Book Review: Queer Rites: A Magickal Grimoire to Honor Your Milestones with Pride
Queer Rites is an incredibly accessible book. After going through the basics of what makes up a ritual, the book is broken down in ritual types - “Personal Rites for Identity Exploration and Affirmation”, “Rites for New Experiences”, “Rites for Release and Healing”, and “Celebrations” - making this an easy-to-use reference book for finding what you need. The book also offers a critical reflection on what it means to be “queer”.
The Ritual of Pride
Instead of making offers to the land to ensure an abundance of grain we are instead planting seeds of hope to sustain us through the next year. We celebrate our continued survival in the face of systems and ideologies that would seek to erase and destroy us, and mourn those we have lost to violence and oppression. We lift up our dead in prayer, song, dance, sex, and celebration to ensure their stories carry on.
Ritual: Queer Ancestor Dance Party 2022
To kick off Pride Month 2022 I decided to revisit the Queer Ancestor Dance Party ritual I posted last year. This ritual was inspired by an impromptu ecstatic ritual I found myself in last year, involving my old Queer Ancestor Shrine and some good dancing music. I spent some time designing a formal dance party ritual with appropriate boundaries and safeguards, and shared it with the internet in 2021.
I’ve continued adding to the playlist and have decided to provide an updated link!