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Druids - 08 / 07 / 2004
paleo-pagan druids
meso-pagan druidic orders
    300 years ago to 50 years ago
neo-pagan druids
    50 years ago to present
British Druidry
    BCUB
        - The British Circle of the Universal Bond
            founded approx. 1717
            meso-pagan
    AOD
        - Ancient Order of Druids
            meso-pagan
        may be the same group as BCUB
        OBOD
            - The Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids
                formed 1964
                    founder & former leader
                        Philip Ross Nichols
                            friend of Gerald Gardner & Doreen Valiente
                current leader
                    Philip Carr-Gomm
                neo-pagan
    the four forces
        druidic beliefs — Terry Pratchett  
            charm
                - allurement / glamour / entrapment / deceit
            persuasion
                - instigation / gullibility / influence / coercion
            uncertainty
                - ambiguity / randomness / irresolution / suspicion
            bloody-mindedness
                - maliciousness / callousness / ferocity / cruelty / stubborness
American Druidry
    RDNA
        - Reformed Druids of North America
            formed 1963
            location
                Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota
            founder
                David Fisher
    NRDNA
        - New Reformed Druids of North America
            formed 1974
            founder
                Michael Bradley
            neo-pagan
    SDNA
        - Schismatic Druids of North America
            formed 1974
            founder
                Philip Emmons Isaac Bonewits
            founder
                Robert Larson
            neo-pagan
    HDNA
        - Hasidic Druids of North America
            formed 1976
            founder
                Philip Emmons Isaac Bonewits
            SNDA from a Jewish perspective
    ADF
        - ar nDraiocht Fein: A Druid Fellowship
            arn ree-ocht fane
                - our own druidism
            formed 1983
            founder
                Philip Emmons Isaac Bonewits
            neo-pagan
            structure
                pan-European
                Georges Dumezil
                    3 functions of society
                        sovereignty
                        warrior
                        producer
                guilds
                    first function
                        bards, liturgists, seers, magicians, scholars, priests
                    second function
                        warriors
                    third function
                        healers, naturalists, artisans
                training
                    three triads
                        first triad
                            right action
                            piety
                            study
                        second triad
                            basic meditation
                            the two currents
                                imagination and concentration
                            home shrine
                        third triad
                            full ritual worship
                            dedication
                                dedicant's oath
                            patronage
                                selecting a deity
    Keltria
        formed 1987
        founder
            Tony Taylor
        Celtic neo-pagan
    Druids of the order of the Mists of Stone Forest
        Druidry — Sam Z.  
bard
    - celtic minstrel poet
ovate / vate
    - celtic prophet / diviner
druid
    - celtic ritual leader
        philosopher / teacher / advisor / judge
 
dubious druids
    DCW
        - The Druidic Craft of the Wise
        formed approx. 1970
        founder
            Barney Taylor
                aka: Eli the Druid, Father Eli
        warning
            rates high on PEI Bonewits' cult danger evaluation frame
 
ADF web site - http://www.adf.org
The Druid Chronicles (Evolved) - PEI Bonewits
Henge of Keltria web site - http://www.keltria.org
The Light Fantastic - Terry Pratchett
OBOD web site - http://www.druidry.org/
PEI Bonewits web site - http://www.neopagan.net/Contents.html
RDNA - Carleton web site - http://www.student.carleton.edu/orgs/druids/
RDNA - resource web site - http://www.geocities.com/mikerdna/

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