Dowsing for Divinity

Here are a bunch of books for the LGBTQ Pagan reader. I have either read these and can recommend them, or I have read another book by the same author, and can therefore recommend the ones on this list.

Gay

• Blossom of Bone – Reclaiming the Connections Between Homoeroticism and the Sacred – Randy P. Conner
• Coming Out Spiritually: The Next Step – Christian de la Huerta
• The Fire in Moonlight: Stories from the Radical Faeries –  Mark Thompson
• Gay Body: A Journey Through Shadow To Self –  Mark Thompson
• Gay Soul –  Mark Thompson
• Gay Spirit: Myth and Meaning –  Mark Thompson
• The Path Of The Green Man: Gay Men, Wicca and Living a Magical Life – Michael Thomas Ford

Inclusive

• All Acts of Love & Pleasure: Inclusive Wicca – Yvonne Aburrow
• Chaos Craft by Julian Vayne and Steve Dee
• Eros and Touch from a Pagan Perspective: Divided for Love’s Sake – Christine Hoff Kraemer
• Blain, J (2002). Nine Worlds of Seid-Magic: Ecstasy and Neo-Shamanism in North European Paganism. London and New York: Routledge.
• Double Edge: The Intersection of Transgender and BDSM (Alfred Press, 2010) – Raven Kaldera
• LeatherFolk – Mark Thompson

Kink

• Dark Moon Rising: Pagan BDSM & the Ordeal Path (Asphodel Press, 2006) – Raven Kaldera
• Double Edge: The Intersection of Transgender and BDSM (Alfred Press, 2010) – Raven Kaldera
• LeatherFolk: Radical Sex, People, Politics and Practice – Mark Thompson

Lesbian

• RitualCraft: Creating Rites for Transformation and Celebration – Amber K, Azrael Arynn K
• Alternate Currents: Revisioning Polarity – Lynna Landstreet. The Blade & Chalice, Spring, 1993.

LGBT

• Cassell’s Encyclopedia of Queer Myth, Symbol and Spirit: Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered Lore – Randy P. Conner

Polyamory

• A Bouquet of Lovers: Strategies for Responsible Open Relationships – Morning Glory Zell-Ravenheart (1990)
• Pagan Polyamory: Becoming a Tribe of Hearts (Llewellyn Publications, 2005) – Raven Kaldera

Queer

• Queer Shamans: Auto-archaeology and Neo-Shamanism – Robert Wallis
• A Serpent Path Primer – P. Sufenas Virius Lupus

Transgender

• Hermaphrodeities – (Asphodel Press, 2008) – Raven Kaldera
• Double Edge: The Intersection of Transgender and BDSM (Alfred Press, 2010) – Raven Kaldera
• Gender And Transgender In Modern Paganism – Gina Pond
• All-Soul, All-Body, All-Love, All-Power: A TransMythology –P. Sufenas Virius Lupus

Other people’s lists of recommended books

• The Astrarium: Recommended Reading: Queer Myth, Magick & Spirituality
• List of queer spirituality books and chapters used in my essay on queer spirituality
• About.com – Reading list for Pagan Men
• Queer Spirituality on Goodreads

Online resources

• Sexuality – Theologies of Immanence wiki
• LGBTQ issues in religion – Theologies of Immanence wiki
• LGBTQ groups in other religions – Theologies of Immanence wiki