Leader Bio: Jenni Hunt - ADF Neopagan Druidism

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You may have known me by one of my screen names, “Moonloon,” “TXturtle,” “OHturtle,” “RIturtle;” “RomanDruid,” “Muddy,” or from the Roman name I adopted for citizenship in Nova Roma, “Julia Ovidia Luna.” Most folks know me simply as Jenni.

I have been a practicing pagan for over a dozen years and a member of ADF since 1995, when I became a member of MudFireWindSpirit Grove, ADF (now defunct) in Columbus, Ohio. I had been raised a Catholic, shocking my parents by proclaiming myself an atheist as a senior in high school, but later joined a Unitarian Universalist congregation and seriously considered becoming a UU minister, except UUism just seemed to be lacking something, spiritually. After several years of dabbling in witchcraft as a solitaire, I stumbled upon Salem West, a pagan shop in Columbus, and made friends with the owner and many of its patrons, including those who were founding a new ADF grove.

One of the most important goals for ADF is to bring together practicing pagans of all kinds for ritual, educational, and networking purposes – as an area resource for pagans, as well as an organization in which many will want to become more involved. I’ve tried to implement those goals, inasmuch it is in my power to do so, in my roles as Chronicler, Non-Officer Director, and Preceptor of the Liturgists Guild. I’ve worked hard on developing and implementing ADF’s Study Program, particularly in the Liturgist Guild and by assembling and maintaining the various goals, requirements, sources, and exit standards of all aspects of the Study Program. I’ve also worked hard to create teaching materials for several of the basic courses, like Liturgy 1, Introduction to ADF Liturgy.

While I started out with MFWS Grove originally, I was a solitaire for several years while I was teaching in Texas, then was a member of World Tree Grove, ADF, for a time after I moved to New England, and co-founded Nemos Ognios, Grove of the Living Flame, in the RI/MA area. Now that I’ve returned to Ohio, I’m a member of Three Cranes Protogrove, ADF.

Finding ADF was like finding home. Here was a religion that balanced intellectualism and spirituality; books and intuition; study and ritual; solemnity and fun. Here were pagans who were credible people, who knew what they were doing, what they were talking about, and could cite references to back up their assertations while singing a bawdy Irish tune and drinking you under the table. What a wonderful combination!

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