Tim Holland writes:
> 
> I remember some quite virulent homophobic attitudes in the same circles;
> wicca/paganism is a fertility religion therefore you can't be gay and pagan.
> I haven't noticed it so much these days, but I have heard second hand that it
> still happens. It seems to be more accepted in shamanic paths, where the
> gender/sexuality blurring seems more acceptable.

The timeline below is excerpted from a talk I gave at Kathy
Sarno's 'Women and Religion' class at SUNY New Paltz in
October of 2005.

I experienced the Long Island group's blacklisting and
bigotry at first hand, and had a hand in the crafting of the
Minoan response.

Michael Lloyd has interviewed me about this; he's currently
working on a biography of Eddie Buczynski, which will cover
all of this in more detail.

1969 - LEO LOUIS MARTELLO PUBLISHES 'WEIRD WAYS OF
WITCHCRAFT', 'COMES OUT' PUBLICLY AS A WITCH.

1969 - STONEWALL RIOTS - RAIDS AND LISTS.
THREE DAYS OF DEMONSTRATIONS / CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE.

1969 -  ARTHUR EVANS JOINS GAY LIBERATION FRONT, FORMS THE
'RADICAL STUDY GROUP' WITH SOME FRIENDS TO INVESTIGATE THE
HISTORICAL ROOTS OF SEXISM AND THE FEAR OF HOMOSEXUALITY [
THE WORD 'HOMOPHOBIA' WAS COINED LATER IN 1972 BY GEORGE
WEINBERG ]. IN DECEMBER, AROUND TWELVE PEOPLE MEET IN ARTHUR
BELL'S APARTMENT AND FOUNDED THE GAY ACTIVISTS ALLIANCE =
GAA. ARTHUR EVANS WROTE THE STATEMENT OF PURPOSE AND MOST OF
THE CONSTITUTION.

THE GROUP SPEARHEADED THE PRACTICE OF 'ZAPS' WHICH WERE
NON-VIOLENT MEDIA ACTIONS IN THE FACE OF HOMOPHOBIA. ARTHUR
EVANS PARTICIPATED IN THE 'ZAPS' AND WAS OFTEN ARRESTED.

1970 - ARTHUR EVANS AND MARTY ROBINSON APPEAR AS GUEST ON
THE DICK CAVETT SHOW, THE FIRST MILITANT GAY ACTIVISTS TO
APPEAR AS GUESTS ON NATIONAL TELEVISION.

1970 - LEO LOUIS MARTELLO HOLDS FIRST 'WITCH - IN' IN
CENTRAL PARK. PARKS DEPARTMENT REFUSES PERMIT, NY CIVIL
LIBERTIES UNION THREATENS SUIT FOR DISCRIMINATION AGAINST A
MINORITY RELIGION, DEPARTMENT RELENTS. 1000 PEOPLE SHOW UP,
FILMED FOR A DOCUMENTARY.

1971 - LEO LOUIS MARTELLO ADDS HIS SIGNATURE TO 'ONCE UPON A
TIME' FLYER PUT OUT BY THE 'GAY ACTIVISTS ALLIANCE' ALONG
WITH ARTHUR EVANS - SEE 'WITCHCRAFT AND THE GAY
COUNTERCULTURE', BELOW.

1971 - HERMAN SLATER / LORD GOVANNON AND EDMUND BUCZYNSKI /
LORD GWYDDION OPEN THE 'WARLOCK SHOP' ON HENRY STREET IN
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS, NY. JUST DOWN THE BLOCK FROM THE 'WATCHTOWER'.

1971 - FEBRUARY 2 - LADY RHEA INITIATED INTO THE GARDNERIAN
TRADITION BY LORD GWYDDION / EDMUND BUCZYNSKI.

1971 - LADY RHEA ELEVATED TO THIRD DEGREE IN MAY. MEETS WITH
RAY BUCKLAND.

1972 - LADY ROWEN /ROSEMARY BUCKLAND TURNS BAY SHORE COVEN
OVER TO JUDY AND TOM KNEITEL - LADY THEOS AND LORD PHOENIX.
HETEROSEXIST - POLARITY OF SEXES - MEN PAIRED OFF WITH WOMEN
TO RAISE SEXUAL ENERGY. HOMOPHOBIA AMONG GARDNERIAN GROUPS
-  BLACKLISTING AND BLACKMAILING.

1972 - ARTHUR EVANS WITHDRAWS FROM COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
WITHOUT SUBMITTING HIS PhD DISSERTATION MOVES TO SEATTLE AND
FORMS THE WEIRD SISTERS PARTNERSHIP, HOMESTEADS IN
WASHINGTON STATE AT A SITE NAMED 'NEW SODOM'.

