2) I know there are Irish Druid orders but I avoided them; for years their members used to spend a great deal of time shrieking about how old-fashioned Druid Revival Druids like me were horrible fake Druids blah blah blah. Half of the reason I adopted the habit of strictly moderating my online comment threads is that when AODA got its first forum, about a year into my tenure as its Grand Archdruid, we would get drive-by flamings up to half a dozen times a day by people who just wanted to scream abuse at us because we didn't do their kind of Druidry. We had to go to 100% moderation to stop it. The whole business was as dull as it was unpleasant, and for that reason I've gone out of my way to avoid the whole Irish-inspired end of Druidry ever since.
3) I'm very glad to hear this. It's a very helpful healing modality and I'm delighted to hear that it's still being taught.
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Date: 2023-08-07 09:37 pm (UTC)2) I know there are Irish Druid orders but I avoided them; for years their members used to spend a great deal of time shrieking about how old-fashioned Druid Revival Druids like me were horrible fake Druids blah blah blah. Half of the reason I adopted the habit of strictly moderating my online comment threads is that when AODA got its first forum, about a year into my tenure as its Grand Archdruid, we would get drive-by flamings up to half a dozen times a day by people who just wanted to scream abuse at us because we didn't do their kind of Druidry. We had to go to 100% moderation to stop it. The whole business was as dull as it was unpleasant, and for that reason I've gone out of my way to avoid the whole Irish-inspired end of Druidry ever since.
3) I'm very glad to hear this. It's a very helpful healing modality and I'm delighted to hear that it's still being taught.