Raven Wood Grove, ADF

We are an ADF Grove located in Crystal Lake, Illinois, in McHenry County, northwest of Chicago. Our Grove serves Lake and McHenry counties in Illinois and the southeastern section of Wisconsin, as we are so close to the border.
We are sanctioned by ADF, incorporated as a Church in Illinois, and have tax-exempt 501c3 status. Our incorporation date was July, 2001, and our first ritual was in August, 2001.

We welcome anyone with an interest in Earth-centered spirituality and following the Druidic ways. Most of our rituals have either a Celtic or Germanic focus, although we have also envoked other Indo-European pantheons at ritual. We offer an ADF Dedicant's Program study group and intend to offer other classes in subjects such as meditation, journeying, creating altars, tree identification, and finding your totem animal.

We hold public rituals on the eight High Days (see our Events Page). The meeting place for the ritual changes, but weather permitting most rituals are done outdoors. Afterwards we usually have a potluck dinner or BBQ.