NON-BINARY GENDER ROLES IN THE SERVICE OF THE DIVINE FEMININE UU - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

NON-BINARY GENDER ROLES IN THE SERVICE OF THE DIVINE FEMININE UU Community of Casper, June 9 th 2019 Athne Machdane Pangender Priestess of the Goddess “Fire Maiden” They/Them/Theirs

RAISING PRANA T HROUGH S ONG , V ERSE , S HARING & G ENEROSITY

ELEMENT OF AIR P RIMORDIAL B REATH SHARED BY ALL SENTIENT BEINGS , T HOU ART INVITED INTO THIS SACRED CIRCLE WITH BOUNDLESS LOVE & COMPASSION …

ELEMENT OF FIRE P RIMORDIAL S PARK EMPOWERING ALL CREATIVE FORMS , T HOU ART INVITED INTO THIS SACRED CIRCLE WITH BOUNDLESS LOVE & COMPASSION …

ELEMENT OF WATER E LEMENT OF W ATER , P RIMORDIAL L IFEBLOOD NOURISHING ALL REALMS , T HOU ART INVITED INTO THIS SACRED CIRCLE WITH BOUNDLESS LOVE & COMPASSION …

ELEMENT OF EARTH E LEMENT OF E ARTH , P RIMORDIAL FOUNDATION UPON WHICH ALL REST , T HOU ART INVITED INTO THIS SACRED CIRCLE WITH BOUNDLESS LOVE & COMPASSION …

ELEMENT OF SPIRIT I NANNA , F REYJA , B AHUCHARA M A I NVOCATIONS … C OMPOSED BY A THNE M ACHDANE

A REVIEW OF GENDER IDENTITY BASICS

A REVIEW OF GENDER IDENTITY BASICS

A PRIMORDIAL ARCHETYPE T HE G ODDESS , T HE M EDIUM , T HE M ANIFESTATION T HE G ODDESS : A SPECIFIC PRIMORDIAL FEMININE DEITY PRESIDING OVER AND REPRESENTING FERTILITY , PASSION AND OTHER DYNAMIC FORCES OPERATING IN NATURE AND HUMAN SOCIETY . A LSO SERVES AS ESOTERIC ARCHETYPE ESSENTIAL TO UNDERSTANDING AND SURVIVING IN THE WORLD . T HE M EDIUM : H UMAN ASSIGNED MALE AT BIRTH , NON - BINARY GENDER IDENTITY , DEVELOPS PRIMARILY FEMININE GENDER EXPRESSION . S PIRITUAL STUDY AND PRACTICE DEFINE PERSONAL INTERESTS AND ROLES IN SOCIETY . W ELLBEING DEPENDS UPON EMBODYING VIRTUES OF THE G ODDESS . T HE M ANIFESTATION : A TTESTATIONS OF THIS G ODDESS AND POPULATIONS OF THESE MEDIUMS FOUND IN ALL CULTURES AND THROUGHOUT HISTORY . B OTH OBSTRUCTED AND WISDOM FORMS ARISE . R ELATIONSHIPS WITHIN FAMILIES AND BROADER SOCIETY ARE OFTEN STRAINED AND PARADOXICAL .

INANNA S UMERIAN G ODDESS P RESIDING OVER AND ARCHETYPAL REPRESENTATION OF FERTILITY , LOVE , BEAUTY , SENSUALITY , DEATH AND REBIRTH , WAR AND JUSTICE . A TTESTATIONS ARE AMONGST THE EARLIEST EXTANT FOLKLORE . K NOWN FROM H ER EPIC MYTH OF DESCENT INTO UNDERWORLD , INVOKING THEMES AND CYCLES OF DEATH AND REBIRTH .

ASUSHUNAMIR S UMERIAN M EDIUM N ON - BINARY GENDER BEING CREATED AS A COMPANION FOR I NANNA . T HEY ASSIST H ER JOURNEY THROUGH AND OUT OF THE UNDERWORLD . P RIMORDIAL ORIGINS , OLDEST EXTANT RECORD OF NON - BINARY GENDER .

