ConVocation 2025: Explore and Build Pathways to the Divine: Full Schedule

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9:30am EST

A Guide Into Paranormal Investigations

Saturday February 22, 2025 9:30am - 11:00am EST

We will cover the in's and outs...the do's and don'ts of paranormal investigations...such topics as equipment vs psychics...how to protect one self during an investigation...different equipment...and more will also be discussed...

Speakers

Brian Danhausen

Brian Danhausen is an artist, author, radio host, Paranormal Investigator, EmpathicMedium and Witch. He lives in Michigan with his wife Darlene and he is the father of two children. Brian has been dealing with the paranormal for most of his life. He has also been an artist for all... Read More →

Saturday February 22, 2025 9:30am - 11:00am EST
Conference Room G

Lecture/Discussion

Age Level All Welcome – Acceptable for all age levels to be present in the class.
Experience Focus All – This class is intended to speak to a broad audience, regardless of skill/experience.

9:30am EST

Finding your Spirit Guide

Saturday February 22, 2025 9:30am - 11:00am EST

First Floor Salon 3

This is a class where we will discuss what spirit guides are and then take a journey to meet them.

Speakers

Castle Silverstar

Castle Silverstar is a 1st Degree priest of the WISE tradition under the guidance of Lord Solinox Silverstar.

Saturday February 22, 2025 9:30am - 11:00am EST
First Floor Salon 3

Lecture/Discussion

Age Level Mature – Geared towards both adults and some of our more mature/older teens.
Experience Focus All – This class is intended to speak to a broad audience, regardless of skill/experience.

9:30am EST

Herbal Energetics Match Making People and Herbs

Saturday February 22, 2025 9:30am - 11:00am EST

Elizabeth Ann 1

Sharing herbs with people is such an enriching process. Allowing a person to unwind in front of you and capture their vulnerabilities is a humbling experience. Matching herbs to their picture and presenting them with information is fun!!! Heather will guide you through the fundamental elements of herbal energetics and talk about the key points of the work of an Herbalist. Several herbs will be covered and we will talk about their personalities and typical uses.

Speakers

Heather Hall

Heather Hall is your Herbalist. She started learning about herbs from her midwife and was fascinated. As her herbal practice has grown, she’s continued her learning through workshops and courses provided by experts in this field. She’s also a member of an organoleptics group where... Read More →

Saturday February 22, 2025 9:30am - 11:00am EST
Elizabeth Ann 1

Lecture/Discussion

Age Level Mature – Geared towards both adults and some of our more mature/older teens.
Experience Focus All – This class is intended to speak to a broad audience, regardless of skill/experience.

9:30am EST

Hitteon Faith - What it means in today's World

Saturday February 22, 2025 9:30am - 11:00am EST

Conference Room C

The Hittites had a sense of foreboding that would not be realized until millennia later. The Religion that they followed encompassed many different formats and styles an even different WAYS of believing. If that sounds paradoxical, then the explanation should be equally as bold. More and more, people are looking for a way to come to grips with the many different directions that religion seems to be going. When you understand that they are all aspects of a singular structure that was broken int little pieces eons ago, it may begin to make more sense. Let me take you on a journey through space and time when the differences of all people were part of the very thing that unified humanity in spirit.

Speakers

AVATAR

Co-Founder, Lil' Country Haven

Joel “Avatar” Bukowski is frequent panelist at various conventions around Michigan, speaking on such topics as Self-Defense, Strange Reality, the difference between Faith and Belief, various other Philosophical and Esoteric Topics. He firmly believes that there is much more to... Read More →

Saturday February 22, 2025 9:30am - 11:00am EST
Conference Room C

Lecture/Discussion

Age Level All Welcome – Acceptable for all age levels to be present in the class.
Experience Focus All – This class is intended to speak to a broad audience, regardless of skill/experience.

9:30am EST

How to listen to your intuition (and not your mind).

Saturday February 22, 2025 9:30am - 11:00am EST

Conference Room D

"How to Listen to Your Intuition" is a transformative workshop designed to enhance your intuitive listening skills. Learn to distinguish between the logical voice of the mind and the subtle whispers of intuition through real-life stories and practical exercises. Discover the telltale signs of the mind's influence and reflect on personal experiences where intuition guided you. Equip yourself with tools to silence mental noise and tune into your inner guidance for clearer, more insightful decision-making. This session is your invitation to trust and harness the power of your intuition on a daily basis.

Speakers

Tiffany Harazinova

Tiffany Harazinova is an experienced Human Design reader, astrologer, and tarot practitioner dedicated to helping individuals uncover their unique path and align with their purpose. Tiffany blends Human Design, Whole Sign Astrology, and tarot to provide profound insights into self-discovery... Read More →

Saturday February 22, 2025 9:30am - 11:00am EST
Conference Room D

Lecture/Discussion

Age Level All Welcome – Acceptable for all age levels to be present in the class.
Experience Focus All – This class is intended to speak to a broad audience, regardless of skill/experience.

9:30am EST

Light Trance Methods For Anchoring Divine Beings

Saturday February 22, 2025 9:30am - 11:00am EST

Conference Room A

Actual divine embodiment, drawing down, aspecting and so on is best taught in person. However there are techniques that can be taught at a distance that can improve your capacity to call upon divine beings, anchor them in a ritual, and to some degree act as their conduit. The same methods taught in this class can be applied to invocations, petitions, and more. Additionally, this class can help prepare you for divine embodiment if it is new to you or deepen your existing practice.

Speakers

Ivo Dominguez

Ivo Dominguez, Jr. has been a witch since 1978 and is one of the founders and Elders of the Assembly of the Sacred Wheel. He is the anchor author for the new twelve book Witch’s Sun Sign Series. Ivo is the author of The Four Elements of the Wise, Keys to Perception, Casting Sacred... Read More →

Saturday February 22, 2025 9:30am - 11:00am EST
Conference Room A

Lecture/Discussion

Age Level Mature – Geared towards both adults and some of our more mature/older teens.
Experience Focus Intermediate – Attendees should already be familiar with the basics of the topic.

9:30am EST

Making the World Safe for People Like Us…

Saturday February 22, 2025 9:30am - 11:00am EST

Conference Room B

At the end of Robert A. Heinlein's 1961 sci-fi novel, Stranger in a Strange Land the messianic
protagonist Valentine Michael Smith is dramatically martyred. All those who had joined his “Church of
All Worlds” are left to carry on as best they could.
College freshman Lance Christie and Tim Zell shared water on April 7, 1962. Pledging our lives to
the actualization of the precepts and principles found in SISL, we created a water-brotherhood which
became the real-life Church of All Worlds. Our initial mission-statement was simply “To make the world
safe for people like us.” But what did we mean by that, exactly? And what would it take to achieve it?
For SISL only provided an origin myth. The real saga begins after the origin, as all who have been
touched by the story are left to carry on from there. We have been doing this now for 63 years. We are
the living sequel to the novel.

