Post by Lee on Apr 5, 2016 9:57:12 GMT -1
Myself, Lorna and Heron all met up in Preston on Saturday the 2nd April – Lorna’s hometown – and went to Brockholes nature reserve/wetland centre. On one hand we had a chance to see the birds, ancient woodland and scenery of this part of the country, on the other we had a chance to chat more generally about our polytheism and what we would like of Brython for the future.
We stopped beside the River Ribble and made toasts and libations to Belissima – the Goddess of the Ribble – we also made statements of intent for what we would like to see happening with Brython in the future.
Back at the visitor centre (with a cuppa) we had a chance to have a meeting to discuss a few main issues;
Caer Feddwyd forum:
• It’s very quiet and not many of the new people who register get involved. We thought some of this might be because the threads are quiet old and the original poster long gone, so this might be off-putting. Also, as much of what we are discussing is about the main website and blog, it isn't really something new people might be able to engage with.
• So – the first thing is that the forum has been reorganised to (I hope) be a little clearer and also to move the older threads where there has been little activity to an archive of sorts. They can still be read but any discussion is now much more current. Any comments or suggestions please do let me know.
• Secondly, myself, Lorna and Heron will endeavour to get some discussions going, helpfully, they will be about upcoming posts for the blog so can on one hand start discussion, but also will means contributions to the threads can also – writer permitting – be used to give a fuller and broader view of Brythonic Polytheism when the blog goes live.
The Brython website:
• The festivals page is going to be removed and we are going to rewrite it as six separate pages; each dealing with one of the 6 ‘seasons’ we currently have been moving towards separating the year into. As each season comes about, there will be a longer blogpost laying out our growing viewpoint on it with information about how and why we celebrate and what festivals occur; some common to us all (or most of us), others only a to a few, but in either case laying out the many different ways we celebrate and worship the Gods.
The new blog;
• From the outset, the blog was intended to be a better way of engaging with more people and a wider audience as it allows commenting and discussion on it. It would also be a handy way of generating new content for the main website as articles and essays can be ‘archived’ on it.
• We are going to get in touch with people we know and know of in the wider communities to see if they would be interested in contributing articles for it.
• If you want to write something or have a suggestion – do let us know! Whilst there are only a few of us writing at the moment or planning to do so, the hope is that we get a greater number of people contributing and taking part.
• Initially we will do 3 posts over the period of about a week for Calan Main to introduce the blog, the seasonal view of the year and the first season and its festivals.
• After that, we will aim to do a post every 2 weeks or so, or twice a month.
• Some ideas for future blog posts could be; Brython and the ancestors, race, environmental issues, ethics and politics in addition to essays and devotional woks on and for the gods. As I mentioned, any suggestions are also welcomed and contributions definitely welcomed.
A Brythonic Primer
• This is something we have also talked about too, writing and publishing a Brythonic Polytheism Primer. Covering a broad range of subjects; what is ‘Brythonic’, what is Polytheism, the historical, archaeological, mythological and cultural origins and context. The sources we use to reconnect with the gods, ethics, ancestors, ritual and the gods. Effectively something someone can pick up when thy first get an interest in Brythonic Polytheism and something that will set them on the right track and be a useful resource. It can either be a physical printed book or an e-book. The sensible thing is that it is non-profit so bare minimum cost for the printed and as close to free as possible for the e-book.
Meeting up: I realise this was something of a "closed" meeting this time. There 'might' be a polytheist conference being arranged for later this year in whihc case we thought it important we go along to promote our group, and also to encourage anyone else here to come along too. Personally, I would like to see some sort of annual conference of some sort in the UK to discus polytheisms in generally but especially brythonic polytheism. So, watch this space!
I think this covers most everything we talked about, the emphasis here is to get people engaging and taking part in discussion and eventually also joining in with the website and blog submissions.
Lee
We stopped beside the River Ribble and made toasts and libations to Belissima – the Goddess of the Ribble – we also made statements of intent for what we would like to see happening with Brython in the future.
Back at the visitor centre (with a cuppa) we had a chance to have a meeting to discuss a few main issues;
Caer Feddwyd forum:
• It’s very quiet and not many of the new people who register get involved. We thought some of this might be because the threads are quiet old and the original poster long gone, so this might be off-putting. Also, as much of what we are discussing is about the main website and blog, it isn't really something new people might be able to engage with.
• So – the first thing is that the forum has been reorganised to (I hope) be a little clearer and also to move the older threads where there has been little activity to an archive of sorts. They can still be read but any discussion is now much more current. Any comments or suggestions please do let me know.
• Secondly, myself, Lorna and Heron will endeavour to get some discussions going, helpfully, they will be about upcoming posts for the blog so can on one hand start discussion, but also will means contributions to the threads can also – writer permitting – be used to give a fuller and broader view of Brythonic Polytheism when the blog goes live.
The Brython website:
• The festivals page is going to be removed and we are going to rewrite it as six separate pages; each dealing with one of the 6 ‘seasons’ we currently have been moving towards separating the year into. As each season comes about, there will be a longer blogpost laying out our growing viewpoint on it with information about how and why we celebrate and what festivals occur; some common to us all (or most of us), others only a to a few, but in either case laying out the many different ways we celebrate and worship the Gods.
The new blog;
• From the outset, the blog was intended to be a better way of engaging with more people and a wider audience as it allows commenting and discussion on it. It would also be a handy way of generating new content for the main website as articles and essays can be ‘archived’ on it.
• We are going to get in touch with people we know and know of in the wider communities to see if they would be interested in contributing articles for it.
• If you want to write something or have a suggestion – do let us know! Whilst there are only a few of us writing at the moment or planning to do so, the hope is that we get a greater number of people contributing and taking part.
• Initially we will do 3 posts over the period of about a week for Calan Main to introduce the blog, the seasonal view of the year and the first season and its festivals.
• After that, we will aim to do a post every 2 weeks or so, or twice a month.
• Some ideas for future blog posts could be; Brython and the ancestors, race, environmental issues, ethics and politics in addition to essays and devotional woks on and for the gods. As I mentioned, any suggestions are also welcomed and contributions definitely welcomed.
A Brythonic Primer
• This is something we have also talked about too, writing and publishing a Brythonic Polytheism Primer. Covering a broad range of subjects; what is ‘Brythonic’, what is Polytheism, the historical, archaeological, mythological and cultural origins and context. The sources we use to reconnect with the gods, ethics, ancestors, ritual and the gods. Effectively something someone can pick up when thy first get an interest in Brythonic Polytheism and something that will set them on the right track and be a useful resource. It can either be a physical printed book or an e-book. The sensible thing is that it is non-profit so bare minimum cost for the printed and as close to free as possible for the e-book.
Meeting up: I realise this was something of a "closed" meeting this time. There 'might' be a polytheist conference being arranged for later this year in whihc case we thought it important we go along to promote our group, and also to encourage anyone else here to come along too. Personally, I would like to see some sort of annual conference of some sort in the UK to discus polytheisms in generally but especially brythonic polytheism. So, watch this space!
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Lee
