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Over the last few nights, I have added some work to my devotional schedule; specifically, I am now doing moonrise devotionals to see how they go over the next "little while," whatever that may mean ( Read more... )

Recently, I picked up the book "Get High Now (Without Drugs)" because I was looking for some interesting, legal, and generally safe ways to vary my trancework experience and do some work with simple (yet useful) mind alteration. A lot of the stuff in the book is, as one would expect, pretty minor in terms of "getting high;" most of it focuses on ( Read more... )

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I learned three lessons during my journey as my mettle was tested as an ADF Initiate. These lessons were not the lessons I expected, nor are they specifically private to me alone: these are guiding lessons that I must take forward, that must draw me along as I go forth as an ADF Initiate, and by my oath I will use them in service to others. The ( Read more... )

I learned three lessons during my journey as my mettle was tested as an ADF Initiate. These lessons were not the lessons I expected, nor are they specifically private to me alone: these are guiding lessons that I must take forward, that must draw me along as I go forth as an ADF Initiate, and by my oath I will use them in service to others. The ( Read more... )

I learned three lessons during my journey as my mettle was tested as an ADF Initiate. These lessons were not the lessons I expected, nor are they specifically private to me alone: these are guiding lessons that I must take forward, that must draw me along as I go forth as an ADF Initiate, and by my oath I will use them in service to others. The ( Read more... )

It took me twenty-four hours for my body to get back to where it was before my initiation: until about 8 PM last night, I was so exhausted, emotionally and physically, that it was hard to smile or converse. The drive back down to Columbus seemed to take all day (though the company of kargach and romandruid was exceedingly welcome and helped immensely), and I found ( Read more... )

Today, I passed the initiation into ADF's Initiatory Current.

It wasn't easy, it was a bit frightening, and it was very deeply meaningful and powerful. For a few minutes, I honestly wasn't sure I would pass the three tests. But, in the end, both druidkirk and I passed, and we are now ADF Initiates ( Read more... )