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Where are the lesbian goddesses?

April 26, 2021April 26, 2021 by Rev. Roble Tormenta

When we delve into the myths and stories of the different cultures, lesbianism does not seem to have almost any kind of prominence. There are goddesses who can have some relationship with beings of the same sex, but this is usually somewhat anecdotical in their stories and more than lesbians they would be considered bisexual or pansexual since they usually also have relationships with men. If we know that homosexual relationships in both sexes are as old as humanity, where are the lesbian goddesses?

Detail of "Diana en el Baño" by Francisco Reigón (1858) — Detail of *Diana en el Baño* by Francisco Reigón (1858)

Heal the shadow of bisexuality

July 21, 2020September 18, 2018 by Rev. Roble Tormenta

The LGBTQ + community is underrepresented globally in society. But if we enter into the great rainbow spectrum that form the different sexual orientations and genres we see that bisexuality is still invisible even within the collective itself. As a result of this invisibility, bisexual people can develop many problems regarding their sexuality and their own identity, but witchcraft can be a way to heal those wounds.

The other Goddess

July 21, 2020April 24, 2018 by Rev. Roble Tormenta

When we talk about Dianic Wicca, we talk about a Wicca focused on the Goddess and that in some cases she relegates the God in the background very small or directly eliminates it from the cult. For a time, especially in the late 1990s and early 2000s, Dianic Wicca was synonymous with lesbian Wicca. It is not surprising that many lesbian wiccans adopted this tradition because it was closer to their life experience, but not all dianismo is lesbian.

Detail from "Sappho and Erina in a Garden at Mytilene" by Simeon Solomon (1864) — Detail from *Sappho and Erina in a Garden at Mytilene* by Simeon Solomon (1864)

The invisible lesbian

July 21, 2020April 23, 2018 by Rev. Roble Tormenta

No, we are not going to talk about any myth, story or story about a woman who likes women and who in some magical way becomes invisible. The reality is much sadder and today, as part of the Week of the Lesbian Visibility that we organize from the Sanctuary of Eros, we want to talk about the invisibility suffered by the lesbian community both inside and outside of paganism. And it seems that being a woman and a homosexual is less important than being a man and a homosexual, even though homosexuals are still fighting for many rights, they have to fight twice.

Detalle de "In the Days of Sappho" de John William Godward (1904) — Detail from John William Godward’s *In the Days of Sappho* (1904)

Transgender in perfect love and perfect trust

July 21, 2020March 31, 2018 by Rev. Roble Tormenta

The Wiccan Rede Wicca begins: “Bide within the Law you must, in perfect Love and perfect Trust. Live you must and let to live, fairly take and fairly give.” And maybe because it is the first thing that is read in it, it is precisely the first thing that is forgotten or the least important. And I say this considering that many times we make the same mistakes as people who do not know or follow the Rede and we do not create spaces of perfect love and perfect confidence. At the beginning of the Transgender Visibility Week, we wrote an article talking about the situation of transsexualism within paganism and today, coinciding with the International Transgender Day Of Visibility, we want to take up part of the theme.

A transgender divine archetype

July 21, 2020March 29, 2018 by Rev. Roble Tormenta

A few days ago, as the start of the Transgender Visibility Week, we wrote an article on the position of the trans community within paganism. We find that many times transgender people encounter the same difficulties they face in the rest of society in terms of discrimination or even hatred for being what they are. This should not be the case since paganism represents for many a safe place to express themselves, where to find a place to belong. Fortunately the gods do not understand these absurd discriminations that humans do.

Transsexuality and paganism

July 8, 2020March 26, 2018 by Rev. Roble Tormenta

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