Greetings and Salutations! Did you know that Dragons are real?  That they still exist and that many of them are willing to work in partnership with people?  It's true, I assure you. But don't go looking to the sky in your front yard because it's very unlikely you will find one.  I mean dragons who exist in the spiritual realms that march along side the physical realms we inhabit.  And like other beings from those realms they can interact with those who are willing to reach out to them.  I have been working with such Dragons for many years and have had many rewarding experiences with them.  Many of these wise and wondrous creatures are willing to teach and to share their friendship with those who believe in and respect them. Working with Dragons is not a game, and it is not a path for the frivolous.  Dragons can be great friends but they will always teach you the lessons you *need* to learn before teaching you what you *want* to learn.  It may not always be pleasant, but if you are true to them... and to yourself... you will always find it was worthwhile in the end.

    I would like to emphasize that this is an introductory website intended for those with little to no experience working with magic in general or with Dragons specifically.  The purpose of this website is to provide a starting point, to help those who would like to contact a Dragon, but who have no idea how to go about it.  Nothing presented here meant to be slavishly followed to the letter.  It is not intended to be the final authority on Dragons or working magically with them.  Hopefully, everyone who gets their start here will move on and grow spiritually and magically beyond the scope of this website.   I do hope you will always look on the work presented here fondly, but that you eventually see it as the basic stepping stone it is meant to be.

    Now you may be wondering just who or what *is* the Clan of the Dragon?  Many years ago there was a group of friends who were interested in Dragons.  And as this group of friends were also Pagans and Wiccans, they also were interested in incorporating "draconic" energies into their magical work, but none of them really knew how to go about it.

    Well, one of those people was a friend of mine and she knew of my connection to Dragons and that I had been working with them in my own magical practice for many years (one dragon in particular I have been friends with for nearly 25 years as of this writing).  So she asked if I would help them to do this.  The result was what came to be known as the Clan of the Dragon, and we called our style of working the Draconic Tradition.

   (That used to be unique, but now it seems there are several different groups also using the term.  It's pretty cool, actually because it means that knowledge of and respect for Dragons is returning to the world.  As for which group was first... who knows?  And more to the point... if they are truly interested in bringing knowledge of and respect for Dragons back into the world... who cares?)

   The original CotD website was established in October of 2001 on Geocities.  It was moved here in June of 2008.  Many things have remained the same, some material has been removed and new material added. Here you will still find many of the rituals used in magical practices by members of the Clan of the Dragon.  While I am not Wiccan myself (just a simple Pagan), many of these rituals do follow a loose Wiccan format because that was the type of magical training held by those I was working with at the time.  While it is not possible to become a member of the original Clan of the Dragon you can become a follower of the Draconic Tradition as we know it by following the information contained within these pages. 

    One thing though... most people notice fairly quickly that there is little "religion" mentioned on this site.  No deities are named and no religious rites such as Sabbats or Esbats listed, although that may change somewhat in the future.  For now, the reason for that is the Clan of the Dragon's Draconic Tradition is "non-religion specific."  That means you can easily incorporate the teachings of the tradition into any existing religious practice you wish provided it does not hold the notion that Dragons are "evil" or purely mythological/fantasy entities.  If you truly hold a belief in and respect for Dragons in your mind and heart, you can invite them into your life as friends and Companions.  You can learn to work magically with them alone or you can invite them to join you in your religious practices as well.  And in the future rituals for Esbats and Sabbats may become available for those who wish to use them.  It's all up to you and your new Dragon friends to decide together.

Revised: October 18, 2008

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