Witchgender

[satya_firestone]

For my own purposes and interests, I've recently been hunting for different gender/sexuality/fetish pride flags. During such a search, I came across this:

This is the flag for being Witchgender/Magusgender/Magegender/Venefigender, which is defined as, "[a] gender that has a closeness or connection to witchcraft and magic. It is, in a way, a magic gender." And that got me thinking.

In some Witchcraft Traditions, the biological sex of the body determines whether the Witch acts as a Priest or a Priestess, and whether they Channel a God or a Goddess. In Sorgae, though, as I've mentioned before, the gender identity of the spirit inhabiting the body at the time of the ritual/invocation, is the determining factor. A further quote from the given definition, "You could use it to perform strange gender magic." A female body Channeling a male Deity might fit that bill to some.

This gender identity is, apparently, "also associated with a feminine or androgynous gender expression." This is another interesting twist, since a.) Witches are often assumed to be women, and b.) the soulbonding/Familiar phenomenon, as it manifests today, seems to happen to women far more often than men, with cross-gender pairings seemingly the norm, especially for the primary 'bond/Familiar. While this last point somewhat excludes men who practice Witchcraft of any stripe, and those who experience soulbonding/have Familiars, it is nonetheless an interesting one.

My overall thought is this; a Sorg or Sorga, when Fronting their cross-gendered Familiar and then Channeling a Deity Who is also cross-gendered, could potentially be said to be Witchgendered. Because at that point, the internal, personal gender identities of the Witch, the Familiar, and the Deity become somewhat less consequential, and instead, all three, regardless of biological sex, act in accord to harness the desired energy.

Comments

[collectively.livejournal.com]

This was fascinating! Despite being pretty cis myself, I'm still a huge fan of any kind of gender fluidity/weirdness. Thanks for sharing.

[satyazomasorga.livejournal.com]

I'm cis too, but it has a bit of a fluid/bigender feel to me when I Front someone who is cis male. I haven't yet Channeled a God with my Familiar (though he ver much wants to try it), but I have to imagine that that feeling would be amplified, and to my mind, at that time we could call it feeling Witchgendered.