Since there wasn’t an overwhelming response in favor of a particular day and most of the folks who contacted me privately said that they were flexible and would go along with whatever the group or I decided I’m going to go ahead and pick Thursday as the day when we meet. I tend to have a lot of ritual obligations on the weekend, plus it makes more sense to have the chat on the Day of the Heroes instead of the Day of the Satyrs and Nymphs, so we’ll try this out and if it doesn’t work we can always move it. Skype was also the favored means of chatting so we’ll give that a shot with the caveat that we’ll switch to a different chat client if we need to.
Mark your calendars – our first chat will be Thursday, March 28th from 8:00 to 10:00pm EST.
The point of these chats are to foster community within the thiasos of the Starry Bull through education and fellowship but anyone who’s interested in attending is welcome to do so.
The first hour will be devoted to a focused study of material and issues related to the Bacchic Orphic tradition, with the remainder of the time spent discussing stuff that’s come up in our religious practice, sharing personal concerns and freeform socializing. I would also like start a Book Club within the thiasos and so one week a month will be devoted to that. Each Monday I’ll post the week’s theme and some relevant discussion topics to consider in anticipation of the chat, as well as reminders the day of.
This first chat will be an informal meet and greet and we’ll settle on the book for April. Hope to see you there!
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