RDG
Degree |
OMS
DEGREE |
DEDICATED
TO |
PATRON
OF |
REQUIREMENTS |
| NON
- DEGREED, NON- ORDAINED, MEMBERS |
| |
Seeker |
|
|
One
who is interested in, or is drawn to, Druidry. The seeker
usually becomes a student. |
First
Degree
|
Druid |
|
|
One
who accepts the two tenets of Reformed Druidism: "Nature
is good," and "Nature is good." |
|
DEGREED / ORDAINED, MEMBERS |
|
First
Degree
|
|
Sequoia |
Very
Tall Trees |
One who has affirmed
their acceptance (belief) in the three
tenets. |
|
Second
Degree
|
|
Boann
|
Rivers
|
One who has affirmed
their acceptance (belief) in the three
tenets, has taken The Druid Path course, and has taken
the 2nd Degree Initiation. |
| CLERGY
(Those Druids empowered to consecrate water, ordain others,
lead ritual, and other sacerdotal duties) |
|
Third
Degree
|
|
Dalon
ap Landu |
Groves |
One who has affirmed
their acceptance (belief) in the three
tenets, has
taken The Druid Path course, has taken the 2nd Degree Initiation.
,and has undergone an overnight vigil in a wilderness area,
meditating on the groovyness of all Nature. |
Acension
upward from the 3rd degree is by "Degree Points,"
earned by fullfilling
optional requirements, the
first of which is taking the Pledge
of the Order of the Mithril Star |
|
|
Fourth Degree Druid |
Amaethon |
Harvests |
One
who has been Ordained to the 3rd Degree and has earned 10
Degree Points |
| |
Fifth Degree Druid |
Gwydion
|
Shape-
shifting
|
One
who has been Ordained to the 4th Degree and has earned 20
additional Degree Points (30 Total) |
| |
Sixth Degree Druid |
Arianrhod |
Reincarnation |
One
who has been Ordained to the 5th Degree and has earned 40
additional Degree Points (70 total) |
| |
Seventh Degree Druid |
Danu |
All
The
Gods
|
One
who has been Ordained to the 6th Degree and has earned 60
additional Degree Points (130 total) |
Optional
Requirements for the 4th through 7th Degrees
|
| POINTS
EARNED: |
Optional
Requirement: |
How
do you earn it? |
70 |
 Perform
70 hours of volunteer work for a non-profit organization
dedicated to relieving human suffering resulting from economic
injustice. |
Within
one years time, perform 70 hours of volunteer work for a
local food-bank, soup kitchen, homeless shelter, or energy
program (such as HEAP). Have a letter written on the organizations
stationary attesting to your service sent to the Mother
Grove. |
70+ |
Serve one year as a "Minister of Propaganda" for
the OMS and RDG. |
Join
a minimum of 70 online Pagan e-groups (Usenet, Yahoo, MySpace,
Tribe, Facebook, MSN, etc.); using your presence there to
promote the OMS and RDG as much as possible (at least one
post/week. You can draw from the Order's archives and from
El's "Your Weekly Moment of Druish Zen"
for material, or write your own). Write to the AD for more
info. (Extra points: 1 for every new RDG member you
recruit, 3 for every new OMS member) |
|
10
|
Start
a Proto-Grove |
As
a 1st Degree or higher Druid, find two other interested
parties, begin meeting together monthly, and file the proper
form with the Clerk of the Mother Grove. |
|
20
|
Lead
your Proto-Grove to become a full fledged Grove |
Since
starting your proto-Grove, you have been meeting a year
and a day, YOU have been ordained to the 3rd Degree, and
two of your members are at least 1st Degree (20 pts./year).
|
|
1
|
Write
a book report on a book from the OMS bibleography |
Submit
it to the Clerk of the Mother Grove for review. |
1
- 2 |
Write
an article for an issue of "The Druid's Egg." |
1
point for writing the article, 2 points if we use it. |
|
5
|
Teach
The Druid Path Course |
You
can do this "live" or online. (5 points for each
session) |
|
2 +
|
Moderate
a Pagan e-group |
Any
Pagan e-group will do. You get 1 point for each year you
continue. |
|
3+
|
Start
or take ownership of a Pagan e-group |
Any
Pagan e-group will do. You get 3 points for starting it;
1point for each year you continue. |
|
5+
|
Start
a local Pagan Network |
You
need to develop an e-group and a monthly meeting. You get
5 points for starting it, 2 points for each year it continues. |
|
3+
|
Participate
in an ongoing Pagan networking activity |
This
can be an existing Pagan network, Pagan Meetup, sabbat public
ritual, etc., You must be actively involved. (3 points /year) |
|
10
|
Take
the ARDA self-study |
This
is the course outlined by Michael Scharding in Part 1 of
the ARDA. Order here. |
|
10
|
Take
the Astropagan course |
This
is the course taught by Archdruid Ceridwen. See http://huntersmoon.mithrilstar.org
for details. (10 ponts per session) (Note: Costs$$) |
|
10
|
Take
the OBOD course |
This
course is taught by the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids.
Details on the course can be found at http://druidry.org
(Note: Costs $$) |
|
20
|
Visit
the MG and Redwoods |
Travel
to Eureka California. Have dinner with the Mother Grove,
they'll lead you on the rest. |
|
20
|
Attend
an RDG Gathering |
Combine
it with above. |
|
5+
|
Visit
other Redwoods |
Pick
a state or national Park from Crescent City to Big Sur.
5 points per night if you camp out. 3 points per day for
each day trip. Send a postcard to the Clerk from the nearest
Park Visitors Center for credit. |
|
10+
|
Show
one of the approved videos to friends |
Write
a report to the Clerk on how it went. |
|
20+
|
Start
a letter writing, phone and email campaign to your Congressperson
and Senators urging legislation to ban the logging, sale
and export of Redwood and Redwood products. |
It
doesn't matter that you live in California or not. The Redwoods
belong to all of us. They are a national treasure. 20 points
for each year you maintain it. |
5+ |
Serve
as an officer in a Grove for one term |
5
points for the first term, 3 points for each subsequent
term |
5+ |
Learn
a form of Spiritual Healing (for example, Reiki) |
5
points for each step or degree in your discipline. |
