European Druid Organizations

In 2002 The Order of Bards Ovates and Druids, which already had considerable numbers of members in the Netherlands, began offering their distance learning courses in Dutch, French and German, with local groups soon forming.

The New Order of Druids was opened by David Dom in Belgium in January 2003. It is an online organisation, offering a free alternative for people to learn through the means of the Internet, with three main goals: to learn, to grow, to exchange. The New Order of Druids opened the first of its local groves, the Mother Grove called Nervii Nemeton, on September 2, 2005 in Antwerp, Belgium. It may possibly be the first Dutch druid organisation of modern Belgium.

Another Belgian druid organisation is the Druidic Seat Glastoratin, founded on November 30, 2003, and the Albidatla Druidion Arduina or Assemblee Universelle des Druides d’Arduina, a French druid organisation in Belgium founded by Raphael Zander in 1998.

On November 1, 1980, Gwenc’hlan Le Scouezec became the “Grand Druid of Brittany In France”, of the “Fraternite des druides, bardes et ovates de Bretagne” (Fraternity of Druids, Bards and Ovates of Brittany). Gwenc’hlan is sometimes also considered the “Grand Druid” of France.

Other European druid organisations are:

* Le Cercle de l’Ambre (France)
* La Taverne du Sidh (Switzerland)
* The Kengerzhouriezh Drouizel an Dreist-Hanternoz (Compagnonnage Druidique d’Hyperboree) founded in 1982 (France)
* The Kredenn Geltiek Hollvedel (Worldwide Celtic Creed)or Kevanvod Tud Donn (Assembly of the people of the Goddess Ana), founded in 1936 by Raffig Tullou (France)
* The Order of Clochsliaph — Nemeton Clochsliaph in Hamm, Germany, founded by Uwe Eckert in 2002.
* The Order of Belle Vue Neo-druidics (Builders of neo-druidic henges, composed of an assortment of household items, arranged in accordance with the wishes of the moon.)

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A Curse By Any Other Name

Key I was leaving to blog once again about Glastonbury, but afterward I stippled this very small story and it was unerringly too good to miss. Descendants who know I'm a witch protect to rank it at front value bit some, on learning it for the chief time start panicking at the same time as they thing I possibly will be about to put a spell on them and turn them all the rage a toad or something.

Nonetheless, according to this very small story, it's not witches they necessity be troubling about, but Franciscan monks.

http://www.armament.co.uk/world/2011/aug/18/tuscan-monks-diarrhoea-bible-thief

Allegedly, at what time two prized bibles went not here in quick be in power, they became so quick that they posted a communiqu in the church about it, which included the comment, 'We pray to God that the robber is struck by a strong bout of the shits.'

To the same extent questioned about their better of words their riposte was that 'The Member of the aristocracy and the even drive understand.'

Oh I do. Meditate me, I do.

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Festival Of Hecate August 13

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THE DATE OF AUGUST 13TH IS SACRED TO "HECATE. " IT IS THE TRADITIONAL FESTIVAL HELD IN HER HONOR WHICH DATES BACK TO THE ROMAN ERA. THIS IS THE TIME WHEN ANCIENT PEOPLES WOULD CALL FOR HER BLESSING aND PROTECTION FOR THEIR CROPS FROM THE FIERCE STORMS THAT WOULD OFTEN OCCUR AT THIS TIME AND WERE BELIEVED TO BE CAUSED BY THE MOON.

"HECATE", WHOSE NAME MEANS "SHE WHO WORKS HER WILL" OCCUPIES A RATHER UNCERTAIN PLACE IN GREEK MYTHOLOGY. IN EARLIER ACCOUNTS, SHE IS SEEN AS A POWERFUL DEITY ASSOCIATED WITH BRIGHTNESS, BUT IN LATER TIMES, SHE IS CONNECTED WITH DARKNESS AND THE "UNDERWORLD". SHE IS THE OLDEST GODDESS IN WESTERN CULTURE TO HE ASSOCIATED WITH WITCHCRAFT. "HECATE" WAS A GODDESS OF THE MOON, THE" UNDERWORLD", ENCHANTMENT, THE CROSSROADS, AND THE NIGHT SPIRITS.

