Announcements of new articles and features of the Ar nDraoicht Fein: A Druid Fellowship (ADF) website. http://www.adf.org/articles/ 2008-03-28 http://www.adf.org/rituals/meditations/2powers-active.html?rss=1 Begin by standing with your feet shoulder width apart and arms down by your sides. Close your eyes. . . 2008-03-28 http://www.adf.org/rituals/general/anywhere-devotional.html?rss=1 Here is a very short rite for daily devotions, designed especially for traveling, staying at friend's places, riding on a bus or plane, and so forth. It makes every effort to accommodate varying settings, social situations, time constraints, and availability of materials for offerings. It should be doable in the space of a smoke break. Yet it also follows the full Core Order of Ritual. . . 2008-03-28 http://www.adf.org/rituals/hellenic/sp-eq-solitary.html?rss=1 A Hellenic rite using a number of modified Orphic Hymns as evocations and callings. . . 2008-02-21 http://www.adf.org/podcast/?rss=1 ADF's first ever podcast is now available! Selections include articles, music and meditations. 2007-12-29 http://www.adf.org/rituals/videos/romanrite/?rss=1 The impromptu Fontanalia ritual performed at the Three Realms Festival in 2006 is now on the ADF website. It comes in both 56k/dial-up and ISDN/Cable versions. Have a look! 2007-08-20 http://www.adf.org/rituals/chants/land-sea-sky/blessings-honor-worship.html?rss=1 A new chant by Ceisiwr Serith for the land/sea/sky section of our liturgy, complete with MP3 as recorded at Desert Magic Festival 2006. 2007-08-02 http://www.adf.org/articles/nature/urban-pagan-reflections.html?rss=1 Deciding to follow a nature-based religion if you live in the midst of a city can be a challenge. Those of us who are surrounded by concrete and live shoulder to shoulder with neighbors must make a conscious effort to ignore the pressing humanity and feel the rhythms of the Great Mother pulsing through our days... 2007-07-01 http://www.adf.org/articles/working/divination-for-public-ritual.html?rss=1 "I'll begin with the purpose of the Omen in the ADF liturgy. It seems that we began with a purpose that was connected to the Kindreds' reception of the offerings we've given. However, after over twenty years of public worship, this purpose has evolved and grown..." 2007-06-10 http://www.adf.org/rituals/videos/woodlandblessingrite/?rss=1 This video is of a blessing rite performed by three people in a woodland setting. It demonstrates how easy it can be for folks to carry in simple tools and perform a rite on a hike. 2007-04-18 http://www.adf.org/rituals/videos/blessingrite/?rss=1 This is a blessing rite performed in ADF style by the Sonoran Sunrise Grove, ADF in January, 2007. It is in the Irish Celtic hearth culture and is led by Rev. Kirk Thomas. 2007-02-27 http://www.adf.org/articles/gods-and-spirits/general/skyfather.html?rss=1 As ADF Druids, we are not unfamiliar with the illuminating magic and creative spark of Sky power for we attune to it frequently, but pay little attention to the source of this power. As modern polytheists, we worship deities of the Sky, those of the storms, of the sun and of the moon, yet we make no mention of a Sky Father. This, however, was not always the case. 2007-02-21 http://www.adf.org/rituals/general/bathroom-devotional.html?rss=1 This is a Well, Fire and Tree devotional to be performed at the bathroom sink each morning. 2007-01-29 http://www.adf.org/rituals/celtic/imbolc/imbolg-tawny-04.html?rss=1 This is the night of Imbolg, the spoke on the Wheel of the Year that celebrates the revival of life for the Earth Mother and the beginning of spiritual regrowth for her inhabitants. We watch as the waxing light basks and warms the Earth, awakening her from a long winter hibernation. Seeds planted begin to take root... 2007-01-29 http://www.adf.org/rituals/explanations/place-of-ritual.html?rss=1 If we understand the where of ritual we are closer to understanding the why of ritual. That is, understanding where ritual takes place is a key to understanding the place ritual takes. The intent of this article is to explain both of these; the why in terms of the where... 2007-01-07 http://www.adf.org/rituals/general/general-offering-rite.html?rss=1 This General Rite of Offering was designed as a venue to worship, honor and make offerings to any beings among the Indo-European Kindred, with exception of those beings considered to be Outsiders to any given ritual setting. 2006-11-22 http://www.adf.org/rituals/general/unity/?rss=1 We've filled in some ADF Unity rituals going back to 2002, as well as provided a FAQ for them. There's also a link to a list of ADF groves by founding date, which can be useful when writing your own Unity rites. 2006-10-06 http://www.adf.org/rituals/general/unity/autumn-eq-2004.html?rss=1 We come together this day for a threefold purpose - to celebrate the turning of the seasons; to celebrate the planting of this Three Cranes Grove and recognize the milestones we have passed; and to honor the unity and diversity of our Ar nDraoicht Fein community... 2006-10-06 http://www.adf.org/rituals/videos/simple-shrine/?rss=1 A video of ADF Bard Laureate Ian Corrigan doing a solitary ADF druid ritual, complete with accompanying script pages. 2006-09-06 http://www.adf.org/rituals/explanations/prerite-briefing-cosmos.html?rss=1 For the benefit of those who are not familiar with what we do in ADF, let me quickly explain our cosmology and what we expect to achieve in our ritual. . . 2006-09-01 http://www.adf.org/rituals/meditations/garanus-meditation.html?rss=1 When Three Cranes Grove, ADF, started doing public ritual, we chose not to call on a deity for a gatekeeper, though there were many available. We wanted to build a relationship with a nature spirit, helping to spread our worship across the Kindred. We spent some time working with various nature spirits, and as I look back on it I'm a bit surprised how long it took us to see the perfect nature spirit: we needed to look no further than our name.