> I was waiting for the dust to settle a bit before posting some brief
> thoughts on the way Euphoria went this year, but as it turned out
> there wasn't much dust at all.

nice one gavin, and cheers for sharing your experiences and i guess
i'm about ready to do the same. overall it was an amazing experience,
not to be missed and i'm one of those first timers who will be going
back again next year coz baphomet's cock is not to be missed.

in many ways, the build up, (especially by a friend who had been twice
before) had put a lot of expectation into my mind in anticipation of
the weekend... and i was kinda expecting huge rushes of energy zapping
about the place, but the energy accrued from the weekend has affected
me not in huge zappy ways, but in far more subtle ways. for a while
there, i felt like i was the inside of a peeled onion being exposed to
the world for the very first time.

at the time of the baphomet rite, i left for a break and found a bunch
of people sitting around the fire complaining about the lack of energy
raised... and at the time i kinda agreed with them because it was way
more subtle an energy that i'd experienced before. well i did have a
fairly manic night that night and if you were told to "stop in the
name of love" well, that was just our manic little crew in dorm 1.

(speaking of dorm 1, note to self: next year try to arrange a room
that doesn't have kids with pet rats)

even at the debriefing the next morning whilst everyone was going
"awesome" "wicked" "unreal" i was feeling a bit odd by it all until
superhero frater R.'. said "last year was my first euphoria and it
wasn't until the day after that i started to feel the energy from it"
and as he said those words it all landed on me. whoom.

yes so and anyway, on the last day i got this heavy fever and i was
unable to move for about 3 days and then i was in a daze for most of
the next week, and i really pity those who had to rush off back to
work. i was planning on more ritual work straight after euphoria, alas
i was way too ill so it was rest time for me. but combining the
magickal energy from the peeling onion and the hard core dregs of a
fever that has made me quit smoking (1o days ago)

well, now i'm back home in byron...i haven't had a cigarette in 10
days, my magickal working partner and i have (probably) gone our
seperate ways due to some of the intense realisations landing after
the weekend. and the weekend has been an awesome "unfolding" for me.
yes, i think "unfolding" is the best word. i've also negotiated new
boundaries for my not-very-open relationship...

ok, so some critical notes about the event...

my gut reaction on the first night when we had to choose between
"maiden", "mother" and "crone" was a bit offputting coz i've never
used a system like that... well i followed maiden coz she said "if
you're young and wild and free, follow me" - who could refuse? but
there wasn't any development on those archetypes after that first
night so i didn't really find any meaning in that part of the weekend.

food was awesome.

some folk have really shocking taste in musick 8-)

oh yes - the high priest and priestess are absolute superstars and
full praise and glory be on them as well as all the organising crew.

um, am still in a bit of a daze from it all... just slightly.. i
haven't had a cigarette in about 10 days largely inspired by euphoria.

um, well i'm trying to think of something shit to say about the
weekend... did i tell you we had kids and rats staying in our dorm?
ah, the kids were cool..

so yeah, all good feedback from me.

love and chaos,

sean