From the website:
Short book reviews on at least: 1 Indo-European studies title, 1 preferred ethnic study title and 1 modern Paganism title. These titles can be selected from the recommended reading list in the Dedicant Program manual or the ADF web site, or chosen by the student, with prior approval of the Preceptor. (325 word min. each)
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From the website:
Short essays on each of the eight ADF High Days including a discussion of the meaning of each feast. (125 words min. each)
Additional notes:
This is directly from the website:
Written discussions of the Dedicant’s understanding of each of the following nine virtues: wisdom, piety, vision, courage, integrity, perseverance, hospitality, moderation and fertility. The Dedicant may also include other virtues, if desired, and compare them to these nine. (125 words min. each)
Additional notes here:
I’ve decided I’ve got to approach some of this systematically, or it’ll never get done, and I’ll never focus. My goal is to work on the documentation once a week, and make sure each category I’ll need to address is set up, along with the requirements for said. I have a long way to go on this – I still haven’t finished all my reading, nor am I ready to take an oath, so, the PROCESS is what matters, not the end result.
Here it is the beginning of a new, exciting time in my life, and I’m not very happy with my Path. It feels like all work and no fun, and I question whether I even belong here. I feel very disconnected from any community, and I don’t know how to fix that. I don’t think I’m all that cut out for ADF. I don’t have the intellectual rigour. I’m a flippin’ artist, for Goddess’ sake, and my entire schooling was basically technical / trade school, and I haven’t done any, what I call ‘book-work’ since then. In art school, it’s all about the portfolio and how proficient you are at the various mediums, including the computer. I’m not dumb, but I feel like my IQ is about equal to my shoe size around many of the people in ADF. I feel stupid, inept and completely unoriginal, and I just don’t know how to belong anywhere. The ADF eMail lists don’t really work for me. They feel cold and impersonal, and too disjointed. I don’t know where to go for encouragement, or a plain, ‘hey – you still here? That’s a good thing!’ I need that sort of interaction.