Greetings to all Zevists and the spiritual faithful. The Muses Rituals have been released. In light of this, we have a public Schedule that I will conduct.
This schedule will be unique and should involve a level of participation if desired, because the Muses Rituals are not particularly long ones. As the site instructs, it begins and ends with Zeus and Apollo.
1ST PART: MUSE RITUAL
Each Muse Ritual will be done at a certain time each day as usual. These Rituals are only a few minutes up to 10-12 minutes or so, but meditation on them, as usual, is encouraged.
2ND PART: EXTRACT DISCUSSION ~ 10 Minutes
Now for a unique factor. Discussions on creative things will be held in Vultem in the Agora Room after each Ritual, and as forum posts each day.
After the Ritual, extracts of media are given by Clergy or myself, a Guardian or NG [each choice] in Agora. These can be different and chosen by each leader who chooses to participate at that time of day.
The extract should not be too long. Videos should be under 5 minutes or so, and if not, timestamped within that frame, poems a few verses at most, dialogues only two or three pages. Extracts must be related to the Goddess in question.
Members can give their thoughts on what is presented:
How does it make you feel?
What is the media meant to convey?
Can you see any relation to the divine in it?
How would you do it?
[if a Chart] How to interpret it?
This should last about 10 minutes or so, but a member is permitted to comment on the first part if the open-ended discussion period is reached.
3RD PART: OPEN DISCUSSION ~ +/-
After this, a more open-ended discussion involving your opinions on the artform itself, including your own efforts in them, or any related piece of media you like is encouraged. List your favorites in the field, for example, or talk about how you've progressed in each creative skill. Members can participate in this for as long as they want.
With the 2nd and 3rd parts, ensure that some level of discussion occurs, because even at 12AM the Rituals are not long, and leaving at least one reply is not exactly going to fry you. You can participate in these discussions at any point; if you spoke about it in the morning and did the Ritual then, you can still join in in the evening.
On the forums, both questions will be asked in one topic each day of the Ritual in a less sequential way.
If you dislike certain types of media or never participate in them, you can say so and give reasons why, but do not be overly controversial or hostile.
RULES
When participating, be honest. Do not polish and give answers that you believe the Temple 'will like'. Do not try to force your tastes to be like the Clergy or Guardians, or other members. Honesty is the first step to any artistic endeavor. The ONLY restrictions are that:
Euterpe's discussion cannot be about 'any music'. Her realm is about classical, traditional and unity based forms of music. Do not discuss pop music, hip hop, metal or avant-garde music here. Poetry if presented must be lyric poetry.
Terpischore must be about rhythmic music you can dance to, not classical; music involving the body. This includes most realms of popular music and some traditional music, but not most metal or classical for example.
Clio, Thalia, Melopmene and Erato can involve different types of media relating to the theme, not only plays or poetry per se. Calliope should generally be epic poetry or an epic novel.
Polyhymnia has an emphasis on beautiful singing. Someone screeching like a banshee or rapping is not appropriate, unless a rapper is rapping over beautiful singing.
Do not post your full Chart or anything particularly revealing after Urania's Ritual, nor give this to anyone.
For those submitting, nothing hyper explicit. Mildly erotic is okay, but keep it PG-13, please. Nothing hyper gory either.
Also, do not be rude to others; this includes Guardians and below. If you disagree with someone on creative tastes, keep it moving, unless someone is going outside of the five rules above gratuitously. Try to understand where the person is coming from.
If a member does not speak English, I will try my best during my time to find a translation of some sort.
SCHEDULE
Nov 3rd: Grand Ritual of Zeus [no formal discussion, emphasis on Golden Book and excitement]
Nov 4th: Mnemosyne Ritual
Creative media extract involving memory is presented.
Open-ended discussion about important memories or the [personal] past.
Nov 5th: Clio Ritual
Media involving history or glory is presented.
Open-ended discussion about historical events you find glorious.
Nov 6th: Euterpe Ritual
Harmonious music extracts are presented [classical, traditional, chant] OR lyric poetry.
Open-ended discussion about this type of music or lyric poetry.
Nov 7th: Thalia Ritual
Extract of comedy presented.
Open-ended discussion on comedy or anything light-hearted.
Nov 8th: Melopmene Ritual
Tragedy extract presented.
Open-ended discussion on any type of tragedy or tragic media.
Nov 9th: Terpischore Ritual
Dance extract presented.
Open-ended discussion on dance or rhythmic music .
Nov 10th: Erato Ritual
Romantic media extract presented.
Open-ended discussion about romantic media.
Nov 11th: Polyhymnia Ritual
Beautiful singing extract presented. This can be any genre, but try not to provide unharmonious things like screaming.
Open-ended discussion about singing and singers.
Nov 12th: Urania Ritual
Astrology Chart presented - members to be encouraged in interpreting what it means. Alternatively, one may ask an astronomical question about planets or space that is not too difficult. Tarot is permitted.
Open-ended discussion about astrology, astronomical or divinatory matters. [DO NOT POST YOUR OWN CHART OR GIVE THIS TO ANYONE]
Nov 13th: Calliope Ritual
Epic poetry extract presented.
Open-ended discussion about Epics (Iliad, Odyssey, Mahabharata, Sun Wukong, Eddas, Tuatha cycle and Mabinogion, fictional like LOTR etc.)
Nov 14th: Apollo Ritual
If anyone has any important questions, please post them here in this thread or on Vultem. If you wish to do each Ritual privately, keep to each day.
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