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Post by Heron on Jan 5, 2017 21:54:05 GMT -1
@lee, I think we did simultaneous posts so I didn't see your proposal that we start the essays for the primer in April or May. So my offer to start with a briefer piece can be revised to a longer piece in April or May if that is preferred. But we do have some empty spaces in February and March to fill.
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Post by Heron on Jan 5, 2017 21:59:54 GMT -1
Hi, this is Solsdottir. I wrote a blog post for you on Brigantia, at Lorna's kind invitation. I have been thinking about posts on Sucellus (especially as a working-class god) and on Cernunnos and Flidais as deities with similiar concerns and powers. Would either of these be interesting to you? Good to see such a positive offer so early We could certainly do with a committed extra person with ideas for posts. Sucellus as a working class god sounds interesting! And Flidais is not a deity I know so would be fascinated to hear more.
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Post by Heron on Jan 5, 2017 22:04:11 GMT -1
@ Cunedda - if you'd love to contribute please do. Your contribution can be as short or long, experiential or academic as you wish. Plus it's not only essays/research we'd like to share but prayers, devotions, pictures of altar space, personal experiences, general thoughts on Brythonic Polytheism. If there's anything you'd like to share please let us know and we'll work together on getting something up for you @ Cunedda , as Lorna says, there are different ways to contribute and 'expertise' takes a number of forms. Experience is certainly a useful element too!
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Post by lorna on Jan 6, 2017 8:39:09 GMT -1
@ Solsdottir - I'd love to read a post Sucellus as a working-class god and something on Cernunnos and Flidais. That would be awesome We're also lacking deity pages for these gods. Would you be interested in writing a fifty word summary for each then we could upload your essays to their pages.
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Post by lorna on Jan 6, 2017 8:45:37 GMT -1
Ok, so in terms of the schedule we've now got the following... Any volunteers to cover Brigantica? Solsdottir, as you've recently written a book on Brigantia would this interest you? When would you like to place your posts on Sucellus, and Cernunnos and Flidais?
early January - Lorna 'Brythonic Polytheism and the Land'
late January (1st Feb) - Brigantica -
Early Feb - Lee - Lord of the Waters III
Late Feb - Heron - Background to Brythonic Polytheism?
Early March -
Late March (21st March) - Spring Equinox - Lorna
Early April -
Late April (Calan Mai) - Yearly update (Lee?)
Early May -
Late May -
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Post by lorna on Jan 6, 2017 8:53:57 GMT -1
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Post by Lee on Jan 7, 2017 12:31:10 GMT -1
I will get them up on the main site today or tomorrow. I think this could work as a collaborative effort with a few perspectives - travelling from London for christmas period back to West Wales (went to Borth! saw the sunken forest..even got given a souvenir!) hit this home for me, plus my working in Wiltshire and that landscape too. Bugger..I did, didnt i? Just re-read it and I dont think there is anything to add really. The only way to enhance it would be personal practise and examples of ritual I think. So perhaps leave that where it is for now. I agree - leave them as they are. The more specific essays and pieces on the gods are doing a fine job of enhancing that foundation. Again I agree - all as one would do the job. though perhaps this could be spun out to different articles in some way. I will have a think on how this could be done in a way that is informative but also practically useful. This one is definitely complicated and gets to the problem of the taxonomy of the spirits where does fairy end and wight begin perhaps this is a good one for discussion in the meantime
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Post by solsdottir on Jan 7, 2017 20:05:55 GMT -1
Yes, I would be happy to write summaries as well as the posts. I'm fine with you moving the Brigantia post as well. I don't know about post times, maybe late March for Flidais/Cernunnos because I've started that one, with Sucellos coming later. I can have the summaries done before then - let me know when you need them. If you want a piece of Brigantica for early-mid Feb I can do that. (I'll have to research her as her name doesn't ring a bell at the moment.
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Post by solsdottir on Jan 8, 2017 15:50:13 GMT -1
Just realized Brigantica is a festival, not a person. (Cue red face.)
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Post by lorna on Jan 9, 2017 17:31:50 GMT -1
@ Lee - thanks for getting the essays up In relation to your comments on my landscape piece, yes, I think it would be good to create a landscape section as a collaborative effort with accounts from all our different perspectives of how we relate to the Brythonic gods out on the land. One of the things I meant to ask you is about how you experience Lludd's presence at Ludgate and the church/cathedral (was it St Paul's?) that was dedicated to him and within London in general. @ Soldottir - no worries about Brigantica. You had no chance of being familiar with it as it is the name Brython members use instead of the Gaelic Imbolc for 1st Feb when Brigid/Bride/Brigantia is honoured. If you could write something on how one might celebrate a festival for Brigantia, bringing in the Gaelic Imbolc traditions (or not) if you wish, that would be awesome. If that's a bit much, one of us will do it.
