Queer Spellcasting
A series of workshops facilitated by Fortune Tailed Beast, focused on the intersection of the following:
Poetry
Divination
Creative writing
Eco-somatics
& Ritual
Through an animist, exploratory and political lens.
Oracular Fires
In this workshop entitled ‘Oracular Fires’ we will explore the fire element within tarot and within our bodies through breathwork, experimental writing and animist ritual.
We will start the session through divination and exploring the Wands aspect of tarot. Dealing with themes of creativity, passion, courage and willpower, our nervous system and our sensuality, the wands will inspire our writing and somatic practice.
There will be prompts for writing, with the awareness that our intentions, our poems and spoken words can act as spells that can transform our future.
We will end with a sharing & collective spellcasting, as the fire of our hearts are both a warning to the systems of empire, and the spark for intimacy, freedom and healing.
The framework of the workshops is as follows:
Guided journey
Divination
Intuitive and creative writing
Spell making
Sharing and closing ritual space
This series of workshops will help you:
- Connect with tarot and divination in an intuitive, playful and creative way
- Use the symbolism of tarot to tap into your personal stories and the power of re/writing them through your intentions
- Explore the links between poetry and spellmaking, and between creative, political and spiritual practice
- Ask for guidance from elemental powers such as the full moon, water bodies, air spirits and landscapes
- Explore how your writing practice can create long term relationships to the more-than-human kin and to the land
- Be in a queer collective container, with supportive guidance focused on consent and autonomy
- Explore how poetry and words can move and flow, shapeshift, and become symbols
No prior experience needed - this will be a welcoming space of co-creation with soft invitations and guidance to be adjusted to your needs and intuitive desires.
Please arrive 10-15 min before, to land into the space, grab a drink from the Rio bar and settle. We will start at exactly 5 min past 7 PM, with no latecomers allowed.
Access: the space in the basement and wheelchair accessible, using an elevator. This is a neurodivergent friendly space - feel invited to bring stim toys, plushies or any emotionally precious altar piece (like a stone or crystal.)
For any questions about access please email me at @byuka.krow@gmail.com
Byuka aka Fortune Tailed Beast @fortunetailedbeast (they/them) is a migrant performance artist & witch, playing at the intersections of poetry, dance, film and tattooing.
Their work explores folk futurism and practices of queer-animist world-building through community rituals, speculative fiction, embodied ecologies & ancestral healing.
Byuka is the curator & main facilitator of Lunarrr Playgroundz @lunarrrplaygroundz - a platform exploring ritual practices for the queer community.
Queer Spellcasting is an ongoing research as part of their tattooing project Scribe of Earth Skins @scribeofearthskins - where they blend ritual, language and symbol making.
Their work has been shown at the Royal Albert Hall, Iklektik, Camden's People Theatre, the National Gallery, Barbican, Guildhall, Ugly Duck and Mimosa House. They have been featured in the series ‘Witch’ on BBC Sounds.
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