*** Opened channel log for #adf at 2018-09-18 7:40:49 PM [19:40] *** Owlhawk (Owlhawk@sorcery-t50kai.cable.rogers.com) has joined #adf [19:40] *** Topic is: Welcome to the chat for Ár nDraíocht Féin: A Druid Fellowship (ADF). Find out more about us at http://www.adf.org [19:40] *** Topic set by ChanServ!services@services.sorcery.net on Mon Aug 3 8:55 AM [19:40] *** Mode change [+o Owlhawk] on #adf by ChanServ [19:45] *** Rovena (rovena@sorcery-n3sdd1.hnremote.net) has joined #adf [19:45] *** Mode change [+o Rovena] on #adf by ChanServ [19:57] *** Polgara (Mibbit@sorcery-os5sn5.jcvlfl.sbcglobal.net) has joined #adf [19:58] Hello Polgara [19:58] How are you tonight? [19:58] ok [19:58] How are you? [19:59] Doing well. Starting to plan Samhain [19:59] Is there a specific topic for this chat? [20:00] No. Just whatever people want to talk about. [20:00] I'm pretty new to Druidism or pagan in general. I've been atheist for a very long time. [20:00] About 5 years ago I found a Druid group nearby that I went to for almost a year. Unfortunately, it disbanded. [20:01] Cool. We can help with any questions you may have. [20:01] Now I'm just starting the DP. [20:01] Sorry to hear that. It does happen [20:01] That is a great place to start. [20:01] Starting with studying the Nine Virtues to do the essays. [20:01] Maybe I can start a new group in a couple of years. I need to do a lot of studying first. [20:02] Tip: Turn off autocorrect. It will pick the wrong word too often [20:02] Starting a group can be very rewarding and frustrating as well [20:02] how [20:03] to turn off autocorrect [20:03] Right now, it is great having a community (about 6 people) but there have been periods where it was only my hubby and I. [20:04] Where are you? [20:04] Depends on your software. [20:04] It should tell you how in the help window. [20:04] We are in NW Louisiana [20:05] We are the only grove in the state. [20:05] I'm in NE Florida [20:06] Too close to Florence for comfort [20:06] I'm going to have to idle for a short time. I'm out on porch and have to go inside to start my antibiotic infusion through a PICC line. I shouldn't be too long. [20:06] No problem. [20:13] *** SolarFlare (Sunflare@sorcery-0jrli3.at.cox.net) has joined #adf [20:13] *** Polgara (Mibbit@sorcery-os5sn5.jcvlfl.sbcglobal.net) has quit IRC [Quit: http://www.mibbit.com ajax IRC Client] [20:14] Hello Solar [20:15] *** SolarFlare (Sunflare@sorcery-0jrli3.at.cox.net) has quit IRC [Quit: Mutter: www.mutterirc.com] [20:16] *** SolarFlare (Sunflare@sorcery-0jrli3.at.cox.net) has joined #adf [20:17] WB [20:20] *** SolarFlare (Sunflare@sorcery-0jrli3.at.cox.net) has quit IRC [Quit: Mutter: www.mutterirc.com] [20:20] *** SolarFlare (Sunflare@sorcery-0jrli3.at.cox.net) has joined #adf [20:21] *** SolarFlare_ (Sunflare@sorcery-hnlskq.1hk2.dpkb.fb90.2607.IP) has joined #adf [20:21] WB Solar [20:23] How are you tonight? [20:23] *** SolarFlare (Sunflare@sorcery-0jrli3.at.cox.net) has quit IRC [Connection closed] [20:25] *** SolarFlare_ (Sunflare@sorcery-hnlskq.1hk2.dpkb.fb90.2607.IP) has quit IRC [Quit: Mutter: www.mutterirc.com] [20:25] *** SolarFlare (Sunflare@sorcery-0jrli3.at.cox.net) has joined #adf [20:26] WB, Solar [20:26] Hello, ty [20:27] Sorry for the dc, [20:27] How are you tonight? [20:27] New connection equipment, good and you? [20:27] I am on satellite so connection issues are common for me. [20:28] I am doing good. [20:29] Don’t mind me, I’m not going to chat much. Just going to read [20:30] Okay. 