June 13 is MAP Flag Day/MAP Pride Day. It will be six years since Stenna (they/she) 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 on your behalf during the ritual. If you are sending me a message to read aloud, please provide a name/alias to say whom it is from; and please say whether you are comfortable with me publicly sharing your name/alias. I might also need clarification on pronunciation of names/aliases.
The ritual begins at 20:30 Pacific Daylight Time, which is 8:30 PM in Los Angeles.
I call it the ‘Mapping Hour’ as a play on the historical ‘witching hour.’ Allies are welcome to participate.
[Image description for the visually impaired: Objects sit on purple tissue paper. Some of these objects are a drinking mug with the GL symbol, a small bottle of Martinelli’s sparkling apple cider, an incense cone on a tiny stand, a small pink candle in a stand, and a round lapel pin with the MAP flag. The other item is a 2,000-colones banknote from Costa Rica. The obverse of the banknote is facing up. At about the center of the obverse, the sigil of Clauneck has been drawn in black ink, with his enn also in black ink just above: “ahvalen esen Clauneck kiar.” At the lower left of the obverse, a stylized MAP flag has been drawn.]
inb4 “Association with witchcraft harms our public image.” 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 “This practice is pseudoscientific because no empirical evidence supports its efficacy.” You don’t have to participate.
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 “But demons are evil!” Supposedly, MAPs are also evil. Don’t believe everything you hear.
inb4 “Why Clauneck?” ’cause i feel like it
inb4 “Why Costa Rican colones?” ’cause i feel like it
inb4 “Why use money instead of just regular paper?” ’cause i feel like it
inb4 “Why so many inb4 lines?” ’cause i feel like it
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