Queerness is divine.
Queer Devotion
May 20, 2025 from Hay House
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A liberating exploration of the queer divine in deities and figures of myth and legend that opens pathways for LGBTQIA+ people to revere the divinity within and create an affirming spiritual practice.
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Queer people have always existed and queerness has always been divine. Queer Devotion, by tarot teacher and deck creator Charlie Claire Burgess, reminds us of this by re-examining sacred stories through a queer and gender expansive lens. With exercises, reflection prompts, and ritual suggestions, readers can discover a deeper spiritual relationship with themselves and the divine and begin building an affirming personal practice of self-defined queer devotion.
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From gay Greek gods to genderfluid Norse ones, from transgender Catholic saints to queer Arthurian legends, Queer Devotion reveals that spirituality has always been far queerer than we’ve been led to believe. In the beginning, the gods were queer—and they still are.
Table of Contents
An Introduction to Queer Historicity, Queer Evidence, and Queer Divinty
Flirting Across History with the Queer Divine
1. Queer Mysteries, Queer Initiations
Coming Out of the Closet with the Eleusinian and Orphic Mystery Traditions​​
2. The Birth of Transgender Venus
Self-Love Through Transition with the Queens of Heaven​​
3. Dionysos, Two-Shaped, Thrice-Born
Queer Liberation with the Ecstatic Goddexx of Drag​​
4. Infinite Trans Dignity and the Nonbinary Image of God
The Pluri-Queer God of Genesis, the Gnostic Mother-Father, Intersex Adam, and the Alchemical Jesus Hermaphrodite​​
5. The Queer Devotion of Joan of Arc
Cross-Dressing, Class Warfare, and Trans Sainthood​
6. Liberating Sir Gawain for a Green Night
Gay Kisses, Soft Masculinity, and Queer Nature​
7. Questioning the Grail
Perceval and the Fairy King Heal the Wasteland​
8. Marginal Gods at the End of the World
The Queer Magic of Loki and Odin and the Hopeful Norse Apocalypse​
9. The Huntress and the Witch Queen
Sapphics and Survivors Hex the Patriarchy​
10. Resurrecting the Erotic Body
Toward a Living Queer Devotion
