7:00pm, Feb 15th, at Pantheacon 2020. People of all gender identities are welcome. The focus of the ritual will be to facilitate a nonbinary perspective of reality through celebration of nonbinary gender divinities, and the richness diversity brings to our communities. Traditionally binary divinities will be acknowledged and reframed as equal in import to any other gender and divinity. Attendees are invited to bring items that honor nonbinary beings, spirits, and people, that these items may receive group blessing. It is an open circle, but please be quiet and courteous if you enter or exit during the ritual.
Read MoreWhen is it OK to touch another person in ritual? The answer is the same as at any other time: unless it is an emergency, only with consent. Not everyone is comfortable being touched, under any circumstances.
Read MoreThe only essential for magical or religious practice is yourself. Everything else is icing on the cake, tools which can be used to aid in achieving focus for your magical or devotional practice. Are they fun? Sure. Inspiring? Absolutely. Useful? Undoubtedly. Essential? No.
Read MoreDeath is about more than just the dead. Death is also about radical change and the transitions, good, bad, and neutral, we continually experience as time marches on. Radical change often leads to mourning and commemoration of what used to be. As a result, the energies of Samhain are powerful for any kind of mourning you may be experiencing, and for commemorating any important parts of your past.
Read MoreHere is my attempt at a gender divinity model that places nonbinary genders in equal status to male and female genders. It is certainly not THE definitive model, but it is my hope that it might resonate with you, or give you ideas for how to create your own nonbinary gender divinity model.
Read MoreAttention Sacramento area people! I will be leading two discussions and officiating a non-binary ritual at Sacramento Pagan Pride 20th Annual Harvest Festival on Saturday, September 14th. Details below, and hope to see you there! Please share. *12:30pm How to Make a Personal Altar – We’ll discuss the most typical and “basic” types of tools
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