The role and function of the prophet is to trust in oneself and to speak the truth in love. The offering of such a message requires risk-taking. Facing the need "to be right" so you can be fully free is the work and play of the prophet.

This is the first and last major archetype in the Flesh & Spirit series which frames both the beginning and the end of the ecstatic path as an archetypal progression. The prophet is a messenger or herald who brings completion to the cycle. The Prophet/Prophetess is our messenger or herald  to usher in the highest good.

The rabbinical meanings of the Hebrew word for prophet  sounds very Queer. The word “nabi" means "to speak enthusiastically, to  utter cries and to more or less make wild gestures" like the mantic pagans. In the Torah the word means "interpreter or mouthpiece" often describing the function of the word as "prophetic knowledge and vision." One could entertain many spiritual or philosophical ideas about Queer identity and origins. I assert is that being Queer is a gift and a sacred part of the whole. Biologist Thomas Huxley said, “No negative trait (one that does not reproduce) ever continues to appear in a given species millennia after millennia after millennia unless it in some way serves the survival of the species.”

In line with that assertion, consider the possibility that our consciousness chose to come to the earth as Queer. No matter whether this is true or not, the very nature of the Queer person is prophetic. 

In this workshop we will explore the magic of being a prophet. Using an ancient and revived alchemical ritual of opening the eighth to the twelfth chakra will be demonstrated as a way to anchor the light, utter sound and create magic. (This work has been learned from Shankari the Alchemist). This methodology is not to be shared with others until it is mastered. Agreements in the workshop around this will be made to preserve the sacredness of the teaching.

Using the body in ecstatic ways open the pathway for the words for the prophet to speak. We will mindfully and playfully try a variety of ecstatic techniques using our bodies as the instrument of sound to be practiced in this workshop.

"What if" can be a statement that supports the creation of death or life. Let's have fun choosing life!