Druids In Cars, Going To Festivals

Episode 109 - Wellspring Review 2023 - Crossover with Crone’s Porch Podcast!

A couple of weeks ago, we got to record with friends old and new in the barn at the close of the Wellspring Gathering, 2023. To our great delight, we were able to connect up with Collin from The Crone's Porch, a pagan discussion podcast much like our own, and record a small crossover episode. We also have Jacque (who has been on before) and Stephen with us, providing their perspectives as well.

As always, we have a few linear notes and links for you to check out!

• Crone's Porch Podcast; find them at @cronesporch on Instagram and @croneporch on Facebook, or wherever you listen to podcasts!
• Jan's previous version of the workshop they did at Wellspring
•  (And Jan's Patreon, if you want to support their work and see more work like this)
• Summerland Registration is open! Consider coming out and seeing us! 
• Check out Lammas Fest as well!

As always, you can find us on Facebook, check us out at Threecranes.org/podcast, and learn more about Druidry at ADF.org.

Episode 108 - Our Weirdest Druid Tools

We set a record for how fast Rev. Dangler can break Rev. Avende's composure on this episode! But the topic was a great one, where we got to speak about unconventional tools and challenge how we thought about the physical things that aid us in the work that we do for the folk.

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Episode 107 - Can I Just ”Show Up” to Paganism?

A listener question today comes in, asking, "Is there a place for me if I just want to 'show up' to ritual?" And of course, our answer will surprise nobody.

We talk a bit about what it means to "just show up," to be part of ritual without taking a part. What is the expected level of participation, and can we make space for it in our Groves and in our broader work? And, if you want to just go to ritual, what do you need to do to make sure that remains an option in your local community? What sort of discipline is it, when you are "just showing up?"

Of course, it was interesting to have this discussion on the way to a Druid Moon rite that no one had actually said they were going to show up to, but in the end, people did show up to ritual that night.

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Episode 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 video about trust that Rev. Dangler mentions? You can find it here: "One Weird Trick All 3CG Officers Know!"

Looking for a way to contact the ADF Mother Grove with an idea or to apply for a role? Do that here!

(For those curious, yes, Rev. Dangler took on the name tag project.)

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S6 Bonus Episode 1 - Roadside Divinatory Attractions

We're on our way to the Wellspring Gathering this week and working hard on getting new content, so you get a bonus episode! This week, it's all about roadside divinatory attractions you can find throughout the North American travel landscape, inspired by our visit with a Zoltar machine in a travel plaza in upstate New York.

Of course, there are pictures and videos worth looking at here: from each of us receiving our fortune from Zoltar to the creepy dog in Lucas, KS, and The Magical Druid's own divination dispenser, you can find pics and vids in a small Google album... and maybe we'll add more to it soon enough!

Send us your favorite roadside divinatory attraction at druidsincars@threecranes.org!

We're also including a small gallery of the attractions mentioned, which you can check out on Google Photos.

Preparing to make your own trip to a festival? Consider the Summerland Festival in Yellow Springs, Ohio, this August 17-20, 2023. We'll be there, and we'd love to see you, too!

As always, follow our podcast on Facebook, find out more about our Grove at threecranes.org, and learn more about Druidry at ADF.org.

Episode 105: Goal-Oriented Ritual Planning

On 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 (and we would have gotten kicked out of the library before we finished the meeting if we'd added these 17 minutes to the in-meeting discussion)!

Are you interested in one of our rites? You should come! As you'll hear in this episode, we're working hard to become more and more welcoming, to provide space for everyone, and to craft language and work that is as inclusive as possible. Find out more about our Grove at threecranes.org. You can also check us out in person during the festival season at Summerland in August!

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Episode 104 - A Sacred Travel Trip Review

Last week we talked about how Rev. Avende and Rev. Dangler were trying to plan out a trip to Greece; this week, we circle back to the trip that Rev. Dangler and his wife took, and how they managed the space between good planning and good luck to find ways to encounter the things they wanted to do on that trip. Rev. Dangler's wife joins in as a special guest to detail her perspectives on the trip as well.

Some of the things we mention on the trip can best be illustrated by looking at photos of the experience, we suspect.

• Confluentia, goddess of the confluence of the Rhine and Moselle Rivers
• Drachenfals, or "Dragon's Rock," as seen from the late night photo taken while sailing the Rhine.
• The Vinegar Tasting outfits they had you wear at Doktorenhof, and the shrine to the Vinegar Mother in their cellar.
• The view of Mt. Pilatus from Lucerne, Switzerland.
• The Statue of Artio (Facebook comment thread with several photos in it)

Wellspring is just a few weeks away, and we hope to see you there, or perhaps at Summerland in August! Festivals are a great chance to get out and see others and learn from your fellow Pagans, and we can't recommend them enough!

Find us on Facebook, check us out online, and learn more about Druidry at ADF.org. See you soon!

Episode 103 - Planning Sacred Travel to Greece

Early last year, Rev. Avende and Rev. Dangler discussed the process of planning a trip in the not-too-distant future to Greece to tour some sacred sites. During the chat, they also talked about other trips they've taken, and upcoming trips that are on the horizon.

Some items that come up during the discussion that are worth linking include:

• The Nautes Pillar MJD saw in Paris' Musée de Cluny [video link]
• An upcoming trip for MJD and his wife up the Rhine [commercial link]
• A little Mercury Prayer written after an encounter at the Museum of the Siene [Tumblr link]
• The view of Cape Sounion [image link]
• The book "Pagan Holiday: On the Trail of Ancient Roman Tourists" [Amazon link]
• Stuttard's "Greek Mythology" and "Roman Mythology" books [Amazon links]

Next week, we'll be out of our car, but we'll see how that trip Rev. Dangler planned with his wife panned out.

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Episode 102 - Rites of Passage and Community Connections

When we think about rites of passage, we usually think about how they impact the person who experiences the passage directly, rather than the community around them. In this episode, we talk a bit about what it's like to be a part of that community, and explore a bit about how we've experienced rites of passage, and the observations we have about how they've influenced others... as well as ourselves.

We recorded this episode on our way to a houseblessing for Anagantios, our Stay-At-Home Druid Moon in February of 2022.

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Episode 101 - Advice To Our Younger Pagan Selves

We're back for Season 6!

At our Anagantios Druid Moon in 2022, we recorded this episode about the advice we would give to ourselves when we were our younger Pagan selves. It turns out our advice is actually still pretty relevant to us these days.

We also brought advice from a special guest not in the car, which we gathered at Harvest Nights 2021.

If you have advice for your younger Pagan self, we're collecting that advice! Record it and send us a link to the recording at druidsincars@threecranes.org, and we might feature your advice on a future episode!

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