Speakers

Oberon Zell

Oberon Zell is a renowned Wizard and Pagan Elder. “The Father of Modern Paganism,” he was the firstto claim the identity of “Pagan,” incorporating the Church of All Worlds in 1968 and publishing GreenEgg magazine for 56 years. Oberon’s signature sculpture is “The Millennial... Read More →

Saturday February 22, 2025 9:30am - 11:00am EST
Conference Room B

Lecture/Discussion

9:30am EST

The Integrity of the Spiritual Immune System

Saturday February 22, 2025 9:30am - 11:00am EST

Auditorium 1 (Lecture Hall)

Just as we have a physical immune system that must be supported through diet and exercise, we have a spiritual immune system that must be supported through energy and intention. Both are deeply connected and illness on a spiritual level can result in poor health on a physical level. In these challenging times, our spiritual immune system is challenged with psychic viruses, thoughtforms, polluted energy, toxic people, and parasitical entities. Learn the parallels between our physical and spiritual immune system and how to support the integrity of your spiritual immune system with simple actions and remedies.

Speakers

Christopher Penczak

Christopher Penczak is a modern Witch working in the Temple of Witchcraft tradition and community he helped co-found. His practice focuses on the intersection of Love, Will, and Wisdom as an ethos for today’s Witch, and focuses upon relationships with the plant realm, the patterns... Read More →

Saturday February 22, 2025 9:30am - 11:00am EST
Auditorium 1 (Lecture Hall)

Lecture/Discussion

9:30am EST

Truly Intuitive Tarot, Confidence, Fun

Saturday February 22, 2025 9:30am - 11:00am EST

Conference Room E

Stuck on oracle cards because the Tarot is too complicated? Tried Tarot but given up because, wow, that is a lot to memorize? My course is designed to remedy that. You will learn how to get comfortable setting the guidebooks aside during your readings and demystify the tarot.

Speakers

Leif Laufeyjarsen

The reverend Lief Laufeyjarsen Is a tarot reader with a background in healing, anthropology, comparative religion, and folklore. He celebrates the pagan holidays. He is inclusive of all people and welcomes all people regardless of background. He is a firm believer in radical acce... Read More →

Saturday February 22, 2025 9:30am - 11:00am EST
Conference Room E

Lecture/Discussion

Age Level Mature – Geared towards both adults and some of our more mature/older teens.
Experience Focus Beginner – Requires little to no previous knowledge or training on the topic; introductory courses.

9:30am EST

What the Smudge

Saturday February 22, 2025 9:30am - 11:00am EST

Elizabeth Ann 2

“Smudge” in modern terms is often used to refer to the use of herbs (most often white sage) to cleanse an area or an object of negative energies and/or entities. There’s some issues though - questions of endangered plants, cultural appropriation, and questions of efficacy. In this workshop we’ll spend a short big of time touching on cultural appropriation and endangered plants, and spend most of the time talking about what other herbs you might use for various situations, where to find them, and why it’s not a one-size-fits-all sort of process.

Speakers

Janet Callahan

Janet Callahan is an Indigenous Pagan author, Reiki Master, and community builder living in Michigan with her family. Janet currently produces shows for Spiral Moon TV and Pagan Public Radio and writes for Semaphore News. She organizes many projects through Spiral Moon Family Circle... Read More →

Saturday February 22, 2025 9:30am - 11:00am EST
Elizabeth Ann 2

Lecture/Discussion

Age Level Mature – Geared towards both adults and some of our more mature/older teens.
Experience Focus All – This class is intended to speak to a broad audience, regardless of skill/experience.

9:30am EST

World Soul: Finding the Divine in the World

Saturday February 22, 2025 9:30am - 11:00am EST

First Floor Salon 1

There is a temptation in many religions to seek the Divine outside of the material world. While many Pagan faiths agree that there are other realms, Paganism sees the natural and physical world itself as Divine. This worldview can be as rewarding as it is challenging; it cautions against expecting saviors who will take us from this sphere, yet it teaches us to see the profound beauty and meaning within it. In this class we will discuss the origins of human religion within the natural world, and see how harmony in our physical sphere can be restored by returning to the root of all human spirituality.

Speakers

Catherine Carr

Catherine Carr earned her Bachelor of Science in Neuroscience from the University of Michigan in 2011. She spent five years working in clinical research before leaving to pursue the path of a writer and priestess. She is now the author of "World Soul: Healing Ourselves and the Earth... Read More →

Saturday February 22, 2025 9:30am - 11:00am EST
First Floor Salon 1

Lecture/Discussion

Age Level All Welcome – Acceptable for all age levels to be present in the class.
Experience Focus All – This class is intended to speak to a broad audience, regardless of skill/experience.

9:30am EST

Grounding and Centering

Saturday February 22, 2025 9:30am - 11:00am EST

Auditorium 2

We will go through many different ways to grounding and centering.

Speakers

Kathy

Kathy has been walking the path of the Goddess all of her life. She joined the MEC Board in 2006 and retired in 2019. She was ConChair three times. She spends many hours every week sewing and writing. She is looking forward to where her path takes her in the future.

Saturday February 22, 2025 9:30am - 11:00am EST
Auditorium 2

Lecture/Discussion Movement/Music

Age Level All Welcome – Acceptable for all age levels to be present in the class.
Experience Focus All – This class is intended to speak to a broad audience, regardless of skill/experience.

11:30am EST

Evidential Mediumship Development

Saturday February 22, 2025 11:30am - 1:00pm EST

Conference Room D

Evidential mediumship is the ability to communicate with the spirit world to connect the dead with the living by bringing forth validating details. In this class, we will focus on development exercises and practice techniques you can use to enhance your evidential mediumship communication. Learn ways to obtain information from the spirit world and bring through compelling evidence, essence, and messages from the dead.

Speakers

Danielle Dionne

HPS, Temple of Witchcraft

Danielle Dionne is a psychic medium, witch, herbalist, homesteader, and author of Magickal Mediumship and Chronically Magickal. She is a High Priestess in the Temple of Witchcraft Tradition, serving as Ministerial Deputy of Scorpio for death and dying, sacred sexuality, and ancestral... Read More →

Saturday February 22, 2025 11:30am - 1:00pm EST
Conference Room D

Lecture/Discussion

11:30am EST

Introduction to Human Design

Saturday February 22, 2025 11:30am - 1:00pm EST

Conference Room E

Have you wanted to understand yourself better and find more fulfillment in life? The Human Design system, a channeled work, combines Kabbalah, I-Ching, Astrology, and the Chakras into a powerful framework that empowers you to become your true self. Though it can be intimidating, this introductory workshop will equip you with the confidence to start your journey.

