This post is for those who believe in the power of focusing intention.
June 13 is MAP Flag Day/MAP Pride Day. It will be five years since Stenna posted our flag in 2018. I have planned a collective ritual for the day.
The ritual will last one hour. Wherever you are, focus on social justice for MAPs and our wellbeing. You might pray, meditate, speak words of affirmation, invoke a deity or spirit, cast a spell, et cetera. Whatever you do during the hour, hold space for the energy.
If you can’t participate for the entire hour, participate as long as you can. Even a brief moment during the hour would be something. You might charge a candle with intention beforehand, then burn it during the hour (but don’t leave it unattended).
Some of you might not be available for any portion of the hour. You can write a message and send it to me before the ritual, so I can read it aloud during the ritual. If you are sending me a message to read aloud, please limit it to 75 words, and provide a name to say whom it is from. I might also need clarification on pronunciation of names.
The ritual begins at 17:15 UTC on June 13, 2023. Here is the start time in several time zones:
- HST (Honolulu, Hawaii) – 7:15 AM
- AKDT (Anchorage, Alaska) – 9:15 AM
- PDT (Los Angeles, California) – 10:15 AM
- MDT (Denver, Colorado) – 11:15 AM
- CDT (Dallas, Texas) – 12:15 PM
- EDT (Baltimore, Maryland) – 1:15 PM
- BRT (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) – 14:15
- BST (London, United Kingdom) – 18:15
- CEST (Berlin, Germany) – 19:15
- MSK (Moscow, Russia) – 20:15
- IRST (Tehran, Iran) – 20:45
- IST (New Delhi, India) – 22:45
I’m calling it the Mapping Hour, a play on the historical ‘witching hour.’ Allies are welcome to participate.
[Image description for the visually impaired: Eight beeswax candles, each 4″ tall and 0.5″ in diameter, stand in a row in cast iron candle holders. These candles are arranged by color in the pattern of the MAP flag. Behind these candles is a stick of incense held diagonally in a wooden incense holder. Behind the incense stick is a 9″ tall, cold cast resin statuette of Lilith. All these objects are on lavender-colored tissue paper on a wooden desk with its own backing. A few other small objects are also on the desk.]
inb4 “The Stenna flag isn’t the only MAP flag and I prefer another one/no flag.” You can participate with another flag or no flag at all.
inb4 “This practice is pseudoscientific because there’s no empirical evidence it has real effects.” You don’t have to participate.
inb4 “This ritual is sinful/evil according to my religious/spiritual beliefs.” You don’t have to participate.
inb4 “I’m concerned the association with witchcraft could worsen our public image.” You don’t have to participate.
Update on June 13, 2023: Below is a video from the ritual.
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