Druids In Cars, Going To Festivals

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!

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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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Episode 100 - Rites of Passage at our 100th Episode!

One of the things about recording a podcast is that you find yourself passing milestones on the journey, and today, we managed to get in our 100th episode! We talk a bit about how rites of passage have figured into our working life as podcasters, as members of a local Grove, and as individuals, and what it feels like to move through them.

Most importantly, we look forward, because what comes on the other side of such a rite is impossible to know until you've crossed the threshold!

If you're interested in Summerland, Pre-Registration is open through August 12th (closing very soon!), but you can also register at the door for the event if you'll be camping and are willing to manage food yourself. It'll be a great festival, we know, and we're so looking forward to it.

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Episode 99 - Finding Joy In Ritual and Druidry

Druidry is not drudgery, and there is an element of joy to all of the work that we do with and for others.

We speak of Rev. Dangler's initiatory experience, where joy was gifted to him as a tool of his work. Rev. Avende speaks of joy in their flow experience of ritual. We speak of the difference between joyfulness and happiness, and our aim to use the flow and the joy to bring connectivity to the folk.

Our next episode is Episode 100! What are we going to do? We don't quite know yet! See you next week, and find out with us!

The Summerland Gathering is happening August 18-21, 2022 (accepting registration shortly)! On the west coast, look out for Beyond the Gates in early September!

Theme by Mike Bierschenk. Check out his Bandcamp for more awesome music!

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Episode 98 - Druidry and Our Work

Today we're talking about what Druidry is, and discuss the impacts of using the word "Druid" as ADF members. Spoiler alert: Rev. Avende hates it.

We talk about the terms we could use instead, working both forward from our base practice, and backwards from the terms we have available.

If you've ever been annoyed by the way ADF Druids use the word "Druid," this episode is for you.

You may also want to check out our first season "Space Druidry" bonus episode.

If you have a better word than anything we came up with (or if you like one of our words a lot), we'd love to hear from you. Drop us a line at druidsincars@threecranes.org and tell us about it!

The Summerland Gathering is happening August 18-21, 2022 (accepting registration shortly)! On the west coast, look out for Beyond the Gates in early September!

Theme by Mike Bierschenk. Check out his Bandcamp for more awesome music!

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Episode 97 - Finding Nature In Our Nature Religion

How do you find nature to put in your nature religion? We look at both the mundane and the spiritual aspects everyone has access to, consider that ancient Pagans didn't find a deep issue with lack of access to the "natural world," and talk about how we bring a bit of nature into our practice in visible and useful ways.

• The Vegetarian Epicure [Amazon link]
• Rev. Dangler's office "passage tomb" [Facebook photo] 

We know you're looking for festivals to attend, because why wouldn't you? The Summerland Gathering is happening August 18-21, 2022 (accepting registration shortly)! On the west coast, look out for Beyond the Gates in early September!

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Episode 96 - Working in Unfamiliar Hearth Cultures

Because of the way that ADF is structured as a pan-Indo-European organization, it's entirely possible to come to ritual at your local Grove and experience ritual in a culture you're unfamiliar with, or (if you're clergy or an initiate) be asked even to write a ritual for others.

We'll talk a bit about how we research and write the rituals as ADF Priests first, and then talk a bit about how we, as attendees, approach a ritual where we are strangers to the spirits that are honored.

For "Circles of Concentration" work, see Rev. Kirk Thomas' paper on the topic.

The Summerland Gathering is happening August 18-21, 2022 (accepting registration shortly)! On the west coast, look out for Beyond the Gates in early September!

Theme by Mike Bierschenk. Check out his Bandcamp for more awesome music!

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Episode 95 - Managing Imposter Syndrome

Have you ever felt that you were in over your head with this whole ritual-and-magic thing? Do you feel like an "imposter" about to be found out? We all have, but it can seem like it's a lonely place to be. You might be surprised that, even with all the experience and work under their belts, Revs. Avende and Dangler both deal with it on the regular, too.

We talk a little bit about what our own notions of "being an imposter" looks like, the ways that we personally combat those feelings within ourselves, and how we can help others work through these feelings organizationally and together.

Looking for festivals? The Summerland Gathering is happening August 18-21, 2022 (accepting registration)! On the west coast, look out for Beyond the Gates in early September; and in Canada, check out Three Rivers Festival June 9-12, 2022!

Theme by Mike Bierschenk. Check out his Bandcamp for more awesome music!

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