Ritual Performance Clinics, and the CTP3 Plan
There's been interest in setting up a sort of Ritual Performance Clinic for the Grove. I've been brainstorming, and I'm currently looking at about 7 different sessions:
Depending on a few things, there may be a small charge to attend, too. It would be nice if, should I decide that we need materials (and we most certainly will, if I do what I'd like to do) or need to rent space, I don't have to cover it myself. Of course, if any charge comes into it, it's got to be a well-done program, and it should be reasonable enough that anyone could afford it (I'm thinking $5-$10, if I can manage to keep it at that level).
Then, of course, I hope to have an OL article out of at least a few of these sections.
I have also come up with a set of goal completion dates for my CTP 3 work, in hopes of becoming eligible to apply for Ordination as an ADF Priest before Summerland 2010. (For those scoring at home, I'm consecrated as an ADF Dedicant Priest; ordination is the next step, and confers ADF Priesthood for life. . . assuming the Priest remains in ADF, of course.)
- Cosmological Issues
- Exercise: Cosmos Clinic
- Ritual Space - Configuration, Management, and Use
- Exercise: Ritual Setup
- Praying With a Good Fire - Choosing Focus, Writing Prayers, Making Offerings
- Exercise: Three Prayers in Three Minutes
- Ritual Scaling - Considerations for Small, Medium, and Large Rites
- Exercise: Classification and Scaling
- Running a Rite - From Outlines to Fire Extinguishers
- Exercise: "Lickity-Split"
- Performance Concerns - Vocalization, Nerves, Memorization, and Engaged Reading
- Exercise: Warmups and Rundowns
- Wrap-up - Punting, Casting, and Trust
- Exercise: none yet
Depending on a few things, there may be a small charge to attend, too. It would be nice if, should I decide that we need materials (and we most certainly will, if I do what I'd like to do) or need to rent space, I don't have to cover it myself. Of course, if any charge comes into it, it's got to be a well-done program, and it should be reasonable enough that anyone could afford it (I'm thinking $5-$10, if I can manage to keep it at that level).
Then, of course, I hope to have an OL article out of at least a few of these sections.
I have also come up with a set of goal completion dates for my CTP 3 work, in hopes of becoming eligible to apply for Ordination as an ADF Priest before Summerland 2010. (For those scoring at home, I'm consecrated as an ADF Dedicant Priest; ordination is the next step, and confers ADF Priesthood for life. . . assuming the Priest remains in ADF, of course.)