Phallic Chaos Magic

Chaos Magic is a magical idea that was first conceived in the 1970’s that states that no concept of absolute, universal truth exists, at least not in the spiritual and magical realms.  One’s engagement (the word ‘belief’ is often used) with a particular system is the activating principle of the system, rather than the system itself being inherently effective.  Chaos magic is eclectic, allowing practitioners to bend, change, manipulate, rewrite, discard and rebirth prayers, practices, traditions, methods and beliefs to suit the needs and desires of the magician.  The ultimate deciding factor of the spiritual health of chaos magic lies in its efficacy. 

In Chaos Magic, the symbols used within practice and devotion hold no inherent value, but instead it is the value that we place upon them that give them their power.  While in many standard ceremonial magical circles, a sword may be the symbol of Air and intellect, the chaos magician can have it stand for whatever correspondence their personal spiritual alignment directs them.  Symbols can be recycled.  A fish to represent Pisces in one ritual may represent a water god in another ritual.  Also symbols that have been degraded or rarely acknowledged in the spiritual symbols treasury may have greater meaning to an individual magician based on his preferences or life journey.

Gay society has garnered a number of symbols, sanctuaries and traditions that have never (or barely) ventured into spiritual territory.  Rainbow flags, gay bars and pride festivals all have greatly the homosexual image and even garnered archetypes of homosexual idealism. But however little the homosexual lifestyle has barely gotten its toes wet in the spiritual pools, there always to seem to be beckoning towards community in the spiritual world.  Often joining “welcoming” church or Wiccan circles, homosexuals often seek their own religion in the folds of other religions, usually super-imposing the more absolute tenets and traditions of another faith, instead on integrating and engaging with the chaotic spirituality that their sexual orientation encourages.

For gay men, stereotypical and often actually, the symbol probably most suitable to emblazon upon our banner would be that of the Phallus.  In my own interactions, never have I spent more time searching, viewing, honoring, kneeling before, bending over for, thinking about, crying about (and on and on and on) Phallus then any other idea or person or object.  I have seen the extremes by which gay men are willing to go for the satisfaction of Phallus, regardless if it be their own or others.  No other symbol inspires, motivates, evaluates and validates some gay men than Cock.

Therefore, Tragoudia is a testimony of the Phallic Chaos system, a spiritual culture in which gay men may express, play, imagine, work, connect and feel united to a greater sense of being and spiritual awakening without having to embrace the hypocrisy of systems of orthodoxy or to feel that there is a definitive line separating their religion from that which they worship.  As always, men have listened, loved, obeyed, worshiped, pampered, adored, evangelized and glorified their Cocks and the Cocks of their fellow brethren.  For those who feel that such a vocation is not just one of sexual desire but also one of spiritual connection, Phallic Chaos Magic provides one with the space, the tools, the freedom and the encouragement to rediscover your Cock and your sense of spiritual wonderment all over again.