Monday, Befruary 16
at Honey House
Kevin Sowelu Owl, Roran, Stella

[Prayed and called in the Wolf Creek Beltane woojy-woo.]

Themes/Big Ideas

STEPPING UP
the pleasure of doing something well as a group
doing one thing all together with intention
we are getting the hang of this Beltane thing!
taking more responsibility for our gathering
trusting that it will magically happen
and also stepping up to take part in that magic

GIVE / RECEIVE ABUNDANCE
honesty/integrity/Faerie $$
how $$ is generated in this community and where it goes
Faerie credit union/barter/business/trade/commerce within the community
between us and other communities
households trading and supporting each other
HOW DO FAERIES SUPPORT EACH OTHER?
personal wishlists/Faerie Yellow pages
G A Y A A B A G S ! ! ! Give As You Are Able -- But Always Give Something!
casting the money spell in a new way
NOTAFLOF and the "hungry Golda" speech energize LACK of MONEY
how can we ask and give in a way that CREATES ABUNDANCE
for the gathering, for the sanctuary, and for participants
donation/offering/sacrifice: what we give to Spirit is transformed and returned to us
we always get back more than we give
have at least three registrars, five would be better
money ritual at the gathering
working magic on a big bowl of money
offering dishes on pillars
what if participants receive money back
money in a red envelope, like the Naraya
Chant: "Give! Receive! Reciprocate!"
reciprocating to the land and the church
this is how we give back
the gathering is how we sustain the land
the land sustains us through our gatherings
this is how we say THANK YOU
thank the community for sustaining this gathering for so many years
thank the residents
thank the ancestors
we receive a lot from each other
we have everything we need
we just need to bring it and give it
ask for it and receive it
Chant: "Bring it! Give it! Ask! Receive!"
hold a giving circle / giveaway
blankets in the middle of the circle for giveaway
good stuff, not junk
if nobody takes it, givers commit to taking it home
leave with everything you brought and more
when you plug in, you connect
what you give out, you receive
law of magic

THE GREAT MARRIAGE
this holiday is all about penis-in-vagina sex
very edgy for a bunch of queers
inherently funny
let's play with it
dress it up, psychodrama
play with that edge by holding a sacred wedding!
May King and Queen
symbolic union of a female butch and male queen
ritual consummation
mass wedding ceremony
the Maypole is a wedding dance!
healing between female-bodied and the church
gender dynamic experiences
needs to be light-handed, light-hearted
a little theme goes a long way


Outline for the Call

A long-ass text call probably doesn't get read
Better to have headings you can click on and expand that section
Make it a webpage for the call on queermagic.org
We will bring a rough draft of these sections to the next Beltane meeting on 2/26
Stella to type up these notes and forward 2008 and 2007 calls to KSO and R
Stella to post these notes on tribe and Facebook

The Call Itself
(poetry/spell) (dates and location) < Kevin Sowelu Owl
GAYAABAGS (Abundance Magic)
< KSO
Agreements & Boundaries (dogs/drugs/fire/smoking/mess)
< Roran
Register Now (online form)
< Stella
Hisstory & Traditions
< KSO
Helping Out/Plugging In
< Roran
What to Bring
< Roran
Wish List (list from Raddish + food)
< Stella
Getting Here/Contact
< Stella