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ADF groves are also encouraged to visit neighboring groves once in general plan. Despite some specialization, members within those groves
a while, when possible. continued to draw upon diverse sources of inspiration.
The last area of intergrove activity would be on computer bulletin ADF was founded to research and recreate the original religion of
board conferences, such as America On-Line & Prodigy. The cheap, the ancestors of the Indo-European family-tree. ADF was dealing
instant communication that this provides for isolated solitary members with a pretty broad selection of cultures to work backwards from;
may be enough to swell ADF s ranks, and advertise it more widely. including Celtic, Scando-Germanic, pre-classical Greco-Roman, Slavic,
ancient Hindu, etc. (and a specially permitted addition, Native Ameri-
can). Truly diverse, but it is still exclusionary of many African-origi-
7. Official dogma and ability to speak for a group and
nated religions, Eastern Asian religion, Greco-Roman, Islamic, Meso-
thereby make alliances
Pagan and Judeo-Christianity, not to mention Modern Wicca and
As we ve stated before, because the Council of Dalon ap Landu
Science-Fiction inspired cultures. The ADF is not racist, but they
was likely to deadlock on a decisive vote of support for any issue, the
wish to retain a focus. Members are welcome to practice privately
individual RDNA member was officially incapable of speaking for
any religion they wish and learn from whatever source they wish, but
the group, being appointed to act as its ambassador, or making an
for the purpose of official public ADF rituals only materials pertain-
alliance of between the entire RDNA organization and other groups.
ing to Indo-European cultures will be considered relevant.
They could  pretend to do such things or act informally on the
wishes of individuals, but could not represent the RDNA as a whole.
10. Respect for the group s goals
This weakened the RDNA s potential  clout as an organization,
A kind of catch-all conclusion, but it is a point that underlies all of
since it has trouble sending group-wide ambassadors, making alli-
the previous 9 points. The RDNA had a respectful wariness and
ances or being represented in court.
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Appendix B:
ers of coercion, dogma, sanctity and self-importance than was safe/
helpful for the rights/purposes of the individual to be able to pursue
and express their religious truth with their siblings. From this stems
ADF s Spin-off
the Reformed Druid penchant for  anarchy (as it is called in some
people s opinions).
Organizations
While a certain amount of humor and self-mocking has and will
continue in the ADF, it has set forward serious goals that it hopes to
accomplish as a group.
Just as ADF took the parts of the Reform it liked and left the rest, so
too have groups split off from ADF to form new Druid Groups.
Carryovers from the Reformed Druids
Each group has adopted different influences and the connections
may seem tenuous, but as Daniel Hansen says in his book, American
It s hard to say what Isaac borrowed from the RDNA since many
Druidism: A Guide to American Druid Groups, we all live in America,
of the organizational structures that carried over from it were devised
we re all modern, we lack definitive links to Europe, and everybody
by himself in the first place. But, assuming that he devised these
ideas and implemented them with the help of other Reformed Dru- lumps us together anyway. I like to think of all these Druid groups as
part of the family of American Druidism.
ids, they can be said to belong in part to Reformed Druidism.
The analogy is that the original RDNA is the parent; the NRDNA,
By far, the most apparent carryover was the symbol of Reformed
SDNA, HDNA & ZDNA are its children; ADF is its grandchild;
Druidism itself, the Druid Sigil. Perhaps not so significant to the
Shadowpath, Henge of Keltria, Druidactios, DCSG & Primitive Celtic
general reader, but I consider it a powerful identifying symbol of
Church are its great grandchildren; and American Druidic Church
shared siblinghood between ADF and Reformed Druidism, sort of
would be it s great great grandchild. It should be remembered that
like South Carolina and Nebraska both having the US flag flying in
like a family tree, the RDNA  blood has a thinner concentration in
front of their public schools. The Druid Sigil was expanded from it s
each generation. But since the current Carleton Grove has had 28-
merely RDNA-affiliation into a grander role as a symbol of Druidism
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