You have reached the home site of The United Rite and the New Orleans grove of the Minoan Brotherhood, the Grove of the Blessed Thistle. The United Rite is a project dedicated to exploring the queer male mysteries, re-queering witchcraft, and reclaiming our traditions from their hiding places in folklore.
The United Rite
The United Rite‘s mission is to support, educate, and empower queer men through the power of witchcraft and the ancient arts.
The New Orleans Grove
The Minoan Brotherhood is a fraternal mystery tradition for men who love men. Our roots are in British Traditional Witchcraft. The Brotherhood operates within a male+male spiritual framework drawing on the Cretan mythos. The Brotherhood’s primary deities are the Great Mother Rhea and her divine son Asterion. Learn more about the New Orleans Grove.
Breeding Devils in Chaos — a re-queering of the male mysteries — and Puck You: Walking the Crooked Path of Queer Resistance. Learn more.
Available in hardcover and paperback editions from Rebel Satori Press and Amazon.
Proceeds support the United Rite’s mission.
News & Articles
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The Lightning-Struck Tree
Tarot, Oak, and Sacred Transformation In New Orleans, this is the season when the air grows heavier, the afternoons darken without much warning, and thunderstorms begin to roll in with greater regularity across the Crescent City. The sky becomes restless this time of year, charged with that familiar tension between beauty and violence that anyone…
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Dancing about the Beltane Fires
Beltane—Bealltainn in Scots Gaelic—is one of the great historic fire festivals of the Gaelic world. What was seeded at Oimelc now begins to ripen: fertility moves from promise to fulfillment. Traditionally, fires were kindled on the hills, and pregnant women leaped across the flames to seek a safe birth. The Druids, it is said, drove…
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Honoring St. Expedité
Feast Day: April 19 In New Orleans, we know that not every grace arrives slowly. Some blessings come rushing in right on time — and for that, many here thank St. Expedite. St. Expedite (often spelled St. Expeditus or St. Expedit) is one of the beloved local spirits venerated in our city. If you visit…