Secrets of a Sissy Boy: A Gay Grimoire of Modern Magic for Men Who Love Men and the Hags Who Worship Them

by Carolina Dean

  There's this illusion that homosexuals have sex and heterosexuals fall in love. That's completely untrue. Everybody wants to be loved.

  ~Boy George

  I think it’s interesting that when you play a lesbian, people ask you

  if you’re a lesbian, but if you play a serial killer,

  nobody asks you if you’re a serial killer.

  ~Nora Dunn

  You cannot demand your rights, civil or otherwise,

  if you are unwilling to say what you are.

  ~Merle Miller

  It is never legitimate to use the words of scripture to

  promote a loveless agenda.

  ~Right Reverand Dr. Peter Short

  There will not be a magic day when we wake up and it’s now okay to express ourselves publicly. We make that day by doing things publicly until it’s simply the way things are.”

  ~Tammy Baldwin

  Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one’s definition of your life; define yourself.

  ~Harvey Fierstein

  Don’t dream it, be it.

  ~Dr. Frank N. Furter

  Appendix A

  Psalms, Chapter 51

  King James Version (KJV)

  1 (To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.) Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.

  2 Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.

  3 For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.

  4 Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.

  5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.

  6 Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.

  7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

  8 Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.

  9 Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.

  10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.

  11 Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.

  12 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.

  13 Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee.

  14 Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.

  15 O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.

  16 For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering.

  17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

  18 Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.

  19 Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar.

  Appendix B

  The Lord’s Prayer

  Catechism of the Catholic Church

  Our Father who art in heaven,

  hallowed be thy name.

  Thy kingdom come.

  Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.

  Give us this day our daily bread,

  and forgive us our trespasses,

  as we forgive those who trespass against us,

  and lead us not into temptation,

  but deliver us from evil.

  Appendix C

  Book of Matthew, Chapter 5:3 – 5:11

  King James Version (KJV)

  3 Blessed [are] the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

  4 Blessed [are] they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.

  5 Blessed [are] the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.

  6 Blessed [are] they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.

  7 Blessed [are] the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.

  8 Blessed [are] the pure in heart: for they shall see God.

  9 Blessed [are] the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.

  10 Blessed [are] they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

  11 Blessed are ye, when [men] shall revile you, and persecute [you], and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

  Appendix D

  Psalms, Chapter 91

  King James Version (KJV)

  1 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

  2 I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.

  3 Surely, he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.

  4 He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.

  5 Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;

  6 Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.

  7 A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.

  8 Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.

  9 Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation;

  10 There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.

  11 For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.

  12 They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.

  13 Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.

  14 Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.

  15 He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.

  16 With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.

  Appendix E

  Psalms, Chapter 23

  King James Version (KJV)

  1 (A Psalm of David.) The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.

  2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.

  3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.

  4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

  5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.

  6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.

  Appendix F

  Psalms, Chapter 139

  King James Version (KJV)

  1 (To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.) O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.

  2 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.

  3 Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.

  4 For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.

  5 Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.

  6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attainunto it.

  7 Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?

  8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make
my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.

  9 If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;

  10 Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.

  11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.

  12 Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.

  13 For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.

  14 I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.

  15 My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.

  16 Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book, all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.

  17 How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!

  18 If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.

  19 Surely, thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.

  20 For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain.

  21 Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?

  22 I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.

  23 Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:

  24 And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting

  Appendix G

  Psalms, Chapter 54

  King James Version (KJV)

  1 (To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, A Psalm of David, when the Ziphims came and said to Saul, Doth not David hide himself with us?) Save me, O God, by thy name, and judge me by thy strength.

  2 Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth.

  3 For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.

  4 Behold, God is mine helper: The Lord is with them that uphold my soul.

  5 He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: cut them off in thy truth.

  6 I will freely sacrifice unto thee: I will praise thy name, O LORD; for it is good.

  7 For he hath delivered me out of all trouble: and mine eye hath seen his desire upon mine enemies.

  Appendix H

  John, Chapter 14

  King James Version (KJV)

  1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.

  2 In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.

  3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.

  4 And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.

  5 Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way?

  6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

  7 If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.

  8 Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us.

  9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?

  10 Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.

  11 Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works' sake.

  12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.

  13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

  14 If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.

  15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.

  16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you forever;

  17 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.

  18 I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.

  19 Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.

  20 At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.

  21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.

  22 Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world?

  23 Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.

  24 He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me.

  25 These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you.

  26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

  27 I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

  28 Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I.

  29 And now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye might believe.

  30 Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me.

  31 But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence.

  Appendix I

  Song of Solomon, Chapters 1 - 8

  King James Version (KJV)

  Song of Solomon 1

  1 The song of songs, which is Solomon's.

  2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine.

  3 Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.

  4 Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee.

  5 I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.

  6 Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept.

  7 Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions?

  8 If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds' tents.

  9 I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh's chariots.

  10 Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold.

  11 We will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver.

  12 While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof.

  13 A bundle of myrrh is my well-beloved unto me; he shall lie all nig
ht betwixt my breasts.

  14 My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of Engedi.

  15 Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes.

  16 Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed is green.

  17 The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir.

  Song of Solomon 2

  2 I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.

  2 As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.

  3 As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.

  4 He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love.

  5 Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love.

  6 His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.

  7 charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.

  8 The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.

  9 My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice.

  10 My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.

  11 For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone;

  12 The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;

  13 The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.

  14 O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.