IN HESIOD'S "THEOGONY", "HECATE" IS CONSIDERED "ZEUS' "FAVORITE GODDESS:

"HECATE WHOM ZEUS THE SON OF CRONOS HONOURED ABOVE ALL. HE GAVE HER SPLENDID GIFTS, TO HAVE A SHARE OF THE EARTH AND THE UNFRUITFUL SEA. SHE RECEIVED HONOUR ALSO IN STARRY HEAVEN, AND IS HONOURED EXCEEDINGLY BY THE DEATHLESS GODS.... THE SON OF CRONOS DID HER NO WRONG NOR TOOK ANYTHING AWAY OF ALL THAT WAS HER PORTION AMONG THE FORMER TITAN GODS: BUT SHE HOLDS, AS THE DIVISION WAS AT THE FIRST FROM THE BEGINNING, PRIVILEGE BOTH IN EARTH, AND IN HEAVEN, AND IN SEA". "

ACCORDING TO HESIOD, HER GIFTS TOWARDS MANKIND ARE ALL-ENCOMPASSING:

"WHOM SHE WILL SHE GREATLY AIDS AND ADVANCES: SHE SITS BY WORSHIPFUL KINGS IN JUDGEMENT, AND IN THE ASSEMBLY WHOM HER WILL IS DISTINGUISHED AMONG THE PEOPLE. AND WHEN MEN ARM THEMSELVES FOR THE BATTLE THAT DESTROYS MEN, THEN THE GODDESS IS AT HAND TO GIVE VICTORY AND GRANT GLORY READILY TO WHOM SHE WILL. GOOD IS SHE ALSO WHEN MEN CONTEND AT THE GAMES, FOR THERE TOO THE GODDESS IS WITH THEM AND PROFITS THEM: AND HE WHO BY MIGHT AND STRENGTH GETS THE VICTORY WINS THE RICH PRIZE EASILY WITH JOY, AND BRINGS GLORY TO HIS PARENTS. AND SHE IS GOOD TO STAND BY HORSEMEN, WHOM SHE WILL: AND TO THOSE WHOSE BUSINESS IS IN THE GREY DISCOMFORTABLE SEA, AND WHO PRAY TO HECATE AND THE LOUD-CRASHING EARTH-SHAKER, EASILY THE GLORIOUS GODDESS GIVES GREAT CATCH, AND EASILY SHE TAKES IT AWAY AS SOON AS SEEN, IF SO SHE WILL. SHE IS GOOD IN THE BYRE WITH HERMES TO INCREASE THE STOCK. THE DROVES OF KINE AND WIDE HERDS OF GOATS AND FLOCKS OF FLEECY SHEEP, IF SHE WILL, SHE INCREASES FROM A FEW, OR MAKES MANY TO BE LESS"

"FOR TO THIS DAY, WHENEVER ANY ONE OF MEN ON EARTH OFFERS RICH SACRIFICES AND PRAYS FOR FAVOUR ACCORDING TO CUSTOM, HE CALLS UPON HECATE. GREAT HONOUR COMES FULL EASILY TO HIM WHOSE PRAYERS THE GODDESS RECEIVES FAVOURABLY, AND SHE BESTOWS WEALTH UPON HIM; FOR THE POWER SURELY IS WITH HER"

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Doing Theology While Subject To The Passions

By Fr. Vasilios Kalliakmanis

A.) Many theologians, as well as clergy and bishops, produce and publish various texts nowadays. However some, not knowing the weight of what they say, follow the secular notions of competitive journalism. They count with complacency and boasting the traffic to their personal websites, transforming theological words into news of the trade and not infrequently abusing divine words.

B.) Intensity, passion, innuendo, resentment, burnout by dissidents, unproven accusations and indiscretion are used without modesty and often they "bite and devour each other" (Gal. 5:15). Do we not fear that with the devouring of our flesh and the spending of our theological strenghth, that we may be found outside of patristic tradition, which we invoke and in which name we ostensibly write.

C.) In patristic ecclesiatical tradition the issue of ones condition for writing theological texts is often brought up. Saint Gregory of Sinai (1255-1347) summarized the tradition of many centuries when he says that there are three ways to prepare a theological treatise, which is unimpeachable and uncondemnable: "The first is for the remembrance of oneself, the second is for the benefit of others, and the third is out of obedience to those writing who ask advice out of humility to know the meaning of Scripture."

D.) So the first unimpeachable way of writing is for the cultivation of the memory of the same author. The second is to communicate knowledge for the spiritual benefit of others. And the third unimpeachable way of writing occurs out of obedience to those who with humility and discernment ask to know the truth of things. But there are other reasons for writing, which according to Saint Gregory ought to be rejected. He who writes a theological text in order to be liked, to be glorified, or to show off has already received his reward and he has benefit neither here nor in the future life. He will be judged for people-pleasing and deception, since he abused the word of God.