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Post by solsdottir on Jan 9, 2017 18:58:10 GMT -1
I'm really busy right now so I'd appreciate it if someone else could do the Brigantica post.
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Post by Lee on Jan 10, 2017 10:29:19 GMT -1
I can do the Brigantica one, it shouldn't be too difficult
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Post by lorna on Jan 10, 2017 15:31:15 GMT -1
Thanks Lee Nearly there!
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Post by lorna on Jan 16, 2017 18:18:21 GMT -1
Just to consolidate this... late January (1st Feb) - Lee - Brigantica Early Feb - Lee - Lord of the Waters III Late Feb - Heron - Background to Brythonic Polytheism? Early March - Late March (21st March) - Lorna - Spring Equinox Early April - Solsdottir - Flidais/Cernunnos Late April (Calan Mai) Lee? - Yearly update Early May - Late May - Solsdottir, I've put Flidais/Cernunnos in the early April slot as the late March one is Spring Equinox. I hope this is ok. Once you've written your summaries please could you post them in a separate thread in the Brython section under a title such as Flidais/Cernunnos/Sucellus summaries so Lee can see them and create the pages. If you have any images of them to add or any other material for those sections it would be awesome if you included that too So glad you've decided to get involved!
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Post by Heron on Feb 3, 2017 9:57:43 GMT -1
Thanks for putting together the Brigantica post Lee. Good to see a mix of different people's words in this post with links too.
I'll do one in late Feb in accordance with the schedule.
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Post by lorna on Mar 1, 2017 18:28:53 GMT -1
Megli has agreed to let us use 'What Blodeuwedd Never Said to Lleu' on the blog. I will post that in the early March slot as I think it fits with spring. It would also be good to publish it somewhere on the website. Could we have a page for Blodeuwedd?
This is how the schedule's looking now -
Early March - Megli - 'What Blodeuwedd Never Said to Lleu' (Lorna to post)
Late March (21st March) - Lorna - Spring Equinox
Early April - Solsdottir - Flidais/Cernunnos
Late April (Calan Mai) Lee? - Yearly update
Early May -
Late May -
I'm guessing we'll have a better idea of how to fill the next year's slots after the meeting in April?!
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Post by lorna on Mar 1, 2017 19:52:54 GMT -1
Or maybe Blodeuwedd should be later when oak and broom (April - June according to the internet - there isn't any broom here and I don't think I've seen oak flowers although I'll be looking out for them this year) and meadowsweet (August here) flower?
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Post by Heron on Mar 3, 2017 10:07:17 GMT -1
Or maybe Blodeuwedd should be later when oak and broom (April - June according to the internet - there isn't any broom here and I don't think I've seen oak flowers although I'll be looking out for them this year) and meadowsweet (August here) flower? I’ve always been intrigued by this list. While oak and broom could be in flower at the same time, and meadowsweet, which is later in the summer, could just overlap with broom, they wouldn’t all be in flower at the same time. So perhaps we are not meant to take it literally so much as descriptive of Blodeuwedd’s qualities. Oak flowers are best seen about the time the leaf buds are opening as once the leaves develop they are less visible and nearly over anyway. The flowers are pale yellow and hang down in sprays. Sessile oak, which is more common in the western Britain, has less prominent flowers than Pedunculate (or ‘English’) oak. Broom flowers are a brighter yellow and it grows on mainly acid heathland. Meadowsweet is more luxuriant and fragrant, grows on wet ground and is a creamy white colour. I think these qualities combine to produce an image of Blodeuwedd, but do they also combine to define her qualities? Woodland, heathland, wetland … the wild places.
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Post by Lee on Mar 3, 2017 14:33:48 GMT -1
I have been horribly remiss in not getting the Nodens article up, it isnt going anywhere. maybe in time it will get written but for now it has stalled. I dont see a problem in having the Blodeuwedd post go up sooner rather than later it fills a gap and spring is certainly a particularly florally minded time. I will get on with the end of year post and see if Nodens will get finished. as i have missed the slot it could be handy to have a post up our sleeve to use at the last minute if needed.
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