Jeff Russell

I relate very much to the way you describe yourself as Solar-oriented. Like you I also have the problem of, "I get grabbed by some new interest and then go deep on it for a while, but usually after a few months, it's on to some other interest. With many of these, I come back every once in a while over the years, but there are few crafts or lines of research I've kept up steadily through the years."

I over-intellectualize things way too much and tend to assume that once I grasp the big picture (which does come easy to me) then I can skimp on the drudgery of minor details and other foundational steps.

Wrong, LOL.

In this respect, JMG's books have humbled me quite a bit. I read through the DMH (and a few of his others) thoroughly, and got a pretty good idea of his methods. Though after many fits and starts, and recently some divinations, I've concluded that the magical path isn't for me. But general occult studies seems very much up my alley. I think the OSA and MOE courses are much better fit for my own temperament, and the UGC program seems very promising and quite an incentive to finally get my metaphysical butt in gear.

BTW, great overview on Revival Druidry! I wish I had something to add, beyond the notion that I think a future continuation of the tradition will be one mostly shorn of the pop culture fad-baggage it picked up during the Neopagan era.