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The seeds of the TwoEye Brotherhood were first planted in London, England in 2001. We were a small circle of men who love men, each having lost lovers to AIDS. We felt the government response to AIDS was primarily focused on limiting the spread of the disease from gay men to the wider population. There seemed to be little or no consideration of the deeper needs of men who love men.
We felt that some of the root causes of the HIV virus spreading among gay brothers were - our true nature and gifts having no value in the family, being cast out by the family in many cases, being forced into the gay refugee camps of cities, overworking, isolation and lack of value in the wider society.
We resolved to build a brotherhood of men who love men, reclaiming the full potential of our gifts. We desired to stand in the power and beauty of our true nature.
Several of us had researched the ancient pagan clans of Albion / Britain and learned that men of our kind had once stood as spiritual guardians for the people. We desired to reclaim this knowledge for the benefit of all life on Mother Earth.
In 2020 one of our members moved back to his home of Auckland, New Zealand. In 2021 he founded a Daily Gay Community Meal where brothers could find fellowship and friendship every day of the year.
Heroes
Edward Carpenter (1844 - 1929) is often seen as the father of English gay rights activism. He researched the spiritual role of men who love men in ancient pagan and indigenous cultures.
Edward determined that men of our kind had a distinct composition of spirit that set us apart. He called us Intermediate Men. Firstly this means that we walk between the worlds of men and women, holding aspects of male and female spirit. Secondly we stand as intermediaries at the gateway between the people and the world of Spirit. Edward knew from direct experience that our sexual union can be an energetic nourishment for spiritual experience.
For many years of his adulthood Edward lived at Millthorpe, a house he paid to have built in rural Derbyshire, north England. Here he co-habited with life partner George Merrill.
Beginning in the early 1980s a group of British gay men formed the Edward Carpenter Community (ECC), inspired by his example to build a brotherhood of men who love men. The ECC offers several rural gatherings per year. All members are volunteers.
Millthorpe, where Edward Carpenter lived with life partner George Merrill.
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Circle of Elders
The Circle of Elders is made up of around fifty gay spiritual leaders from Britain and around the world. Each has built long-standing spiritual community for men who love men. Members come from England, Wales, Scotland, Germany, Greece, USA, Canada, South Africa, Australia, India, Nepal and New Zealand.
The Auckland Circle of Elders is made up of local gay politicians, health professionals and community leaders. Many of these members operate in the Karangahape Road space of central Auckland that historically has been the heart of the gay community. Members of the Auckland Circle of Elders meet twice a year, and a smaller number of them meet monthly to review the Full Moon Report.
Structure
The TwoEye Brotherhood has a Circle of Traditions that help us to protect and preserve our values. We envisage this Circle as seven trees standing in a circle. Inside this circle we can carry the knowledge of The Way of Love and Rest.
Traditions -
1. SELF-SUPPORTING. We are all volunteers. We decline outside funding, sponsorship or contributions. Instead we rely solely on member donations.
2. SOBRIETY. The only requirement for initiation is a desire to let go of all alcohol/drugs/numbing agents.
3. COMMITTED AND LOYAL. We are not a polyamorous lineage. We share a desire to cultivate the ideal of true love with one person, forming a committed and loyal partnership for life. We each put our Anama Cara first.
4. BROTHERHOOD. Especially for single members we encourage participation in the daily gay community meal and gatherings in nature.
5. PAGAN. We actively advocate for gay brothers who have been harmed by organised religion. We honour the millions of TwoEye men's souls that have been destroyed in genocide. Each man reclaims his individual pagan or indigenous TwoEye ancestry.
6. SMALL CIRCLES. When a TwoEye Brotherhood Circle reaches thirteen committed members it is time for a man to start a new Circle. We envisage many TwoEye Brotherhood Circles across Albion and around the world.
7. THE GREATER GOOD. We need always remind ourselves that the TwoEye Brotherhood is our home. Many of us would perish without this spiritual family. We need always place the common welfare ahead of individual ambitions, although individual well-being is also treasured.
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