Hear Thee, Hear Thee

The Reformed Druids of Bryn Mawr Bridge (RDoBMB) proto-grove, as constituted by the Reformed Druids of North America (RDNA), announce their dedication to public lands, especially the city parks and trails within the Alexandria/Pineville, Louisiana co-habitat. These places of free gathering are intended to foster connection among the good people of all neighboring villages and woods.

In accordance with the tenets of the RDNA, they being essentially that nature is worthy of our reverence, however though real the struggle may be, and on the ground that worship in, and relationship to, nature is the right of all beings, the RDoBMB affirm that all public lands should ensure access for anyone seeking communion with our mother, Earth, and the source of all that is. Therefore, these lands, along with the access they provide, should be cultivated and stewarded for all who would find themselves needing them.

In ancient Greek thought, land was experienced in two forms: topos, the phenomenal landscape, or topography, and chora, the noumenal landscape within—the spiritual essence of a place. The RDoBMB embrace both aspects as they step into spiritual guardianship of the land. While topos embodies the physical, sensory experience of a place, chora reflects the deeper, spiritual essence that can be understood intuitively and in direct relationship.

Recognizing that municipalities hold legal claims over these parks and trails, ensuring public right of access, and that others may hold interests in the rights of the minerals below, the Reformed Druids of Bryn Mawr Bridge declare their interest in securing spiritual access and natural rights for the people. They invite all who have glimpsed beyond the surface, heard the call, and seek a deeper connection with the world around them. As chaplains to the land and its good people, with the authority and blessing of the land itself, the RDoBMB encourage both spiritual and civil participation in our local public parks, lands, and trails.

The Druids of Bryn Mawr Bridge declare the trails around Bryn Mawr and Hynson Bayou, along with the live oak groves of Big Island Field, to be held as sacred grounds for their activities. Further, Compton Park shall be hereby spiritually designated as “Yon Distant Sacred Hills & Holy Grove of the Reformed Druids of Bryn Mawr Bridge,” and shall serve as the site for their high holy days. The dates for these rites shall be announced online, with an open invitation to all who wish to attend and participate in good will and peace.

Finally, all who resonate with the Two Basic Tenets of the Reformed Druids of North America, outlined below, are invited to inquire about becoming Reformed Druids themselves—whether as solo practitioners in the Order of the Acorn, or perhaps going further by forming their own proto-grove.

Thus declared and authorized by me,

Rev. Taid-I-Rowan Pickering, D.D.
Founding Pro-Tempore Archdruid
of the Reformed Druids of Bryn Mawr Bridge.

What are the Two Tenets of Reformed Druidism?

In the Reformed Druids of North America (RDNA), there are only Two Basic Tenets of Belief:

The object of the search for spiritual truth, which is a universal and a never-ending search, may be found through the Earth-Mother, which is Nature, but this is one way among many.

And great is the importance, which is of a spiritual importance, of Nature, which is the Earth-Mother, for it is one of the objects of creation, and with it we do live, even as we struggle through life do we come face-to-face with it.

Or you could say:

One of the many ways in which the object of Man's search for religious truth can be found is through Nature: the Earth-Mother.

Nature, being one of the primary concerns in Man's life and struggle, and being one of the objects of creation, is important to Man's spiritual quests.

Or...

Spirituality can be found in Nature.

Nature is important to my spirituality.

And finally:

The Tenets Oversimplified (a favorite among many Reformed Druids)

Nature is Good, and likewise unto the first, Nature is Good!

At the very least, Adjusted for Realists and Agnostics: Nature is Nature.

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