Druids In Cars, Going To Festivals

Welcome to the Oracular Spectacular! Revs. Avende and Dangler chat about a seership group Rev. Avende is part of here in Columbus, Ohio. Called "The Oracular Spectacular" and dedicated to bringing divination to the public while sharpening their own skills, the crew have a unique working process that is open to all. This episode is a crossover episode from another podcast called The Pagan Gumbo Pod...

One of the cool things we got to do at the ADF Trillium Gathering this year was offer an uncommon form of divination during the main rite: fire scrying. This divination method involves seeking symbols in a burning ritual fire. In our case, the main ritual fire at Trillium, which has received our offerings and transformed the for the Spirits. Fire scrying is an "open" type of divination, rather tha...

For our first episode in the new season, we're reviewing the first festival we attended this year: The Trillium Spring Gathering , an ADF Festival in northern Virginia. This one has a special place in our heart, because it was Trillium 2018 where we first started Druids In Cars. We talk about the workshops, the campground, and the people. And oh, do we have great things to say about the meal plan!...

Welcome back to the Festival Season! We're starting our recording (today, on release day!) on the way to Trillium (we're borrowing some random free Wi-Fi on our trip to bring this to you) for the future. Already, we've got new episodes in the can, so expect to see some regular releases here in Season 2! Plus, enjoy our new theme music, previewed at the very end of Season 1, by our own Grove Bard, ...

November 1st starts our #PrayerADay challenge, and it's a Thursday, so we're releasing (by the skin of our teeth) an episode where Rev. Avende discusses the history behind the challenge, and how you can participate! You can join the #PrayerADay Facebook group if you want to write, follow the fun on the #PrayerADay Project Facebook Page if you just want to read, or follow @adfdruidry on Tumblr to s...

What does it mean to have an Earth-Based Spirituality when we're very far from our home planet? Originally recorded before this podcast ever came into being, Rev. Avende and Rev. Dangler had the chance to sit down with Rev. Rob Henderson at the ADF Clergy Retreat in October 2017 and discuss just that. Of all the people we could talk to about this, Rev. Henderson is the person we most wanted to cha...

Today, we interview Corbin once again at Summerland , asking him about his impressions of the manhood rite Three Cranes Grove, ADF , did for him as part of his transition, and how he was welcomed as a man into the Grove. This is an important discussion for us because it deals with both the design of transition rituals for trans individuals, and the necessity of welcoming and acceptance of a "new-t...

With Rev. Dangler attending Beyond the Gates this weekend (he's a Druid in a plane, going to a festival), we're releasing another bonus episode today. This episode discusses Three Cranes Grove, ADF 's, Grove Poem,  Clutiā Trion Garanonon: "The Fame of Three Cranes" . About three years in, we wanted to commemorate our history in a creative, fun way. Rev. Hunt had the brilliant idea to use a poem th...

At Summerland 2018, we sat down (not in our car, but in the pavilion) with Corbin to discuss gender nonconformity among the spirits, and how we can make our language and work more inclusive. It was an excellent discussion, and one we've been hoping to have for a long while. This is the first part of two conversations with Corbin on this general topic. This episode contians a discussion about human...

While our hosts are at the Summerland Festival , we thought we'd regale you with a bit of our lighter side of the work we like to do: some praise, both silly and sincere. This is our first "Bonus Episode," so we call out to the being we've sometimes called, "King of the Internet": Garanus, the Crane. If anyone can help us, it's that liminal, long-necked waterbird. Also given praise in these short...

With a larger gathering of ADF Priests, Rev. Avende took the opportunity to return to the issue of vocation at the 2018 ADF Western Clergy Retreat. Revs. Melissa Ashton, William Ashton, Sara Blackwelder, and Lauren Mart all discuss their experiences with vocation and what it feels like to them, as well as how they have found nuance and depth in the work. For more information and transcripts, find...

At the 2018 Western Clergy Retreat, Revs. Jan Avende, Melissa Ashton, Sara Blackwelder, Lauren Mart, and Kirk Thomas sat down to talk about what it feels like to be geographically isolated and doing work, both before and after ordination as an ADF Priest. They discuss a variety of issues they've encoutered, talk about the differences between different parts of the country, and consider a few strat...

