Member Interests:
This page provides brief biographies and links to work by some of our current and former members. (Listing is alphabetical by last name.)
Sara Blackwelder joined ADF in 2008. She is currently working on the GSP and Bardic Guild SPs, as well as the Scholar’s Guild. She just completed the CTP-prelim courses and has applied to the CTP. Her interests are in Norse, Scottish, and Lithuanian cultures, and she has interest in purification practices and ritual mechanics. You can see some of her work at her website .
G. R. Grove joined ADF in 2009, and is currently active in the GSP and in the Liturgists Guild and Bardic Guild SPs, in the latter of which she is ranked as an ADF Master Bard. Her primary interests include the history, archaeology, and languages of the British Isles, and especially Welsh. She links to some of her work on her website at tregwernin.com.
Rowen Grove joined ADF in 2009. She is currently active in the IP and GSP programs, as well as the Bardic, Brewers’, and Scholars’ Guilds. She has completed the First Circle of the Seers’ Guild, and plans to undertake the second circle, as soon as there is one. Rowen has a great interest in Scottish and Irish folklore, in particular where they overlap and interact with the lore of Scandinavia and Iceland. She links to some of her work on G. R.’s tregwernin website
Wayne Keysor joined ADF in 2008. He is interested in archaic and early medieval Irish poetry, the history of the Celtic bard, Indo-European epic poetry, Greco-Roman paganism, and ancient philosophical views of religion. Wayne is a former Preceptor of the Scholars Guild.
Brian Long joined ADF in 1998. He is working on Prelim CTP, GSP, Bardic, Brewers and Liturgist Guild SPs. He is a linguist, teacher and massage therapist. He is a poet, a singer and liturgist. His interests are in Celtic cultures, especially Scottish, Irish and Welsh.
Kirk Thomas joined ADF in 2001, and is the current Archdruid. His scholarly interests (at the moment) are: IE Cosmology; IE Comparative Mythology; IE Religious Reciprocity; IE Studies; Archeology of the British Isles, Greece, and Rome; and Ancient/Early Medieval Ireland and Wales. He’s currently writing a book on religious reciprocity for ADF, called “Sacred Gifts”. It’s scheduled to be done by the end of August 2014, and submitted to the ADF Publishing review board in September. His next book may be something for theIE Studies question in the DP, in a more accessible reading level than what we currently have, as an alternative to Mallory, etc.
A.G. Vanidottir joined ADF in 2002. Anna is the former Chieftain of Eldr ok Iss and is currently working on her GSP and LGSP programs. She serves at the Layout Director for Oak Leaves and sometimes helps out with other publication issues. Anna’s particular interests lie in working with Norse mythology and Nordic manuscripts. Spiritually she is interested in hearth-based practices and has served in a mentorship/priestess role on numerous occasions within her home community. While formerly a member of Three Cranes Grove and Grove of the Seven Hills she now mostly practices as a solitary.
Personal statements submitted by some previous and current members.
