Minutes
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Okay since last week was very factual and a little hard to follow, I decide to change this up this week and play a game. It was a trivia game of divination in general with questions about all sorts of divination techniques. The purpose of the game was to show how many different tools can be used in divination. I really wanted to spark people's interest with it. The group had a lot of fun.
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
This meeting was about Tarot, a form of divination or fortune telling. Since a tarot deck consists of 78 cards, I decided to break it down and only talk about the Major Arcana. The Major Arcana consists of 22 cards. During the meeting we went through the meanings of each card.
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Today was the first day of the semester and we discussed the afterlife. (such a light topic huh?) We first talked about an African tribe called the Hadza who really do not have a concept of afterlife. Then we talked about karma and reincarnation, followed by ghosts, and finally the Aztecs' view of afterlife. As interesting as all that is, the main purpose of the discussion was to get the members thinking about their beliefs on the afterlife which they were welcome to share with the group.
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Basic ritual outline for Samhain
Etiquette:
-Respect to everyone and everything
-If you don't want to participate, you can step back and observe.
-If any person is insulting or is making others feel uncomfortable, he/she will be asked to leave.
Basic Outline:
-Cleansing/Purifying the space
-Cast Circle
-Calling god(s)/goddess(es)
-State intention of ritual
-Raise energy for that reason
-Grounding
-Releasing circle and thank god(s)/goddess(es)
-EAT!!! :)
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Today we talked about Shinto. Shinto comes from Japan. They worship supernatural beings called Kani. There are an infinite number of deities and many have been incorporated from Buddhism. Demonic, vengeful spirits are called Oni. They have big horns and green, red or blue skin. Animal spirits can posess people. The most feared animal spirit is the Fox Demon. An evil spirit --> Obake --> Ghost --> Cause Harm and can be driven off with the right rituals. All phenomena are thought to posess rough/gentle (negative/positive) characteristics. A person's soul becomes a Kami after the body dies. Sacred Texts include Kojiki (oldest surviving text, and it is written in Japanese) and the Nihonshoki "Chronicles of Japan" (I believe it is written in Chinese?...)
Wa = "Benign Harmony" --> Anything that disrupts this is bad, and the group is considered to be more important than the individual.
Mural - we will keep the basic design, but we will be doing different mediums for each individual square. We will request funds.
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Today we talked about Religious Tolerance.The timing of this meeting could not have been better because Monday and Tuesday (today) there were protesters outside the campus library. Unfortunately, the protestors were very rude and insulting to all religions other than their own. Needless to say to gave us a great discussion of how important religious tolerance is, how to promote religions the right way, and how to deal with those who are insulting and will not listen about other religions. Great job guys.
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
This week we worked on our Poster board, but we didn't finish it, so it's still a work in progress that the Vice President and I will finish as bring to the group soon.
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
YAY! First meeting of the new semester. It was so good to see old faces again and new ones. There was alot of discussion about the summer and what we did. We did decide on posters for the group and I will bring the new version to the next meeting. The next meeting we will be working on a poster board for the group and I will have a special activity planned for the group.
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Thursday, October 11, 2007Minutes to be posted after next meeting!
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Thursday, October 04, 2007
Auctus’s Tentative Schedule for 2007 Fall Semester
October 4, 2007
-talk about creating own sacred text
-group meditation/beginning meditation
[We did one of the meditations from a website Nikki found and then talked about what we liked or not about it and what we hope to get out of meditations, as well as our favorite ways of doing them.]
October 11, 2007
-Different paths (a brief overview)
October 18, 2007
-Divination
October 25, 2007
-Samhain
-Ritual overview
-supernatural discussion
November 1, 2007
-Clay Creations
November 8, 2007
-Discussion of other types of rituals
November 15, 2007
-Obstacles of being Pagan and how we over come them
November 22, 2007
-Thanksgiving, no meeting
November 29, 2007
-Favorite Pagan Books. Bring in (Please don’t break your back by bring in your whole collection) and discussion.
December 6, 2007
-Perhaps another mediation or a party??
December 13, 2007
-Exam Week, no meeting
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Attendance: Keith, Halley, Jewel, Nikki and Amber
-First, I'm sorry for the room confusion. Our room was reserved previously for another group. I will try to give everyone better warning if this happens again.
- Our basket for the Annual Basket Auction will be meditation theme. Anyone can bring anything in to donate for it. Amber and I are going to a store this weekend to get stuff for it and she has a basket that might work. It must be done by Oct. 12.
-We talked briefly about what each person did for Mabon. Some didn't celebrate and some harvested their gardens and some actually cooked! (Hey I'm proud that I actually cooked something edible)
- Things that we want to do for this semester:
-Bridget's crosses and bird houses
-Create your own sacred text (will talk about next meeting)
-Group meditation/ beginning meditation
-Talk briefly about different paths like:
Asatru, Egyptian, Greek, Kitchen Witchery, Wiccan paths (we can go over them in more detail later)
-Divination ( i.e. Palm reading, rune workshop, tarot, etc.)
- Energy/ Circle casting workshop
-Secret Santa???
