Customs and Values of our Fellowship

The Fellowship of Druidism for the Latter Age—or FoDLA--is a Druidic religious community for polytheist Neopagans in the United States of America.

The Fellowship encourages an atmosphere of tolerance and acceptance of diversity within its community.

The Fellowship asserts that no person requires clergy to commune with the Powers they revere and also that the role of the Druid in leading community ritual is indispensable.

The worship practices of the Fellowship are above all devotional and sacrificial.

The Fellowship seeks to minimize the promulgation of dogma, but does recognize that no religious community can truly be a community without a core of shared beliefs and values:

     The Fellowship recognizes three central commitments:
          The commitment to study; The commitment to piety; and The commitment to hospitality

     The Fellowship recognizes three central mysteries:
          The mystery of the hearth fire; The mystery of the otherworldly feast; and The mystery of the union with the Land

     The Fellowship recognizes nine yearly festivals:
          The four Celtic fire festivals (Samhain, Imbolc, Bealtaine, Lughnasadh); The solstices and equinoxes; and The Conclave of the Druids

The Fellowship is rooted in the local community.

The Fellowship supports the nurturing of young people who carry forward a respect for tradition balanced with an inquisitive and open-minded spirit.

The Fellowship embraces its identity as part of contemporary American society and its roots in ancient Celtic religious practice.

The Fellowship is committed to promoting and preserving a safe and non-abusive environment for worship.

(Taken from "The Founding Vision Statement of FoDLA")