Druids In Cars, Going To Festivals

Episode 119 - The Role of the Bard

Today, Rev. Avende and our Grove Bard, Mike Bierschenk, travel out to Harvest Nights and bring you along in the car with them, as they discuss the role of the Bard in Three Cranes Grove, ADF, and in ritual in general. Both have served in the role for our Grove, and both have brought their own magical touch to the work.

Find us on Facebook, check us out at threecranes.org, and learn more about Druidry at adf.org.

Episode 118 - How We Do Magic For Others

We continue our conversation from our previous episode with how we do magic for others: how we decide what sort of magical work to do, who to do it for or with, and how we divide out our magic by audience and type of work. We also talk about magical work for hire, and the boundaries we set around that.

Find us on Facebook, check out our Grove at ThreeCranes.Org, and learn more about Druidry at adf.org.

Episode 117- Sympathy and Contagion; Magic as Access

After Summerland, we're back! Today, we talk about sympathy and contagion in magic: the idea that things that are alike can provide access to each other, either through being alike or containing the essence (Greek: ousia) of a thing. We chat about them as subsets of attraction, referring to the Laws of Magic outlined in Real Magic.

We talk a little bit about joss money (AKA "hell notes" or "hell money") as an example, but the majority of this discussion grows out of the need for Rev. Avende to provide access to religious and magical support in their new role as a prison chaplain: how can we provide services to incarcerated individuals, particularly in light of the restrictions that are imposed on them.

Rev. Dangler floats his notion of "magic as access" here, probably for the first time publicly, so what you're hearing in the last half of this episode is really an initial oral argument for that definition, and we expect there's more to come on that as it develops.

A couple of things get mentioned in this episode, including a collaborative whiteboard image of Epona that we painted in the pandemic, and the Flame of Hope experience in an airport, which we've previously mentioned.

Find us on Facebook, check us out at threecranes.org, and learn more about Druidry at adf.org.

Episode 116 - Dublin Irish Festival Druid Sunday Service Prep and Recap

Today, we're off to Summerland, and we hope you will be too! We're looking forward to more new content with new friends there!

Last week, we recorded an episode on the way to the Dublin Irish Festival for our annual Sunday Druid Service, and recorded a bit with Mike Bierschenk afterwards to review the service and our experience. If you want to watch the service, you can do so here: 2023 Druid Sunday Service.

We also talk a bit about things new and old in the ritual, as well as unexpected last minute changes. Mike used a new cosmos creation script as well, which you can find on his blog.

We're also making a switch for better accessibility on this episode: we're moving to mono instead of stereo sound, which should aid both people with hearing differences between their ears, and people who just like to listen to a podcast with one earpod in. Either way, we hope this is helpful to a lot of folks, and it'll be our standard going forward. Do let us know if anything weird happens on your end!

As always, find us on Facebook, check us out at threecranes.org, and learn more about Druidry at ADF.org!

Episode 115 - Managing the Magical: The Working

The Summerland Festival is next week, August 17-20, 2023, near Yellow Springs, Ohio! As of publication, you can still register!

This week is the final of five episodes we recoded back-to-back about "Managing the Magical," or how we do magical work in certain sections of our rituals. We'll talk about what we consider the "big magical workings" in ADF ritual, the history behind those sections, and how they came to be part of our liturgy, before diving deeply into how we actually do these ritual parts.

This week is all about "The Working," which sounds ominous and important: how we do it functionally, and why we do it in ritual.

The five episodes are:

• (Re)Creating the Cosmos (July 13)
• Opening the Gates (July 20)
• Taking the Omen (July 27)
• The Return Flow (August 2)
• The Workings (today)

Find us on Facebook, check us out at ThreeCranes.org, and learn more about Druidry at ADF.org.

Episode 114 - Managing the Magical: The Return Flow

Have you registered for the Summerland Festival August 17-20, 2023, near Yellow Springs, Ohio? You should! Come meet us!

