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I leave tomorrow morning for New Hampshire and Feri Camp, where I'll be teaching on "The Work of This God" and playing with a host of fine folk on beautiful land. This seems a fitting place to be on Pride weekend, as I don't like huge crowds and mega-corporate sponsorship. But love must celebrate as it will!
Since I will not be around to toast the rioting of the Stonewall Queens and tip my hat to all the others who organized and fought for their human rights, I will leave you with a quote from a book I bought when I was but a wee lass, and it was already quite out of print. Written in 1978 by radical Pagan Gay activist Arthur Evans the book was Witchcraft and the Gay Counterculture and the publisher was Fag Rag Books. In case you were wondering how I turned out the way I have, remember that I was reading the likes of this in formative years, along with my Plato. I hope you enjoy it:
By tapping into magic, we tap into nature's own power of defending herself, her corrective for "civilization." We give avenues of expression to a natural force for correction and balance that otherwise would never even be acknowledged. We are in league with the memories of the forest and our own forgotten faery selves, now banished to the underworld. Let us invoke our friends, the banished and now forbidden spirits of nature and self, as well as the ghosts of Indian, wise-woman, faggot, Black sorcerer, and witch. They will hear our deepest call and come. Through us, the spirits will speak again...
We are casting aside the shackles of the industrial patriarchy. Like butterflies, we are emerging from the shells of our past restricted existence. We are re-discovering the ancient magic that was once the birth right of all human beings. We are re-learning how to talk to the worms and the stars. We are taking flight on the wings of self-determination.
May you find something to be proud of this weekend.
Blessed be.
Since I will not be around to toast the rioting of the Stonewall Queens and tip my hat to all the others who organized and fought for their human rights, I will leave you with a quote from a book I bought when I was but a wee lass, and it was already quite out of print. Written in 1978 by radical Pagan Gay activist Arthur Evans the book was Witchcraft and the Gay Counterculture and the publisher was Fag Rag Books. In case you were wondering how I turned out the way I have, remember that I was reading the likes of this in formative years, along with my Plato. I hope you enjoy it:
By tapping into magic, we tap into nature's own power of defending herself, her corrective for "civilization." We give avenues of expression to a natural force for correction and balance that otherwise would never even be acknowledged. We are in league with the memories of the forest and our own forgotten faery selves, now banished to the underworld. Let us invoke our friends, the banished and now forbidden spirits of nature and self, as well as the ghosts of Indian, wise-woman, faggot, Black sorcerer, and witch. They will hear our deepest call and come. Through us, the spirits will speak again...
We are casting aside the shackles of the industrial patriarchy. Like butterflies, we are emerging from the shells of our past restricted existence. We are re-discovering the ancient magic that was once the birth right of all human beings. We are re-learning how to talk to the worms and the stars. We are taking flight on the wings of self-determination.
May you find something to be proud of this weekend.
Blessed be.
I'll be missing San Diego's pride while we're in Denver for training - but I've never been too keen on the "huge crowds and mega-corporate sponsorship" myself. One of our riotous rituals seems like a perfect way to celebrate.
I wonder if I can find a copy somewhere...
Out of curiosity, have you ever had any involvement with the Metropolitan Community Churches?
Have a great weekend!