John the Verbose

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Egads, I just realized it’s ON my ordination certificate! #druidry #RDNA /|\
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An invitation card stating all the details in the main post. It is silver text on a dark green background with a lighter green Art Nouveau frame surrounding it. In open spaces near the corners and in the center are symbols in black of the five Druid orders being discussed at the event: The AODA Awen in quartered circles, the OBOD Awen in three circles, the RDNA Druid Sigil, the ADF sprouting tree stump logo, and the Keltrian oak wreath Druid Sigil with the Awen in the center.

Come to our casual #Druidry hangout on Sat, Jan 10! We'll be at Caribou Coffee (off of I-694 & Rice in Little Canada) in the meeting room with the sliding barn door from 1 to 3 PM. Our topic: presentation on comparative ritual formats of 5 different #Druid orders: #RDNA #ADF #HoK #OBOD and #AODA /|\

Me in my ceremonial garb and birch staff, standing on snow-covered ice at the edge of a 30 foot sandstone cliff. Pin oaks in the background still hold their leaves.

The slightly higher bluff is virtually inaccessible in the winter, where footholds are covered in snow and ice. The horizon is in the background, with a vista of woodland for several miles

Looking up the path between the two sandstone outcrops

The front view of the sandstone cliffs. A gentle slope rises about 50 feet from the level ground, above which an erosional remnant rises vertically another 30 feet or so

Me trying to NOT slip and fall off a 30 foot precipice in my ceremonial garb for you people. At Vermillion Highlands WMA. #druidsky #druidry /|\

Kristoffer Hughes is a Welsh Druid and a great author. I’d recommend checking out any of his books. I’d say check out “The Book of Druidry” to start

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• New rite of passage: Order of Belisama
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A Norfolk Island Pine is set upon a rococo plant stand with a strand of fairy lights coiled around both. The setup is in front of the apartment balcony sliding door at night that overlooks the parking courtyard.

A closeup of the mistletoe sprig attached to the top of the Norfolk Island Pine. The sprig’s red velveteen bow tie is illuminated by a single LED from the strand of fairy lights in a darkened room.

I robed up and adorned my #Solstice tree with a sprig of mistletoe (which is VERY hard to buy locally in Minnesota because it just doesn’t grow in this climate). #midwinter #druidsky #druidry /|\ …may the Earth-Mother tilt onward to midwinter!

Three documents are shown: my certificate of ordination from the Reformed Druids of North America, a Letter of Good Standing from the same, and my confirmation letter from the county for filing as a marriage officiant.

After moving I learned I needed to register my clergy credentials in my new resident county, and that finally got done today. Made a huge mess searching where I stored my Letter Of Good Standing, so I’ve got some reorganization to do now :)

The #Druids of Oakdale Grove invite you to our "Feast of Gratitude" tomorrow at 1 PM at Perkins on Co Rd D in New Brighton! Attendees are responsible for their own tab. Please RSVP to MNdruids@gmail.corn by Saturday at noon so we can arrange the chairs accordingly.

#druidsky #druidry #pagansky /|\

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• New(er) rite of passage: Order of Epona
• New guest augur
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Brought my work laptop into the office today because it can’t find the boot drive and won’t load. I forgot how pretty it is here, even if I’m not on the 9th floor. I’m remembering all the #druidry “stealth rituals” I’ve had, back when I used to work in-office here. /|\

The Hellenic fountain at Sagalassos with Doric columns

The horseshoe shaped water trough behind the colonnade

The crystal clear water still flows from sources up the mountain

The sign subheading says “Water, the Source of Life!” I took it to be a sign, as we consecrate the “Waters-of-Life” in Reformed Druidism

Galatia II Protogrove has been founded at Sagalassos, Türkiye! It is the first Reformed #Druidry fellowship in this country since 2004. In the inaugural ceremony at a Hellenic fountain, I didn’t have a chalice, so I consecrated the whole fountain. The sign says the water is potable. /|\ #druidsky

Aegean Sea coastline from the road

The town of Kuşadası, Türkiye. There is a Maltese cruise ship docked across the harbor.

