Dogmas and Druids

As I continue to revise my latest attempt at a novel, I am doing more reading about modern groups of Pagans, such as Wiccans and Druids, as well as other  groups whose beliefs are outside the general mainstream. One thing I enjoy is seeing how many of these groups and their leaders talk about themselves with a genuine sense of humor. So few religious leaders seem to be able to laugh at themselves, which seems a shame.

There is a linguistic link between words like human, humor, humility and humus. St. Teresa famously said that humility is truth, and she was well-known for her own sense of humor. I realize that humor does not simply equate with humility which does not simply equate with truth. But still ...

One example of this is an American version of Druidism that goes by the Irish name of Ár nDraíocht Féin, shorthanded and simplified as ADF: A Druid Fellowship. The Irish name means "our own magic."

According to their founder/first Archdruid, they have only three dogmas. [As I am sure you know, dogma in general means  a principle or set of principles laid down by an authority as incontrovertibly true.]

The first is the Doctrine of Archdruidic Fallibility. (That is to say, all members are required to believe that the leadership messes up from time to time).

The Second Druidic Dogma is that there are to be no more dogmas.

The Third Druidic Dogma is "No, we really meant it, there are to be no more dogmas!"