About
Barbara J. Buckley, LCSW:
I am a counselor
, spiritual teacher and healer.
Especially
in my crone years, I have been on an intentional path to bring the
divine and the erotic together in my own being and to support others
in finding that experience for themselves.
As an LCSW
working with cancer patients, I have been honored to witness growth,
power ande self love in all sorts of circumstances and bodily situations.
In my connection
since 2000 with MCCSF, I have deepened my knowledge of my own divine
nature, and discovered embodied , queer spirituality.
With my partner,
Barb Hargrave, I am committed to continuing the journey to the integration
of sex and god (erotic and divine, flesh and spirit) for myself,
my relationships and in community.
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workshop for queer women (lesbians, bisexual, and transgender) and brothers
from Flesh & Spirit Community to experience the Divine through their
bodies.
The
queer men attending are required to have done prior Flesh & Spirit
work; there are no prerequisites for queer women attending.
Creating
a Safe and Sacred Space-
A facilitative staff
of Barbara J. Buckley LCSW, and Dr Kirk Prine,
CMT integrative bodyworker, healer, queer community builder and teacher
of erotic spirituality.
Andrew
Harvey in his book, The Essential Gay Mystics, says, "'From Sappho
to Whitman, Vergil to Audre Lorde same gender lovers have been foremost
in the ranks of artists whose work reflect this" vision of the sacredness
of love, a belief that the divine revels in our passion for joy and beauty
and manifests through and in it.'"
- ritual
- breathwork
- toning
- chant
movement
- intentional
touch/energywork (clothes on)
- storytelling
- visualizing
prayer
- sourcing
guides/ancestor energies
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This
union with God/Goddess, Spirit, Life Force, the Divine, the Beloved is
the archetype of the Mystic. As queer people our stories of mysticism
have been both common to all and yet unique to us. The interaction of
Spirit through our bodies we have known in the ways we love, heal and
create ecstasy.
Mystics
like Peaceful Warriors, Lovers,
Sacred Prostitutes and Elder
archetypes have been survivors. They are women and men who listen with
their bodies and their hearts to the Divine . Mystics like these other
four archetypes have "been their own authority" as to living
their lives with Spirit as they experience it, (with or without the approval
of others). Queer people by their very nature demonstrate that kind of
survivorship that is filled with artistic creativity, intuition, body
wisdom, healing and compasionate-power that that make us mystical as both
individuals and as tribes.
Preparation
for the Workshop:
- Bring images,
memorabilia, sacred objects etc. that connect you with some aspect of
the Divine for a small personal altar.
- For those who
like readings: "7 Paths to God: The Ways of the Mystic",
by Joan Boryshenko, PhD. or "The Essential Gay Mystic"
by Andrew Harvey.
- Muse on how you
experience the Divine through your body. You might also consider an
ancestor, saint, or holy person who has inspired you thus far on your
journey that you might welcome into our circle.
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