Post by potia on Jun 28, 2011 7:00:40 GMT -1
I've already posted something about some of the wonderful experiences of the last Brython gathering but I've not tried to summarise the discussions that took place round the evening fires. In this post I'm going to try and remember the main topics and I'd appreciate it if others there would add in anything I've missed 
The Brython website was one of the things that was discussed. At one point we had said we would try and get something new up there every three months or so and it had been quite a bit longer. Also the old site was basically a blog and there seemed to be a general level of agreement that we needed something more appropriate and something easily editable by a few of us. A couple of options were mentioned and Lee offered to investigate further after the weekend. The results are the new website at: www.dunbrython.org/
I brought up the Core Values document. I had a concern that some of the wording might need clarifying a bit in places although I admitted it was a while since I'd read it properly. It was agreed that it was a worthwhile exercise to revisit it as it had been a while since any of us had looked at it carefully. The discussion on that has taken place here: caerfeddwyd.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=brython&action=display&thread=1766
We had a discussion about some of our practices and what, if anything, we had in common in terms of personal practices. This discussion included use of techniques such as:
From what I remember about the only conclusion reached from that discussion was the all have us had used some of these techniques at some stage in our practice to varying degrees. I think we agreed that it would be useful to discuss these things further.
At the moment I can't remember if there were other topics discussed and if other things come to me through the day I'll add them to this post.
The Brython website was one of the things that was discussed. At one point we had said we would try and get something new up there every three months or so and it had been quite a bit longer. Also the old site was basically a blog and there seemed to be a general level of agreement that we needed something more appropriate and something easily editable by a few of us. A couple of options were mentioned and Lee offered to investigate further after the weekend. The results are the new website at: www.dunbrython.org/
I brought up the Core Values document. I had a concern that some of the wording might need clarifying a bit in places although I admitted it was a while since I'd read it properly. It was agreed that it was a worthwhile exercise to revisit it as it had been a while since any of us had looked at it carefully. The discussion on that has taken place here: caerfeddwyd.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=brython&action=display&thread=1766
We had a discussion about some of our practices and what, if anything, we had in common in terms of personal practices. This discussion included use of techniques such as:
- journeying or interacting with beings in the land using altered states of conciousness;
- spell crafting;
- use of divination in various forms;
- interacting with gods and ungods.
From what I remember about the only conclusion reached from that discussion was the all have us had used some of these techniques at some stage in our practice to varying degrees. I think we agreed that it would be useful to discuss these things further.
At the moment I can't remember if there were other topics discussed and if other things come to me through the day I'll add them to this post.