TransGender, GenderQueer, OtherGender folks of a pagan spiritual inclination may be interested in this work I'm doing with Reclaiming's Spiral Dance this November 1. All are welcome. Information about Spiral Dance can be found here: www.reclaiming.org/rituals/samhain.html

I'm seeking people who feel called to invoke and dance Transgender, Othergender, Gender-Free, and Gender-Rebel Holy Ones during Spiral Dance. You don't have to identify any particular way in your daily life, although that may help you connect to Whomever you invoke. You should be eager to invoke (and portray through costume and dance) a Deity or Mysterious One who is not binary-gendered: examples include Ardhanarisvara, Hermaphroditus, Pales, Wadj-wer, Baphometis, and Swaitowid, among others. Many Deities that are commonly seen as binary-gendered also have "hidden" othergendered sides. We will do some exploring with the aid of Raven Kaldera's book Hermaphrodeities and some other secondary literature to help us connect to Whomever we choose/are chosen by.

(A simple explanation of "invoke" as I'm using it here: inviting a Deity or aspect of the Divine to be present at a ritual by manifesting Their characteristics; at Spiral Dance, this is usually done through costume and, of course, dance.)

The dance will be very short, and most of it will actually consist of holding space for other dancers. I have taken it as a sacred charge not to add length to the ritual as planned; please join me in that commitment and hold that intention with me.

If you're interested, please email me at kereth at gmail dot com. When we have five or so interested people, we'll meet to discover Who will be dancing us.

Every blessing,
Kerrick