of our liturgy, before diving deeply into how we actually do these ritual parts. This week is all about taking omens, how we do it...
2023-07-2747 minDruids In Cars, Going To Festivals
Druids In Cars, Going To FestivalsEpisode 112- Managing the Magical: Opening the GatesWe're a month out from Summerland! Consider coming out to the Summerland Festival August 17-20, 2023, in near Yellow Springs, Ohio! This week is the second of five episodes we recoded back-to-back about "Managing the Magical," or how we do magical work in certain sections of our rituals. We'll talk about what we consider the "big magical workings" in ADF ritual, the history behind those sections, and how they came to be part of our liturgy, before diving deeply into how we actually do these ritual parts. This week is all about good gatekeepers and their...
2023-07-2039 minDruids In Cars, Going To Festivals
Druids In Cars, Going To FestivalsEpisode 106 - Burnout and Pagan Leadership"Good leaders spread everything, from wealth to work." Talking about the commitments we make as clergy and leaders in our work, we turned on the recorder so others could sit in. We spoke about how burnout impacts us, and how we avoid it (when we're able to). In particular, a lot of our discussion talks about our responsibility as current leaders to create space for new blood and how to deal with the parts of our work as leaders that just don't feed us (spoiler alert: it's delegation, boundaries, and trust). Interested in that short...
2023-06-0120 minDruids In Cars, Going To Festivals
Druids In Cars, Going To FestivalsEpisode 105: Goal-Oriented Ritual PlanningOn our way to the Three Cranes Grove, ADF, annual liturgical planning meeting, Rev. Dangler hit Rev. Avende with a random question when they got in the car: do you set goals for your ritual year? We talk about what we expect on the planning side of things as we get into it, ways we look for balance, and things we want to look back on and consider as we move forward. We might have gotten a little ahead of ourselves since this would have been great content for the actual meeting, but hey, at least we recorded it...
2023-05-1918 minThe ADF Podcast
The ADF PodcastS1 E27- THE ADF AWARDSThe boys recap a great season by hosting the 1st annual ADF award ceremony. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-adf-podcast/support
2023-03-0138 minThe ADF Podcast
The ADF PodcastADF AWARDS ANNOUNCEMENTLINK TO VOTE: https://forms.gle/5thgax9M1WZoa3vcA --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-adf-podcast/support
2023-02-2204 minThe ADF Podcast
The ADF PodcastS1 E26- The Grand FinaleShea and Josh talk about the Super Bowl and talk about the ADF Awards coming up in just a few weeks! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-adf-podcast/support
2023-02-1522 minThe ADF Podcast
The ADF PodcastS1 E19- Presidents PodJosh and Shea talk about what position some of the presidents would play if they were in the NFL today. Happy Holidays from the ADF Family. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-adf-podcast/support
2022-12-2141 minThe ADF Podcast
The ADF PodcastS1 E4- ADF Pod Fantasy Draft Recap with Chad RomoThe boys sit down with there first in studio guest, Chad Romo, to discuss the annual ADF Pod Draft results. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-adf-podcast/support
2022-09-0256 minDruids In Cars, Going To Festivals
Druids In Cars, Going To FestivalsEpisode 98 - Druidry and Our WorkToday we're talking about what Druidry is, and discuss the impacts of using the word "Druid" as ADF members. Spoiler alert: Rev. Avende hates it. We talk about the terms we could use instead, working both forward from our base practice, and backwards from the terms we have available. If you've ever been annoyed by the way ADF Druids use the word "Druid," this episode is for you. You may also want to check out our first season "Space Druidry" bonus episode. If you have a better word than anything we...
2022-06-3032 minDruids In Cars, Going To Festivals
Druids In Cars, Going To FestivalsEpisode 96 - Working in Unfamiliar Hearth CulturesBecause of the way that ADF is structured as a pan-Indo-European organization, it's entirely possible to come to ritual at your local Grove and experience ritual in a culture you're unfamiliar with, or (if you're clergy or an initiate) be asked even to write a ritual for others. We'll talk a bit about how we research and write the rituals as ADF Priests first, and then talk a bit about how we, as attendees, approach a ritual where we are strangers to the spirits that are honored. For "Circles of Concentration" work, see Rev. Kirk...
2022-06-1632 minDruids In Cars, Going To Festivals
Druids In Cars, Going To FestivalsEpisode 94 - A Wellspring 2022 ReviewOn the way home from Wellspring, though they were not driving together, Rev. Avende and Rev. Dangler stopped at a rest stop and caught up to remember the event. Held each Memorial Day weekend in northeast Ohio, The Wellspring Gathering is also the ADF annual meeting and this year, site of our Archdruid reinstallation and an ADF Initiation. We got to meet new people and visit with old friends, and try out new camping gear.  The Bards of Three Cranes Grove, ADF, played quite a lot of music at the bardic night, and we even gave our o...
2022-06-0215 minDruids In Cars, Going To Festivals
Druids In Cars, Going To FestivalsEpisode 92 - Making Group Rituals WorkToday, we talk about how we've made group ritual work, including some tips about both online rituals and in-person rituals. We've had a lot of different strategies over the past 20 years here in Three Cranes Grove, ADF, and exploring what worked and what didn't as we've been planning, and what to do when things go wrong (on either a large scale, or a small one). We also talk about how to follow a lead in ritual, the benefits of trusting your fellow ritualists, building enthusiasm, and Rev. Avende's work that they call, "Performing the Bardic Lasso." 3...
2022-05-1927 minDruids In Cars, Going To Festivals
Druids In Cars, Going To FestivalsEpisode 87 - How We Prepare Our Festival WorkshopsWe're back, and we think the festival season is too! Our first episode was recorded at the end of last year's (super short) festival season, on our way out to Harvest Nights in October... so when we talk about the fall color, this is why. Trillium didn't end up happening this year (it's usually where we start our season), but we're starting our season around the time of Trillium anyway for tradition's sake, in the hopes that we'll have that event again soon. We decided to start with this episode because, with the...
2022-04-1430 minDruids In Cars, Going To Festivals
Druids In Cars, Going To FestivalsEpisode 83 - Reflections on Hybrid Ritual (and: On The Road Again!)We're back on the road, going to a festival, meaning that your friendly, chatty Druids are back in the full swing of the work. We recorded enough episodes to finish out the rest of the season on our way to Harvest Nights, and to provide a head start into next season as well, so get ready for regular episodes to return starting this week until the break! This week, we're talking about what it's been like to do hybrid rituals (partially private and in-person, partially public and over web conferencing software). Back in Episode 70, we described what...
