Category Archives: The Three Kindreds

Discussion of the three kindreds of ADF.

This is a place to discuss the three kindreds as understood by ADF.  Write what's on your mind or read an article from the ADF site and then share your thoughts on it.  Make sure that you proved the title of the article and link back to it if you do.
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Home Shrine Ritual Changes

Posted on September 22, 2010 by Brian

I’m backing away from using the chanting as a prayer while I do the kindred offerings.  I’m still doing the chant but I added in individual prayers to the kindreds.  That seems to work much better.  I think that I … Continue reading →

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A thought or two on the Outdwellers

Posted on September 11, 2010 by Brenda

We discussed this a little last week at our coffee meeting down here in Bham, and I’ve been pondering on it ever since.   Should we seek to exclude the Outdwellers from our rites?   One thing I keep coming back to … Continue reading →

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The Daoine Sidhe As the ADF Land Spirits

Posted on September 8, 2010 by Brian

I think I’ve finally got the land spirits figured out, which involved untangling the new-agey quasi Native American ideas that paganism seems to have taken.  Ian pointed out that the ADF division of the kindreds is arbitrary and just meant … Continue reading →

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Ancestors and Humility

Posted on September 2, 2010 by Brian

We don’t have much in the way of ancestor worship left in our culture so it’s kind of hard to ‘get’ sometimes.  In my studies of yoga (India still venerates their ancestors) I ran across an interesting idea worth sharing.  … Continue reading →

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Blurring The Lines

Posted on August 29, 2010 by Brian

The line between the three kindreds has always been fuzzy.  Great heroes/ancestors get promoted to gods, so are they gods or ancestors?  Goddesses are associated with springs or rivers, so are they goddesses or nature spirits.  I always acknowledged these … Continue reading →

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