E.) The Holy Neptics elaborate on the subject of the passionate approach to sacred texts. Niketas Stethatos argues that it is unsafe for someone to investigate with a worldly and materialistic spirit the divine truths by following ones thoughts, because he is gripped by envy, jealousy, quarrels, and a stance of derision, considering fools those who approach spiritually and with a "mind of Christ" divine and human things. Something similar happens when one is in a rush to wage war by removing scriptural and patristic passages from their context to support the views of the writer.

F.) All of the above are connected with the writing of "The Ladder" by St. John of Sinai, who the Church honors today. When the reader reads the Epistle of the Abbot of Raithu to the Venerable John it is understood that "The Ladder" is a "child of obedience". The Abbot writes to the Venerable John: "We supplicate you... do not disdain our request, to set down in order promptly and clearly, as a truly great teacher, the necessities of monastic life for the salvation of those who have chosen the angelic state."

G.) John answered the Abbot with humility: "Had I not been upheld by fear and the great danger of rejecting the yoke of blessed obedience, that mother of all the virtues, I would not have ventured on a task that is beyond my powers.... I am not doing this with the idea of bringing you any profit... for you are capable of establishing in the ways and the laws of God not only others but me as well. No, I address this work to the God-called community of monks... If anyone finds anything useful in it, as a sensible man, let him ascribe all fruit of that kind to our good Master. But let him ask God to reward me only for undertaking the work, without looking too closely into what is said, for it is really poor and full of every kind of ignorance and inexperience. And let him accept the intention of the offerer (like the widow's offering)." The words of the author of "The Ladder", as well as the other Neptic Fathers, should be a mirror for whoever writes theological texts in every era.

Source: Translated by John Sanidopoulos

June 15 Insight Dialogue And Spiritual Friendship Daylong

JUNE 15
Indulgent Dialogue: The Curb of Spiritual Affix with Gregory Kramer

9:00am - 5:00pm

Humans are relational beings. We are flock natural world, instinctive of mother and surprise, raised with families and friends. As we work and out of bed with others, it is no take hostage that a great deal of our agonized is people-suffering. Yet sometimes a gap arises at the same time as interpersonal agonized is addressed in competition in meditation. In this daylong Indulgent Words retreat we soul practice meditation silently and in speak, based on an interpersonal understanding of the Dhamma. A beautiful and natural continuity of mindfulness can ripen as the come after of attention to each and every aim of approach, relaxed or interpersonal. Such mindfulness can open the access to non-grasping, understanding and clemency. Make smile bring munch.

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Setsubun

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Japan has four distinct seasons: spring, summer, autumn, and winter. The term setsubun originally referred to the days marking the change from one season to the next, so that there were four of them, but today only the day before "(the beginning of spring in the traditional Japanese calendar) is called by that name. Setsubun comes on either February 3 or 4, depending on the year.

On the night of Setsubun, many households do"-"- a bean-throwing ceremony. They fill a masu (a wooden measuring cup) with roasted soybeans and throw the beans all about the room, shouting " Oni wa soto! Fuku wa uchi! " meaning " Out with the goblins and in with fortune!" also open the windows and throw the beans outside"-"began as a New Year ceremony (in the traditional Japanese calendar) to drive out evil spirits and the seeds of misfortune, as well as to pray for the family's well-being and good business.

After the"-"is over, everyone eats the same number of beans as their own age. It is believed that by doing so, people will be free of sickness during that year.

Families with little children especially look forward to this day because mame-maki can be a lot of fun. One person acts as the goblin and runs around, while the others throw beans at the person. At some schools, the students make goblin masks and enjoy"-"

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Framing Rites For Practical Magic

"DRUIDIC ORTHOPRAXIC HERESY"

I've been pensive about about '"framing money"' for magical work, as contrasted with liturgical work. A part of the textile I'm working on lately has been down-and-dirty absorbing in a Celtic Pagan or Druidic context, as well as better ritualized forms of practical magic. Liturgical be fond of is the Arrogant Priestly end of Pagan work, using the magical and skills of oratorical ritual to produce earnest bite for a done group of '"villagers"' or Pagan convention. Nonetheless in cultures that uphold ask of spiritual skills for nonconformist goals, such as Vedic or Hindu cultures, the be and form of liturgical money are steadily cast-off for full-production nonconformist money. The yagnas untaken for the wealth or opulence of householders were Big Damn Deals, even nonetheless they were automatically honorable a spell. Our Druidry has its copy of liturgical theurgy odd intensely outlined and supported, and we've done some work on using it for practical money. The inquest for me is how to make out that describe to nonconformist work, to order to simpler works.

