Isaak’s Renaming Ceremony
Priestess calls the circle.
Subject smudges the space.
The Release:
Priestess –
I call upon the maiden, the mother, the crone. We bear witness to your release.
Priestess anoints Subject with the symbol of rebirth
Priestess –
Ritual can become free space, a hole torn in the fabric of domination.
Mystery is embodied in a certain place, a certain time.
It is not abstract. It is not about Woman or Man; it is about you.
On this spiral of existence we turn around a central point ever moving into our future.
This circle is echoed here – no one, nor two ways to be, no one end or beginning:
The female receives and the male acts within all of us.
Never forget the goddess nurturing and guiding within.
Every being chooses the life path that will help them to grow fastest.
This, the path of transformation, is one of the hardest.
As you embark on this journey, remember – one body is not more righteous than another.
A transsexual may peep into both realms, but
“We have opened our mouths to catch a little rain but that does not mean we can swallow the ocean.
Whatever else we are, we are human.”
Come in light, and come with love.
The Transformation:
Priestess –
What name do you take today?
She is answered
Priestess –
I call upon the two-spirit shamans, the Jack-A-Roe women in horned god masks, Baphomet with breasts and a phallus, Ardhanarisvara divided in two, the hijra, the resplendent tree.
We bear witness to this transformation.
Priestess passes Subject hand to hand to Priest
The Acceptance:
Priest –
“And if I should put the rules aside for a time, I knew I would wear scars but would they be worse than the scars of failure I was wearing? To be alive at all is to have scars.”
“I am a man” is the simplest of affirmations.
It means trying to be the best man you can.
It does not mean you are the same as all other men.
It is a framework for your uniqueness.
Fire does not negate Earth, Air does not negate Water.
You control. You change. You grow. You are a man. You become.
You are not something that is female; You are something that becomes male.
Here today, you enter the sacred state of Adolescence, the turning point, the watershed: intensity of perception, integrity of being.
Learn its joy.
Learn how to swagger and flaunt your body with pride.
Stay on this great quest for ‘manhood’ as long as you can.
You will be called to the path of the warrior soon enough.
Go in light, and go with love.
Priest anoints Subject with the symbol of the male
Priest –
I call upon Pan, Herne, coyote spirit, Loki, Krishna, the trickster, the jack, the knave, the fool, the innocent abroad, the hanged man turning his world upside down; lord of the dance, lord of the roads, maker of mischief, enemy of boundaries.
We bear witness to your acceptance.
Priest gives welcome hugs
Priest –
You come in light, and go with our love.
Priest closes the circle.
Presents are given!
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notes –
clothes: Priest wears orange (male), Subject – yellow/green (new growth), Priestess – turquoise (female)
circle points:
n = earth = flint
e = air = cinnamon incense
s = fire = single candle
w = water
anoint: ritual massage oil w/cinnamon: (male will, fire, overcoming, strength)