Chat Thread: Chopsticks and teacups

[patch99329]

Lack of supplies on my part (read 'Emma thought it was the 17th today and so didn't plan') means I'm starting celebrations tomorrow. Might continue them into the 24th.

I'm trying my best to follow the HMEPA crying

You mentioned creating- have you heard about 'heliogenna' before?  

[maenad nuri]

patch99329

Lack of supplies on my part (read 'Emma thought it was the 17th today and so didn't plan') means I'm starting celebrations tomorrow. Might continue them into the 24th.

Understandable. If I didn't have everything in my date book, I'd be lost.

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I'm trying my best to follow the HMEPA crying

I wish you luck. I tried that -- but I don't live in Athens so I played with the calendar quite a bit.

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You mentioned creating- have you heard about 'heliogenna' before?

Yep, Hector created it. Whatever I might think of Hector personally, that is an awesome festival, that I might still adapt to how I do things. I have not seen the backlash that he's gotten, but I think its mostly imagined.

Personally, I have a lot of festivals that others have created. They are far more relevant than things that were Athens specific.  

[patch99329]

Most people who have talked about heliogenna seem to give it a thumbs up for accuracy. (Even mr. whiny pants)
It is all his own imagining though. To provide a bridge with the neopagan festivals taking place at the same time.
I found a really awesome blog about it a while ago. I'l dig it out again.  

[TeaDidikai]

Happy Birthday Elvis.  

[patch99329]

I could have sworn that was last week.  

[TeaDidikai]

patch99329

I could have sworn that was last week.

I went to his birthday bash last night.
Fried Peanut Butter and Banana Sandwiches are nasty.  

[patch99329]

TeaDidikai

patch99329

I could have sworn that was last week.

I went to his birthday bash last night.
Fried Peanut Butter and Banana Sandwiches are nasty.

They sound it!!  

[TeaDidikai]

patch99329

They sound it!!

~shudders~ They were really gross. Might have been a texture thing- I like my peanut butter crunchy.  

[patch99329]

I danced in ritual today ^_^
I'm going to do it more often.  

[TeaDidikai]

patch99329

I danced in ritual today ^_^
I'm going to do it more often.

What kind of music?  

[TeaDidikai]

I've been accused of being Socratic again. whee  

[TeaDidikai]

Best "insult" to date:

I am an annoying little bird.  

[Gideon Starorzewski]

TeaDidikai

I'm currently reading through Roger Walsh's book on Shamanism. So far- I'm actually a bit impressed.

What's the title? I might look it up, as I'm interested in learning something... credible about shamanism.  

[Gideon Starorzewski]

Ashley the Bee

And so, I feel sad...

Not to sound crass, but it's a problem of branding. You can write a book about contemporary/post modern witchcraft without calling it Wicca, but then you don't get the brand power that Wicca evokes. If Gardner was as clever as his friend Aleister Crowley, he'd have copyrighted the term Wicca, because for all intents and purposes these spurious books calling themselves Wicca or misrepresenting Wicca are essentially compromising the integrity of the religion, especially the "public" perception.

What annoys me the most is that these authors and so on are being apocryphal when they could be progressive instead. There's no reason they can't put forward either a new philosophy or paradigm of modern witchcraft without being such blatant parasites. Interpreting old information in new ways and syncretism have always been the driving forces behind the western esoteric tradition in general.  

[Ashley the Bee]

TeaDidikai

Best "insult" to date:

I am an annoying little bird.

I do hate it when things like "facts" come between me and my cake.

Gideon Starorzewski

What annoys me the most is that these authors and so on are being apocryphal when they could be progressive instead. There's no reason they can't put forward either a new philosophy or paradigm of modern witchcraft without being such blatant parasites. Interpreting old information in new ways and syncretism have always been the driving forces behind the western esoteric tradition in general.

Seriously. Some of the things I've read seem interesting enough, all they need is a cool new name.