1. Name and briefly describe one method of divination or seership technique common to three paleo-pagan Indo-European cultures. (minimum 100 words each)

Augury:

Augury is a method of divination that relies on one interpreting signs that one sees with birds. 

Roman:

1) Describe your discipline practice as an ADF Priest. Explain what you have learned from this practice, describe how your connection with the Court of the Sky has grown and changed over the time you have worked with them, and reflect on your journals and omens over the period. (min. 600 words)

1. Describe your discipline practice as an ADF Clergy Student. Explain what you have learned from this practice, describe how your connections with the Earth Mother and the Gate Keeper have grown and changed over the time you have worked with them, and reflect on your journals and omens over the period. (min. 600 words)

1.Discuss what constitutes a good argument, how arguments work and what makes some arguments better than others. (minimum 600 words)

A good argument is oddly enough described in the Monty Python sketch Argument Clinic: “An argument is a connected series of statements intended to establish a proposition.” (Monty Python)  Another way of saying this is that an argument is a collection of statements that contain premises that are used to prove a conclusion (Capaldi 18).

1. Provide both an objective (from a source e.g. dictionary, textbook) and subjective definition (in your own words) for the following terms: "crisis" and "precipitating event." (minimum 50 words each, excluding the objective definitions)

Crisis:

1. Describe the generation of the cosmos, and what is done in ADF ritual to ensure that the cosmos remains in order. (300 words min.)

   In the context of ADF ritual, the generation and creation of the cosmos is done through multiple steps, culminating with the opening of the gates. The main steps as defined by the Core Order of Ritual are:

1. Write two poems of at least 16 lines each appropriate for performance at a High Day ritual. One poem may be in free-verse form, but one must employ some form of meter and/or rhyme. Note in each case for which High Day the poem is intended.

This poem to Odin is for Yule.

Odin’s Night:

Off in the distance you hear such a sound,

Call of the horn and the bay of the hound.

With the caw of the crow,

And the fall of the snow,

Clearly it’s Odin who’s coming through town.

1. Explain why public, inclusive ritual is important to ADF. (200 words min.)

Write a short essay on the spiritual importance of fermented beverages to you and your personal religious path. Include your personal experience with using homebrew vs. commercial products in ritual space. (300 – 500 Words)

1.Host a tasting of multiple beers and comment on their conformation to the style they are supposed to be, and what you think could be done to bring them more into style. Gather the comments of all the other participants, compare them to yours, and submit. Notes should be made on aroma, appearance, flavor, mouthfeel, and overall impression. (1 BJCP score sheet per beer http://www.bjcp.org/scoresheet.pdf and a summary of results, 100 words minimum, and minimum of 6 different beers.)