Episode 15: Between the Worlds
-- October 2017
Review of my visit to the Between the Worlds Gathering for Queer Pagan Men the week of September 11-15, 2017.
Sound clips from Buffy and Bewitched.
Drumming music from the Between the Worlds last night drum circle.
Listen below or check out the Mel Mystery Podbean page or f
ind me on iTunes.
Links related to this show:
Between the Worlds Gathering -- http://www.betweentheworlds.org/
My campground resort project page -- http://www.olympuscampgroundresort.com/
Brotherhood by the Bog Pagan Men's Retreat -- http://www.olympuscampgroundresort.com/index.php/events/brotherhood-by-the-bog-pagan-men-s-retreat
Mel's Bookstore - http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/melmystery
Marscon - http://www.marscon.net/wp/
Episode 14: The Update Show
- April 2017
Retreats and Gatherings including the Hero's Adventure, Querent, and Between the Worlds - The Gay Guy's Guide to Werewolves book - LGBTQ Werewolf Workshop at Marscon - Mel's Photography - Alternatives HR website -- Activism - Groups including the New Order of Chaeronea and the Order of the Stone Circle - Mel's big project - Personal updates
Music Clips include: 9-to-5 - Do the Werebear - Green Acres
Links related to this show:
My campground resort project page -- http://www.olympuscampgroundresort.com/
Brotherhood by the Bog Pagan Men's Retreat -- http://www.orderofthestonecircle.org/index.php/events/annual-men-s-retreat
New Brotherhood by the Bog Pagan Men's Retreat -- http://www.olympuscampgroundresort.com/index.php/events/brotherhood-by-the-bog-pagan-men-s-retreat
Querent - https://www.querent.org/
Between the Worlds Gathering -- http://www.betweentheworlds.org/
Mel's Bookstore - http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/melmystery
Marscon - http://www.marscon.net/wp/
Mel's Photography site - http://www.matrixwerx.com/
Alternatives HR - http://www.alternativeshr.com/
New Order of Chaeronea - http://www.melmystery.com/index.php/new-order-of-chaeronea
Order of the Stone Circle - http://www.orderofthestonecircle.org/
As promised, here's a photo of my new cat - Mr. Merlin:

Episode 13: 50 Shades of Gay - Part 2
- September 2016
Personal News - Alternatives to Traditional Heteronormative Relationships for Gay and Bi Men including living together, civil unions, serial monogamy, casual monogamy, casual non-monogamy, open relationships, open marriages, triads, polyamory, swinging, platonic relationships, Bromances, Boston marriages, BDSM liifestyles, intergenerational relationships, long-distance and Living Apart Together relationships, hiring escorts, and being happily single - Fairy Fact: The Order of Chaeronea
Music Clips include: Living in Sin, The House that Built Me, The Polyamory Song, and Triad
Links:
The Gay Guys Guide to Werewolves and Other Man Beasts -- http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/melmystery
The Hero's Adventure: Pagan Men's Weekend, March 10-12, 2017 in Virginia Beach, Virginia -- http://www.orderofthestonecircle.org/index.php/annual-men-s-retreat
Querent: A Queer Spirituality Conference, April 14-17, 2017 in Cincinnati, Ohio -- https://www.querent.org/
The Order of Chaeronea -- http://www.melmystery.com/index.php/new-order-of-chaeronea
Episode 13: 50 Shades of Gay - Part 1
- October 2015
News - Review of 50 Shades of Grey movie - Is Traditional Marriage over-hyped? - Biblical Marriage is not what you think - 50 Shades of Historical Marriage
Music Clips include: Going to the Chapel, Single Ladies, and the Discovery Channel Song
Episode 12: The Power of Names
- Spring 2015
Personal Names - Family Names - Nicknames - Craft and Magickal Names - True Names - Group Names relating to our Sexual Identity - Gay, Androphile, Queer, Uranian, etc. - Names relating to our Spiritual Path - Pagan, Wiccan, Witch, Warlock, etc. - The Names we call others - Creepy - News Update