Participants will be introduced to foundational concepts, including the BodyGraph, Types, Strategies, Authorities, and Centers. You'll learn to interpret your own Human Design charts and integrate these insights into your spiritual practices. Perfect for those seeking to deepen their self-awareness and spiritual growth, no prior knowledge is required—just an open mind and curiosity.

Speakers

Wilder Dreams

Wilder Dreams, who identifies as Queer, Non-binary, and Plural, is an eclectic occultist who studies various magical and religious systems. They earned a master's degree in physics in 2019 and pursued Ph.D. studies until a spiritual awakening in 2021 redirected their path towards... Read More →

Saturday February 22, 2025 11:30am - 1:00pm EST
Conference Room E

Lecture/Discussion

Age Level All Welcome – Acceptable for all age levels to be present in the class.
Experience Focus Beginner – Requires little to no previous knowledge or training on the topic; introductory courses.

11:30am EST

Land Spirits

Saturday February 22, 2025 11:30am - 1:00pm EST

Conference Room C

As long as we are physical beings living on Earth, we are surrounded by land spirits. Almost all indigenous cultures acknowledge the existence of land spirits and have different levels of working with them. When offended they can become the source of great wrath and tragedy, but when honored they can bring about great blessings and fortune. For those that work with gods and otherworldly spirits, cultivating a strong relationship with land spirits can greatly enhance those practices. This class will help you understand who the land spirits are, and how you can work with them in your own practice. David will be teaching about land spirits from the North Asian shamanic context, but hopes you will find these teachings to allow for a deeper understanding that will enhance your practice.

Speakers

David Shi

David Shi is a shamanic worker and folk magic practitioner who primarily engages in traditional North Asian forms of shamanism. He is primarily of Manchurian descent, but can also trace ancestry to Mongolian, Chinese, Korean, as well as a little Tungus Siberian and ancient Central... Read More →

Saturday February 22, 2025 11:30am - 1:00pm EST
Conference Room C

Lecture/Discussion

Age Level All Welcome – Acceptable for all age levels to be present in the class.
Experience Focus All – This class is intended to speak to a broad audience, regardless of skill/experience.

11:30am EST

Leverage Point Reading: Divining Effective Spellwork

Saturday February 22, 2025 11:30am - 1:00pm EST

First Floor Salon 3

Magickal Leverage points are special times and situations where small efforts can have huge results. As life moves along and circumstances change, ideal leverage points come and go. In this workshop we will teach a tarot spread to find these leverage points and offer a framework to inspire Spellwork toward incredible results from minimal work. Participants will receive access to documents and videos to support effective divination, spell design, casting and follow-up beyond what can be covered in this workshop.

Speakers

Scott Reimers

Scott Reimers (Awo Fagbemiro) is the founder of the Dragon Magick Tradition (a non-religious modern western magickal tradition). He initiated into Ifa in 2013 and maintained regular practice with communities since. Scott recently retired after 14 years as High Priest of the Temple... Read More →

Saturday February 22, 2025 11:30am - 1:00pm EST
First Floor Salon 3

Lecture/Discussion

Age Level Mature – Geared towards both adults and some of our more mature/older teens.
Experience Focus Intermediate – Attendees should already be familiar with the basics of the topic.

11:30am EST

Liber Nephilim - My Experiences with the Fallen Angels

Saturday February 22, 2025 11:30am - 1:00pm EST

First Floor Salon 1

Frater Barrabbas has written a book that details his experiences with a group of fallen Angels known as the Nephilim, those famous Sons of God in chapter 6 of Genesis who saw the daughters of men and came to earth to marry them. This book, Liber Nephilim, not only delves deeply into the narrative of these myths and folklore, but he also developed the magical rituals and ceremonies that would allow other magicians to conjure these spirits, and speak to them in our current age. In this discussion, Frater Barrabbas will present his story and discuss what he experienced over three decades, how and why he wrote this book, and how magicians today can use the rituals and spirit seals in it to contact these fallen angels.

Speakers

Frater Barrabbas

Founder Order of the Gnostic Star

Frater Barrabbas Tiresius is a practicing ritual magician who has studied magic and the occult for over forty years. He believes that ritual magic is a discipline whose mystery is unlocked by continual practice and by occult experiences and revelations. Frater Barrabbas believes that... Read More →

Saturday February 22, 2025 11:30am - 1:00pm EST
First Floor Salon 1

Lecture/Discussion

Age Level Mature – Geared towards both adults and some of our more mature/older teens.
Experience Focus Intermediate – Attendees should already be familiar with the basics of the topic.

11:30am EST

Procuring the Dead Sleeps: Witch's Flying Ointment

Saturday February 22, 2025 11:30am - 1:00pm EST

Conference Room B

In this presentation we will look to the history of the witches’ flying ointment and discover what we can draw from the past to apply to contemporary magical practice. Attendees will be shown the difference between working with these formulas sympathetically compared to chemically, and how the two can be joined together for powerful results. Coby will also discuss how to formulate and create the witches' flying ointment including methods for enhancing extraction and efficacy.

Speakers

Coby Michael

Coby Michael is an occult herbalist and magical practitioner specializing in the ritual use of poisonous and psychoactive plants. He owns and operates The Poisoner’s Apothecary, an online shop and educational resource for the poison path. Coby has been blogging since 2016 and... Read More →

Saturday February 22, 2025 11:30am - 1:00pm EST
Conference Room B

Lecture/Discussion

Age Level Mature – Geared towards both adults and some of our more mature/older teens.
Experience Focus Intermediate – Attendees should already be familiar with the basics of the topic.

11:30am EST

Sacred Spaces and Divine Faces for Modern Life

Saturday February 22, 2025 11:30am - 1:00pm EST

Conference Room A

Magic books & teachers present us with the lore of sacred spaces: the Crossroads, the Seashore, the Cemetery, the clearing in the grove...these types of places are recognizable to most magicians & Pagans, as places of power. But what about airports? Train stations? Street lamps? What modern spaces hold natural characteristics which give them an affinity with magic & how can they fit into our sacred & magical experiences? Just as there are places that didn't exist when most concepts of magic were developing, the world is full of new technologies & experiences as well. How do we explore their spiritual components to understand what powers rule over things like cars & computers? In this class we will explore the magic of the modern & how to explore traditional associations to build new ones.

