I had gotten interested in druidry through following along with the Archdruid Report and looked into druid organizations in my area. I had started working through The Druidry Handbook, but really wanted a local group. ADF was the only druid organization that had a group in driving distance. I was also very attracted to the idea of a more church-like setting, as I feel very lonely in my religious practice.
I joined the organization but went to one group ritual and got a really bad vibe. The ritual was several hours late to start and we felt very awkward there. No one really talked to us. But there was just an "off" quality about the atmosphere, it is hard to describe. I was disappointed, but the training and such the organization offered sounded good. Unfortunately I couldn't make headway through their website, couldn't really connect with any actual people, and I got daily digests of the email list that seemed mostly connected with dramas I didn't have any context for. So I didn't renew my membership. This was several years before the controversy about Bonewits and all that. I was glad to not be part of it when I heard about that.
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Date: 2020-06-23 07:13 pm (UTC)I joined the organization but went to one group ritual and got a really bad vibe. The ritual was several hours late to start and we felt very awkward there. No one really talked to us. But there was just an "off" quality about the atmosphere, it is hard to describe. I was disappointed, but the training and such the organization offered sounded good. Unfortunately I couldn't make headway through their website, couldn't really connect with any actual people, and I got daily digests of the email list that seemed mostly connected with dramas I didn't have any context for. So I didn't renew my membership. This was several years before the controversy about Bonewits and all that. I was glad to not be part of it when I heard about that.