(Or Why You Really Should Come to the Between the Worlds Festival) I hate trying to sell people on attending the Between the Worlds Queer Men’s Pagan Festival for several reasons: I’m not a “sales” oriented person and hate the “hard sell” approach, I tend to believe when the time …
The Vision statement of the Between the Worlds Men’s Gathering (BTW) says that the goal of the event is “to create a safe and sacred community wherein men who love men can freely share ideas on the nature of spirituality and their place in the Universe in a loving, respectful …
Alchemy is a mystical process wherein elements are combined and transmuted through various steps with the end goal of attaining an elevated state of Being. From the athanor’s fires of late summer to a tempering in the quenching waters of spirit, we saw a mystic transformation within this loving community. …
Growth and evolution are the hallmarks of all living things. Communities, like living creatures, have life cycles, too. Thus, as with children, it can be both fascinating and awe-inspiring to watch them develop and mature. Such has been the case with the Between the Worlds (BTW) Men’s Gathering. This year …
“Who could have predicted that a spiritual gathering of queer men would start out by being slapped around by a hurricane named after a dead queen?” That was the question asked of a sea of exhausted faces at the morning meeting on Friday September 19th after our men’s festival was …
It was in the dusty, dry heat of the 1999 Pagan Spirit Gathering (PSG) that several gay and bi men from across the Midwest came together to talk about a range of topics, from queer spirituality to intentional community. During those discussions, the concept of developing a spiritual retreat for …