Michel Valim

Class – Antinoism: The Pagan Cult of Antinous, The Gay God

Sat at 10:30 am in The Arcane Chamber

Bio for Michel Valim

Michel Valim is an integrative therapist and a non-binary witch whose Craft name is Anthea Kissokomes. They have been on the path of Witchcraft and Paganism since 2010, for more than 10 years, and they're also a priestex of the Religion of Antinous, the Gay God, by the order of the Temple of Antinous in Hollywood, LA (@antinousgaygod ) having been initiated by the first Brazilian priest Deco Ribeiro (@decows ) under the name of priestex Michellus Lupercus. Currently, Deco and them are the two only consecrated Brazilian priests. In addition, they were also the regional coordinator of the Círculo da Viada Chama Púrpura project (Circle of the Queer Purple Flame) in the city of Rio de Janeiro (@viadachamapurpura ), an open magist order and mystical activism project aimed at empowering and including LGBTQIA+ people in Occultism. They are also a self-consecrated priest of Aphrodite and Dionysus in the ways of Modern Witchcraft.

They used to be a theater actor, but currently they dedicate themself to the work of holistic and integrative therapies, tarology and oraculism being a specialist on Witches' Runes, having independently published a book on the subject, "A Magia das Runas das Bruxas" (The Magick of the Witches' Runes) in partnership with the Xaoz Project (@projetoxaoz ).

Visit Michel Valim online at instagram.com/valimmichel