2021-11-0421 minDruids In Cars, Going To Festivals
Druids In Cars, Going To FestivalsEpisode 81 - Magical Work-Life BalanceFinally on our way to and from a festival, even it it was virtual, Revs. Avende and Dangler are on their way out to the site of our broadcasted Summerland Unity Rite for a Druid Moon, and they spend some time discussing how they balance the religious and magical lives they lead with their mundane lives. They also get stuck in traffic at a tomato festival, because, well, what's life without a little unplanned weirdness. Summerland was great, though all online. If you're interested in a great online festival experience, we'll recommend Beyond the Gates...
2021-08-1924 minDruids In Cars, Going To Festivals
Druids In Cars, Going To FestivalsEpisode 80 - Travel Spirits, Stopovers, and the Spirit of Couch SurfingWe sit down to discuss the sorts of things we seek out when we travel: the weird religious sites, the haunted tunnels, and the wonderful hospitality of our friends. And, of course, there's an off-the-cuff prayer to the Spirit of Couch Surfing, a solid contestant for patron of this podcast. We recorded this not in cars, but during a local, non-Pagan travel event we were both involved in. But there's way more to come. So, find us on Facebook, check us out at Threecranes.org, and learn more about Druidry at adf.org.
2021-07-2224 minDruids In Cars, Going To Festivals
Druids In Cars, Going To FestivalsEpisode 79 - Spirituality and ReligionToday, we took a listener question from an OBOD listener who wanted to know our take on the differences between spirituality and religion. We start with some dictionary definitions and work our way through our own experiences. This discussion sort of takes off from some of the ideas about orthopraxy in our previous episode, so you might be interested to tune in there as well, though this episode certainly stands alone. If you want to hear more about this idea that "Practice Begets Belief," you can find a 2012 podcast MJD did with BT Newberg over...
2021-07-1515 minDruids In Cars, Going To Festivals
Druids In Cars, Going To FestivalsEpisode 78 - Orthodoxy, Orthopraxy, and OrthoskhesisToday, we get a new vocabulary word in "orthoskhesis," a word meaning "right relationship" (versus "right belief" with orthodoxy, or "right practice" with orthopraxy). We talk a bit about how we might use this in the way we think about Druidry and Paganism in general, and about how we can be not only in a right relationship, but also in a wrong relationship (spoiler alert: it's mostly "can I set healthy boundaries?"). If you're interested in the Greekies mentioned toward the end of the discussion, you can get a look at them at The Magical Druid.
2021-07-0124 minDruids In Cars, Going To Festivals
Druids In Cars, Going To FestivalsEpisode 77 -The Sensory Experience of RitualTwo weeks ago, in Episode 75 (s4Ep8), we spoke a bit about the sensory experiences of our work as it related directly to our stoles, sickles, and other physical items we work with; last week, we went through a Dairy Queen drive-thru and had a tasty episode. Today, we wanted to dive deeper into how we experience ritual in a very physical, sensory way. We walk through the Five Senses we learned as kids in school (touch, hearing, seeing, taste, and smell), and then we also talk about three additional senses that are less well-known: our vestibular...
2021-06-2448 minDruids In Cars, Going To Festivals
Druids In Cars, Going To FestivalsEpisode 76 - Retaining Sanity and Practice In a PandemicToday, we take a special break and do a special trip suggested by one of our listeners, and we talk about how we retained our sanity and practice in a global pandemic. There's a lot of chat about tech, ritual and work, and building physical connections in the absence of physical presence. We even talk about some of our favorite Patreons, like DandelionLady, Firesighted, and TheLatestKate (and of course you can also check out Rev. Avende's and Rev. Dangler's as well). We also talk about how we've navigated the reopening process as a Grove and as individuals.
2021-06-1729 minDruids In Cars, Going To Festivals
Druids In Cars, Going To FestivalsEpisode 75 - Drawing Out the Voice of the FolkWe took a week off and (virtually) attended Wellspring last weekend, and we had a good time. But we're back! Learn the secret of the Stoles of the Priests of ADF, and why we do the weird things we do with them in ritual when a new priest is ordained. Then, hear us absolutely fail to recall some prayers we speak before every right because we don't have our stoles with us. We talk a little bit about how our physical actions inform our religious work and expression, and about what it's like to work...
2021-06-0326 minDruids In Cars, Going To Festivals
Druids In Cars, Going To FestivalsEpisode 74 - Comfort, Creativity, and ComebacksWe answer some reader mail this week, discussing how we find comfort in the work we do, seek creativity, and come back around to the ways that we worked before the pandemic. How do we manage projects, what processes have we fallen out of (and back into) during the pandemic, and what ways do we see forward as things trend back toward some definition of "normal?" If you want to check out the Virtual Wellspring event this year, you can find it and register at http://stonecreed.org/wellspring Find us on Facebook...
2021-05-2020 minDruids In Cars, Going To Festivals
Druids In Cars, Going To FestivalsEpisode 73 - Building ConnectionsToday, we talk about our connections to the natural world, to each other, and to the Spirits. We talk about how we build these sorts of relationships, as well as first fruit offerings, and building boundaries in those relationships. We also want to remind you that we'd love to hear from you with topics: shoot us a note at druidsincars@threecranes.org Find us on Facebook, check out our Grove at Threecranes.org, and learn more about Druidry at adf.org.
2021-05-1322 minDruids In Cars, Going To Festivals
Druids In Cars, Going To FestivalsEpisode 72 - Healing Deities and SpiritsToday we take another walk through the woods and speak about healing spirits and deities: how we connect with them, how we experience them, and what it's like to reach out to one. We reference a few external items, so we want to add those to the show notes as well: Episode 23 of this podcast is about "Magic That Works," and it discusses the referenced fertility cheese and teething spells. Episode 48 isn't directly referenced, but it discusses the differences between Theurgy and Thaumaturgy. Rev. Dangler's presentation on Magic and Healing at Ohio State can be found...
2021-05-0619 minDruids In Cars, Going To Festivals
Druids In Cars, Going To FestivalsEpisode 71 - Liminal SpacesLiminal spaces are points or areas that are "betwixt and between" states. On foot today, we wandered past a bog, and it got us thinking about the sorts of places we've encountered that were "in between" different experiences, and what it's like to work through them, and visit them. There's a bit of travel remembrance and a bit of travel planning that goes on, too! A couple of worthwhile notes on this episode: At one point, one of our microphones drops out, so there's a quality change in the last half of the episode. The lyric...
