About this Event
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The Elder Futhark create a beautiful system of divination, though finding good information about them can be difficult - especially for queer, progressive, modern heathens and witches. Norse mythology includes an incredible diversity of gender and sexual expression, but this has been largely excluded from books published on contemporary heathenry or runic divination. Even worse, the runes have been wrongfully co-opted by white supremacists and heathens have to actively fight against this stereotype of the rune reader. In recent years, rune readers have been reclaiming the feminine side of the runes, bringing nuance to the craft. In this talk, Siri will explore the queer qualities of the runes through understanding pre-Christian Nordic gender concepts, translating that through a simulation and simulacra, and carving from this root culture a modern future-facing divination system.
Siri also has a fuller hybrid self-led course with online meetups and a dedicated Discord chat. Learn more at sirivincentplouff.com.
About the Presenter
Siri Vincent Plouff (they/them) is a Nordic witch, rune reader, and tarot reader. They are the author of Queering the Runes: Reclaiming Ancestral Wisdom in Rune Magic & Mythology and coauthor with Cassandra Snow of Lessons from the Empress: A Tarot Workbook for Self-care and Creative Growth. As an unabashedly queer person, they are constantly interrogating runes and Nordic practices through a unique lens of sexual and gender identity. They see witchcraft as a way to break out of expectations and live outside of society. Siri is the brain behind the radical heathenry podcast The Heathen's Journey. They teach about runes, tarot, and witchcraft.
About Radical Soul
Radical Soul is a podcast, blog, and newsletter offering news, profiles, and reflections about modern spiritual movements that center justice, offer healing from religious trauma, and reject white and Christian supremacy. It was created by Jera Brown (they/them), a former Christian turned Buddhist/lover of tarot/practitioner of spiritual BDSM.
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