1972 - EDMUND BUCZYNSKI / LORD GWYDDION & LADY RHEA PERFORM
FIRST MINOAN RITUAL, GIVING BIRTH TO THE FIRST OPENLY GAY &
BISEXUAL 'SHAKE -N -BAKE' WITCHCRAFT TRADITION - THE MINOAN
BROTHERHOOD AND SISTERHOOD.

1973 - RAYMOND BUCKLAND CREATES THE 'SEAX-WICA' TRADITION.
PUBLISHES RITUALS - PUBLIC DOMAIN. DISAPPOINTED BY THE
CORRUPTION OF THE GARDNERIAN CRAFT - HE FELT THAT THE THREE
DEGREES ENCOURAGED EGOTISTICAL BEHAVIOR, AND THE SECRECY
OATH ENCOURAGED ABUSIVE BEHAVIOR.

SAXON RELIGION AS BASIS. FIRST PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGED, OPEN
SOURCE 'SHAKE -N -BAKE' RELIGION. NO OATH OF SECRECY, OPEN
TO ANYONE, ONE DEGREE OF RANK RATHER THAN THREE [ INITIATE /
NON-INITIATE ], SELF-INITIATION AS WELL AS BY COVEN, EACH
COVEN AUTONOMOUS, AND ANNUAL DEMOCRATIC ELECTION OF COVEN
OFFICERS. NON-INITIATES MAY ATTEND CIRCLE AS GUESTS ON
AGREEMENT OF WHOLE COVEN.

1973 -  MIRIAM SIMOS / STARHAWK FOUNDS THE 'COMPOST COVEN'
ALONG WITH VALERIE WALKER, JO, MARV, ARDEN, DIANE, & BETH.

1973 - BARBARA EHRENREICH AND DEIRDRE ENGLISH PUBLISH
'WITCHES, MIDWIVES, AND NURSES: A HISTORY OF WOMEN HEALERS'
- BASED ON THE ARGUMENT OF JULES MICHELET - MICHELET WAS A
SOURCE FOR FEMINIST IMAGE OF WITCH AS HEALER, WITH EMERGING
MALE MEDICAL PROFESSION EMPLOYING WITCH-HUNTS TO WIPE OUT
PEASANT FEMALE COMPETITION.

1974 - ARTHUR EVANS MOVES TO SAN FRANCISCO - IN 1975, FOUNDS
THE 'FAERY CIRCLE', COMBINING NEO-PAGAN CONSCIOUSNESS, GAY
SENSIBILITY, AND RITUAL PLAY.

1975 - EDMUND BUCZYNSKI FOUNDS MINOAN BROTHERHOOD IN NEW
YORK CITY. RESPONSE TO HETEROSEXIST AND HOMOPHOBIC PRACTICES
AMONG GARDNERIAN GROUPS.

1976 - HERMAN SLATER / LORD GOVANNON AND EDMUND BUCZYNSKI /
LORD GWYDDION OPEN THE 'MAGICKAL CHILDE' ON NINETEENTH
STREET IN NYC.

1976 - LADY RHEA AND CAROL BULZONE / LADY MIW CREATE THE
MINOAN SISTERHOOD.

1976 - ARTHUR EVANS LECTURE SERIES - 'FAERIES' - LEADS TO
'RADICAL FAERIES'

1978 - ARTHUR EVANS PUBLISHES 'WITCHCRAFT AND THE GAY
COUNTERCULTURE' - FAG RAG BOOKS.

1979 - MARGOT ADLER PUBLISHES 'DRAWING DOWN THE MOON:
WITCHES, DRUIDS, GODDESS-WORSHIPPERS, AND OTHER PAGANS IN
AMERICA TODAY'. SURVEYS SEVENTIES SCENE / NEO-PAGANISM.

1979 - MIRIAM SIMOS / STARHAWK FOUNDS THE 'RECLAIMING'
TRADITION IN SAN FRANCISCO, COMBINING ACTIVISM WITH
EARTH-BASED SPIRITUALITY AND HEALING, AND OFFERING TRAINING
AND PUBLIC RITUALS IN THE GODDESS TRADITION AND MAGICAL
ACTIVISM.

1982 - LADY RHEA AND CAROL BULZONE / LADY MIW-SEKHMET OPEN
'ENCHANTMENTS' IN NYC.

1982 - OFFICIAL FOUNDING OF THE MINOAN SISTERHOOD BY LADY
RHEA AND CAROL BULZONE / LADY MIW-SEKHMET.

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I see that there is an article on the Minoan Tradition on
Witchvox:

The Minoan Tradition
Author: Garan du & Sabazius
Posted: August 26th. 2001
http://tinyurl.com/cer9l

And another on Phil Hine's site:

A Basic Introduction to the Minoan Brotherhood
© 2002 by The Minoan Brotherhood.
http://tinyurl.com/bbbms

Cors in Manu Domine,


~ Khem Caigan
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