The Horae (divine whores) exist within the revelatory mythos of time. They keep the universe spinning according to sacred protocol and collective agreements. Cross culturally they are dancers and devotional priestesses of cycles, keepers of temple wisdom and embodiments of The Queen of Heaven. The medicine and ephemera of the Horae might help us to illuminate the nuances of being a modern politicized Whore. Whore being derived etymologically from this emergence of the Hours in Persian houri, Greek horae and in Hebrew, hor meaning a pit, cave or well ~ synonyms for a sacred prostitute and the Goddess they served. In the stripping of reverence, horae to whore becomes a demonization of resiliency and a socio-economic threat that is perpetually weaponized to leverage religious puritanical agendas. People have been engaging in erotic labor for thousands of years, whether for ritual purposes or for money/trade for resources. I stretch the folds of time and remember whore lineage to a be an undeniable life-giving force. A survival strategy yes but for me this is about Love and Care too.
Hot Butterfly
2024 - coming soon
a collection of poems, essays and short stories that contain hydrated intimacies about the intersections of sex work, queerness, love and mysticism. They are an amalgamation of paradox and vulnerability, posited on the shores of a life-long yet emergent desert courtship. existing despite and because of a devotional deviance that is grounded in the praxis of surrender. Part poly-rhythmic, research based and spirit oriented, the reader is guided into depths of erotic unraveling, towards the crude, chthonic and holy potentiality of desire as a type of communion w God. The sensorial lore of a gay hooker's relationship to lineage, heartbreak and place based miracles.
read my work in:
the holy hour: an anthology of Sex Work, magic & the divine
published by WORKINGGIRLPRESS