Speakers

BJ Swain

BJ Swain is the author of Living Spirits: A Guide to Magic in a World of Spirits, Luminarium: A Grimoire of Cunning Conjuration, Familiar Unto Me: Witches Sorcerers and Their Spirit Companions. He was a contributing editor for Heaven and Hell 2018: The Grimoire Issue, and has had... Read More →

Saturday February 22, 2025 11:30am - 1:00pm EST
Conference Room A

Lecture/Discussion

Age Level Mature – Geared towards both adults and some of our more mature/older teens.
Experience Focus Intermediate – Attendees should already be familiar with the basics of the topic.

11:30am EST

Seeking Gods: Exploring Their Context

Saturday February 22, 2025 11:30am - 1:00pm EST

Conference Room F

When seeking to connect with a deity, it’s important to find aspects of them you’re curious about or identify with to build that relationship. But a lot has changed since the primary source material (whatever it may be) was laid down for your deity. How can you bring that forward to your practice today? Join Eva Lucotilla as she explores the historic and scientific context you can find around deity, and shows how you can develop that into practical connections within your practice - even if there’s little more than a name to work with.

Speakers

Eva Lucotilla

Eva Lucotilla has identified as a pagan for over 18 years, and has been attending ConVocation since 2012. She was a member of Michigan State University's Green Spiral from 2010-2014, served as their secretary and co-coordinator, and served on their board of directors after her graduation... Read More →

Saturday February 22, 2025 11:30am - 1:00pm EST
Conference Room F

Lecture/Discussion

Age Level Mature – Geared towards both adults and some of our more mature/older teens.
Experience Focus All – This class is intended to speak to a broad audience, regardless of skill/experience.

11:30am EST

Tarot - Modern Perspectives on Ceremonial Magick Roots

Saturday February 22, 2025 11:30am - 1:00pm EST

Conference Room G

Almost every Tarot deck published today is a clone of either the famous Pamela Coleman Smith and Arthur Edward Waite deck (aka the Rider Waite) or Aleister Crowley’s Thoth Tarot. Both are based on the teachings of the Golden Dawn and EVERY card has a formula based on Astrology, the four elements, the Qabala and even Enochian Magick. Waite even included deliberate mistakes “binds” to protect the Golden Dawn’s secrets. Understanding the powerful recipe and formula behind the images in the cards will open your eyes to new ways or reading and even make the cards easier to learn and interpret!

Speakers

Paul Barbary

Paul is the Owner of Artes And Craft along with his wife, Pat. Artes And Craft is the largest and most specialized Pagan and Witchcraft store in Michigan and one of the most important in the Midwest. Paul has been pagan and a practitioner of magick since he was 11 years old and ran... Read More →

Saturday February 22, 2025 11:30am - 1:00pm EST
Conference Room G

Lecture/Discussion

Age Level Mature – Geared towards both adults and some of our more mature/older teens.
Experience Focus Intermediate – Attendees should already be familiar with the basics of the topic.

11:30am EST

The Psychic Art of Defense

Saturday February 22, 2025 11:30am - 1:00pm EST

Auditorium 1 (Lecture Hall)

As a professional psychic medium for over twenty years, Devin Hunter has a reputation for taking on some of the most extreme cases of psychic and preternatural activity. Join him for an advanced exploration into the material from his Forthcoming book, The Bad Vibes Field Guide: A Definitive Handbook for Psychics and the Afflicted (April 2025.) In this workshop you will learn how to cleanse, protect, and transmute unwanted psychic energies from people, places, and entities as well as ways to identify and avoid them. Full of candid stories and to the point, this workshop is for anyone who feels the need to take their power back from unruly spiritual forces and for those who help the spiritually afflicted.

Speakers

Devin Hunter

Devin Hunter is the multi-award winning and bestselling author of The Witch's Book of Power, The Witch's Book of Spirits, The Witch's Book of Mysteries, the critically acclaimed Modern Witch, Crystal Magic for the Modern Witch, and the forthcoming Houseplant HortOCCULTure. Initiated... Read More →

Saturday February 22, 2025 11:30am - 1:00pm EST
Auditorium 1 (Lecture Hall)

Lecture/Discussion

11:30am EST

The Well, the Tree, and the Three

Saturday February 22, 2025 11:30am - 1:00pm EST

Elizabeth Ann 2

At the heart of Germanic/Norse/Anglo-Saxon cosmology exists a sacred tableau comprised of the Well of Wyrd, Yggdrasil, and the Nornir. Simultaneously near as near can be and far as far can be, each facet of this sacred trinity contains its own deep mysteries, wild medicine and guidance. In this contemplative, collaborative, and experiential workshop, we will explore the mystery teachings and healing-magic contained within the Well, the Tree, and the Three. What can we learn from them? What can we learn from their relationship to each other? And what practical guidance do they have to offer us about how to live our lives?

Speakers

Ash McKernan

Matthew Ash McKernan is a licensed psychotherapist (MFT), ecotherapist, bard, life-long explorer of wyrd, and author of the book: Wyrdcraft: Healing Self and Nature Through the Mysteries of the Fates (Llewellyn). Ash loves to spend time at the crossroads where psyche, nature, magic... Read More →

Saturday February 22, 2025 11:30am - 1:00pm EST
Elizabeth Ann 2

Lecture/Discussion

Age Level Mature – Geared towards both adults and some of our more mature/older teens.
Experience Focus All – This class is intended to speak to a broad audience, regardless of skill/experience.

11:30am EST

Principles of Sigil Magic

Saturday February 22, 2025 11:30am - 1:00pm EST

Elizabeth Ann 1

In this class we will learn a few different techniques Sigil magic, a fascinating aspect of the esoteric practices, is rooted in the works of Austin Osman Spare. His innovative approach to magic involved creating symbols or sigils that represent a magician's desired outcome. By focusing one's will and intent through these sigils, practitioners can manifest their goals into reality. The Chaos magic community, building upon Spare's foundations, further developed these techniques, emphasizing personal significance and the power of belief in magical practice.

Speakers

JOHNNY KHAOS

Jonathon Bowen brings a rich tapestry of experience to the realm of esoteric arts. As an artist deeply rooted in pagan traditions for over three decades, his expertise spans astrology, Wicca, shamanism, and Hermetic philosophy. Jonathon's journey has been one of profound exploration... Read More →

Saturday February 22, 2025 11:30am - 1:00pm EST
Elizabeth Ann 1

Lecture/Discussion Teens (Age 13-18) White board and markers

Age Level Teen/Young Adult – Geared towards those 12 - 21 years of age.
Experience Focus Beginner – Requires little to no previous knowledge or training on the topic; introductory courses.

