gather activities

PLEASE NOTE: MythiCalia 5 (2012) has been cancelled.

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Workshop schedule from MythiCalia 1 (2005)
(At that time the event was named Hollow Hills.)

Friday

2:00 PM		Site opens
Mid-afternoon		Arrivals and camp set-up
Late afternoon		The Other "Others" Overlaps, similarities and differences between the otherkin, faeborn, vampire, dragon, were/therianthrope, and furry communities. Introductions; who (and what) is here with us? (Group discussion)
Twilight		Grounding with Trees (Kit)
Early Evening		Dinner
Mid-evening		Magic, Quantum Reality, and the Macro-Cosmos (Richard/Urhan)
Late evening		How Not To Forget Things Getting along in the 9-to-5 world; keeping glamour or dreams alive. (Group discussion)

Saturday

Late morning		Otherkin and Religion How does being otherkin affect your spiritual practices, ritual, or magical systems? Do you have awareness of a non-human religious or magical system from another time/place/reality? (Group discussion)
Midday		Lunch
Early afternoon		Energy Tasting Examine the resonances of various species, locations, "elements", etc. See how you perceive them and how they match up with your own internal conception of such types of energy. (Eshari)
Mid-afternoon		Meeting Your Guardian Spirit Guided visualization. (Kit)
		Break (about half an hour)
Late afternoon		Science, Mysticism and Otherkin Scientific words and theories are commonly misunderstood and mis-applied when people try to explain magic, otherkin, etc. Do you really know what you're saying? (Julia)
Twilight		Seeing Your Astral Form ("True Form") Guided visualization. (Kit)
Early evening		Dinner - Stone soup
		Ritual preparation (about half an hour)
Evening		Ritual/Bardic Journey into the Hollow Hills to meet a fey or human ancestor, followed by a Faery Rade and bardic 'round the fire when we've returned. If you play a musical instrument, bring it along to play during the rade. Also bring a poem, story, piece of music, etc. to share at the bardic if you feel comfortable doing so. (Eshari/group)

Sunday

Mid-morning		Breakfast/Debrief What did you think? What worked, what didn't? Do we want to use this site/date again next year? Anything that didn't get wrapped up that you'd like to take care of? (Group discussion)
Late morning		Breakdown and packing
12:00		Site closes