The view from my hotel room balcony

Maltese cruise ship sailing off into the Aegean sunset.

Greetings from the Aegean Sea! #Kuşadasi

Hagia Sofia in the distance at dawn

Hagia Sofia as viewed from the outer courtyard of the Blue Mosque

The sixth century CE Basilica Cistern

The first Medusa column, which was taken from Roman ruins to build the Basilica Cistern

Today was a very busy day for me in Istanbul.

Sun rising over Lufthansa terminal in Frankfurt, Germany

Same sun, different country. Guten morgen, #Frankfurt

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I’m Oakdale Grove’s celebration of the autumnal equinox had 14 attendees. We had two people initiated to the First Order of Reformed Druidism, one person entered the Second Order, and we also had a college student observer who was doing a project for a religious studies class. #druidry #druidsky /|\

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Two copies of the Black Book of Liturgy sit in partial sunlight on a wooden table to show the matte binding. The glossy table shows a bit of glare from the sun, but the books do not have glare. One book is face up and the other is face down to show both sides.

A closeup of the back cover shows the matte texture of the binding. There is a green nouveau border that frames a photo of the stone circle at Carleton College at night. Below the photo is part of the book description.

My copies of “Black Book of Liturgy” just arrived 3 days early! I really like the matte finish on the 4th edition. Older ones were glossy. /|\ #druidry #druidsky #Ritual

/|\ The FREE PDF of the 4th ed "Black Book of Liturgy" is also available. In Reformed #Druidry, we like to make sure our written content has a free version so that it is accessible to more seekers. Some people (like me) just really like print versions, though. oakdalegrove.org/files/Black%...

Black Book of Liturgy Selected works from "A Reformed Druid Anthology" (2nd edition) for the everyday Reformed Druid ritualist according to John the Verbose. This version is a moderate departure from the original Black Boo...

The 4th edition of the "Black Book of Liturgy" is finally live for those who desire a hard copy! /|\

Added:
— 2 new rituals (for protogroves & solos)
— 4 new rites of passage
— #Druidry handfasting/wedding
— Plus other additions, revisions, typo & formatting cleanups
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Yesterday evening I attended an #LGBTQ advocacy and interfaith dinner conference. The drinking glasses were pink Georgian pattern tumblers, which is the somewhat obscure style of chalice the Reformed #Druid movement recommends (and it was taken to be a sign!)

Today marks my 14 year anniversary of declaring my belief in the Two Basic Tenets of Reformed #Druidism. /|\ I had been listening to #Druidry podcasts, and the RDNA popped up on three separate occasions, so I gave it a deeper look. It's been my spiritual "home" ever since! #druidsky

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A framed photograph of the Hill of Three Oaks in March. The frame is rustic reclaimed wood, and a gray framing mat with an oval opening compliments the spatial composition of the canopy of the trees and the shape of the hill.

The Hill of Three Oaks was the popular crowdsourced selection for this frame. Across multiple social media platforms, it was a very close competition overall (though none of the 25 votes came through BlueSky). The Hill of Three Oaks is a sacred #druid pilgrimage site in the RDNA /|\ #DruidSky

“Sunset” photographed at the Milford Mine Memorial Park in Crosby, Minnesota

“Devils Kettle” photographed at C. R. Magney State Park near Grand Marais, Minnesota. A waterfall splits over a rhyolite cliff, and one half disappears into a hole and gradually filters back into the river.

“Stone Circle” in the Carleton College Arboretum, built by the Reformed Druids of North America in 1999

[2 of 2] These six photos are from the 2023 Minnesota Nature calendar I photographed and produced, so the oval mat is cropping out the nail hole and the spiral binding punch-outs

“Frost” on the trees at Springbrook Nature Center in Fridley, Minnesota.

“Hill of Three Oaks” in the Carleton College Arboretum, named by the Reformed Druids of North America in 1964 and became their new sacred site. A stone altar caps the hill and bears the Druid Sigil.

“Pine” photographed in Jay Cooke State Park in Thompson, Minnesota.

[1 of 2] Cross-posting from Insta. I need everyone’s votes to help me select which of my photographs fits best with this reclaimed wood picture frame…

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