2:00pm EST

Animism & Food: Energy Sensing to Improve your Life

Saturday February 22, 2025 2:00pm - 3:30pm EST

Conference Room C

What is animism, and its significance to various Indigenous cultures? Indigenous stories will be shared as a framework for the class. While there will be discussion of Animism globally, this class will be centered around peoples from Turtle Island, also known as North America. Clarification will be given on the concept of “old” vs “new” animism. Towards the end of the class, we will practice animistic energy sensing with different foods. For the exercise, you will be asked to close your eyes (you won’t actually be eating any food). Once this energetic technique has been learned, it can be applied in various situations such as with fabrics, crystals, people, and more!

Speakers

Gaybrielle Gray

Gaybrielle Gray is initiated into 4 different traditions, and is most public about her initiation as a Gnostic Bishop. At a young age she started having intense experiences with entities; predictive dreams, and forming friendships with trees and rocks. She has a Bachelor’s Degree... Read More →

Saturday February 22, 2025 2:00pm - 3:30pm EST
Conference Room C

Lecture/Discussion

Age Level Mature – Geared towards both adults and some of our more mature/older teens.
Experience Focus All – This class is intended to speak to a broad audience, regardless of skill/experience.

2:00pm EST

Cemetery Witchcraft

Saturday February 22, 2025 2:00pm - 3:30pm EST

Elizabeth Ann 2

the Cemetary is a place between the worlds. This is a place where the dead roam and the energies are powerful. The spirits of the dead can help us with powerful magick, but sometimes the dead can be tricky. The spirits can confuse us and even drain us of our life force. Learn how to navigate the cemetery in order to connect with the dead in a way that is both powerful and healing for both us and the spirits. Cemetery witchcraft takes us to a mysterious realm so that we may make allies with the dead for magick, healing, and transformation.

Speakers

Chris Allaun

Chris Allaun has been studying and practicing paganism and witchcraft for over 30 years. He is an ordained minister with the Queer pagan tradition The Fellowship of the Phoenix. He is also an initiate of Traditional Witchcraft and the OTO. Chris received his Master of Divinity at... Read More →

Saturday February 22, 2025 2:00pm - 3:30pm EST
Elizabeth Ann 2

Lecture/Discussion

Age Level Mature – Geared towards both adults and some of our more mature/older teens.
Experience Focus Beginner – Requires little to no previous knowledge or training on the topic; introductory courses.

2:00pm EST

Hellenic Household Practice: Modern Adaptations

Saturday February 22, 2025 2:00pm - 3:30pm EST

Conference Room A

The central social unit of society is the household, but we are in a time in which the oikos has a different shape and form than in Ancient Greece. This workshop explores both ancient practice and modern adaptations to build a meaningful and relevant practice for today. Learn about the deities and spirits of the household, how to build a household shrine, and how to make a kadiskos to bless the household’s wealth. Gwendolyn will also share some reinterpreted rites to bless the household and its members, including rituals to bring spiritual meaning to life transitions. Household practice brings the sacred consciously into everyday life in ways that are both profound and transformative.

Speakers

Gwendolyn Reece

Dr. Gwendolyn Reece is the high priestess of Theophania, a coven in the Assembly of the Sacred Wheel based in Washington, DC. She is the President of the Sacred Space Foundation (which runs the Sacred Space Conference) and is the author of The Waters of Mnemosyne: Ancient Greek... Read More →

Saturday February 22, 2025 2:00pm - 3:30pm EST
Conference Room A

Lecture/Discussion

Age Level All Welcome – Acceptable for all age levels to be present in the class.
Experience Focus All – This class is intended to speak to a broad audience, regardless of skill/experience.

2:00pm EST

Mabinogi: The Best/Weirdest Book You've Never Heard Of

Saturday February 22, 2025 2:00pm - 3:30pm EST

Conference Room B

The Mabinogi, or the four main branches of the Maginogion, are the earliest written prose stories in British literature. Documented from widely popular Welsh tales of the 12th and 13th centuries, the Mabinogi represent an incredibly important milestone in western literature. But more importantly, these tales contain more action, twists, and abject nonsense than any summer blockbuster movie you've ever seen! Join in for an overview of the Mabinogion as well as some humorous retellings of the antics contained within the Mabinogi. Cymru am byth!

Speakers

Scott Markwart

Scott Markwart has been practicing witchcraft for over 20 years and serves as a High Priest in the Temple of the Triple Goddess, located in Livonia, Michigan. As a lifelong academic, he spends much of his time buried in books. Scott has spent much of the past 14 years mentoring and... Read More →

Saturday February 22, 2025 2:00pm - 3:30pm EST
Conference Room B

Lecture/Discussion

Age Level Mature – Geared towards both adults and some of our more mature/older teens.
Experience Focus All – This class is intended to speak to a broad audience, regardless of skill/experience.

2:00pm EST

Magical Troubleshooting

Saturday February 22, 2025 2:00pm - 3:30pm EST

Conference Room F

Have you had a time trying to figure out how to ground? Maybe your shields feel like they are built out of glass? Feel like you just can't figure out how to get through a visualization with aphantasia? In this panel discussion, Kai and others with help you troubleshoot your magical and energy work issues and get you on the path towards better practice. With a wide variety of experience levels and traditions, if we don't know what ails you, we'll know where to look!

Speakers

Kai

Kai (they/them) is a spirit worker and priest of An Mórrígan that has been practicing paganism and polytheism for over a decade. They have studied various magical traditions and mainly focus on Fairy Witchcraft and Star Worship, as well as studying modern Irish tradition. As a spirit... Read More →

Saturday February 22, 2025 2:00pm - 3:30pm EST
Conference Room F

Lecture/Discussion

2:00pm EST

Omnimancy: How to Cast Without Using your Own Energy

Saturday February 22, 2025 2:00pm - 3:30pm EST

Conference Room D

Omnimancy is a tradition focused on energy manipulation, magical senses, analysis, and research. This class is meant to give someone a brief introduction to Omnimancy (“Omni” for short), and you will walk away from this class being able to cast three different types of shields, all without needing to do a ritual or needing to ground afterwards. You will learn how to cast a general defensive shield, a shield that prevents unintentional negative thoughts from manifesting, and a shield to prevent accidentally absorbing the emotions of others.

Speakers

Christopher Kaminski

Christopher Kaminski (b. 1994) is a Head Mage of Omnimancy, a tradition focused on direct energy manipulation, magical senses, analysis, and research, all without invoking spirits or deity and without using our own energy. He has been practicing Omnimancy for 12 years, and is the... Read More →

Saturday February 22, 2025 2:00pm - 3:30pm EST
Conference Room D

Lecture/Discussion

Age Level Mature – Geared towards both adults and some of our more mature/older teens.
Experience Focus Beginner – Requires little to no previous knowledge or training on the topic; introductory courses.