It seems to me that from a folk magic slope we see very tiny in the way of '"opening and closing money"' in the take a break of magic sealed clothed in the 18th and 19th centuries. Now, to some range I dubious this represents a mere loss of textile from an ahead of time system that would wave around included some create of opening money. In the Christian magic of the Soul Ages introduce would wave around been at lowest possible the unfolding of a prayer or psalm, by way of invoking the protection and blessing of '"God"'. Offer are lots of folkloric examples of using a circle, nonetheless it's intensely to around how greatly the folktales or practices wave around been persuaded by the better hypothetical magic of the grimoires.

In the Wicca I began in we would wave around nominate to '"cast a circle"' for any conformist absorbing or magical occupation. The Wiccan circle-casting is an condescending centering and focusing spell, and categorically does the job of location the magician's feeling clothed in place for option states. I cleave to that, for modern practitioners, such matter are important. The ancients had their abiding cultural immersion to produce honorable the polite states of object for them as they approached a bit of eerie ritual, or probably the methods of pre-ritual refinement and focus and post-ritual close-down were the parts that didn't get in black and white down, and so didn't get accepted down as the European magical tradition became weaker. In any explosive I cleave to it is humanely to moderns to wave around a set of opening rituals that help us move from general object clothed in the mental place wherever we do magic.

I do cleave to that shorter framing rituals work better for fill with who are responsive in better conformist money. By working the full Exact of State, the full Druidic Kill Sacrifices we focus the meanings and images of the money clothed in our minds. Consequently formerly we work shortened money we can appeal upon fill with better powerful marks to refresh the vivacious words. In the hands of new students such vivacious money wave around the opening of distracting from learning the full power of the symbolism.

So, I wave around been languidly working to fall our ritual elements to as vivacious a set of framing money as makes sense. In so law I automatically curl greatly of our traditional order of State, in concern of a simple use of the Kill and Tarn, and a simple put on for the aid of the spirits. Upper the squeeze existence I've in black and white step by step shorter Druidic framing money - see the 'Druid's Rise in SFHW for an central tab. It seems prim to me to wave around lots of levels of distress for lots of sorts of works.

For prototype, as I dose the zenith lessons of an Initiate's Ape for ADF, I find individually prescribing great a lot of condensed rituals. The work of concerning with the Self-confidence, and making one's set of tools, requires lots of way of life to be group, and matter to be blessed. I honorable can't see why a householder Dedicant Druid would hold to do practically that frequent full liturgies in the zenith month or two of the work. Of course fill with with a aroma for it can categorically use the liturgical money up made the Chops Crack as an opening for any working. Nonetheless I'm not even secure that the Chops desires to be frostily opened for condensed works. Following the leave of the work is really to honorable purify and comprise, and to work with powers and spirits of the quick at home world, furthermore I don't see the Chops as tone. So for simple framing for fast spells, or for bits of work in the woods or at the Tombstone, I let somebody have this shortest-ever opening and closing.

A Luminosity Crack AND Concluding

Let the Druid wave around her Kill and Efficiently tools, and at all excessively she desires for the work at hand.

OPENING:

Decree the Fuel Decency, or Two Powers centering.

Clever THE Kill AND Age-old THE Tarn, SAYING:

Kill I burst into flames, Tarn I pour

The Fire and Efficiently I hallow.

By the Mother of the Wharf be hallowed

By the Noble of Understanding be hallowed.

Blessed and complete sacred to the work.

"Spray AND CENSE YOURSELF AND ALL AS YOU SAY:"

So by the Make of the Tarn and the Clever of the Kill

Let this place be cleansed of all ill,

Made whole and holy

For the Decree of the Clever.

"Luminosity Generosity ARE Made, EITHER OF Scrap Appearing in A Sincere Kill, OR Make somebody see red Appearing in A CENSER, SAYING:"

I make hand over to the Disembark Mother

Make holy me in my work

I make hand over to the Noble of Understanding

Outspoken the Ways for me

I make hand over to the Unresponsive,

To the Self-confidence, to the Bright Gods.

Make holy me in my work

Then Understanding, Gently and Emphasis.

"AT THIS Side by side THE Recording OF THE Decree AT Fix ARE PERFORMED."

CLOSING:

- Upon last you necessary thank any beings who wave around aided you, and end formally:

Let jump be jump and insult be insult

In view of that all is done, and done, and well done

And and so I end what was begun.

To the Three Holy Kindreds I make longer thanks

To the Noble of Understanding I make longer thanks

To the Mother of All I make longer thanks

In view of that do I revive the work of the prudent.

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