THEY WILL NOT BULLY US ANY MORE WILL NOT BEAT US WITH THEIR MACHO MANIA WE QUEERS DEMAND RESPECT FOR OUR EXISTENCE OR THE WORLD WILL MEET OUR RESISTANCE This is what we are up against… “Anti LGBT+ protesters descended on a hotel yesterday (April 11) in Kiev, Ukraine where the European Lesbian Conference (ELC)Continue reading “Queer Resistance”
Category Archives: Queer Spirit
THE LOST QUEER STORY OF EASTER
It’s well known that Christian holy days were placed in the calendar to replace long established pagan festivals. Spring was a time when the pagan cultures of Europe and the Middle East celebrated the rising energy of nature with ceremonies relating to suffering and rebirth. In southern Europe the Goddess Persephone/Proserpina was said to returnContinue reading “THE LOST QUEER STORY OF EASTER”
Canaries in the meth mine
the second sexual revolution has been building since the turn of the millennium once AIDS had disappeared from our hospitals and gay bars. dating websites were the start of the cyber game, which gay men embraced with gusto where drug deals and dates started to become a normal combination in some quarters gaydar – gayContinue reading “Canaries in the meth mine”
The Rites of Queer Spirit
in the temples of the gods and goddesses of the ancient world, all around the Meditteranean, the women, queer men and the in-between/non-binary folk, practiced our sex rituals the rites of Dionysis , when women went to forest orgeia with their transsexual god, were built into the Greek calendar…. when men started to join inContinue reading “The Rites of Queer Spirit”
Faerie Freedom Fuckers
We fight the good fight with lipstick and kisses made for pleasure not for punishment we know that’s what a fist is; faeries fucking for freedom and fighting for the light we’re frolicking and fornicating to bring an end to the longest… darkest night. . Once, faerie menwomen opened the gates to the cosmos butContinue reading “Faerie Freedom Fuckers”
Cybele, Attis and the Gallae
Magna Mater to the Romans, crazy Goddess to Greeks, beloved Mother Cybele to the common folk, the queers, outcasts and rebels. Worshipped from 600BC in Greece, 200 BC in Rome and then across northern Africa, southern Europe and up as far north as Britain for 700 years, her priest/esses were known as the Gallae. TheContinue reading “Cybele, Attis and the Gallae”
Living Our Priesthood in the World
An excerpt from Two Flutes Playing…. To be gay is something that begins within ourselves. In begins in our hearts, in that place that is never separate from the living heart of Infinite Oneness. To be gay is something that begins with ourselves, that finds itself mirrored back, echoed back to us by the tribeContinue reading “Living Our Priesthood in the World”
A QUEER HOMAGE TO THE GREAT MOTHER
Autumn Equinox 2018 The Sun moves into Libra, sign of Balance, the cardinal air sign ruled by the Goddess Venus, its cardinality launching us into Autumn, the season of harvesting what we have sown in the year, shedding our leaves and remembering our connection to the Ancestors and other worlds. The festival of the AutumnContinue reading “A QUEER HOMAGE TO THE GREAT MOTHER”
Calling all Queers!
“We look forward to creating a genuine Gay culture, one that is free from exploitation by bars, baths, and gay business owners. We look forward to re-establishing women’s mysteries and men’s mysteries as the highest expression of collective Gay culture and sexuality. We look forward to regaining our ancient historical roles as medicine people, healers,Continue reading “Calling all Queers!”
