This day training will consist of warm up exercises to play with the theme of the prophet: your message of love stirring inside you. Using intentional touch, breathwork, unclothing ritual and an ecstatic massage with two masseurs/breath coaches and man on the massage table receiving pleasuring massage as they breath to take take a deep inner journey. Each sacred brother will have three brief massages to open up to be available to themselves,Spirit, ancestors and the sense of guidance and support felt in that sacred journey in community. (Workshop limited to12 men plus facilitators)
As the last major archetype in the Flesh & Spirit series which frames both the beginning and the end of the ecstatic path as an archetypal progression.(You do not need to have done prior trainings to attend) The prophet is a messenger or herald who brings completion to the cycle. The Prophet/Prophetess is a messenger or herald to usher in the highest good. Often times the prophet has a course correction message to return to love.
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.By your very nature as an open gay/queer man you what Author David Nimmons calls “a loving disturbance. Because we come from every tribe, race, religion,nation,culture our DNA is connected to beings thus disturbing at times because we challenge black and white binary thinking and behaving. In these time where lies,misinformation and distortions of the truth are common place we as qiueer/gay folk are an act of resistance to injustice and oppresion. Audre Lorde understood this well as she wrote about our erotic power is part of bringing forth the change need in our world.
There are many new ways prophets are speaking through a variety of mediums these days. Sometimes it is posting a picture that say Love is Love where gay folk are building bridges rather than divisions. James Broughton wrote poetry called Ecstasies. He called us to “insist on love” as a film maker, artist, activist and lover bring light to darkness cast upon us by some. Queer folk are often represented in the Arts of all kinds bringing messages of healing, justice, equality.inclusion and the sacrednessness of all bodies. In today’s world the prophets paint murals. Sometimes are whistleblowers of injustice, take on the political challenges like Pete Buttigieg with his husband and their new children. Journalists committed to truth are often prophetic and many gay people represent truth and fact finding giving us hope and vision. So whether it is the The Gatekeepers of the Dagara Tribe getting into ecstatic trance through their queer bodies or you showing up in your world as gay/queer being prophetic seems to be one of our embodied roles throughout history.
References for this workshop
Erotic Body Prayer
This second edition from Dr. Kirk Prine covers a wide range of explorations, personal transformations, lessons in building community, tools for ecstatic growth and many more. These topics are difficult to find anywhere covered with such soulful intention, if you can find them covered at all. It offers a glimpse into the possibilities we share as ecstatic beings by chronicling his extensive work. Use it both as a source manual and a source of inspiration.
Man of Use
A sensitive West Texas boy finds purpose and fulfillment in erotic service
Allen Silver shares experiences, lessons and methodology from over 18+ years working as a Sacred Intimate around the world. Through play, vulnerability and trusting the moment he has helped hundreds of men to heal, to grow, to face fears and to experience new levels of joy and pleasure.
Healing Power of the Human Voice
The prophets understood the power of sounds and voice.