Homosexuality in Magic by James Lewis

In this episode, we descend from the abstract theological debates of magical orders into the intimate, contested terrain of personal identity—where philosophy is no longer the contemplation of cosmic principles but the lived experience of the flesh, the heart, and the will. We explore how James Lewis IV°—a voice from within the Temple of Set, writing across the final decades of the 20th century—seized the thorny question of homosexuality and refused to let it be dismissed as either sin or mere lifestyle choice, declaring instead that the homosexual magician's very existence is a living crucible of magical potential, a daily resistance to the impersonal laws of the cosmos. In a world that still judges, still labels, and still struggles to reconcile the flesh with the spirit, do we have the courage to embrace the full spectrum of our being, or will we retreat into the comfortable tyranny of the normal?🎧 ABOUT THE RUBY TABLETThe Ruby Tablet Podcast is a philosophical and spiritual journey through the essays of the Temple of Set, exploring the great traditions of human thought—from ancient Egypt to the present day. Each episode is a deep dive into the ideas that help shape the Self and fan the Black Flame.🔗 SOURCES & READING LIST:Essay: Homosexuality in Magic Classification: V2 - 392.S - 1 Author: James Lewis IV° Date: September 16, XIX Revision: December 21, XXIII HTML Revision: Oct 14, 1997 CE Subject: Sex in Religion and Magic Reading List: 13D, 6A, 6K, 6L, 6N📚 RECOMMENDED READING:-Anton Szandor LaVey, The Satanic Bible (The Book of Belial: "Satanic Sex") -Aleister Crowley, Magick in Theory and Practice (Chapter XI: "Of the Magical Operation") -Aleister Crowley, The Confessions of Aleister Crowley (Various references to sexual Workings) -J.K. Huysmans, Là-Bas (Depictions of homosexual elements in occult practice) -Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy (On perversions and the humors) -Michel Foucault, The History of Sexuality, Volume 1 (On the construction of sexual categories) -Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, Epistemology of the Closet (On the closet as a structure of modern thought) -Gayle Rubin, "Thinking Sex: Notes for a Radical Theory of the Politics of Sexuality" -George Chauncey, Gay New York: Gender, Urban Culture, and the Making of the Gay Male World -John Boswell, Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality (On the historical acceptance of homosexuality) -The Cloven Hoof (Various issues—original covers missing, but the article "The Homosexual Satanist" appears in an early issue) -Stephen Flowers (Ed.), The Hermetic Tradition and the Left-Hand Path -Don Webb, Uncle Setnakt's Essential Guide to the Left Hand Path (On individual sovereignty)🏷️ HASHTAGS#Homosexuality #Magic #Occult #LeftHandPath #TempleOfSet #ChurchOfSatan #AleisterCrowley #SexMagic #SexualOrientation #QueerMagick #MagicalIdentity #TheClovenHoof #SatanicSex #Perversion #GreaterLaw #IndividualSovereignty #Xeper #JamesLewisIV #Esotericism #OccultPhilosophy #Sexuality #Identity #Resistance #MagicalTradition #Wicca #Paganism #GayMagick #LGBTQOccult #Hermeticism #SexAndReligion #MagicalWorking #EleventhDegree #XIWorkings #HarWer #Thelema #SexualPolitics #QueerStudies #TheRubyTablet #PhilosophyPodcast #WisdomTraditions #OccultPodcast #Set #BlackFlame #IsolateIntelligence #SelfCreation #WillToPower