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I'm hoping to upload a section to the history page about the (rather spurious) Oxford University era of Aristasia in the late 1960s. The issue I'm having is that there's simply very little evidence or info about it, but I'm addressing that as best I can, and some of the section just focuses on earlier writers who influenced Aristasia.
The beginnings of the early history page is now up, or at least one of the first sections. As promised, it focuses on Lux Madriana, Rhennes, and their commune in Burtonport, County Donegal, Ireland. Check it out here: https://aristasia.neocities.org/mists#rhennes
Currently still working on writing the very first part of the history section. This will focus on Rhennes and their Book of Rhiannë, an Aristasian precursor group active mostly in the late 1970s and early 1980s, in Burtonport, County Donegal, Ireland. I'll be discussing their beliefs, lifestyle, and how that relates to Aristasia. I'll also discuss them in context of the wider pagan milieu of the time.
If you don't feel okay interacting with me because of the sheer creepiness of the group I'm documenting, I understand. I mean that in no negative way at all and I don't take offense or anything like that. I completely understand and feel that way too about plenty of things.
Important clarification: I, and any website or online space I control, will always be as welcoming as possible to all LGBTQ individuals. That said, you have to keep in mind that some of the topics I'm addressing via this project are awfully unsettling. That isn't something I can really avoid... it sucks. I'm hoping my friends can help, who know more about this.
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You can watch a short 1982 news clip about the Rhennes here. The newscasters are awfully credulous, but that wasn't uncommon in interviews with pagans at the time: https://youtu.be/PUKigKY0grs?si=X-sFPxkHdsqRBhop