2:00pm EST

The Early Years: Witchcraft and Pagans from 1900-1950

Saturday February 22, 2025 2:00pm - 3:30pm EST

Elizabeth Ann 1

Let’s look at the turn of the twentieth century. This is arguably the most fascinating time for the development and resurgence of Modern Witchcraft and Neo-Paganism! Who were some of the key figures involved? What impact have these views, ideas, and practices had on the culture of modern Occultism today? From Crowley to Blavatsky, Gardner to Cochrane, this class seeks the foundations of our unique blend of magickal practice!

Speakers

Nathan King

Crossed Crow Books

Nathan King is a Witch, performer, and owner of Witch-Path Magick & Occult. Nathan is a Minos (3-degree High Priest ) of The Minoan Brotherhood Tradition and an initiate of British Traditional Witchcraft. He carries the inspired currents for traditional practices with a deep passion... Read More →

Saturday February 22, 2025 2:00pm - 3:30pm EST
Elizabeth Ann 1

Lecture/Discussion

2:00pm EST

They Put a Spell on You, and Now You're (NOT) Theirs

Saturday February 22, 2025 2:00pm - 3:30pm EST

Conference Room E

We love movies, TV, books, podcasts, and social media, but are they harming us as much as they are helping us? In this class, metaphysical practitioner Rachel of the Rose and psychological operations researcher Evan Follmar join forces to teach you how these mediums (double meaning intended) help to bring through spells, curses, hexes, bindings, egregores, and spiritual attachments that we unknowingly “consent” to just by turning on our devices… and how you can protect yourself whilst still enjoying the screens and content that you love! In alignment with this year’s theme of Malkuth, this class will help you to root down into discernment, as well as rise up in connection with the Divine to help you stand in your own divine sovereignty in mental, physical, and spiritual health.

Speakers

Rachel of the Rose

Rachel of the Rose is a mystic, metaphysical practitioner, Witch, and rememberer of the Old Ways. Rachel works with sound, lineage, feminine descent, and masculine "holding" to help individuals and The Collective to find sovereignty and remember their magick. She is a licensed clinical... Read More →

Evan Follmar

Evan Follmar is a musician, composer, teacher, and researcher. Evan has spent the last decade deciphering the "code" used in today's media to keep people hooked into "The System". He specialises in deconstructing predictive programming, psychological operations, and "conspiracy theories... Read More →

Saturday February 22, 2025 2:00pm - 3:30pm EST
Conference Room E

Lecture/Discussion 18+ Restricted

2:00pm EST

Music for Solitary and Group Practice

Saturday February 22, 2025 2:00pm - 3:30pm EST

First Floor Salon 1

Have you wanted to bring music into your personal practice, but aren't sure how? Do you want to share music with your group, but lack the confidence? Do you already have a musical element to your practice but want to go deeper? Come join a discussion and practical workshop on spiritual musicality and how you can develop a practice that works for you or your group. Come prepared to sing, discuss, and meet new friends! Those with instruments are encouraged to bring them. No musical experience necessary!

Speakers

Nora Farley

Nora Farley is a singer, composer, and language teacher currently pursuing her masters in music composition at the University of Michigan. She learned song-leading in her experience as a summer camp counselor and has lately turned it towards fostering the Pagan community music tradition... Read More →

Saturday February 22, 2025 2:00pm - 3:30pm EST
First Floor Salon 1

Lecture/Discussion Movement/Music

Age Level All Welcome – Acceptable for all age levels to be present in the class.
Experience Focus All – This class is intended to speak to a broad audience, regardless of skill/experience.

4:00pm EST

A Testimony of Talismans, Part 1

Saturday February 22, 2025 4:00pm - 5:30pm EST

Conference Room B

In the quarter century since the revival of Astrological Magic, few have had so significant a role (and a front row seat to the rest) as much as Clifford Hartleigh Low. Creator of several thousand talismans, prolific commentator on the Picatrix, lecturer, popularizer, and fearless trailblazer, he is arguably the most meticulous practitioner of what used to be known as the scientia ymaginum. He contends that this tradition is the most powerful and complex system of magic in all of history, whose potential remains largely unexplored. Come learn of the unknown history of this revival and the hidden agendas of its key proponents, the subjects of his still-secret personal research, discoveries and experiments, and secret keys to this magical tradition revealed here for the first time anywhere.

Speakers

Clifford Hartleigh Low

Clifford Hartleigh Low is the impossible man who does impossible things. He’s been described as a living encyclopedia of the arcane, and is recognized by his peers as one of the most accomplished practitioners of magic and divination alive; summoning spirits in front of witnesses... Read More →

Saturday February 22, 2025 4:00pm - 5:30pm EST
Conference Room B

Lecture/Discussion

4:00pm EST

As Above, So Below: Fundamentals of Natal Astrology

Saturday February 22, 2025 4:00pm - 5:30pm EST

Conference Room E

Understanding what a particular planet or house is signifying in a birth chart is basic to knowing and using the practical wisdom that astrology has to offer. Through this lecture, we will go over the fundamentals of astrological delineation (the what, where, why, and when of astrology): what the planets, signs, and house topics are, and then learn how to apply traditional methods to know what on earth is going on in one’s life and see what else is happening in the world surrounding it. This will enable you to get a foothold on traditional astrological practices and give you a valuable tool to navigating life.

Speakers

Gabe Rosas

A student of traditional astrologies for over 20 years, Gabe Rosas started with Robert Zoller's medieval astrology course. He then later on as a pupil of Robert Schmidt at Project Hindsight. His practice of Hellenistic era astrology seeks to bring the wisdom and worldview of antiquity... Read More →

Saturday February 22, 2025 4:00pm - 5:30pm EST
Conference Room E

Lecture/Discussion

Age Level All Welcome – Acceptable for all age levels to be present in the class.
Experience Focus All – This class is intended to speak to a broad audience, regardless of skill/experience.

4:00pm EST

Crossed Crow Books Publisher Panel

Saturday February 22, 2025 4:00pm - 5:30pm EST

Auditorium 2

Are you a writer? Do you have an idea for the next greatest book on witchcraft, paganism, or the occult? Then pop by the Crossed Crow Books Publisher's Panel and pitch your book to us! You'll have five minutes to pitch your idea to our team for the potential of a publishing contract!

Speakers

Blake Malliway

Crossed Crow Books

See crossedcrowbooks.com

Gianluca Pelagetti

Crossed Crow Books

Lee Anderson

Crossed Crow Books

See crossedcrowbooks.com

Saturday February 22, 2025 4:00pm - 5:30pm EST
Auditorium 2

Lecture/Discussion

Age Level All Welcome – Acceptable for all age levels to be present in the class.
Experience Focus All – This class is intended to speak to a broad audience, regardless of skill/experience.