- I will come up with a tentative schedule and get it to you before the next meeting.
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Thursday, September 20, 2007Attendance: Nikki, Keebler, Jewell, Amber and Guest (can't remember his name, was it Nick?)
Presidents Meeting:
-5 star program --> NO
- Team Building
- United Way Basket --> Themed --> will go over next week
- Homecoming --> nope!
- Volunteer Center's (annoying) change
Treasurer's Meeting:
-Didn’t feel the need to go
Pagan Pride Day --> October 13th in Grand Rapids
www.grandrapidspaganpride.bravehost.com
Talked about last week
it made my brain hurt
What is Magick?
Does everyone use it?
Can anyone use it?
How do you use it?
What can you do with it?
From Witchvox.com:
Quotes of other's views of magick.
Types of Magick
color, candle, ceremonial, nature, stone etc.
(sorry, got lost in discussion and forgot to write things down)
Next Week:
Mabon: What rituals do we do? -- How do we practice?
Psychic Fair:
October 29th in Rockford
See y'all next week!
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Thursday, September 13, 2007Attendance: Nikki, Keebler, Amber, Patty, and Natalie (Guest!)
We went over some etiquette for the group at meetings.
What is Paganism?
We went over others definitions
Online Definitions...
Merriam-Webster Dictionary = bad definition
Religious Tolerance Definition = all etymology
TheFreeDictionary.com = a MUCH better definition
Our own definition of Paganism:
1. Usually a polytheistic religion but can include nature worship
2. Not any of the Abrahamic Religions
3. Does NOT include Atheism or Agnostic Traditions
Ideas for Topics to talk about
1. Crowley and Other Traditions
2. Magick (this is the topic for next week)
-What is magick?
-Other's views on magick
-Patty might be able to get a survey of what other people on camput think
3. Quantum Physics
get a reading list to Nikki with books about magick that you like
If I missed anything, please let me know
See Ya’ll next week!
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Thursday, September 06, 2007NEW MEMBER!! --> Patty
Attendance: Nikki, Halley, Keebler, Jewell, Amber, Patty
Flyer ideas. We will probably use all three designs.
Halley brought up that there is an RSO for helping the animal shelter
We need to change some of the wording on the flyers a little bit, and on our PowerPoint.
*define paganism*
Introductions and paths
MySpace needs some editing, but we have a good start so far
website has a new layout, possibly change the yellow headings to a darker color
Ceremonies (as usual) are optional, discussed where we could possibly go for ceremonies
*side note* Jewell lives close to a bar *end side note*
bunnies vs. dynamite....hmmm, I think we know the answer to that one
Bulldog Bonanza still a possibility :) *crosses fingers*
We like people!
See everyone next Thursday!
Let me know if I forgot anything
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Thursday, August 30, 2007Attendance: Halley, Nikki, Keebler, Amber, Jewell
Officers: Comm. Service: Jewell
Treasurer: Amber
Bulldog Bonanza --> we have a table, but we are unsure if we will have someone there or not. still unsure of the date of bulldog bonanza
We looked over the constitution and made a few changes.
Halley will e-mail Becka about the Etiquette Sheet
Halley will do the changes to the constitution and make the PowerPoint for next meeting
Halley made a new roster, but forgot to attach it in the e-mail, so as soon as I get that, ill make sure its all good
Discussions --> Practical Application (Beginning "Things" : Rituals, Casting a Circle etc. and not all from just a Wiccan standpoint)
Divination Techniques
Sumerian and Babylonian/Egyptian Religion(s)
Pantheons
Otherkin
1st Day of Auctus (next week) --> Constitution/slideshow/intros/what you believe
Paganism is ______
Auctus is ______
*my thought* we may also want to do a Paganism is *not* ______
(just an idea)
When I find out what room we will be in next week, I will e-mail/facebook everyone!
I got a friend who will probably be coming next week (she is in Halley's Mythology class)
I think that about covers it! Have a good weekend everyone! See y'all Thursday!
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Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Bulldog Bonanza? 4-7pm September 9th (Ill send a message to the E-board tonight)
Auctus has a Facebook, Halley said she will work on the Myspace and the new posters
we want to condense the research projects to PowerPoint printouts (multiple slides per page right?)
We want guest speakers this year *crosses fingers* and networking
***MORE DISCUSSIONS! - Religions, Divination, Magick (theory and practice), Practical Application (of magick/energy?), Energy Workshop, Conscious Living of Everyday Pagans (why do you feel pagan today?), Supernatural (i.e. ghosts, prophetic dreams, orbs etc.)
Egyptian Religions and Mythology
We may want a schedule for our meetings so we know what we will be doing each week
Bring in favorite books
** Multiple ways of doing things (i.e. casting a circle, raising energy etc.) so as to not make the group appear as Wiccan as it has in the past for members who are not Wiccan
Sabbat and Ritual - History, Cultures (what different cultures did for Sabbats), other religious Sabbats, and rituals of others
Signal to let the rest of us know that we want someone to let another member speak
COMMUNICATING!!
Hope I did a good job!!
If I missed anything let me know
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