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The Power of Beloved Dead
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Storm Faerywolf sends off the Samhain season with a tribute to his grandmother, whose spirit has guided, protected, and urged him onward on both sides of the Veil.
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Storm Faerywolf sends off the Samhain season with a tribute to his grandmother, whose spirit has guided, protected, and urged him onward on both sides of the Veil.
In terms of a Queer Craft, it is important to form a relationship with figures from queer history, and not just those within the Craft or occultism. Figures like Sappho, Oscar Wilde, Alan Turing, James Baldwin, and Edith Windsor each offer us an opportunity to forge spiritual bonds with those who helped to move the queer experience forward.
I call the queer ancestors the Rainbow Dead. This term specifies their special place in our collective histories as well as in our spiritual practices. Ancestors need not be of our blood in order to be potent allies in our lives and work. It just takes us getting to know them, and a recognition of the work that they did to lay a foundation upon which we today may walk.
Alan D.D. shares two stories of intervention by his late father, and considers the role of the dead in our lives.
Alan D.D. shares two stories of intervention by his late father, and considers the role of the dead in our lives.