2021-04-2919 minDruids In Cars, Going To Festivals
Druids In Cars, Going To FestivalsEpisode 70 - Hybrid Experimentation: A Pandemic Ritual RecoveryThis past weekend, Three Cranes Grove, ADF, took our first steps toward reopening our public ritual practice: we conducted a small, semi-private hybrid ritual, where folks attended in person (masked and socially distanced) and remotely. On their way out to our Cutios (Rain Moon) ritual, Revs. Avende and Dangler discussed their preparations, and the basics of the setup for the ritual, along with what they hoped it would be like. Then, on the way back, they looked a bit critically at what worked, and what they found most interesting about the format after being away from public...
2021-04-2226 minDruids In Cars, Going To Festivals
Druids In Cars, Going To FestivalsEpisode 69 - Ritual PreparationHow do we start preparing for ritual, in both physical and spiritual ways? How is it different for us when we do group ritual and persona ritual? How can we simplify it and make it easier to get out the door, even in these weird pandemic times? Today, we take a walk in the woods, as there aren't quite festivals to go to yet in our cars, and go over how we prep for various ritual scenarios. It was a good conversation that has us ready for more. Find us on Facebook, check us out...
2021-04-1525 minDruids In Cars, Going To Festivals
Druids In Cars, Going To FestivalsEpisode 68 - The Flame in the SnowSeason 4 is upon us! While there aren't festivals to go to (yet), we're planning and plotting for our coming season. At our Grove's annual Anagantios (Stay-At-Home Moon) rite, Revs. Dangler and Avende traveled out to their members with a slightly altered version of our usual rite. The discussion ranges from experiences of the pandemic year, the updates we've made to our practice, and the joy of doing the work, even in this strange time. This year's Anagantios rite had some last-minute changes thanks to some rather inclement weather (remember that blizzard that flowed through the US in...
2021-03-1920 minDruids In Cars, Going To Festivals
Druids In Cars, Going To FestivalsEpisode 67 - Season 3 Finale: Our Pandemic YearIt's been a year, hasn't it? We reflect on the past year of not being in cars, and pretty much not going to festivals, and talk about our content, where we've been, and where we're going. Mostly, though, we talk about the projects that got us through the past season, and what worked, and what didn't. There's a lot of stuff mentioned in this episode, so this description is going to be a bit of a linkbomb. If you can't click the links in your favorite podcast app, head over to http://druidsincars.podbean.com...
2020-10-0818 minDruids In Cars, Going To Festivals
Druids In Cars, Going To FestivalsEpisode 66 - Multifaith Families, Teaching Our Kids, and Growing Our FamiliesAt Harvest Nights 2019, Rev. Avende sat down with Rev. Pezza, offering a window into some household practices including kids, and the impact of multifaith relationships on how we raise our kids. They also touch briefly on how ritual connects with kids coming into Deaf culture. Find us on Facebook, visit us at threecranes.org, and learn more about Druidry at adf.org.
2020-09-1824 minDruids In Cars, Going To Festivals
Druids In Cars, Going To FestivalsEpisode 65 - Let's Talk About Trance (a slaphappy chat)What is "Orange?" Sometime after midnight, on the dark roads of Ohio in October 2019 returning from the Harvest Nights Gathering, we recorded a fairly slap-happy episode to keep ourselves awake. Our topic? Trancework. Our conversation? Wide-ranging and unfiltered. Our advice? Sometimes questionable. But we talk a lot about what works for us in trancework and what doesn't, and how we manage to achieve and understand our experiences. This is the last recording we did going to (or from) a festival in 2019 (don't worry, we have a bit more content coming this season). This...
2020-09-0420 minDruids In Cars, Going To Festivals
Druids In Cars, Going To FestivalsEpisode 64 - Our Reasons For PriestingRevs. Avende and Dangler talk about their experiences of being priests in a variety of ways, focusing in on why they are priests, what it is that fulfills their vocation, and what it's like to have resonance between calls. It's a very late-night episode, full of weird metaphors and attempts at description, but also strangely coherent for the time it was recorded. We're approaching the end of the Festival Season That Wasn't, and are remarkably still running off of last year's recorded sessions. We want to thank you for riding along with us, and listening throughout this ti...
2020-08-2722 minDruids In Cars, Going To Festivals
Druids In Cars, Going To FestivalsEpisode 63 - Patrons Part 2: Patrons, and How To End a RelationshipContinuing on from last week's discussion, we talk about what it's like to end a relationship with a spirit that has meant a great deal to you. Not every being who walks with us for a time is there for all our time, and that is okay. Hear our personal experiences with ending our patronage relationships, and what sorts of things we did to ensure that the relationships were ended in ways that allowed us to continue moving on. Find us on Facebook, learn more about us at ThreeCranes.Org, and learn more about Druidry at adf...
2020-08-2017 minDruids In Cars, Going To Festivals
Druids In Cars, Going To FestivalsEpisode 62 - Patrons Part 1: Patrons, and How To Find ThemSummerland 2020 is here! We're still in a socially distant world that doesn't let us come together in person for festivals, but you should know that Summerland is THIS WEEKEND, August 14-15, 2020, and we're hosting it virtually. You can still register, and some of it is FREE. Check out threecranes.org/summerland and catch us for a good ritual and some workshops! As we got to the end of our long drive home from Harvest Nights, we worked through one of our most often requested topics: the patronage of deities and spirits. We spoke about our...
2020-08-1322 minDruids In Cars, Going To Festivals
Druids In Cars, Going To FestivalsEpisode 61 - Refill the Cup, Rekindle the Flame"You cannot serve from an empty cup," and "A buried wick gives no light." Today we talk about how we manage burnout, and how we learn to recharge. It's a short conversation, but an important one about self care that we all need to have, no matter our role in the work. Find us on Facebook, visit us at threecranes.org/podcast, and learn more about Druidry at adf.org.
2020-08-0612 minDruids In Cars, Going To Festivals
Druids In Cars, Going To FestivalsEpisode 60 - Honoring Your Unknown AncestorsUpdated Episode! There was some sort of error with the original upload: we've replaced the file and the file works now!   How do you honor ancestors you never met, and never heard stories about? How do you connect to ancestor work if you're adopted? What are some strategies for managing our connections to family we might find problematic in our history? We talk about how we build connections through story and tradition, and what has created a depth of memory and family for us.   Find us on Facebook, check us out at...
2020-07-3018 minDruids In Cars, Going To Festivals
Druids In Cars, Going To FestivalsEpisode 59 - The Hearth Keeper's WayLast year, ADF introduced a new program for learning and building a Druidic practice at your hearth, called The Hearth Keeper's Way. Rev. Avende is one of the authors of that program, and we wanted to share some basics with you.   The best part: the program is public and you don't have to be an ADF member to access it and see if it's a good fit for you.   We talk about what the program is, who wrote it, and how it was tested during creation. You can find the Hearth Ke...
