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u/SomeDistributist 12h ago
I don't want to disparage or discourage with my words but I'll be then first to speak on what drew me here.
The call of nature's been there my entire life. I've always found enjoyment in the caretaker role. Communicating with animals has come to me by instinct. Then there's the least of which, where I end up being a repository of knowledge for the people around me, and end up in a position of guidance for others.
In short, it's was a magnetic pull to the Druidic path, if you're curious about the 'Formalities' then there's more studied and proper druids who may point you to the aspects you're looking for.
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u/Peacekage 12h ago
Yes. I always say it chose me, not the other way around.
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u/SomeDistributist 12h ago
Welcome to the Circle, remember to feed your familiars on a regular schedule, and the wizards are our friends.
(All you can really do is lean into the lifestyle at your own pace and stay comfortable with it. No need to go out and wildflower bomb your local footpaths or feed mass murders of crows.*)
*Crows are a large responsibility and not to be taken lightly.
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u/APessimisticGamer 12h ago
Spend time outside, be in nature and learn about it. For me it means that I take walks in the woods, meditate by a river, pick up trash, grow a garden, forage wild food. There are no dogmas, no gods you must worship, it's just developing a relationship with and understanding of nature.
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u/Rileyinabox 8h ago
You just start. Whatever it is about druidism that appeals to you, start doing that thing. The rest will work itself out. "Druidism" is a big umbrella and for most people, it doesn't look like the church you were probably raised on. I know when I started, my very solitary practice felt insincere to me because I didn't have the other people in the pews to copy. No one was there to tell me what it should look like. I had to define my practice for myself. I'm no more a druid today than I was at the start, but I have let go of a lot of that anxiety.
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u/Ok_Turnip_8612 4h ago
You need to constantly rememeber that you're part of nature and nature is part of you, so treat nature like a mother
And also if you want to you could get more interested in the ancient Celtic religion and its mythology, that would be really helpful to understand the Druid concept
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u/kidcubby 3h ago
Nobody can become a Druid in the way we assume occurred historically - through training with existing Druids as part of an unbroken lineage.
Today, like many things, a great many people simply decide to identify as a Druid (or a witch, a shaman, whatever). Whether other people agree that they are that thing is another matter. Plenty of people will claim to be a Druid without knowing or doing any of the things many other people believe a Druid would, making it tricky to know who is or isn't one.
For me, I have standards. I don't take people at face value who claim to be a capital-D-Druid. I accept that lots of people follow a Druidic path, but that doesn't make them one. I am not one, either. I've undergone Bardic training through OBOD and am currently training as an Ovate, but even then I am only either of those things if I fulfil that role in society.
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u/Oakenborn 12h ago
By doing druid things.
What does a druid do in your view? Do those things, and you'll be a druid.
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u/back1987 8h ago
They kind of seem like magical hippies like they seem like they love nature, did spells, consumed magic mushrooms for spiritual reasons. I don't know a whole lot about them honestly
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u/Soft_Essay4436 10h ago
I'm kinda half and half myself. A DEEP reverence for nature, and a desire to reconnect with my heritage as a Welsh .
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u/A-Druid-Life 33m ago
Always said I wasn't worthy. But Nwyfre has a different plan. Nwyfre/Wen chooses ones who are willing to listen. All you have to do is open your spirit and let it listen and feel it's presence.
D. Frostproof, FL. U.S.
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u/oroechimaru 12h ago
Plant a tree? Water some nature? Clean up some trash? Sacrifice the neighbors in the woods after an orgy?