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Episode 7: "Over" the Rainbow - Part 2

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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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Episode 7: "Over" the Rainbow - Part 1

Gay Gods: Freyr - Fairy Facts: Bifrost Bridge and Rainbow Serpent - News -
Book Review: The Trouble with Normal

Links:

Ingvi Freyr in Ancient and Contemporary Heathenism:
http://home.earthlink.net/~jordsvin/Paths%20To%20The%20Gods/Freyr%20Article.htm

Alternatives to Marriage Project: http://www.unmarried.org/

Episode 6.5: The Healing Power of the Serpent

This is a shorter mini-episode until I can get back to the swing of things. It's about 33 minutes and includes a review of the 2009 Feast of the Red Dragon, a charity event hosted by the DC Radical Faeries, a talk on the healing power of the serpent in mythology, and a dedication to my Dad.

Below are some photos from the Red Dragon Feast on February 14, 2009.

Update: I had to take a break from podcasting the past several months. My Dad's health got really bad and he passed away on January 7, 2009. I will resume with new podcasts in the near future.

Episode 6: "Men"torship -- August 2008 (Happy Lughnasadh!!)

Gay Gods: The Green Man - Letters - Topic: Mentorship - Interview with a Mentor and a Mentoree - Fairy Facts: Green is Gay - David tells us about the "Green Man effect" -
Some cool music from emusic.com - Bloopers

Resources and other links:

Green Man photo shoot by Mel Mystery , July 27, 2008 (samples are free, view the entire set for a small fee and also gain access to all my other photos): http://www.matrixwerx.com/fantasy_art.htm

Green Man effects (if you look closely you might see some of these effects in the photos from this 2006 Spring Retreat): http://matrixwerx.com/oscnorfolk/supernatural.htm

Big Brothers hit for backing gay mentors: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/734167/posts

White Crane Journal article on "Secret Mentorships": http://whitecrane.typepad.com/journal/2006/10/white_crane_70__9.html

Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy's_Hollywood_Screen_Kiss

Next episode: "Over" the Rainbow

Submit a letter or short audio file (wav or mp3) of why you're "over" the gay scene or why it's the best thing since Judy Garland. I'll select a few to to include in the next show.
E-mail your rant to Mel Mystery.

Previous Episodes

Previous Episodes are available on iTunes or through Podcast Alley.

Episode 5: Gay Men's Rites of Passage -- May 2008 (Happy Beltane!!)

Gay Gods: Cernunnos- Letters - What is a Rite of Passage? - Interview with a Rites of Passage Expert - Coming Out as a Rite of Passage - What's a "trolling"? - Fairy Facts: Who is Harry Hay? - Review of the book "Gay Warrior" - Some cool music from emusic.com - Bloopers

Resources and other links:

Cernunnos Ritual for Men: http://www.sorchartarot.com/homomoot/id17.html

Druidic Coming Out Rite: http://druidnetwork.org/rites/healing/coming_out.html

Coming Out as a Rite of Passge: http://www.angelfire.com/journal/saadaya/ComingOut.html

Larry-Bob's Rants: http://www.io.com/~larrybob/rants.html

The Home of Dr. Troll: http://www.mindspring.com/~grazer/trollcam/doctortrollvoice.htm

Next episode: "Men"torship

Episode 4: It's all about age -- March 2008

Gay Gods: Heracles - Age and Ageism in the gay men's community - Age differences in relationships - The controversial topic of pederasty (historical and contemporary) - Some cool music from emusic.com - Can you find the Easter egg (hint: it has to do with gay leprechauns and smurfs)

Episode 3: Pagan Origins of Christmas -- December 2007

Is Santa Claus Satan? -- What are Santaists? -- Pagan Origins of Christmas -- Is Santa Claus a Pagan god? -- Letters from Listeners -- How you can contribute to the show -- Mel asks Santa for a man for Christmas -- A special message about the "evils" of Christmas from the Landover Baptist Church

Happy Solstice Everyone!!!

Resources:

Landover Baptist Church: http://www.landoverbaptist.org/

Episode 2: Attack of the Clones -- November 2007

Welcome to Episode 2 -- How Spirituality is Like a River and How Religion is Like an Elephant -- Gay Gods: Hermes: A Phallic God? -- Poetry submission from a listener -- Fairy Fact: What are gay clones? -- and Co-host Track talks about Gay archetypes in Mythology and Herms of Gratitude

Resources:

Temple of Hermes: http://www.templehermes.com/ancient_prayers.html

Gay Macho: The Life and Death of the Homosexual Clone by Martin P. Levine.

Out for Good: The Struggle to Build a Gay Rights Movement in America by Cleniden and Nagourney.

Episode 1: Samhain 2007 -- October 2007

Welcome to our first show -- Eros: Patron of Male Love -- Gay Vampire Poetry and Jokes -- How to kill a vampire / How to make a boyfriend from spare parts-- Why are gay men called 'fairies"

Resources:

Eros: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eros

Fairies: http://whitecranejournal.com/wc01018.htm

Gay Vampires: www.queerhorror.com

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Links: Groups Brotherhood of the Phoenix Cern'osia Ecclesia Antinoi Gay Druid Brotherhood HomoMoot IGLW Minoan Brotherhood Radical Faeries Conferences and Gatherings Between the Worlds Gay Spirit Visions Mid-Atlantic Men's Gathering Publications White Crane Journal Fairies in America

Donations:

Currently, I'm only accepting donations of books and other materials that can be used as resources for future podcasts. It's possible at some point these might also contribute to some kind of lending library.

See my book wish list

If you really insist on sending money my way, I won't complain, but suggest you go to my photography site that way you at least get some pretty pictures in exchage.

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