2020-07-2419 minDruids In Cars, Going To Festivals
Druids In Cars, Going To FestivalsEpisode 58 - We Need an Old Priest and a New PriestThere's a lot of difference in how different priests experience priesting. We talk about what we've learned from each other, how we interact as co-priests in a Grove, and how we build our work both together and as individuals. We also talk a lot about how we've intentionally built the culture of trust in our Grove as well. Find us on Facebook, check us out at threecranes.org/podcast, or learn more about Druidry at adf.org.
2020-07-1621 minDruids In Cars, Going To Festivals
Druids In Cars, Going To FestivalsEpisode 57 - Falling Off the Study HorseWe all fall off the horse from time to time, especially when it comes to study and the "homework" portion of our "religion with homework." Today, we talk about how we get back onto the path of study when we've had issues doing the work we wanted to finish. Strategies for organization, accountability, and mutual checkins are covered, and we talk a bit about the tools we've created to help others get through. We mostly talk about ADF study programs, but you can apply a lot of this to any sort of independent study.
2020-07-1017 minDruids In Cars, Going To Festivals
Druids In Cars, Going To FestivalsEpisode 56 - Sliding Into Your DMs (as Priests)Priesting has a lot of strange things, and today we're going to talk about how we slide into your DMs ("direct messages") as Priests. Weird as that may sound, a large part of our work is built around personal connections, and those connections require extra steps and deeper work than the superficial feelings of connection we obtain from social media. In our modern world of social interaction, there are a lot of ways to think we are connecting with others, but often those processes do not actually build connection with another person; they sometimes just make us...
2020-06-2523 minDruids In Cars, Going To Festivals
Druids In Cars, Going To FestivalsEpisode 55 - Encouraging Consent CultureHow do you build positive cultures within a working group? We talk a bit about how Three Cranes Grove, ADF, builds consent culture. We also talk a bit about our local culture of trust, and how we apply these things to initiations and other religious events. Rev. Avende and Rev. Dangler both took a consent culture course through Cherry Hill Seminary (which all of ADF's clergy have now taken as well), and the discussion moves a bit through how we took the class and applied it to our work within the Grove. For the Tea...
2020-06-1822 minDruids In Cars, Going To Festivals
Druids In Cars, Going To FestivalsEpisode 54 - Synthesizing Experience and LoreHow do you navigate your personal experiences and the lore of ancient Pagans? We'll explore the interplay of ancient lore and unverified personal gnosis (also called "UPG"). We talk a bit about how we developed some of our Grove traditions, drawing items out of the lore and iconography of Gaul and into our modern practice. We even get a bit into "Shared Personal Gnosis" and a new concept, "Singularly Attributed Gnosis," or "SAG." You can find a bit of an expansion on the concept of SAG on Rev. Dangler's YouTube page. Rev. Avende's...
2020-06-1120 minDruids In Cars, Going To Festivals
Druids In Cars, Going To FestivalsEpisode 53 - Prayer In Times Of FearToday, we're not in cars or headed to a festival, but we're walking together in the woods, socially distanced, and discussing how we pray in a time of fear. There's a lot going on in the world today, and sometimes it's hard to keep being there for others, to pray for them and with them. We talk about some of our strategies, projects, and pain in this walk in the woods. Also, if you need a nice change of pace, on June 7, 2020, Rev. Avende will be hosting a ritual in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, that we will...
2020-06-0417 minDruids In Cars, Going To Festivals
Druids In Cars, Going To FestivalsS3 Bonus Meditations 03 - A Walk In The WoodsToday, we took a walk in the woods, and we wanted to invite you along. Join us for this entirely unscripted, shared meditation. We needed our centers today, and we know you do too, so we recorded this just hours before this was released. This is also our first bit of work with new equipment, so it might be a bit rough, but that's part of what makes it joyful. Find your center, and walk with us. Find us on Facebook, donate at threecranes.org/donate, and learn more about Druidry at adf...
2020-06-0207 minDruids In Cars, Going To Festivals
Druids In Cars, Going To FestivalsEpisode 52 - You Are Pagan EnoughThis episode is all about finding the ways that your work is enough. We talk about the process of comparing your work to the work of others, what it's like to redefine "doing enough" in your own work, and the illusion of "I-have-it-together-ness" that social media can create. What everyone does in their personal practice has to be just that: personal. We bring up a number of ideas about how we keep doing the work, and how we help ourselves feel like we're doing the work, which is almost as important as actually doing the work.
2020-05-2825 minDruids In Cars, Going To Festivals
Druids In Cars, Going To FestivalsEpisode 51 - We Do ONE Stupid Dawn Rite, And...It's true, we did just one stupid dawn rite at Harvest Nights, and here we are, waking up a dawn again, like ya do. Occasionally, we're asked at festivals to run a dawn ritual, and we love to do it. But neither of us had been maintaining a personal practice recently for this work... but they quickly found out how quickly it can rekindle such a practice if you step back into it on accident. We both work with Uṣás in our religious work, and it surprised us in that not-so-surprising way that the Spi...
2020-05-2108 minDruids In Cars, Going To Festivals
Druids In Cars, Going To FestivalsS3 Bonus Meditation 01 - A Hearth Keeper's Two PowersOne of the things that Rev. Avende and Rev. Dangler have been talking about (not in cars, not going to festivals, but otuside of that) is the lack of connection that social distancing and stay-at-home experiences can have on folks. So, for a while, we're going to offer meditations on this podcast every Tuesday for a while, upping our content so that folks at home can seek better connections in this disconnected time. Drawn from the ADF Hearth Keeper's Way, our first meditation is a simple Two Powers. You can find the script on the ADF webiste...
2020-05-1908 minDruids In Cars, Going To Festivals
Druids In Cars, Going To FestivalsEpisode 50 - Marking the Seasons, Marking TimeWe all experience the same seasons and the same cycles, but we perceive them in different ways: markers are personal, special, and different depending on how we interact with those cycles and seasons, and today we talk a bit about how we mark the passage of time as Pagans. This is our 50th regular episode, and we have some new things on the horizon: look for a new segment next week, releasing on Tuesdays. Find us on Facebook, check us out at threecranes.org/podcast, and learn more about Druidry at adf.org.
