Ecosophia abbreviations

With help from the people on the Golden Section Forum, a list of abbreviations used on Ecosophia on Dreamwidth. Corrections and suggestions welcome!

The source of the above table is a Google sheet. Suggestions and new acronyms welcome!

Abbreviation	Meaning	Type	Years	System	Remarks
ADF	Ar nDraiocht Fein	Order		Druid	The the largest American Druid organization around 2004. JMG was a member between his time in OBOD and AODA
ADR	Arch Druid Report	Blog	2006-2017	-	JMG's original blog. Authorized copy with comments
AFA	Asatru Folk Assembly	Order		-	US based neopagan group with a website here
AMORC	Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis	Order		-	The Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis (AMORC) of “California, U.S.A” placed its eyecatching ads on the back cover of every issue of Fate from 1963
AODA	Ancient Order of Druids in America	Order	2003-2015	Druid	One of the UGC traditions that JMG led, see the AODO website
APG	Art and Practice of Geomancy	Book	2009	Geomancy	Covers the same material as EDEM. Published by Red Wheel Weiser
AS	Academy of the Sword	Book	2006	-	A complete training course in rapier fencing based on Renaissance sacred geometry. It's the longest and most elaborate treatise on swordsmanship ever written, and one of the strangest, but I have it on good authority that the techniques work exceptionally well in practice -- yes, there are people who still practice old-fashioned rapier fencing.
BOL	Bridge of Love	Ritual		UGC	Introduced in The Modern Order of Essenes: Master Healer Grade Lessons 1
BOTA	Builders of the Adytum	Order		-	The Builders of the Adytum is a school of the Western mystery tradition based in Los Angeles. It was founded by Paul Foster Case and has its roots in both the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn and the Masonic blue lodge system. It was later extended by Ann Davies.
CC	Cabalistic Cross	Ritual		Golden Dawn	An opening and closing practice used at the beginning and end of many rituals. Meant to balance and energize the subtle body. Covered in Circles of Power
CGD	Celtic Golden Dawn	Book	2013	DOGD	Basic Druidical Order of the Golden Dawn book. Combines the symbolism and teachings of the Druid Revival with the magical techniques of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn.
CoP	Circles of Power	Book	1997	Golden Dawn	More advanced book on Golden Dawn operative magic
CosDoc	Cosmic Doctrine	Book	1949	-	Book by Dion Fortune
DA	Dolmen Arch	Book	2022	Druid	A fairly advanced two-volume reconstruction of a Druid correspondence course from the 1920s. Adapted and expanded with AODA-compatible materials. JMG taught the course privately to students before it was published
DF	Dione Fortune	Author		-	Author of The Doctrine of High Magic discussed in the book club, born Violet Mary Firth
DGH	Druid Grove Handbook	Book	2011	Druid	A guide to the ritual work of a grove (that's what you call a group of Druids) in AODA
DH	Druidry Handbook	Book	2006	Druid	Druidry handbook aimed at beginners. In order of difficulty: DP > DH > DMH. This book communicates the basic ideas of the Druid Revival. It was originally written to gain new members for AODA. First JMG book to hit the big time in terms of sales.
DIY	Do It Yourself	Shorthand		-	Information that helps you do things yourself
DMH	Druid Magic Handbook	Book	2008	Druid	Intermediate Druidry handbook. Its purpose is to help people make sense of Druid nature spirituality, which can be related to magic but doesn't have to be. JMG's first book on ritual magic that isn't basically a rehash of Golden Dawn practitice. In order of difficulty: DP > DH > DMH
DOGD	Druidical Order of the Golden Dawn	Order		DOGD	Golden Dawn and Druid fusion. The organization maintains a website
DP	Druid Path	Book	2022	Druid	Introduction to Druidry for total beginners. Part 11 of the publisher's "Modern Day Witch" series (although Druidry has nothing to do with Witches)
DRHM	Doctrine and Ritual of High Magic	Book	2017	Translation	Joint translation with Mark Mikitu of Lévi's masterpiece. Each chapter is discussed in a monthly post on Ecosophia
EDEM	Earth Divination, Earth Magic	Book	1999	Geomancy	Geomancy is an intriguing form of divination using sixteen four-digit binary numbers. They're combinations of one and two dots, but the mathematics are binary. It was one of the most common methods of divination in the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Covers the same material as AGP. Published by AEON books
ENM	Encyclopedia of Natural Magic	Book	2005	-	About herbs, stones, incenses, oils and the philosophy behind them. Published by Llewellyn
EOTCR	Exercise of the Central Ray	Ritual		Celtic Golden Dawn	A further expansion and development of the Lesser Ritual of the Pentagram. Mentioned in the book CGD.
FHR	Fellowship of the Hermetic Rose	Order		FHR	Not formal, descended from the formal Magickal Order of the Golden Dawn, material here
GBRP	Greater Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram	Ritual		Golden Dawn	Described in the book CoP
GCC	Gnostic Celtic Church	Book	2013	Druid	A discussion of the Gnostic Celtic Church, its origins, and its training program, together with complete texts of its liturgies. GCC is AODA's religious branch (not to be mistaken for the UGC.)
GD	Golden Dawn	Order		Golden Dawn
GIRP	Greater Invoking Ritual of the Pentagram	Ritual		Golden Dawn	Described in the book CoP
GIRH	Greater Invoking Ritual of the Hexagram	Ritual		Golden Dawn	Described in the book CoP