Druids In Cars, Going To Festivals

Nov 22 2023 100 ep. 23 mins 145
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Three Cranes Grove, ADF, provides this podcast, typically with Revs. Jan Avende and Michael J Dangler hosting. We discuss Druidry, ritual, magic, paganism in general, all while seeking to bring those great pre- and post-festival discussions to a wider audience. Ride along with us, won't you?

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Episode 123 - Moving On, Retirement, and Other Life Changes in Paganism

Nov 22 2023 31 mins  
While headed home from a Dedicant Oath rite, we started talking about what it was like to move on from our current roles in modern Paganism, whether those moves were due to life changes, vocational changes, or just coming to a place where it was time to move on. Mike Bierschenk joins Revs. Avende and Dangler on this discussion again, and we our conversation goes a bit everywhere, b

Episode 122 - When Deities are Jerks

Nov 15 2023 26 mins  
Today, on the way out to a Dedicant Oath Rite, Rev. Avende and Rev. Dangler travel with Mike Bierschenk on the way out to State College, and chat on a topic we've been meaning to get to for a while: what does it mean for us when our deities are jerks? Myths and legends are full of some really awful things that the spirits do to each other, to humans, and even to animals and plants.

Episode 121 - 3CG Ancestor Box Traditions

Nov 01 2023 29 mins  
Happy Samhain, friends! One of the great traditions we have as a Grove is that we keep an Ancestor Box. This is a simple box that has been with us for 20 years now, receiving new ancestors and bringing them into our shared community of ancestral family, and becoming a part of who we are. Today, because we were driving home from the Cantlos Druid Moon rite where we opened the box, w

Episode 120 - Harvest Nights 2023 Festival Review

Oct 25 2023 23 mins  
On our way out to a Druid Moon rite, we took a moment to chat about a festival Rev. Avende had been to recently: Harvest Nights! Long one of our favorite festivals, Rev. Avende had made the trip without Rev. Dangler this year, and so you can listen along as he hears all about what he missed. Find us on Facebook, check us out at Threecranes.org, and learn more about Druidry at ADF.o

Episode 119 - The Role of the Bard

Oct 11 2023 26 mins  
Today, Rev. Avende and our Grove Bard, Mike Bierschenk, travel out to Harvest Nights and bring you along in the car with them, as they discuss the role of the Bard in Three Cranes Grove, ADF, and in ritual in general. Both have served in the role for our Grove, and both have brought their own magical touch to the work. Find us on Facebook, check us out at threecranes.org, and learn

Episode 118 - How We Do Magic For Others

Oct 04 2023 25 mins  
We continue our conversation from our previous episode with how we do magic for others: how we decide what sort of magical work to do, who to do it for or with, and how we divide out our magic by audience and type of work. We also talk about magical work for hire, and the boundaries we set around that. Find us on Facebook, check out our Grove at ThreeCranes.Org, and learn more abou

Episode 117- Sympathy and Contagion; Magic as Access

Sep 27 2023 35 mins  
After Summerland, we're back! Today, we talk about sympathy and contagion in magic: the idea that things that are alike can provide access to each other, either through being alike or containing the essence (Greek: ousia) of a thing. We chat about them as subsets of attraction, referring to the Laws of Magic outlined in Real Magic. We talk a little bit about joss money (AKA "hell n

Episode 116 - Dublin Irish Festival Druid Sunday Service Prep and Recap

Aug 16 2023 36 mins  
Today, we're off to Summerland, and we hope you will be too! We're looking forward to more new content with new friends there! Last week, we recorded an episode on the way to the Dublin Irish Festival for our annual Sunday Druid Service, and recorded a bit with Mike Bierschenk afterwards to review the service and our experience. If you want to watch the service, you can do so here:

Episode 115 - Managing the Magical: The Working

Aug 09 2023 20 mins  
The Summerland Festival is next week, August 17-20, 2023, near Yellow Springs, Ohio! As of publication, you can still register! This week is the final of five episodes we recoded back-to-back about "Managing the Magical," or how we do magical work in certain sections of our rituals. We'll talk about what we consider the "big magical workings" in ADF ritual, the history behind those

Episode 114 - Managing the Magical: The Return Flow

Aug 02 2023 48 mins  
Have you registered for the Summerland Festival August 17-20, 2023, near Yellow Springs, Ohio? You should! Come meet us! This week is the fourth of five episodes we recoded back-to-back about "Managing the Magical," or how we do magical work in certain sections of our rituals. We'll talk about what we consider the "big magical workings" in ADF ritual, the history behind those secti