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Post by lorna on Nov 29, 2014 11:10:03 GMT -1
Hello, just wondering if anyone can help me out with a couple of questions. Does anyone know an approximate date for when Brythonic Polytheism originated and took off as a movement? Are there any other sources about its origin and development aside from here, Dun Brython and the Association of Polytheist Traditions?
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Post by Chad on Dec 1, 2014 5:55:23 GMT -1
The modern movement?
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Post by redraven on Dec 1, 2014 6:47:00 GMT -1
The association of Polytheist traditions was around first, if I recall correctly. CF was formed before Dun Brython and I think the levels of interest through this forum rose from about 2005 onwards.
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Post by potia on Dec 2, 2014 9:39:59 GMT -1
I was sent the following invitation to join Caer Brython on 31 October 2007 by Little Raven, at that time it was via a yahoo list with the outer tier as described bleow being here on CF.
“Brython. At the same time both an ideal and a reaction.
An ideal, where the pre-Christian traditions of Britain are sought not in the desires of modern ego-spiritualism but in the echoes of our ancestors. A reaction, to those who today create our ancestral traditions not in the spirit of our ancestors, but in their own image.
So Brython was born, seeking to understand that which has been left to us and apply it to our lives today.
The founders of Brython spent some considerable time thrashing out the structure and general goal of Brython. We took the name public at Nos Calan Gaeaf 2006, allowing Brython’s gestation to be public. We have in this time acquired an impressive reputation based on nothing more than the honour and integrity of those who have founded it. But this was never intended to be more than the very first step in it’s development.
The structure of Brython was decided to consist of three distinct ‘tiers’. Clas Brython, the ‘enclosure of Brython’, is the public area represented by Caer Feddwyd and requires no more commitment than a membership to the board. Dun Brython is the second tier and consists of the ‘members’, those who wish to be formally associated with Brython. This requires a small degree of commitment in that members are required to submit material annually for the benefit of all. The third tier, Caer Brython, has come to be known as the council. This is the group of individuals whose reputation precedes them, a group can provide the creative vision than will again do honour to our ancestors of spirit and memory.
And at the second turning of Brython, at the time of the thinning, we wish to invite you to the council of Brython.”
Caer Brython was never formally dissolved but instead faded away as varying members were drawn in differing directions.
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