WE ARE PEOPLE OF SPIRIT
OF DIVERSE AGES, GENDERS,
AND ORIENTATIONS
COMING TOGETHER
TO SHARE OUR

QUEER MAGIC

An Urban Gathering
of Radical Faeries and Friends
Portland Oregon
9/11–9/14/2008

www.queermagic.org
info@queermagic.org

Download the Call for Queer Magic (PDF, 2.6M)
www.queermagic.org/files/Quee...ic_Call.pdf

Register now!
Registration closes Monday, September 8

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Love and Blessed Be!


Here are some excerpts from the Call:

What is queer magic?

Queer magic doesn't only happen on major Pagan holidays
and full moons.

It's not just about driving hundreds of miles out to the woods
to drum in a circle wearing glitter and feather boas.

Queer magic is everything we do.

Touching a lover, digging a hole, making an altar, building a
website, tending the dying, dressing for dinner—anything we
do with our whole heart is queer magic.

Queer magic drips from our fingers. It's the music that plays
as we walk through the world. It's divine creativity coming
through and bursting into beauty all around us.

One way to find queer magic is to be told you're a freak—and
decide for yourself that's OK. In fact, it's fucking fabulous....

(Download the Call for more: www.queermagic.org/files/Quee...c_Call.pdf)


Our Intentions

> To practice, share, and celebrate our magic
> To revel in our fabulous variety

Queer Magic is a hands-on, do-it-yourself, collaborative experience.
It's a magical swap meet, a potluck potlatch for sacred practitioners.

Queer Magic is rooted in Radical Faerie traditions, and in the diverse
and beautiful Faerie clans of Portland, Wolf Creek, and Breitenbush.

Queer Magic is for queer-affiliated people of various orientations,
genders, ages, colors, shapes, traditions, and tribes.

It's a chance to share a piece of whatever you are passionately into
with a circle of willing conspirators.

It's also the seedbed for a community of practice called the
Cauldron—an ongoing working circle of magical collaborators.

Each person contributes their unique flavor to this gathering. We all
pull our weight. We take turns playing the roles of sacred leader and
collaborator and participant and student.

What does your queer magic look like?
Heart circle
Skillshare
Workshop
Game
Procession & parade
Urban exploration
Nature walk
Meditation & prayer
Performance
Crafting circle
Mask & costume
Décor & altar-making
Art installation
Creating a meal
Ritual & spellwork
Sex magic
Play party
Healing circle
Dance
Drumming & chant
One-on-one healing

> To step fully into our sacred Queer work
> To bless our community and this city

We are living on the cusp of change.

Old systems are breaking down. Yet new ways of thinking
and being are struggling to take root.

Can we figure it out? Can we change in time? The sense
of urgency is growing. It's easy to feel overwhelmed and
hopeless, to retreat into our little queer enclaves and numb
ourselves with distractions.

But there's big work for us to do. The communities that
we belong to need us and our queer magic—whether they
know it or not.

To be alive and awake at this moment is an immense
responsibility, and a glorious gift.

We can help heal divisions within our own tribe and reach
out to our neighbors. We have the power to bless this
beautiful city with our queer magic.

(Download the Call for more: www.queermagic.org/files/Quee...c_Call.pdf)