How Are ADF Druidism and Wicca Different?
The Wiccan (“Neo-Pagan Witchcraft”) movement includes the vast majority of the 100,000 to 250,000 people involved in Neo-Paganism in North America. About three-quarters of Our Fellowship are or have been followers of Wicca, and ADF is inclusive of their beliefs as well. The two religions have far more in common than they have separating them. Wiccan covens can (and do) function as special interest groups within larger ADF groves, along with bardic, healing, ecological, divinatory, and other groups. Because it’s important that everyone know where the author comes from, I’d like to take a moment and tell everyone who I am, where I got my information, and to affirm that I’m not an “expert” on Wicca at all, though my research has led me to a pretty good understanding. I’m currently the Senior Druid for Three Cranes Grove, ADF, and I have never been Wiccan. I have been involved in Paganism for 8 years (as of this writing), all of them as a Druid. These last four years, I’ve been involved in
