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context and verifiability, as far as guidelines go, but i don't think it would be considered ethics. much of what has been constructed has pulled from multiple cultures where something seems to be fairly prominent.

when it comes to offending the Kindreds, during each ritual we offer a piacular sacrifice. it has on occasion been thrown back at us. in that event, we either consider if there were unused offerings or forgotten ones, or end the ritual right then and attempt to deduce what went wrong.

certainly. the most recent being our blessing rite on 8/18.

as part of our ritual order, we always have a piacular sacrifice lined up. this particular saturday was feeling a little less than it usually does, and when the Celebrant went to put the three incense sticks for that saturday's piacular, one broke and one fell as soon as it was placed. it might not sound like much, but added to the distinct feeling of not being connected, the celebrant asked us if any had intended on making offerings and had not.

there were a few who had grabbed for something but had not made them during the praise offering part, so they came up again, and meanwhile a friend and i remembered that another member had left halfway through the ceremony, so i made a sacrifice in her name to her patron.

if that wasn't enough, when the celebrant went to take the omen, one of the things given was struggle.

talking with her after, she said all the Kindred were yelling at her when it came time for the piacular. i told her if it happens again, she needs to end the ritual. at least when it comes to taking the omens, if it is not good and it indicated the Kindreds do not accept the sacrifice, we are supposed to simply end the rite. stands to reason the piacular should follow suit.

sadly, it is considered another druid order. once i flesh out how i want the post to appear, i'll lay out my opinions, experience and conversations with other members upon that word.

technically, it is an offshoot of Reformed Druids of North America (RDNA), and Keltria hived from ADF. Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids (OBOD) is completely seperate, although some members belong to both (which is also the case with the Troth).

no worries, really. most of my dissension with the use of the d-word is linked back to you and Tea. you both made valid points and am in the process of coming up with an alternate title.

Hope saint dreya doesn't mind me peeking in. *is also an ADF-er*

Yes, ADF is a Pan-Indo-European group of sorts. We call the pantheon a group or individual works with their hearth culture and any culture within the Indo-European group is considered acceptable for public rites (many members worship non-Indo-European deities in their private practice). So we have Norse members, Hellenic members, etc. and a lot of people also maintain memberships in groups whose focus in on their hearth culture (like The Troth, Neokoroi, Hellenion, etc.).

yeppers. myself, the Senior Druid of my grove, her husband, and five others in our grove. pretty much, my local Kindred (Troth community) are also members of ADF.

i'm just so new to it that i don't quite have near the knowledge that Deo and Ulfrikr and don't feel comfortable speaking about the Germanic aspect.

no mind at all - are you a solitary or do you have a local grove?

exactly!

no worries, smile