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Post by Heron on Dec 15, 2015 14:06:47 GMT -1
Thanks for your positive response, Lee. I'd certainly really like to have an in-person meet-up with a devotional focus. I had suggested to you in person a visit to the temple of Nodens in Lydney would be a good place to visit and it might be possible to find somewhere to do at least a bit of meditation and maybe a discrete ritual for Nodens. It would have to be on a Sunday. Lydney Park Gardens OPENING DAYS AND TIMES FOR 2016 Sundays, Wednesdays and Bank Holiday Mondays from Sunday 27th March to Sunday 12th June Opening times: 10.00 am to 5.00 pm Tea rooms open: 11.00 am to 5.00 pm Admittedly it's a bit out of the way from the main train lines. More central places (considering our locations are Glasgow, Preston, Borth, London) are Birmingham and Shrewsbury. We might want to make this just this core group for now, although opening it to the wider public may be a possibility? The Lydney meeting a good idea! I'd be happy to take part in this.
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Post by Heron on Dec 15, 2015 14:35:35 GMT -1
Thanks for your comments, Potia. That other contributors might not be too happy with change is certainly a valid point I hadn't thought about. The majority of the material on this site is from members no longer active so it would be difficult to make contact. With that in mind, perhaps the quite radical change I've suggested isn't a good idea as this site is very much anchored in a larger past and it's not for new-ish members like myself to alter. With that in mind, considering at present I'm personally feeling a push to get the stories of the Brythonic gods and goddesses and devotional material for them out into the wider world and to show they are just as present and their mythos is just as deep as that of the Gaelic / Norse etc. 'pantheons' I'm wondering whether Brython is the right place? When I first started attending my local pagan society there was a Heathen group there who were all really committed and did loads of journeywork with the nine worlds and devotional rites to the gods as well as runes etc. and I was quite jealous they had all those myths to work with and that sense of community and also very sad we don't have that for the Brythonic tradition. So I kind of have this dream one day we will and the only way that will happen is if we make that happen. However this may just be my dream. Does anyone else share that? I guess this has gone beyond on-line shrines... but I'd be interested to hear others' standpoints. Absolutely Lorna! I think this is something we should address both in terms of the future of the Brython site and /or possible future alternative ways of getting a better profile for the Brythonic gods more generally.
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Post by lorna on Dec 16, 2015 8:56:59 GMT -1
@ Potia - Great news that you've set a FB Page for Eponalia. I'm not on FB but hope it will be well supported. And CONGRATULATIONS on your marriage plans with Neil - I'm very happy for you. It would be great if you could both make Lydney but no worries if funds are tight.
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Post by lorna on Dec 16, 2015 9:01:15 GMT -1
@ Lee and Heron - great news that Lydney suits and great that both are you up for discussion of 'the Future of the Brython site'. I'll open a couple of new discussion boxes for the these as it seems we've moved away from the topic of on-line shrines.
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Post by Lee on Dec 17, 2015 21:37:46 GMT -1
I think a small meet-up of us three (though Potia and Redraven making it 5 would be great!)
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Post by Francis on Dec 18, 2015 1:24:17 GMT -1
Would a stranger from the past be welcome? :-)
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Post by Lee on Dec 18, 2015 3:50:20 GMT -1
Ha! you? Of course! Long time no see stranger! I was thinking we should try emailing some of the people who have been quiet of late
Hope you are well
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Post by Francis on Dec 18, 2015 10:53:57 GMT -1
I've just received a copy of your book in the post. Congratulations on that! I'm typing on my wretched phone so wont add much just now - but looking forward to reading what youve put together! Is the DB forum still active btw?
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Post by potia on Jan 6, 2016 21:14:08 GMT -1
I've seen elsewhere that Heather Awen is sponsoring the development of an online shrine to Rhiannon and is looking for contributions.
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Post by Heron on Jan 7, 2016 18:47:53 GMT -1
I've seen elsewhere that Heather Awen is sponsoring the development of an online shrine to Rhiannon and is looking for contributions. I've been pondering this and experimenting with available options and have come up with a draft on my Rigantona site. It's very much an experiment at the moment and need some tweaks and additional things which I hope to be able to persuade the software to help me achieve. But if anyone wants to take a look then go to rigantona.net , click on 'Shrine' and take a look, or even leave a dedication!
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Post by lorna on Jan 10, 2016 12:01:47 GMT -1
Hello Heron, Your shrine to Rigantona, with spaces for dedications to Rigantona / Rhiannon and Epona looks great and I think is now working I can't see Rhiannon's shrine at the Church of Asphodel yet, assuming that's where Heather will be hosting it.
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Post by Heron on Jan 10, 2016 16:01:51 GMT -1
Hello Heron, Your shrine to Rigantona, with spaces for dedications to Rigantona / Rhiannon and Epona looks great and I think is now working I can't see Rhiannon's shrine at the Church of Asphodel yet, assuming that's where Heather will be hosting it. Thanks for you dedication Lorna. If anyone else has tried to make one and was asked to register, I've now changed the settings so that anyone can post. It took me ages scanning through the source code to change just a few minor things like getting it to say 'Leave a dedication' instead of 'Leave a comment' .There may be more to do but I decided it was good enough to go public with it on my blog.
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