EUROPE IS AN ANCIENT FAERIELAND
We tend to think of the ancient Greek and Roman civilisations as being relatively accepting of homosexual acts and relationships in comparison to the Christian culture that superceded them in Europe. But we have been misled. The Greeks and Romans tolerated same sex activities only in certain circumstances, most famously that between adult and youngerContinue reading “EUROPE IS AN ANCIENT FAERIELAND”
Gatekeepers: Gays in The Dagara Tribe
I feel very fortunate to have met Sobonfu Some in 2016 at the Summer Solstice. I asked her a question about the Dagara tribal attitude to gay people and the room was suddenly engulfed in a huge smile and laugh from the lovely Sobonfu. “We don’t call them gay” she said, “they are the specialContinue reading “Gatekeepers: Gays in The Dagara Tribe”
URANUS: Queer Planet
URANUS has shifted sign from fire Aries to earth Taurus. Astrologers are excited, for Uranus is the planet of inspiration, awakening, revolution and liberation. Beginning a new traversal of the zodiac from the first sign Aries since 2010, Uranus has spent 7 years subtly changing our very understanding of who we are. This shift canContinue reading “URANUS: Queer Planet”
TRANS EMERGENCE
TRANS EMERGENCE IS SOUL EMERGENCE In recent times…. Technologically humanity has advanced, but Spiritually we are still in the backwaters… Mistranslated ancient texts are used to dominate and abuse Opinionated bigots hinder the advance of human understanding Yet a new light, that is also an ancient light is dawning The emergence of Trans identity isContinue reading “TRANS EMERGENCE”
A TRIBE OF HEARTS
Radical Faeries gather around the world, creating zones of heart based communication, where we can retune our bodies, minds and spirits to the rhythms of nature, where we support, nourish and love each other, and find healing, purpose and inspiration. We are groups of Queers discovering the spiritual power hidden in sexuality, and learning toContinue reading “A TRIBE OF HEARTS”
AIDS SHAMAN
http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/shokti Presenting my first book to the world… available now as ebook, print version coming… my awakening to the spiritual realms began while sick with AIDS in the 1990s… Here is a collection of my poetry and prose to make you think about the role gay/queer people play in the human story, plus inspiration from queerContinue reading “AIDS SHAMAN”
The Goddess and the Gay Tribes
God is an antagonistic concept for many Gay/Lesbian/Bi/Trans people, but at the same time many of us have a deep spiritual sensibility that deserves exploration. We do not have to go knocking at the doors of the religious Father God figures to do this however, for closer to our souls is the unconditionally loving presenceContinue reading “The Goddess and the Gay Tribes”
Hanging with Harry Hay
Harry Hay (1912-2002) Here are some quotations and photos to assist communion with the spirit of Harry, gay activist and founder of the 1950s Mattachine Society and one of the three founding motherfathers of the Radical Faeries…. Harry was born in Worthing, UK, and lived his life in the USA. Give yourself permission to enjoyContinue reading “Hanging with Harry Hay”
The Queer Spiritual Frontier
Queer Spirituality is the movement of lgbt+ people taking matters of faith into our own hands, making way for the discovery of the innate, magical flow of the divine gifts of the Soul. It is queer people finding our own ways to commune with and celebrate the Mystery behind all Creation, however we perceive that.Continue reading “The Queer Spiritual Frontier”
Song of Queer Spirit
Singing through the clouds shining through the stars Rising through the ocean stirring in the land….. Queer Spirit…. Calling to queer souls to remember the ancient ways celebrating the Oneness of nature and consciousness the dance of divine design in which the only thing that believes in separation is the human mind. The Sun and MoonContinue reading “Song of Queer Spirit”
Our Most Ancient Original Ancestry
ONCE UPON A TIME all Love and Play and Sex between humans on planet earth was natural, normal and not-restricted-by-laws. We lived in the garden of Eden in the sense that we had not made some things right and some things wrong. We experienced the innocence of being a child of creation.. Every day weContinue reading “Our Most Ancient Original Ancestry”
Queer Shamans
THE QUEER SHAMANS who play, dance and work in light and dark not afraid of either for they are in touch with the ether and the rainbow that lies beyond the illusion of duality the effects of electromagnetism and gravity they’ve come to restore some sanity QUEER SPIRIT calls together awakening queers in touch with natureContinue reading “Queer Shamans”
Gay Sex is Magical
Magic… the act of Transformation of Consciousness at Will This is what queers do. When we get together with a shared intention we weave our emotional and sexual energies in ways that create atmospheres, in which magical experiences happen. Cavernous railway arches become nirvanic dance venues. Cellars become incredible sex dungeons. Park toilets become sexContinue reading “Gay Sex is Magical”
