I wish to honor my Celtic roots and not necessarily study for Druid Priesthood, but seriously consider joining a grove, guild, order... whatever I need to feel closer to my philosophical way of life.
I shall not practice this as a Religion, however, I do admire, respect, and connect with the spirituality of my ancestors.
Ok, so here are my raw notes on the subject matter:
http://aoda.org/index.html MARYLAND-BASED but no nearby groves, Ancient Order of Druids in America -- $50 for lifetime, has priesthood
http://www.firstcircledruids.com/ I appreciate their purpose, but they are very self-teaching with lots of awesome forums. You need a lot of time to invest in this. I can't see anything about fees... ceremonies at mother grove in Tennessee (unfortunately I'm in Delaware). The archdruid is all pierced and stuff, and a blues musician!! I can definitely get along with him.
http://www.druidry.org/ BEST THING EVER, BUT IN ENGLAND, they might require you to learn welsh, expensive as all get-out (I wanted to say hell, but then that'd be too comical because they don't have a Hell, as in Chrsitian ideas)
http://www.adf.org/core/ Neo-pagan, Nice, Tolerant, Supports Christianity, has lots of amazing guilds, 25-45 dollars/year (membership or membership with Oak Leaves Journal), priesthood has guilds, In essence, it's very much organized religion. They like you to have a shrine at home. They make you decide to subject yourself to a deity :(
http://www.cedarlightgrove.org/l BALTIMORE GROVE (associated with the adf), $50 each year, VERY ORGANIZED MORE LIKE A RELIGION/FELLOWSHIP/Pagan, populated community
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