The Satanic Temple (TST) has created a drag ritual for those wishing to affirm their gender identity and live “Satanic principles,” according to its ritual document.
The Satanic Temple asks drag queens wishing to perform the “Dressing Ritual To Affirm Gender-Expression,” or DRAG, to gather several items, including a dollar bill, lipstick, a mirror, and a beverage.
The ritual will include multiple chants to be said before, during, and after the drag performance, concluding with reciting the words “I am my own Master … I am my own God … I hail Myself.”
“This is to be conducted as you prepare for either a stage performance, video performance, public appearance, or in the process of going out into the world presenting yourself with deliberate intention,” the ritual document reads.
“An audience is not required for us to deliver our best. This is for the individual to prepare oneself, as you deem worthy,” the document adds.
“Presenting ourselves with deliberate intention is a Sacred Act that we use to honor ourselves, regardless of who sees it,” it concludes.
Participants are asked to drink their beverage and perform breathing exercises to begin the ritual while reciting the chants.
“Behold,” the document reads.
“My face, my hands, my moves, my feet, my hips, my lips, my voice, my binders, my [suspenders], my tie, my Adams’ apple, my packer, my wig, my beard, my lipstick, my pumps, my oxfords, my feathers, my leathers, my Presence, My Mind, My Heart, My Life; I decide who I am when I choose. I am worthy,” the document adds.
Performers are then required to put on their makeup and recite several other chants before writing a word of inspiration on a dollar bill, according to the document.
The ritual then instructs performers to lipstick and “mark the Bill’s face-side – kiss it, dot it, or cross out the President’s face.”
After several chants, participants are then supposed to write down an obstacle on a piece of paper before “chew[ing] it up and spit[ting] it out into the Napkin,” according to the document.
The performer is also supposed to keep the lipstick-covered dollar bill in their bra or pocket during the drag show.
Then afterward, they are supposed to give the lipstick-covered dollar bill to a fan or keep it.
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