This week is the fourth of five episodes we recoded back-to-back about "Managing the Magical," or how we do magical work in certain sections of our rituals. We'll talk about what we consider the "big magical workings" in ADF ritual, the history behind those sections, and how they came to be part of our liturgy, before diving deeply into how we actually do these ritual parts.

This week is all about the Return Flow (in all its parts), how we do it functionally, and why we do it in ritual.

The five episodes will be:

• (Re)Creating the Cosmos (July 13)
• Opening the Gates (July 20)
• Taking the Omen (July 27)
• The Return Flow (today)
• The Workings (August 10)

Find us on Facebook, check us out at ThreeCranes.org, and learn more about Druidry at ADF.org.

Episode 113- Managing the Magical: Taking Omens

Have you registered for the Summerland Festival August 17-20, 2023, near Yellow Springs, Ohio? You should! Come meet us!

This week is the third of five episodes we recoded back-to-back about "Managing the Magical," or how we do magical work in certain sections of our rituals. We'll talk about what we consider the "big magical workings" in ADF ritual, the history behind those sections, and how they came to be part of our liturgy, before diving deeply into how we actually do these ritual parts.

This week is all about taking omens, how we do it functionally, and why we do it in ritual.

The five episodes will be:

• (Re)Creating the Cosmos (July 13)
• Opening the Gates (last week)
• Taking the Omen (today)
• The Return Flow (August 3)
• The Workings (August 10)

Find us on Facebook, check us out at ThreeCranes.org, and learn more about Druidry at ADF.org.

Episode 112- Managing the Magical: Opening the Gates

We're a month out from Summerland! Consider coming out to the Summerland Festival August 17-20, 2023, in near Yellow Springs, Ohio!

This week is the second of five episodes we recoded back-to-back about "Managing the Magical," or how we do magical work in certain sections of our rituals. We'll talk about what we consider the "big magical workings" in ADF ritual, the history behind those sections, and how they came to be part of our liturgy, before diving deeply into how we actually do these ritual parts.

This week is all about good gatekeepers and their attributes, how we work with them, and the mechanics of opening the Gates... along with how we manage the origins of this ritual process.

The five episodes will be:

• (Re)Creating the Cosmos (last week)
• Opening the Gates (today)
• Taking the Omen (July 27)
• The Return Flow (August 3)
• The Workings (August 10)

Find us on Facebook, check us out at ThreeCranes.org, and learn more about Druidry at ADF.org.

Episode 111 - Managing the Magical: (Re)Creating the Cosmos

Important Announcement! The Trillium Spring Gathering is back in 2024! Some more details in the episode, but check out the website, and join us early next year!

Also, you can check in with us in person sooner at the Summerland Festival in August.

This week is the first of five episodes we recoded back-to-back about "Managing the Magical," or how we do magical work in certain sections of our rituals. We'll talk about what we consider the "big magical workings" in Druid ritual, the history behind those sections, and how they came to be part of our liturgy, before diving deeply into how we actually do these ritual parts.

The five episodes will be:

• (Re)Creating the Cosmos (today)
• Opening the Gates (July 20)
• Taking the Omen (July 27)
• The Return Flow (August 3)
• The Workings (August 10)

Find us on Facebook, check us out at ThreeCranes.Org, and learn more about Druidry at ADF.org.

Episode 110 - Appalachian Summer Solstice Review 2023

Today, Rev. Avende reviews their experience at the Wisteria Appalachian Summer Solstice festival in southeastern Ohio. They discuss their favorite workshops, including one on bone throwing by one of the owners of Moon Bees Apothecary and Spiritual Supply in Wisconsin, and a little about open and closed systems of divination. Then, it's on to ritual work and spaces, people that they met, and experiences with queer safe spaces and the amazing drumming circle. You'll also hear some ideas we hope to carry forward into our own Summerland Festival, coming up in mid-August. (Registration is open, friends! Come see us!)

For some pictures and a full write up, check out Rev. Avende's written review of this festival as well!

Stay tuned to the very end to hear about our plans for transporting hooch across state lines, and the promising return of the Trillium Gathering next year!

Find us on Facebook, check us out at Threecranes.Org, and learn more about Druidry at adf.org!