Music clips include: The Name Game, Everybody Have Fun Tonight, Christmas is Creepy, and Medieval Minstral Music
Links:
Coph Nia - www.cophnia.org
Gay
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay
Queers
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queer
http://futureisfiction.com/blog/why-reclaim-the-word-queer/
http://www.autostraddle.com/more-than-words-queer-part-1-the-early-years-153356/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nadia-cho/being-queer-means_b_3510828.html
Androphiles
http://www.counter-currents.com/2010/10/jack-malebranches-androphilia-a-manifesto/
http://zagria.blogspot.com/2010/11/jack-donovan-1974-artist-priest.html#.VP9YH01OWmI
Uranians
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranian
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranian_poetry
Witches and Wiccans
http://paganwiccan.about.com/od/wiccaandpaganismbasics/a/WWPDiffs.htm
http://www.spiritedenterprise.com/witchvswiccan.htm
http://www.thevillagewitch.co.uk/im-a-witch-not-a-wiccan/
Warlocks
http://paganwiccan.about.com/od/contemporaryissues/a/Warlock.htm
http://reclaimingwarlock.blogspot.com/2013/03/why-i-reclaimed-warlock.html
Creepy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaxKR4CAKf8
http://goodmenproject.com/good-feed-blog/is-creep-shaming-real/
http://www.reddit.com/r/MensRights/comments/26l9cy/one_way_creep_shaming_hurts_men_and_women/
http://thoughtcatalog.com/johanna-de-silentio/2012/07/can-we-stop-calling-guys-creepy/
http://www.socialanxietysupport.com/forum/f24/creep-shaming-177356/
Episode 11: Coph Nia Review Parts 1 and 2
Episode 11: Coph Nia Review - Part 1
- September 21, 2014
Overview and review of Coph Nia and Four Quarters Campground - Kali Ma Chant led by Erick Dupree - Event Reviews from Coph Nia Attendees - Gaffer that Harp Guy performance of a love tragedy focusing on the forbidden love between a Honeysuckle and a Vine Weed
Episode 11: Coph Nia Review - Part 2
- November 5, 2014
A continuation of my review of Coph Nia from the standpoint of my personal journey with rites of passage and the hero's journey as a background - Earth My Body Chant - Coph Nia Calendar Announcement - Song Dedication: Pagan Moon - Outtakes from the event
Links:
Coph Nia - www.cophnia.org
Coph Nia Calendars --
https://squareup.com/market/ordo-aeternus-vovin/men-of-coph-nia-calendar
Order Aeternus Vovin - www.vovin.org
Four Quarters - www.4qf.org
Temple of Witchcraft / Steve Kenson - www.templeofwitchcraft.org
Erick Dupree - www.erickdupree.com
Gaffer that Harp Guy- www.thatharpguy.com and www.thatharpguy.bandcamp.com
Gays: Guardians of the Gates - www.menweb.org/somegay.htm
The Faggots and Their Friends between the Revolutions - http://faetopia.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/FaggotsAndFriendsBetweenRevolutions.pdf
Episode 10: Unicorns and Phallic Horns
- May 18, 2014
News - Phallicism and Horned Phallic Gods - Hymn to Herne - Unicorns and Phallicism - Austin Powers as a modern Phallic god?
Episode 9: The Gay Werewolf Connection
- November 12, 2013
The links between homosexuality and werewolves in metaphor and mythology - Werewolf Boyfriend Song - There are two wolves inside each of us.
Episode 8: It's Magic
- June 5, 2013
Letters - Inuit Creation Story of Aakulujjuusi and Uumarnituq featuring a male couple and transgenderism - Review of the Book "Gay Witchcraft" by Christopher Penczak - Review of the Movie "Oz: The Great and Powerful" - Music includes "It's Magic" and "Eskimo Love Song" - Plug for Coph Nia: A Mystical Gatherning for Gay and Bisexual Men August 7-11, 2013 in French Lick, Indiana
Episode 7: "Over" the Rainbow - Part 2
- Early 2010
News - History of the Rainbow Flag - Why some gay men might be over the gay scene - Merits of the gay scene - Creating new scenes
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