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The “State of the Order”: Where we are at today
Greetings in the Mother:
Our latest “online” Druidcraft 101 class will be under way on February 2nd. Imbolc will also be the launch day for our new Druidcraft 202 class, based upon A Reformed Druid Anthology.
The Mother Grove is also sponsoring a LIVE version of Druidcraft 101 beginning in March at Sybok and Ceridwen’s cabin in the Cascade foothills. The Talent (OR) proto-grove will be doing the same thing down in their end of the
Rogue Valley.
Ceridwen’s Astropagan 201 (intermediate level) class is also well underway now, having begun on January 2. Her beginners’ class, 
Astropagan 101 will be offered again beginning March 1, and it already has 67 pending students.
All classes are available over email via Yahoo Groups. Se
http://www.mithrilstar.org/courses.htm or further details.
The last quarter of 2002 saw a loss for us as far as Groves established under our wing are concerned.
With the moving of Angie Druid Fulmer to Israel, we lost the fledgling Circle
of the Beavers proto-grove in Corvallis, OR.
Cylch Sequoia Sempervirons Grove (Hiouchi, CA) broke up due to internal strife.
And two other proto-groves, one based in the Seattle area and the other in Tennessee left the OMS outright
(although I understand they retain standing in the RDNA). On the other hand, the Mother Grove of OMS has gained one new member, and a new proto-grove is forming in Talent OR.
My father was a farmer, and like all farmers he experienced crop losses and failures from time to time. However, he was in tune with nature, and like any Druid, he realized that these things go in cycles, and the next crop he planted would be bigger and healthier than the one he lost.
Membership wise we are now at 91 (down from 173). Of those, 42 are active, 49 are inactive. 69 are 1st
Order, 14 are 2nd, 5 are 3rd, 1 is a 5th and 2 are 7ths.
The Mother Grove will hold its monthly “Pagan Movie Night” (for members of Southern Oregon Pagan Network) on February 1st. This month we will be (appropriately enough) showing “Groundhog Day,” with Bill Murray. In March, we plan to show “The Sorceress and the Friar” (the English version, not the French sub-titled one), which is about 12th
Century France and a “Forest Witch” who gives the Friar a run for his money!
Plans for Imladris (see http://www.mithrilstar.org/imladris) are progressing, despite our having decided that the present location of the Mother Grove has too few acres to properly do what we want. A couple of realtors are already working to find a suitable space for us in the Rogue Valley. Waiting is.
Despite our losses in the last quarter of 2002, we are predicting a strong 2003. We believe we will double in size by this time next year, and hopefully spawn at least three new Groves. Imladris will be well on the way to becoming a reality. Like in the above farming analogy, we expect that weeds will be present in our fields, but weeding is always a part of good cultivation. Farther ahead, we are dedicated to seeing OMS-RDNA Groves at our future colonies on the Moon and Mars! We will be around, preserving the RDNA far into the future. After all, if a growing percentage of the Earths population chooses to live their lives as Druids and Gods, we feel that it can only help to bring balance and a return to the reverence that Nature deserves!
And so must it be!