Lucky number 13 brings us to a discussion from the Western Clergy Retreat about Ritual Bloopers and Fails! Rev. Avende sat down with several ADF Priests to discuss just how human they really are, and hear some of their best (worst) stories about how things went terribly wrong in ritual, and how they managed to keep the ritual going when it happened. Rev. Avende is joined in this episode by Rev. Me...

Driving home from one of the Bardic Live Casts we do (which is archived on Facebook , if you'd like to watch), Rev. Avende and I had an opportunity to talk about the experience. We cover a range of topics, from the spaces we've worked in to why we've moved away from livecasting public ritual and toward more interesting work. You'll get some background on how our bards came together as a group, and...

Our second episode on this topic, also recorded with Rev. Avende, Rev. Ashton, Rev. Blackwelder, and Rev. Mart at the Western ADF Clergy Retreat a few weeks ago, goes into some detail about the oddities (and also the dangers) of priesting as a woman. It also dives into the expectations different gender roles bring, and the difficulties of finding a place in the community as a woman Priest. Like la...

In this episode, which is the first of two on this topic, Revs. Jan Avende, Melissa Ashton, Sara Blackwelder, and Lauren Mart discuss some of the issues they have experienced as female Priests and leaders. This episode was recorded at the Western ADF Clergy Retreat in 2018, just a week before the release of this episode. They offer some examples of what they've seen as female priests and leaders,...

In today's episode, we speak about vocation: how to recognize it, feed it, and understand where it's taking you. We also reflect on our own vocations, and how they've changed over time. We don't just mean "preistly" vocation, though that takes up a good amount of the time, and we certainly don't just mean in ADF. This is an episode about finding what feeds you, and what fills you, and what it can...

This week, Jan was fortunate to speak with Rev. Ayliah Cannon about trance experiences and how they do the work. In the discussion, they talk about a variety of trance mechanics and experiences, including where we go in trance, how we get there, and how it feels when we arrive. More than that, though, they dive into ways to discern the reality of trancework, how to exit trance, and the importance...

What's it like to go a bit deeper down the rabbit hole of priesthood, and find yourself in new territory as a priest, and elevated to heights you weren't really expecting? Here, Rev. Dangler talks about what it’s like to become a Senior Priest in ADF. For background, ADF has three levels of Priest: ADF Priest, ADF Consecrated Priest, and ADF Senior Priest. Rev. Dangler is a Senior Priest. The proc...

In this episode, we talk about what it's like to find comfort in our skin as clergy, as Initiates, and even as Grove members. We discuss a lot of the practicalities of inclusion, where responsibility for it lies, and how to reach out if you don't feel included, or if you can't find your role in a group or Grove. This episode was recorded on the way to the 2018 ADF Trillium Spring Gathering , and i...

On our way out to the 2018 ADF Trillium Spring Gathering , picking up where our last episode left off, we discussed the idea of spiritual patronage: what it is, what it looks like, what its benefits are, and how the relationship changes over time. Visit us at  threecranes.org/podcast  for info and transcripts, find us on  Facebook , and learn more about Paganism and Druidry at  adf.org

This was an important conversation recorded on the way back from the 2018 ADF Trillium Spring Gathering . We talk about our patrons, how we build our relationships, our individual experiences with the goddess Uṣas, and how we set our boundaries with those spirits we work with. This discussion is key because sometimes, we have to walk away from those relationships, too, when we recognize that they...

This is actually the first conversation we recorded on our way out to the 2018 ADF Trillium Spring Gathering , and we spoke a lot about our altars, particularly focusing on our deity images, various ritual challenges we've created (including the #DailyShrine and #TheFlameOfHope experiences), how our actions have impacted our children's devotional lives, and the way parenting intersects with our sh...

In this conversation, recorded on the way home from the 2018 ADF Trillium Spring Gathering , we had a broad discussion about what happens when we have a drought of work, where you feel unconnected or guilty that things have changed in your practice, and how to get back on track with the work through divination and expiation. The thing to know is that there's nothing wrong with you when it happens,...

Headed to the 2018 ADF Trillium Gathering, Rev.'s Avende and Dangler spoke about how they do daily devotionals, how they've changed and grown over time, and how their families have interacted with these various devotional processes. Visit us at threecranes.org/podcast for info and transcripts, find us on Facebook, and learn more about Paganism and Druidry at adf.org