His formal degree work is in anthropology and Turkish language studies. He has attained the rank of 3rd dan in Hsin Lu Tong martial arts school and continues to learn and apply lessons from this discipline. Current projects include a book on Physical Culture ("Hermetic Tension") with another druid author. He is a licensed amateur radio operator and resides on the shores of the Puget Sound.
Rev. Linda Costello earned her clergy credentials from the Fellowship of Druidism in the Latter Age. Linda has been studying about the ancient Druids since 1991 when she discovered the Order of Bards, Ovates, and Druids. In 2002, she joined ADF, and has been active in leadership for the past six years, including the founding of the Grove of the Rising Phoenix. She went on to become a member of AODA, and soon after, FoDLA. She is also a first degree initiate of RDNA.
Linda is dedicated to teaching others more about history, lore, and application of this interesting and colorful culture, and to that end, in 2007, she founded EarthLove Fellowship: A Grove of FoDLA, in Scottsdale, AZ, where she presents public ritual and classes.
In addition to her involvement with Druidism, Linda studied ceremonial magic for two decades with the Servants of the Light, a mystery school founded by Dion Fortune. She has also studied shamanism with the Foundation for Shamanic Studies.
Linda has worked in the field of accounting for 35 years, although her real love has been in psychology and teaching. She has an undergraduate degree in Financial Management, but her graduate degree is in Education and she also has completed a year of counseling/psychology at the graduate level. In addition, she completed the two year program at the Gestalt Institute of Phoenix, and has attended numerous workshops and courses sponsored by the Jung Institute of Boston as well as the Phoenix Friends of CG Jung. She currently works as a personal development coach, as well as co-owner and chief financial officer of a comic book store.
Kenneth Proefrock received his Doctorate in Naturopathic Medicine the Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine. Since 1996, he has engaged in the private practice of Naturopathic Medicine and is the sole owner/formulator for Vital Force Naturopathic Compounding, providing consulting services and therapeutic compounds for other Naturopathic Physicians and their patients. Dr. Proefrock serves as Vice-President for the North American Board of Naturopathic Examiners and is chairperson for the biochemistry portion of the Naturopathic Physician's Licensing Exam.
He is a member of the Council of Elders and current President of the Order of WhiteOak, a Celtic Reconstructionist Druid Order, and has been a member of the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids since 1994, achieving the rank of Ovate in 2001. He is also a member of the Ancient Order of Druids in America (AODA), and an instructor in the Nature, Deity and Inspiration department of Cherry Hill Pagan Seminary. He is married and has five children.
Tully Reill started out on a Druid Path in the late 1980's as a solitary. In 2005 he joined the RDNA and founded Arizona's first RDNA Protogrove. In 2006 he joined the AODA, being appointed to the Grand Grove in 2008, currently holds the position of Grand Almoner, and chairs the AODA's Inmate Correspondence Program.
He and his family currently reside near Winslow Arizona, enjoying the off-grid lifestyle on a ten acre ranch just outside of town.