2020-05-1421 minDruids In Cars, Going To Festivals
Druids In Cars, Going To FestivalsEpisode 49 - Seeking Truth in Vision, Dreams, and DivinationWhat happens when your vision or your divination doesn't come to pass? There are a lot of things that happen in our Vision Eye, and oracles of cards and runes or of strange earthly perfumes give us many notions of what might come to pass. In today's episode, we have a wide-ranging conversation about the many ways that vision can be obtained, and talk about how to discern symbols and their meanings in the face of experience and our lives. Special in this episode, we hit a New England toll both, and there is a "...
2020-05-0728 minDruids In Cars, Going To Festivals
Druids In Cars, Going To FestivalsEpisode 48 - Piety and Magical Work - TheurgyTheurgy! We discuss how our piety and our magical work intersect, and how the relationships we build deepen and build our work. We talk a bit about the differences between Theurgy and Thaumaturgy, some of the academic reactions to theurgic magic, and the place of hierophany (and epiphany of the sacred) in our work. Also, here's a link to an article mentioned: "Why Chaos Magicians Are Such A**holes"   As always, you can find us on Facebook, donate at Threecranes.org/Donate, and learn more about Druidry at adf.org
2020-04-3020 minDruids In Cars, Going To Festivals
Druids In Cars, Going To FestivalsEpisode 47 - Tools, Their Uses, and How We Work With ThemDo you need to have tools to do our work? What kinds of tools should you have? What kinds of tools have we always heard we'd need, and never found a use for?   We discuss making tools, trading tools, and the types of tools that we work with. We talk about how we choose how to create tools, and our processes for that creation.  Of particular interest in this discussion is the co-creation of our bell branches at Summerland 2019.     [If you can't see the image of the sickle and bell branch discussed in this episode, visit us on Podbean to see...
2020-04-2228 minDruids In Cars, Going To Festivals
Druids In Cars, Going To FestivalsEpisode 46 - Funerals & Death ExperiencesAnother content warning this week, where we talk about the process of working funerals, including some discussion of funerals for pets, children, and miscarriages. It's not the bulk of the episode, but it's not insignificant. How we wish we were going to Trillium this year, but we're not, alas. This is another episode from recording on our way to Harvest Nights Gathering last year. We often say, "Priestwork is marrying and burying people," so today's episode is the other side of the coin from last week. We talk about the planning process, the variety of...
2020-04-1620 minDruids In Cars, Going To Festivals
Druids In Cars, Going To FestivalsEpisode 45 - Weddings: Scripting & StoriesFirst, a quick warning: we know a lot of folks have had to postpone weddings in our current situation; this episode is very much about the joy of creating, planning, and working weddings, so we want you to know about this episode's content, since it can be pretty fresh for some folks. That said, though this was recorded before our current Stay-At-Home life, we did talk about how to manage people who cannot be present at a wedding, whether because they are ancestors, or perhaps they are unable to come (around the 29:30 mark). We hope you're able to join...
2020-04-0934 minDruids In Cars, Going To Festivals
Druids In Cars, Going To FestivalsEpisode 44 - How Do I Pagan Better?There are lots of things that we can all do to improve our work. Rev. Avende and Rev. Dangler tackle some of their own internal critiques and bounce ideas off of each other. They discuss what they feel they can get better at in ritual, and offer solutions to each other as well. Recorded on the way to Harvest Nights Gathering in 2019 (and dealing with tolls along the way), we are back in full swing for the festival season, even if the festival season is mostly delayed due to Stay-At-Home orders. We're here for you, though, and...
2020-04-0220 minDruids In Cars, Going To Festivals
Druids In Cars, Going To FestivalsEpisode 43 - Season 3 Intro: An Essential MissionYou may have heard by now that most of the early season festivals have been cancelled, including the Trillium Gathering, where we usually start our season. Well, it turns out that even though we can't actually go to festivals, we recorded a large number of episodes on the way to Harvest Nights Gathering late last year. So, we have a back catalog from a simpler time that we can all enjoy listening to during this rather difficult period. This intro was recorded during a mission to obtain the constituent parts of a garden for Rev...
2020-04-0111 minDruids In Cars, Going To Festivals
Druids In Cars, Going To FestivalsS2 Bonus Episode 3 - A Festival Code of Conduct - BeginningsIf you've never been to a festival, it's the time of year to start planning your season out. Whether you make it to just one festival, or you make it to a bunch like we do, it's good to know what you're getting into. This year, Three Cranes Grove, ADF, is picking up the mantle and hosting the Summerland Gathering near Yellow Springs, Ohio, on August 13-16, 2020. If you've been riding along with us for a while, you'll know that we're big on consent, inclusivity, and cooperative work. So, before we put up any registration pages, we...
2020-01-2513 minDruids In Cars, Going To Festivals
Druids In Cars, Going To FestivalsS2 Bonus Episode 2 - 360 Video and Tech In RitualWhat is it about talking about technology in ritual that makes us do weird things? I dunno, but come and (literally) ride along with us this time! While we're usually audio-only, on our way to Harvest Nights Gathering in Connecticut, we decided to try something new. With a 360 camera in our back seat, we experimented to see what it might be like to sit and listen in. With the topic of tech in ritual, this seemed like an obvious opportunity to try something new and different out. You can check out the 360 video (and even...
2019-12-1919 minDruids In Cars, Going To Festivals
Druids In Cars, Going To FestivalsS2 Bonus Episode 1 - Initiateness vs. ClergynessHere's a slightly special bonus feature: you can watch the conversation from a camera on our dash as we drive out to the Harvest Nights Gathering in Connecticut in October 2019. Check out the video on the 3CG YouTube page... and maybe consider subscribing, because there's another video we're also working on to release shortly! In this episode we talk about the similarities and the differences of being an ADF Initiate and an ADF Priest, how the direction we came at each role affects our experiences, and how those experiences manifest in our daily work and lives.
2019-12-1334 minDruids In Cars, Going To Festivals
Druids In Cars, Going To FestivalsEpisode 42 - Season 2 ConclusionWe're at the end of Season 2, but we have plans for hiatus and Season 3! We'll tell you all about them, and give you an idea of what it's been like for us to do this podcast for the past two seasons. If you have ideas for future episodes, please send them to us, either via our Facebook page or via email. We really want to hear about what you're interested in, and we'll try and hit as many as we can on our trips. Plus, the trip we're taking to Harvest Nights next week is a pretty...
2019-10-0312 minDruids In Cars, Going To Festivals
Druids In Cars, Going To FestivalsEpisode 41 - Social Media Resources, Diversity, and WorkOne of our big things in Three Cranes Grove, ADF, is that we love to create. After Rev. Crystal Groves' discussion of marketing and social media strategies at Trillium 2019, we had a discussion about the creative process, what it means to connect people to others, and what it's like to produce the words for the really hard things that happen in our lives. We also talk about ensuring that people approaching Druidry are able to see themselves as valid, joyful participants in Druidry. If you're interested in Rev. Avende's book, "The Spiraling Sun," you can...