4:00pm EST

Herbs, Resins, And Tarot

Saturday February 22, 2025 4:00pm - 5:30pm EST

First Floor Salon 3

We will look at ways to utilize herbs and resins into your tarot readings to energize them. We will look at the best herbs and resins for each card in the major arcana and each suit in the minor arcana. We will also discuss what herbs and resins can be used to cleanse tarot decks.

Speakers

Rev. Sharon Ross

Rev. Sharon Ross is a long time ecclectic witch, rootworker, and metaphysician. She earned her Bachelor Degree from the University Of Metaphysics in Metaphysical Science. She is currently pursuing a Master Degree in Metaphysical Science from the University Of Metaphysics. She is... Read More →

Saturday February 22, 2025 4:00pm - 5:30pm EST
First Floor Salon 3

Lecture/Discussion

Age Level All Welcome – Acceptable for all age levels to be present in the class.
Experience Focus All – This class is intended to speak to a broad audience, regardless of skill/experience.

4:00pm EST

How to Read Tarot Without Memorization

Saturday February 22, 2025 4:00pm - 5:30pm EST

Conference Room C

Memorizing the meanings of 78 tarot cards is a lot. Adding reversals can feel overwhelming! But don't worry—you can start reading right away without memorizing anything. This interactive workshop will teach you a few simple techniques to help you read with ease, without having to look up the meanings.

Speakers

Joe Monteleone

Joe Monteleone, a "one-man-band of magical-thinking-made reality" (Huffington Post), is a Tarot master teacher, coach, healer, occult performer, YouTuber, and modern mystic. He has over two decades of experience in tarot. He has read, taught, performed, and lectured on tarot and mystical... Read More →

Saturday February 22, 2025 4:00pm - 5:30pm EST
Conference Room C

Lecture/Discussion

Age Level All Welcome – Acceptable for all age levels to be present in the class.
Experience Focus All – This class is intended to speak to a broad audience, regardless of skill/experience.

4:00pm EST

Raymond Buckland: International Man of Mystery

Saturday February 22, 2025 4:00pm - 5:30pm EST

Auditorium 1 (Lecture Hall)

Known for classics such as “The Big Blue Book” and “Practical Candeburning Rituals,” Raymond Buckland was one of the most read Witches of the past 100 years. But what do you really know about Raymond Buckland? Go behind the scenes of Buckland’s legendary career and find out just how much of an impact Ray had on Modern Witchcraft.

Speakers

Jason Mankey

Jason Mankey has been coming to ConVocation for over twenty-five years and eventually became a prolific Witchcraft author (ten books and counting!). A former resident of Lansing Michigan, today Jason resides in California’s Silicon Valley with his wife Ari. For fun Jason enjoys... Read More →

Saturday February 22, 2025 4:00pm - 5:30pm EST
Auditorium 1 (Lecture Hall)

Lecture/Discussion

Age Level All Welcome – Acceptable for all age levels to be present in the class.
Experience Focus All – This class is intended to speak to a broad audience, regardless of skill/experience.

4:00pm EST

Sefer HaOtot - Midwifing the Book of Seals

Saturday February 22, 2025 4:00pm - 5:30pm EST

Elizabeth Ann 1

Sefer HaOtot ("Book of Seals") is a never-before-translated, never-before-published Hebrew manuscript of Solomonic seals which may be among the most complete and intact transmissions of the famed planetary pentacles. In this lecture, you'll learn about the manuscript and its history. Then, we'll talk about the process of translating and midwifing a new grimoire into the world. Finally, you'll get to see one seal from the book. Some familiarity with Solomonic magic is useful, but not required. This will be a bookish class - if you're not a nerd you probably won't enjoy it.

Speakers

Sara Mastros

WitchLessons.com

Sara Mastros, author of Orphic Hymns Grimoire, The Big Book of Magical Incense, and The Sorcery of Solomon: A Guide to the 44 Pentacles of the Magician King, is Pittsburgh's leading Witch for Hire. She teaches Tarot, Witchcraft, Greek and Near Eastern mythology, Pan-Levantine folk... Read More →

Saturday February 22, 2025 4:00pm - 5:30pm EST
Elizabeth Ann 1

Lecture/Discussion

Age Level Mature – Geared towards both adults and some of our more mature/older teens.
Experience Focus All – This class is intended to speak to a broad audience, regardless of skill/experience.

4:00pm EST

Standing at the Threshold

Saturday February 22, 2025 4:00pm - 5:30pm EST

Conference Room A

Standing at the Threshold: The Spirits, Lore, and Transformational Magics of the Doorway
Many who have an inclination towards magic may not have a room or dedicated space set aside for performing spellwork and ritual workings. However, most of us have a front door, and it is here that we are invited to engage with and perhaps re-enchant a part of our homes which is often taken for granted except when we find ourselves locked out or fumbling with our keys. In this talk we will explore the front doorway of our home as a locus for spirit work, practical charming, and magical workings. We will examine diverse perspectives, folklore, and approaches towards engaging with our doorway as a nexus of power and potentiality.

Speakers

Matthew Venus

Teacher, Author, Apothecary, Diviner, Spiritus Arcanum

Matthew Venus is a traditional witch, artist, and folk magician based in Salem, Massachusetts, whose craft is centered around a deep heart of animism and a dedication to ancestral and land-based traditions. Over the past two decades, Matthew has been sharing his teachings with students... Read More →

Saturday February 22, 2025 4:00pm - 5:30pm EST
Conference Room A

Lecture/Discussion

Age Level All Welcome – Acceptable for all age levels to be present in the class.
Experience Focus All – This class is intended to speak to a broad audience, regardless of skill/experience.

4:00pm EST

Wayside Besoms: Using Invasive Plants for Spirit Flight

Saturday February 22, 2025 4:00pm - 5:30pm EST

Conference Room D

Transvection, the witches' power to send forth the spirit in the act of "flight" from the mundane world to the Astral, can be powerfully aided by the use of tools such as besoms, fluid condensers, ointments, and various other items. These can be very opulent, mad of precious metals and gems, or very simply made of plant matter. In this class, learn about various methods to perform transvection and the tools one can create from invasive plants easily found in wayside places that may aid in the process. From options of wood from invasive trees to make besoms to fluid condensers for better spiritual vision, learn how to utilize our invasive allies to potentize your flight by night.

