Where does ADF style ritual come from?
ADF’s ritual style (liturgy) is unique among various druid and Neopagan rituals because we developed it from scratch. Specifically, most of it was developed by Isaac Bonewits in the 1980s, and it has been refined slightly since then by some of our chief liturgists, such as Ian Corrigan. If you’re wondering where Isaac got his ideas for the ADF ritual structure, they were partly influenced by his previous work in the Reformed Druids of North America (RDNA) as well as his Wiccan priest background. However, the major influence on our ritual structure is research into the beliefs and practices of the ancient Indo-European cultures. As our website describes more fully, ADF is a “liberal reconstructionist” religion. This means that we look to the “old ways” of the ancient pagan Indo-European cultures for our inspiration. This differs slightly from other druid organizations in that we’re not looking solely at the ancient Celts. Instead, we’re relying on solid academic research showing that an
