Does gender or sexual orientation matter in the Circle or magical practise?
Love is the strongest bond that can exist between people, and where it exists, gender is no reason to reject it. This is true in religious and magical practice as it is in day to day life. It is important to remember that the balance of opposites, dark and light, male and female, is true of the whole of nature, and we have no need to enforce it any more than we need to enforce gravity. If a man feels called to draw upon the feminine, or goddess energy, that is his right and prerogative, just as a woman may be called to draw upon the god. What goes on between a person and their sense of the divine inspiration is internal and subjective, and not subject to criticism or rejection by others. There is no need to balance the genders within a magical gathering, as long as the energies within are in balance. This excludes so-called “Women’s Mysteries” and “Men’s Mysteries”, which are specific to the gender with which the person lives each day. These are explorations of the spiritual, metaphysi