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[20:59] *** SolarFlare (Sunflare@sorcery-0jrli3.at.cox.net) has quit IRC [Quit: Mutter: www.mutterirc.com] [21:02] *** Rovena (rovena@sorcery-n3sdd1.hnremote.net) has quit IRC [Quit:] [21:04] Guess I am slow to respond [21:06] *** SolarFlare (Sunflare@sorcery-0jrli3.at.cox.net) has joined #adf [21:09] *** SolarFlare (Sunflare@sorcery-0jrli3.at.cox.net) has quit IRC [Quit: Mutter: www.mutterirc.com] [21:13] *** SolarFlare (Sunflare@sorcery-0jrli3.at.cox.net) has joined #adf [21:13] *** SolarFlare (Sunflare@sorcery-0jrli3.at.cox.net) has quit IRC [Quit: Mutter: www.mutterirc.com] [21:24] *** NathanLarge (Mibbit@sorcery-j83dm6.res.rr.com) has joined #adf [21:24] hello, chatters! [21:29] [Owlhawk] 'ello] [21:32] anything much up tonight? [21:34] [Owlhawk] quiet night [22:01] Hi! [22:01] = [22:07] still here. so, local pagan pride in Erie this Saturday, we'll catch up with the wave [22:07] :) [22:11] Pagan pride events are good! [22:14] there wasn't one for years so we had to make our own. hopefully it keeps growing again. [22:29] I'm glad your local scene is in good enough shape for making your own to be effective! [22:34] just our grove, so far. the rest of the 'scene' went to pieces. [22:34] trying to draw in more of the solitaries [22:35] Even one grove is significant! _Anyone_ holding a pagan pride event is worth celebrating. [22:36] Other branches of paganism don't have significant presence, or aren't interested in participating, or what? [22:37] not much presence. there's only one coven we're aware of and they went underground, plus CUUPS at the local UU [22:37] not really much for 'branches', that anyone knows of [22:38] Underground? Is the local mainstream too hostile, or what? Doesn't sound good, in any case. :( Glad you're holding the local torch.... [22:39] heh, more that they became hostile. I really mean there was a schism from the old group, United Neopagan Council of Lake Erie [22:39] Oh dear, infighting? It's always sad to see that happen. [22:40] what's silly is that most of the personalities who clashed aren't even active anymore, so the causes are gone but the grudges remain [22:40] the evil we do outlives us [22:40] There are some Scottish clans that are feuding to this day even though the incidents behind the feuds are multiple generations in the past.... [22:41] there's always bad in the Campbell blood, I tells ya. [22:41] The Campbells and the...MacDonalds, I think it is?, are just one of the more prominent examples. [22:42] but I do hope the next generation doesn't carry any of this garbage. There's potential for that. :( [22:43] I'd even more prefer that _this_ generation lets go of it, but that seems depressingly unlikely. :( [22:44] That would require a sacrifice of ego, a highly valued commodity. Not for nothing that 'humility' was added to my list of virtues for the Dedicant writing. [22:44] Oh, I didn't say it would be easy! :) [22:45] To be fair, if anyone admitted they were slightly wrong, someone *would* seize on it as an opening. Gits. [22:45] And, yes, letting go of ego is one of the hardest lessons.... [22:45] I'm even an import, came in after the storm and heard about it secondhand. [22:46] I think the grove survived by paring down to a core then rebuilding with new arrivals. [22:47] If that's what it takes.... [22:48] not much alternative, really [22:57] going to head off. thanks for chatting! [22:57] ta! [22:57] here's hoping your week goes well! [22:57] thank you! [22:57] *** NathanLarge (Mibbit@sorcery-j83dm6.res.rr.com) has quit IRC [Quit: http://ww