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| ADF Training Overview |
In the 1980s and 1990s, there was a single "ADF Study Program", but since 2003 ADF has a number of different training programs, starting with the work of the Dedicant Path and branching out from there. |
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| ADF Unity Ritual for a Gathering - 2006 |
(Written by Rev. Skip Ellison, revised by Bardd Dafydd) 1. Musical Signal(To establish the beginning.) |
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| ADF Unity Rituals |
We created the Unity Rite (aka Organizational Ritual) to foster a sense of community in ADF, wherever our members may be. The rite honors our many local fellowships (groves and protogroves) but also allows our many solitary members to connect with the larger community. |
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| ADF Wellspring Gathering 2010 |
This is a music video featuring a song by Missy Burchfield (Wellspring Bardic Chair). The images are from various aspects of the Wellspring experience.
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| ADF's Organization |
The following pages describe ADF in more detail as an organization or, in the case of the Founder's Awards, showcase the organizational community service and charity work of our groves (local congregations). |
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| Adopting the Core Order of Ritual for Solitary Use |
There are several challenges specific to Solitaries when it comes to completing the Dedicant Path. |
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| Agnihotr |
The agnihotr was a very important ritual performed in Vedic times. Due to thousands of years of corruption, we can only hope to scratch the surface of this historically confusing ritual. |
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| Aimee Brannon |
I’ve been a member of ADF since 2016, after relaunching my search for a place in Paganism after a some 25 year hiatus. |
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| Alfablot Ritual |
Written and performed by Paradox, Raven and Shamrock. |
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| All I Ask of You |
All I ask of You (Sufi Chant - Author Unknown) |
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| All Night Vigil |
Props Needed: |
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| Amber Reed |
My name is Amber, some simply call me by the nickname I have had since I was 8 years old; Spider. My pronouns are She/Her/Hers I am the North West Regional Druid of ADF and the Senior Druid for Columbia Grove here in the Portland Oregon area. |
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| An Advanced Two Powers Attunement |
(Note: This article is intended to be an addition to the Dedicant Path material. It explores the two powers meditation technique from a Norse perspective). |
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| An Anywhere Devotional |
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. |
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| An Impromptu Roman Fontanalia Rite |
This impromptu Fontanalia blessing rite using the Roman pantheon was performed at the Three Realms Festival in 2006 near Malibu, California. Videos |
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| An Impromptu Roman Fontanalia Rite - Part 1 |
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| An Impromptu Roman Fontanalia Rite - Part 2 | Roman | ||
| Ancestor Chant |
“Ancestor Chant” Lyrics: Old Ones |
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| Ancestor Chants |
The following chants are appropriate for the part of the ADF liturgy where we call to our ancestors and other honored dead. |
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| Ancestor Ritual |
Use the standard opening ritual, up to the Calling of the Kindred. Only call the Ancestors. Then continue, but after the praise offerings (which should all be offered to ancestors), the following is said: |
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| Ancestors and Honored Dead |
In ADF, one of the three Kindreds we worship is the Ancestors. This includes our relatives and other honored dead, such as close friends and even the great heroes of old. The following articles relate to the Ancestors: |
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| Ancestors Invocation |
We call to our Beloved Dead, the blessed Ancestors, to join our feast and receive due offering. Come to the Gates, honored ones; hear our call, we your children who remember. We offer you our worship, our reverence and our love. |
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| Ancestors Invocation |
(Originally published in Druid's Progress 11) |
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| Ancestors of the Celts |
The following is a brief timeline of the history of the "Celts", drawing on information from Brittania and other online resources. |
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