2019-09-2711 minDruids In Cars, Going To Festivals
Druids In Cars, Going To FestivalsEpisode 40 - (In)toning For RitualWhat is toning? How do you do it? What's it good for? What's the lamest joke you've heard all day? We have the answers to all these questions and more in this episode! This episode was recorded at Trillium 2019, on the way home (we very much recommend Trillium if you're looking for a festival early next year). We're closing in on the end of our season, and running out of recorded material. But that's okay! We're developing an off-season plan so that you get more episodes and different content, plus new guests. And, we're headed to Harvest...
2019-09-2010 minDruids In Cars, Going To Festivals
Druids In Cars, Going To FestivalsEpisode 39 - Multifaith Household ReligionSometimes, Druids flying to festivals get picked up by Druids in cars, and that's where this conversation comes from: Rev. Avende was picking up people on their way to Summerland 2019, and took Melitta Stafford with her, which led to this conversation about creating family traditions in a multifaith household. There's a wide-ranging conversation covering different ways we come to Paganism, how our virtues interact with householding, different family structures, and the ways that polytheism and Paganism lend themselves to creating structures that aren't traditional but are still amazing. Find more of Melitta's work at Druid i...
2019-09-1222 minDruids In Cars, Going To Festivals
Druids In Cars, Going To FestivalsEpisode 38 - Founding and Disbanding a Druid GroveWe had the pleasure of interviewing Arthur at Trillium 2019 about his experiences with starting, and then disbanding, a Grove that never took firm root. Hemlock Vales Protogrove, ADF, lasted for about three years in State College, PA, before it was disbanded. This interview is a sort of post-mortem on what happened several years ago. Too often, we talk about what works for getting a group off the ground, but we don't always remember to talk about when it's time to close that group down and move on. This conversation is about reflecting on what went r...
2019-09-0513 minDruids In Cars, Going To Festivals
Druids In Cars, Going To FestivalsEpisode 37 - Summerland 2019 ReviewOn the way home from the 2019 Summerland Festival, Rev. Dangler spoke with Jacque of The Pagan Peddler about the weekend and what went well, ranging from ritual to the setting of god post in the nearby woods. The festival was great, and we really enjoyed ourselves. You might remember Jacque from our interview after Wellspring 2019 (Episode 26). We're happy to have her back! We're starting to wrap up this season, but we hope that you're enjoying these episodes. If you do, consider rating our podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, or whatever service you listen on. ...
2019-08-2914 minDruids In Cars, Going To Festivals
Druids In Cars, Going To FestivalsEpisode 36 - Recording RitualOur Grove is known for our video work and presenting Pagan ritual, and Rev. Avende and Rev. Dangler talk about what it's like to pull all these videos together. What's it like to take an omen for a recorded ritual that will later be edited? What's it like to record rituals in disparate parts while geographically dispersed? What's it like to livestream a rite? We talk about Rev. Davin's solitary ritual work (example video linked), the work of Rev. Amber Doty with the ADF Clergy Council videos (example video linked), and of course, a lot...
2019-08-2219 minDruids In Cars, Going To Festivals
Druids In Cars, Going To FestivalsEpisode 34 - Dublin Irish Festival 2019 (In Three Parts)Each year, Three Cranes Grove, ADF, does a Sunday Morning Druid Service for the Dublin Irish Festival. The attendance ranges from about 200 to 350 people each year, depending on weather and a few other factors. This year, we drew 248 to the service, and the attendees come from all walks of life: this is a truly mainstream event and a diverse crowd of folks. We decided to record our experience in three parts for you to get an idea of what it's like to put on a ritual of this sort. We recorded after our dress rehearsal on Thursday...
2019-08-0824 minDruids In Cars, Going To Festivals
Druids In Cars, Going To FestivalsEpisode 32 - Divination Practice: Private and PublicThis week we talk a little bit about what it's like to do divination for a person, and for a group. We start with a bit of information about our general notions of how divination works, including some influential ideas on our practice, and then we move into how we use divination in our own work. We even discuss what we do when someone reads the wrong symbol in a public rite. So, ride along with us as we drive home from Trillium 2019, chatting about our symbol sets and how we work with them. Find...
2019-07-2516 minDruids In Cars, Going To Festivals
Druids In Cars, Going To FestivalsEpisode 31 - Raising Pagan Kids On Faerie StoriesHow do we talk about our religion with our kids? What happens when you tell your children stories about faeries and the wider, magical world? It turns out that you get kids who ask great questions and come up with great ideas about how to apply the lore to their lives. We cover everything from fairy traps, to the popular notion of the "tooth fairy", to how to keep your child from being swapped out for a changeling. Check out the video, "Kids & Fairies" on YouTube, and read a bit more about the "Changeling Banes"...
2019-07-1816 minDruids In Cars, Going To Festivals
Druids In Cars, Going To FestivalsEpisode 30 - The Druid Elevator PitchComFest is one of the largest events Three Cranes Grove, ADF, does all year. It's a local music/beer/arts/hippie festival here in Columbus, Ohio, and our Grove hangs out to meet people and enjoy the summer (or roast in its heat, depending on who you talk to). There's not another generally public event where we see quite so many people who fit squarely into the "target audience" of modern Druidry. Part of what makes this event interesting is that in seeing so many people, we have to condense down what "Our Own Druidry" is, and...
2019-07-1113 minDruids In Cars, Going To Festivals
Druids In Cars, Going To FestivalsEpisode 29 - Interview with Sara Mastros & The Orphic Hymns GrimoireAs we took our camps down at Wellspring 2019, Rev. Avende took a moment to interview Sara Mastros, who has an upcoming book, "The Orphic Hymns Grimoire." The interview is fabulous and well worth listening to: we learned a lot just from asking the questions! Check out her site and (pre)order her book! You can also follow the project on Facebook. You can catch up with Sara: July 27 - Hills & Rivers Fest in Bethlehem PA Oct. 6 - Greater Pittsburgh Pagan Pride Nov. 15-17 - Changing Times, Changing Worlds, Ellenville, NY Apr. 9-12 - Sacred...
2019-07-0417 minDruids In Cars, Going To Festivals
Druids In Cars, Going To FestivalsEpisode 28 - Cryptids, UFO's, and Our Weird DruidrySometimes, Druidry is full of weird experiences, and we're no exception. In this episode, we talk about weird things we've seen, odd experiences, and even the occasional cryptid story we've encountered in our lives. The natural world holds a lot of wonder for us, and things at the edge of our understanding, including the border of the supernatural are fun to talk about and discuss, especially when prompted by the odd things we might see on the drive. (This was a very unplanned topic, resulting from seeing something odd on the horizon.) Visit u...
