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(edit: Apparently it was not the Self-Blessing one which was controversial, as I speculated; rather, the Rite of Lilith, which did not specify "women only", whereas the Self-Blessing one did although I don't know about trans women in that one. See http://fruitofpain.wordpress.com/2011/02/27/in-response-to-the-lilith-rite-at-pantheacon/ for instance if you're interested. This post actually goes off in a different direction.)
http://wildhunt.org/blog/2011/02/pagan-community-notes-pagandash-campaign-post-pantheacon-stories-cherry-hill-seminary-and-more.html
The early comments on cis and trans women in Dianic rituals are interesting and what I'm thinking about here. I have a note in my book from last year's PCon about polarity and a thought that its essence, in the sense of what is the "optimum" opposite pole to make a battery for magic, is that it should be the "perfect other", however that might present itself to you. For example, for me it's not simply "male" but a certain kind of male which has a rather feminine look/feel. But for others it could be anything - a really "masculine" male, an androgynous person, a masculine female, a person who can switch back and forth... whatever we feel is the most attractive: it's that yearning that produces the electromagnetic current.
I guess that other needs to reciprocally have whatever type you yourself are as its "perfect other"... which complicates things. But the point is it's not necessarily as simple as "oh, male, female" because that may not be enough to produce the necessary surge of energy. (I know it's not automatically enough for me that someone is male!)
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http://wildhunt.org/blog/2011/02/pagan-community-notes-pagandash-campaign-post-pantheacon-stories-cherry-hill-seminary-and-more.html
The early comments on cis and trans women in Dianic rituals are interesting and what I'm thinking about here. I have a note in my book from last year's PCon about polarity and a thought that its essence, in the sense of what is the "optimum" opposite pole to make a battery for magic, is that it should be the "perfect other", however that might present itself to you. For example, for me it's not simply "male" but a certain kind of male which has a rather feminine look/feel. But for others it could be anything - a really "masculine" male, an androgynous person, a masculine female, a person who can switch back and forth... whatever we feel is the most attractive: it's that yearning that produces the electromagnetic current.
I guess that other needs to reciprocally have whatever type you yourself are as its "perfect other"... which complicates things. But the point is it's not necessarily as simple as "oh, male, female" because that may not be enough to produce the necessary surge of energy. (I know it's not automatically enough for me that someone is male!)
This entry was crossposted from http://arethinn.dreamwidth.org/1654789.html, where there are
comments.