[Cro Dreoilin] Book Group - reading along with CR FAQ, Chapters 1-5

[Valerie]

Thanks for the recap Kelly, much appreciated!. Even though I was there I find this useful to review and to give more thought to. :)
 

 


 

 

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From: Kelley Forbes <forbesk at astronomytower.net>
To: community <community at crodreoilin.org>
Sent: Mon, May 9, 2011 5:13 pm
Subject: [Cro Dreoilin] Book Group - reading along with CR FAQ, Chapters 1-5


Hello, everybody!

Thanks to everybody who came out yesterday!

For those who are reading along but unable to make it to the meetings, 
here are the topics we covered on Sunday:

Nobody seemed to have any questions or remarks, so we dove right into 
prepared questions and discussion fodder.

First, I brought up the fact that I think the author understates the 
role of women in the Celtic societies, partially to underscore the fact 
that CR is different than recreationism by pointing out differences 
between modern culture and medieval society and also as a response to 
the prehistorical matriarchy crowd.

Next, we asked the questions, "Is there a deity to whom you feel 
particularly close? What is your relationship with them?" This led to 
discussion about the nature of the divine and what it means to have a 
relationship with a God: should it be a relationship of a servant to a 
master or a relation more like equals?

Then, we discussed culture and religion: how important is cultural 
involvement in pagan religions? Just what constitutes cultural theft? 
This led to talking of language as an aspect of culture and its 
importance to reconstructionist religions and the impact land and 
locality have on 'imported' pagan religions.

At 5, we paid up and all headed out to the Platte to pay our respects.

Please feel free to add your own comments on any of the above or to 
bring up any questions or comments you had with regards to this month's 
selection.

-- Kelley.

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