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ALEXEI KONDRATIEV'S LOREKEEPERS
COURSE 1.0
As an
official of the now inactive organization IMBAS,
the late Celtic scholar Alexei Kondratiev oversaw the development of a training course geared
toward the purpose of developing a Celtic worldview in its predominantly
Anglo-American membership. As his original material was
non-denominational, Kondratiev, with the help of several volunteers, adapted the
material incorporated in his Celtic history and mythology classes into a program
called "The Lorekeepers Course" directed specifically towards IMBAS'
predominantly Celtic Reconstructionism (CR) audience.
After the
completion of the basic outline of the course, work on the training of mentors
and implementation of the course came to a standstill. The final goal had
been to complete a test run of the course with Kondratiev as a mentor to work
out the bugs and implement new material as deemed necessary. With the
dissolution of IMBAS as a corporate entity in 2004, failed attempts by its
officers to re-start the non-profit entity, and the subsequent resignation of
its last president, the course was shelved without final development.
Over the
rest of the decade, numerous attempts to revive the Lorekeepers course or
persuade Kondratiev to present it outside of IMBAS were unsuccessful until
April 2010, when he agreed to allow Tearlach Roibeard Luder to resurrect the
course and offer it on Celtic Nation to the general public. Luder agreed
to compile the material, develop the web presence for the course and to host it
on the Celtic Nation servers; Kondratiev agreed to mentor the course once on-line until a competent group of
mentors was in place to take over the teaching duties.
One of the
decided directions of the new efforts by the two was to direct the course back
towards its original non-denominational presentation. With that in mind,
new material was to be added and allowances were to be made for the continue
upgrade of the course as time progressed.
Sadly,
Alexei passed away unexpectedly at the end of May, 2010, without witnessing the
completion of the course's implementation. Despite all of the material
that had been received over the previous thirty days, a final outline
incorporating the new with the old was incomplete. As the untested version had
never been officially published, there was considerable doubt as how best to proceed.
In June
2010, Luder and fellow members of the
Celtic Nation Yahoo Group
made appeals to former members of original volunteers for help in recovering any of the pieces
of the course outline to compare to the new material. Graciously,
DubhTine, a
longtime member
of the IMBAS council in its heyday, volunteered his time and efforts to discover and forward
a significant portion of the languishing course outline. His
efforts were instrumental in formatting the new outline and all those who enjoy the
course going forward owe him a debt of gratitude. Pech
Raithbheartiagh, also a former volunteer on the original project, recovered
several important pieces from an old hard drive to help round out the outline.
Cuardai Eolais provided
continuing compilation assistance as well. With their invaluable help and
generosity, Luder was able to begin matching the sections of the original
course outline to the
new work started just prior to Kondratiev's death. As time progresses, additional material
of Alexei's will be
made available and noted as it is added. For referencing purposes, this is
"Alexei Kondratiev's Lorekeepers Course 1.0".
Please email suggestions/corrections to: trl at
celticnationusa.com - Subject: Lorekeepers Course
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Last Updated:
04/05/11
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