Speakers

Kamden Cornell

Kamden Cornell is a non-binary, queer witch living in Albuquerque, NM. They are the author of The Tameless Path: Unlocking the Power of Invasive Plants in Witchcraft, recently published by Crossed Crow. They work as an apothecarist in Old Town Albuquerque and teach classes on herbalism... Read More →

Saturday February 22, 2025 4:00pm - 5:30pm EST
Conference Room D

Lecture/Discussion

Age Level Mature – Geared towards both adults and some of our more mature/older teens.
Experience Focus Intermediate – Attendees should already be familiar with the basics of the topic.

4:00pm EST

Finding Your Magical Personality: for Younger People

Saturday February 22, 2025 4:00pm - 5:30pm EST

Elizabeth Ann 2

So many people live in this big lava rock, covered in water and green. And every one of them has the power of choice in how they react and interact with the world, mundane and magical. But each of us has leanings toward things we like more than others. Maybe you vibe with fire. You may love water and air. It really depends on your own spirit and the traditions you embrace. Let's cover some simple things you can observe in yourself to help you find where you may choose to develop your skills.

Speakers

Kenya T. Coviak

Kenya T Coviak is a Magical Teacher, writer, and creatrix of Detroit Conjure and Folk Magic Festival, the Minaudière de Sorcière Spell Deck Collection, and the My Magical Cottagecore Life podcast. Teaching engagements include ConVocation, Michigan Pagan Fest, Pagan Pride Day Detroit... Read More →

Saturday February 22, 2025 4:00pm - 5:30pm EST
Elizabeth Ann 2

Lecture/Discussion Teens (Age 13-18)

Age Level Mature – Geared towards both adults and some of our more mature/older teens.
Experience Focus Intermediate – Attendees should already be familiar with the basics of the topic.

4:00pm EST

Magic Without Tools: The Ties That Bind

Saturday February 22, 2025 4:00pm - 5:30pm EST

First Floor Salon 1

Learn about energetic links we create between people, places and things. In this class author Sean Wilde explores links, cords and other ties that bind us together. Ethics of cord cutting will be discussed, and methods of removing links temporarily and permanently.

Highlights:
* Learn how to sense energetic links
* Learn how to protect yourself from energetic links
* Learn how to block energetic links
* Learn how to remove energetic links

Suitable for any level of practitioner, you will never look at links the same way again!

Speakers

Sean WIlde

Sassy Magick

Bishop Sean Wilde UE, the author of Magic Without Tools, is a member of the Aurum Solis. He holds degrees in multiple traditions and is the only publicly verified traditional sin eater in the world. Residing in New Orleans, he co-owns Sassy Magick, Noir and Boutique, metaphysical... Read More →

Saturday February 22, 2025 4:00pm - 5:30pm EST
First Floor Salon 1

Ritual Lecture/Discussion

Age Level Mature – Geared towards both adults and some of our more mature/older teens.
Experience Focus All – This class is intended to speak to a broad audience, regardless of skill/experience.

6:00pm EST

50 Years of the Covenant of the Goddess: the Road Ahead

Saturday February 22, 2025 6:00pm - 7:30pm EST

Auditorium 1 (Lecture Hall)

Panel: Since its founding at Samhain in 1975, the Covenant of the Goddess (CoG) has worked to advance the rights and recognition of Witches and Wiccans across the U.S. and internationally. This panel brings together members of CoG to reflect on the key challenges and accomplishments they've achieved over the past 50 years, working across traditions in areas like interfaith dialogue, prison ministry, and the legal recognition of clergy. What lies ahead for the Covenant of the Goddess? What challenges will national organizations face as they continue to bring Witchy and Wiccan clergy together in an ever-changing world? Join CoG clergy for a lively, reflective, and insightful discussion on the pressing issues confronting our community.

Speakers

Pat Camarena-Rose Barbary

Pat is co-owner of Artes and Craft in Hartford, MI. She is HPS of MoonFire Coven begun in 1986 in Cambridge, MA and later resurrected in Coloma, MI. As a Mexican American, she has explored many alternative sects of Witchcraft and Paganism. As an Alexandrian and OTO member, she... Read More →

Oberon Osiris

TFT Tarot For Today

I'm a long time member of the Detroit community. I currently am involved in Interfaith groups in the Detroit Metro area. Along with my wife, we are legal priest/ess through Covenant of the Goddess and able to perform most legal ceremonies. We've read Tarot cards for over 50 years... Read More →

Rayna Templebee

Rev. Rayna Templebee was initiated as a Witch in 1983, in the Georgian Tradition of British Traditional Witchcraft and is a Skydancer Priestess within Mt Shasta Goddess Temple. Rayna is a daughter of the Ocean Mother and an aboricha in a Lucumi house under the protection of Ochun... Read More →

Macha NightMare

Witch at Large, Cherry Hill Seminary

M. Macha NightMare (Aline O'Brien), is an internationally published author, ritualist, and interfaith activist. A member of the American Academy of Religion, Marin Interfaith Council, the Nature Religion Scholars Network, and other professional organizations, she has been active in... Read More →

Manny Tejeda-Moreno

Saturday February 22, 2025 6:00pm - 7:30pm EST
Auditorium 1 (Lecture Hall)

Lecture/Discussion

Age Level All Welcome – Acceptable for all age levels to be present in the class.
Experience Focus All – This class is intended to speak to a broad audience, regardless of skill/experience.

9:00pm EST

An Cross-Quarter Ritual to Brighid and Lugh

Saturday February 22, 2025 9:00pm - 10:30pm EST

First Floor Salon 3

This ritual with incorporate devotions and offerings to Brighid and Lugh, with elements of Imbolc in the Northern Hemisphere and Lughnasadh in the Southern Hemisphere. The ritual will follow ADF's Core Order of Ritual and include elements from OBOD and RDNA.

A pre-ritual briefing will introduce the Core Order to those who are unfamiliar with it and all festival attendees are welcome to attend. The ritual will focus on the fires of Imbolc and the harvest fires of Lughnasadh.

A further discussion of Brighid and Lugh will accompany the ritual.

Speakers

Jean (Drum) Pagano

Jean (Drum) Pagano is a Druid. He has been a pagan since the 1970s and has been involved with RDNA, NRDNA, OBOD, and ADF. He is a Dedicant, Initiate, Senior Priest, and Archdruid of ADF. He is a Druid Grade member of OBOD, and a Priest in RDNA.Jean is the author or co-author of eight... Read More →

Saturday February 22, 2025 9:00pm - 10:30pm EST
First Floor Salon 3

Ritual Lecture/Discussion

Age Level All Welcome – Acceptable for all age levels to be present in the class.
Experience Focus All – This class is intended to speak to a broad audience, regardless of skill/experience.

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