Sodomy is Prayer
Sodomy is prayer The penis is the most potent symbol of the divine masculine principle With each ejaculation it has the potential to create life or deliver disease that can lead to death The sacred power of sexuality was recognised by ancient religions the world over India has not entirely lost its heritage hereContinue reading “Sodomy is Prayer”
The Changing Story of Being Queer
A R-EVOLUTION IS HAPPENING IN QUEER LIFE HUMANITY IS AT AN EXTREME POINT OF POLARISED VIEWS….. on the one hand, we got this: https://76crimes.com/2016/11/15/100s-in-jail-for-being-gay/ “At present, the most egregious violators of LGBTI peoples’ human rights include these countries: Egypt (“one of the world’s biggest jailers of gay men,” where LGBTI community leaders estimate that asContinue reading “The Changing Story of Being Queer”
AIDS SHAMAN
death came to get me, the doctor said: “in seven years you are surely dead” death crept around and brought decay but my life was not about to end that way open wide – open high surrendered to earth, rising to sky death showed me there was more to life and more to me thanContinue reading “AIDS SHAMAN”
The Boys in Black and Purple
we’ve lived we’ve died we’ve been in between * we’ve seen where we’ve been where we’re going we’ve heard the Word now we sing it * we’ve tasted Truth and we love it we’ve touched Infinity now we are it ***** 26 senses only present tenses we’re dropping pretences for a liberation game * angelicContinue reading “The Boys in Black and Purple”
The secrets of Kings 14:24
Everybody knows about Leviticus 18:22, yawn yawn, the ridiculous arguments continue to rattle on in some quarters. But there is a much more interesting passage in the Book of Kings that we rarely hear about, and it tells us rather more about homosexuality in the ancient world. Kings Chapter 14: 22Judah did evil in theContinue reading “The secrets of Kings 14:24”
Queer is a Spiritual Calling
IN THE ANCIENT TEMPLES OF ISHTAR, that stretched across the lands of Mesopotamia, which we nowadays call Iraq, Kuwait, Syria and the border lands of Turkey and Iran, from at least 10000 BC, the Goddess, often known as Ishtar, was served by transgendered priest/priestesses. They were called ASSINNU, KURGARRU, KULU’U, and the worship of IshtarContinue reading “Queer is a Spiritual Calling”
QUEER SPIRIT: the next step
The expansion of LGBTQ life into the spiritual dimensions could be the catalyst for our emergence as a GLOBAL FORCE, a tribe of lovers, radicals, healers, artists… of agents of change bringing about a more accepting, open-minded, heart-centred world. This summer for 5 days in Wiltshire a few hundred queers who are exploring and celebratingContinue reading “QUEER SPIRIT: the next step”
Pride is a Peace Rally
100 years after the First World War the world has changed in so many ways, and gay liberation is one of the incredible advances of the past century. Yet, despite the horrors of the so-called Great War, peace has not yet arrived on planet Earth. The emergence of an LGBTQ community is a sign ofContinue reading “Pride is a Peace Rally”
Queer Spirit Festival
A gathering of lgbtqi+ tribes and individuals who celebrate love, nature and the spirituality in our sexuality: Queer Spirit Festival is arriving on the planet this summer at the Aquarius Full Moon in the cosmic county of Wiltshire, home of ancient stones and mysterious crop circles. 5 days, 4 nights of magical happenings, spiritual explorationsContinue reading “Queer Spirit Festival”
Awakening Shamans
Once up on a time, and for vast eons of it, there were just a few shamans born in each human tribe -they performed the tasks of serving people and spirit for the benefit of all. They lived slightly apart from the rest of the people, their principal relationship being with the spirit world. TheirContinue reading “Awakening Shamans”
Through the Illusions
We are all everyone and everything, change the perception change the experience. Spirituality is engagement with the potential within us to evolve consciously into mindful, compassionate, passionate and peaceful warriors of the human species. It embraces the possibility that consciousness is not limited to our individual experiences, but is actually a collective experience which weContinue reading “Through the Illusions”
Stepping in to Who We Are
Stepping into Who We Are stepping out of the disco and bar going beyond the powders, pipe and needle becoming one of the Forever People Transcending identities overcoming neuroses finding the core of Who We Are Freeing the mind embracing our wholeness starting life again from the heart Sex as the communion of soulful adventurersContinue reading “Stepping in to Who We Are”
The Next Steps for Gay Life
2016, THE 49TH YEAR SINCE THE PARTIAL DECRIMINALISATION OF SEX BETWEEN MEN, COULD BE THE BEGINNING OF A NEW STAGE OF OUR COLLECTIVE JOURNEY, A TIME WHEN THE LGBT+ COMMUNITY, THE QUEER ONES, WILL START TO DEFINE OURSELVES, SHAKE OFF THE LABELS IMPOSED ON US AND DECLARE TO THE WORLD WHO WE ARE, ON OURContinue reading “The Next Steps for Gay Life”
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