2019-06-2716 minDruids In Cars, Going To Festivals
Druids In Cars, Going To FestivalsEpiside 27 - Obstacles on the Dedicant PathObstacles on the Dedicant Path The Dedicant Path (DP) is the basic study program offered by Ár nDraíocht Féin: A Druid Fellowship (ADF), and while it's a fairly basic introduction to Druidry, it's not necessarily easy. We talk about our own experiences with the program, how the program has changed and improved, what the common stumbling blocks are, and strategies to get around them. We also talk about new ways to look at the Nine Virtues and how to approach some of the requirements creatively. You can read their respective Dedicant wor...
2019-06-2020 minDruids In Cars, Going To Festivals
Druids In Cars, Going To FestivalsEpisode 26 - Vending At FestivalsToday, we're not in a car, but we are at a festival! Rev. Dangler sat down at the 2019 Wellspring Gathering to interview The Pagan Peddler about her experiences vending at festivals, and describes some of his own in the process. At the same time, Rev. Avende sat down to do another interview, which you'll hear in early July. One of the really nice things about this episode is you can hear some of the background sound that you'll hear at a festival: birds in the background, folks breaking camp, and the wind in the trees. It's a...
2019-06-1317 minDruids In Cars, Going To Festivals
Druids In Cars, Going To FestivalsEpisode 25 - Extemporaneous Prayer Challenge!Do you wonder how an ADF Priest prepares for and creates ritual prayers in a seemingly "off the cuff" sort of way? Rev. Avende and Rev. Dangler talk a bit about their process, and each also creates three extemporaneous prayers to different deities. We agreed in advance: no preparation or editing in post allowed! You get the full extent of our inspiration during the prayers. The godden we pray to are as follows: Rev. Dangler - Uṣás, Vedic goddess of Dawn Rev. Avende - Uṣás, Vedic goddess of Dawn Rev. Dangler - Esus...
2019-06-0623 minDruids In Cars, Going To Festivals
Druids In Cars, Going To FestivalsEpisode 24 - Wellspring ReviewOn the way home from Wellspring 2019, Rev. Dangler gave a solo review of the event, providing a quick recap of the weekend along with a short preview of things to come. This is a short episode, but we wanted to get one out in a timely manner. In the early part of the review, Rev. Dangler offers his prayer to the Shining Ones from the reinstallation of Rev. Jean "Drum" Pagano as ADF Archrdruid. Here's the text of that evocation: From deep in the dark, cool earth, A shining light arises. It brings...
2019-05-3007 minDruids In Cars, Going To Festivals
Druids In Cars, Going To FestivalsEpisode 23 - Magic That WorksMagical healing, magic to improve a mother's milk, cheese-magic for conception, magic for a toddler's tooth-tiger teething troubles: we've got practical experiences with magic that has worked in our lives, and we love to share those experiences! Dig through a few ancient texts for solutions to modern problems with us. You never know what you'll find! We're at Wellspring this weekend (Memorial Day weekend), and we hope you'll come find us if you're there, too. We're intending to record, so if you've got a hot topic and want to record with us, find us and...
2019-05-2314 minDruids In Cars, Going To Festivals
Druids In Cars, Going To FestivalsEpisode 22 - Am I Good Enough For This?We all sometimes have questions about our worth, whether we are new to Paganism or old hands. It doesn't really matter how long you've practiced or what you've accomplished, sometimes, you second-guess yourself. Today, we talk a bit about our experiences with not feeling like we're good enough to do the work, popularly called "imposter syndrome," and how we meet it, manage it, and experience it. So, join us as we travel from festival to festival. We'd love to have you as part of our conversation. Find us on Facebook, visit us at...
2019-05-1716 minDruids In Cars, Going To Festivals
Druids In Cars, Going To FestivalsEpisode 21 - The Oracular Spectacular!Welcome to the Oracular Spectacular! Revs. Avende and Dangler chat about a seership group Rev. Avende is part of here in Columbus, Ohio. Called "The Oracular Spectacular" and dedicated to bringing divination to the public while sharpening their own skills, the crew have a unique working process that is open to all. This episode is a crossover episode from another podcast called The Pagan Gumbo Podcast. Working out of The Magical Druid, the shop co-owned by Rev. Dangler, we talk about broad Pagan topics and have a lot of fun with a larger cast and...
2019-05-1013 minDruids In Cars, Going To Festivals
Druids In Cars, Going To FestivalsEpisode 20 - Fire ScryingOne of the cool things we got to do at the ADF Trillium Gathering this year was offer an uncommon form of divination during the main rite: fire scrying. This divination method involves seeking symbols in a burning ritual fire. In our case, the main ritual fire at Trillium, which has received our offerings and transformed the for the Spirits. Fire scrying is an "open" type of divination, rather than a "closed" type. Closed divination systems have a fixed number of symbols that appear in generally (though not always) predictable arrangements. Scrying in general, and...
2019-05-0221 minDruids In Cars, Going To Festivals
Druids In Cars, Going To FestivalsEpisode 19 - Trillium 2019 ReviewFor our first episode in the new season, we're reviewing the first festival we attended this year: The Trillium Spring Gathering, an ADF Festival in northern Virginia. This one has a special place in our heart, because it was Trillium 2018 where we first started Druids In Cars. We talk about the workshops, the campground, and the people. And oh, do we have great things to say about the meal plan! So come, join us on this trip, and enjoy the ride. Check out the Three Cranes Grove, ADF, Facebook or YouTube pages and...
2019-04-2516 minDruids In Cars, Going To Festivals
Druids In Cars, Going To FestivalsBonus Episode 4 - #PrayerADayNovember 1st starts our #PrayerADay challenge, and it's a Thursday, so we're releasing (by the skin of our teeth) an episode where Rev. Avende discusses the history behind the challenge, and how you can participate! You can join the #PrayerADay Facebook group if you want to write, follow the fun on the #PrayerADay Project Facebook Page if you just want to read, or follow @adfdruidry on Tumblr to see the posts scheduled out. Season One of our podcast is mostly over with the festival season coming to a close, but we have some stuff still...