MANIFESTATION I NANNA AND A SUSHUNAMIR H ISTORICAL ORIGIN POINT OF WRITTEN ATTESTATIONS ~ 5-6000 YEARS AGO P OINTS TOWARDS A PRIMORDIAL SOURCE EXTENDING MUCH FURTHER BACK S ETS PRECEDENT FOR MANY FUTURE SPIRITUAL PRACTICES AND FOLKLORE E ARLY OBSERVATION OF POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF URBANIZATION I DENTIFIES SOCIETAL ISSUES STILL FACED TODAY BY NON - BINARY GENDERS S TATEMENT OF REFUGE IN THE PRACTICE OF THE G ODDESS ARCHETYPES W ORKS WITH AND ULTIMATELY TRANSCENDS CYCLE OF DEATH AND REBIRTH

FREYJA N ORSE G ODDESS L OVE , FERTILITY , SENSUALITY , BEAUTY , N ORSE SPELL - CRAFT S EIÐR . P RESIDES OVER F ÓLKVANGR , AN AFTERLIFE AND SPIRITUAL REALM POPULATED BY HER CHOSEN FALLEN WARRIORS . S HE AIDS L OKI AND T HOR IN GENDER - FLUX JOURNEY T HRYMSKVITHA .

SEIÐMAÐR N ORSE M EDIUM T WO ASSIGNED - MALE DEITIES ENGAGING IN GENDER - FLUX PRACTICES TO ACHIEVE TASKS AND GOALS MADE OTHERWISE IMPOSSIBLE : T HOR , L OKI ... E MULATED BY NON - BINARY POPULATION : T HE S EIÐMAÐR E MPOWERED TO SURVIVE INHOSPITABLE SOCIETIES AND ENVIRONMENTS .

MANIFESTATION F REYJA AND S EIDMADR M AJOR TRANSITION PERIOD IN E UROPEAN HISTORY ~ 800-1100 AD A RELATIVELY NEAR TERM EXAMPLE OF HISTORIC E UROPEAN PAGAN CULTURE M ANY SOCIETAL CHALLENGES ALREADY PRESENT BEFORE C HRISTIANIZATION P ROOF THAT NO CULTURE IS TOO TOUGH FOR NON - BINARY GENDER PEOPLE E XAMPLES OF GENDER - FLUX = TIME DEPENDENCY IN GENDER EXPRESSION A TTESTATIONS OF GENDER VARIABILITY IN D EITY AS WELL AS MEDIUM C ASE STUDY IN THE CYCLIC AND NON - LINEAR NATURE OF CULTURAL EVOLUTION

BAHUCHARA MA H INDU G ODDESS M ANIFESTATION OF S HAKTI BRINGING FERTILITY AND AWAKENING OF KUNDALINI , P ATRONESS OF THE K INNAR . A N ENCOUNTER WHILE TRAVELING RESULTS IN THE FIRST K INNAR . T EMPLE LOCATED IN B ECHRAJI , M EHSANA DISTRICT OF G UJARAT .

KINNAR H INDU M EDIUM C OMMONLY KNOWN AS H IJRA . N EITHER MALE NOR FEMALE , LEGALLY CONSIDERED A THIRD GENDER . A MONGST OLDEST EXTANT NON - BINARY GENDER LINEAGES . I NTERSECTING POINT OF ANCIENT SPIRITUALITY AND MODERN SOCIO - POLITICAL ACTIVISM .

MANIFESTATION B AHUCHAR M A AND K INNAR A CONTINUOUS LIVING TRADITION DATING BACK MORE THAN 4000 YEARS R OLES OF CONVEYING BLESSINGS ATTESTED TO IN THE M AHABHARATA B LESSINGS SOUGHT IN TRADITIONAL WEDDINGS AND AROUND CHILD BIRTH C ROSS - CULTURAL SHARING : SIMILAR ROLE FOUND IN M USLIM COMMUNITIES E XAMPLES OF LASTING DESTRUCTIVE EFFECTS OF WESTERN COLONIZATION F ACE MANY CHALLENGES CAUSED BY POVERTY AND OVERCROWDING J UXTAPOSITION OF ANCIENT LINEAGE AND MODERN SOCIETAL TRENDS

PANGENDER PRIESTESSES A FUSION OF PRIMORDIAL SPIRITUAL AND GENDER IDENTITIES O RIGIN PREDATES RECORDED HISTORY , CONTINUES TO PRESENT DAY F OUND IN ALL CULTURES , SOCIETAL STRUCTURES , PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTS S PIRITUAL EMPOWERMENT THROUGH F EMININE D EITY ARCHETYPES E SOTERIC PRACTICES PROVIDE ROLES , MEANING AND PURPOSE TO LIVES E XPRESSION OF IDENTITY DEVELOPS CUNNING , TOUGHNESS AND RESILIENCE C HALLENGE STAGNATE AND REPRESSIVE SOCIETAL STRUCTURES AND TRENDS O NGOING DIVERSIFICATION OF THE HUMAN BEING AND EXPERIENCE

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