Spirituality and Orientation/Gender

[AtLast]

Originally Posted by Nat

AtLastHome brought up in another thread that she applies her spirituality to her butch identity.

I also at least wonder if my gender experience has a spiritual root. I am curious if others here have found their spirituality either helps them understand or is otherwise entwined with their orientation and/or gender.

Yes, I do and it is intertwined with the lesbian portion of my soul/spirit. It took me a very long time to cleanse the negative religious roots I had and allow another spiritual base to appear. And Jungian psychology is at the core for me. Plus, paranormal entities.

The butch aspect is that yin and yang (for want of a better term) of female and male as a butch that for me, is light within. The anima and animus and the past archetypes connected to me in that collective unconscious. I doubt I will ever be able to explain this outside of myself. That's OK, maybe it isn't meant for outside understanding. Maybe that is what spirituality really is, personal.

I want to nourish this aspect of myself more in retirement. Travel is the key.... going to where ancient souls began and world beliefs still live on. Learning more about Native American spirituality here is also key.

I don't really have any feelings about a deity, per se. Just energy and it is female and male energy that just cannot be separated. It must coexist.