2018-11-0208 minDruids In Cars, Going To Festivals
Druids In Cars, Going To FestivalsBonus Episode 3 - Space Druidry!What does it mean to have an Earth-Based Spirituality when we're very far from our home planet? Originally recorded before this podcast ever came into being, Rev. Avende and Rev. Dangler had the chance to sit down with Rev. Rob Henderson at the ADF Clergy Retreat in October 2017 and discuss just that. Of all the people we could talk to about this, Rev. Henderson is the person we most wanted to chat with, and we're so glad we did. The topic is silly, but serious, and an ideal representation of the sort of weird things...
2018-09-1423 minDruids In Cars, Going To Festivals
Druids In Cars, Going To FestivalsEpisode 17 - A Manhood Rite For TransitionToday, we interview Corbin once again at Summerland, asking him about his impressions of the manhood rite Three Cranes Grove, ADF, did for him as part of his transition, and how he was welcomed as a man into the Grove. This is an important discussion for us because it deals with both the design of transition rituals for trans individuals, and the necessity of welcoming and acceptance of a "new-to-us" gender identity among a community of people. Some colorful language appears, though it is bleeped in this version of the podcast. Visit us...
2018-09-0616 minDruids In Cars, Going To Festivals
Druids In Cars, Going To FestivalsBonus Episode 2 - Mythic History and Our Grove PoemWith Rev. Dangler attending Beyond the Gates this weekend (he's a Druid in a plane, going to a festival), we're releasing another bonus episode today. This episode discusses Three Cranes Grove, ADF's, Grove Poem, Clutiā Trion Garanonon: "The Fame of Three Cranes". About three years in, we wanted to commemorate our history in a creative, fun way. Rev. Hunt had the brilliant idea to use a poem that we could add to each year and speak at each anniversary rite. We'll chat about how we craft each stanza (poetry by committee!), what it means to us...
2018-08-3006 minDruids In Cars, Going To Festivals
Druids In Cars, Going To FestivalsEpisode 16 - Gender Nonconformity In DruidryAt Summerland 2018, we sat down (not in our car, but in the pavilion) with Corbin to discuss gender nonconformity among the spirits, and how we can make our language and work more inclusive. It was an excellent discussion, and one we've been hoping to have for a long while. This is the first part of two conversations with Corbin on this general topic. This episode contians a discussion about human body parts in vision and in art. There is also some profanity that has been bleeped. Visit us at threecranes.org/podcast for...
2018-08-2318 minDruids In Cars, Going To Festivals
Druids In Cars, Going To FestivalsBonus Episode 1 - Praise Silly and SincereWhile our hosts are at the Summerland Festival, we thought we'd regale you with a bit of our lighter side of the work we like to do: some praise, both silly and sincere. This is our first "Bonus Episode," so we call out to the being we've sometimes called, "King of the Internet": Garanus, the Crane. If anyone can help us, it's that liminal, long-necked waterbird. Also given praise in these short recordings: The Bovine Earth Mother, Potatoes, and Redheaded Hotties. Also, we include a meditative charm to put a toddler to sleep...
2018-08-1705 minDruids In Cars, Going To Festivals
Druids In Cars, Going To FestivalsEpisode 15 - Returning to VocationWith a larger gathering of ADF Priests, Rev. Avende took the opportunity to return to the issue of vocation at the 2018 ADF Western Clergy Retreat. Revs. Melissa Ashton, William Ashton, Sara Blackwelder, and Lauren Mart all discuss their experiences with vocation and what it feels like to them, as well as how they have found nuance and depth in the work. For more information and transcripts, find us at threecranes.org/podcast, or find us on Facebook, or check out our YouTube page for more great content! Learn more about Druidry at adf.org!
2018-08-0918 minDruids In Cars, Going To Festivals
Druids In Cars, Going To FestivalsEpisode 14 - Loneliness & Geographic IsolationAt the 2018 Western Clergy Retreat, Revs. Jan Avende, Melissa Ashton, Sara Blackwelder, Lauren Mart, and Kirk Thomas sat down to talk about what it feels like to be geographically isolated and doing work, both before and after ordination as an ADF Priest. They discuss a variety of issues they've encoutered, talk about the differences between different parts of the country, and consider a few strategies to make the distance seem less wide and impossible to cross. One of the suggestions they make is to seek out a festival. Consider one of the following ADF festivals that are...
2018-08-0220 minDruids In Cars, Going To Festivals
Druids In Cars, Going To FestivalsEpisode 13 - Ritual Bloopers & FailsLucky number 13 brings us to a discussion from the Western Clergy Retreat about Ritual Bloopers and Fails! Rev. Avende sat down with several ADF Priests to discuss just how human they really are, and hear some of their best (worst) stories about how things went terribly wrong in ritual, and how they managed to keep the ritual going when it happened. Rev. Avende is joined in this episode by Rev. Melissa Ashton, Rev. William Ashton, Rev. Sara Blackwelder, Rev. Lauren Mart, and Rev. Kirk Thomas, and each shares a story (or two) about the things that stand...
2018-07-2617 minDruids In Cars, Going To Festivals
Druids In Cars, Going To FestivalsEpisode 12 - The Bardic LivecastsDriving home from one of the Bardic Live Casts we do (which is archived on Facebook, if you'd like to watch), Rev. Avende and I had an opportunity to talk about the experience. We cover a range of topics, from the spaces we've worked in to why we've moved away from livecasting public ritual and toward more interesting work. You'll get some background on how our bards came together as a group, and how we decided to start giving these concerts... and what feeds us about the process, too. So ride along with us as...
2018-07-1914 minDruids In Cars, Going To Festivals
Druids In Cars, Going To FestivalsEpisode 11 - Priesting As A Woman (Part 2)Our second episode on this topic, also recorded with Rev. Avende, Rev. Ashton, Rev. Blackwelder, and Rev. Mart at the Western ADF Clergy Retreat a few weeks ago, goes into some detail about the oddities (and also the dangers) of priesting as a woman. It also dives into the expectations different gender roles bring, and the difficulties of finding a place in the community as a woman Priest. Like last week, this podcast episode contains discussions of assumptions around sexual relations encountered, but nothing explicit is ever discussed. Visit us at threecranes.org/podcast for...
2018-07-1219 minDruids In Cars, Going To Festivals
Druids In Cars, Going To FestivalsEpisode 10 - Priesting As A Woman (Part 1)In this episode, which is the first of two on this topic, Revs. Jan Avende, Melissa Ashton, Sara Blackwelder, and Lauren Mart discuss some of the issues they have experienced as female Priests and leaders. This episode was recorded at the Western ADF Clergy Retreat in 2018, just a week before the release of this episode. They offer some examples of what they've seen as female priests and leaders, interactions they've had that felt different because of their gender, examples of how allies provide space and support, and how they have navigated these issues in the...
2018-07-0616 min