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

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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

What’s My Spell? Magical Improv

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

Auditorium 2

Given a bag of ingredients and spell to cast, can you improvise your way into effective magic? Any book of spells can be used as an inspirational guide to what is magically possible. In this class you will tap into that information and then use your imagination to play with magic in a new way. Join Jacki in this fun witch-tastic game where teams of witches will compete to create the most creative spell with the most mundane objects. There will be prizes!

Speakers

Jacki Smith

Jacki Smith is the multi-talented founder of Coventry Creations, an internationally known, rapidly growing candle factory in Ferndale, MI as well as a co-owner of the magically quaint Candle Wick Shoppe. Jacki didn’t just start a candle company, she jump started an entire industry... Read More →

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

Movement/Music

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

Shake, Shimmy and Wiggle!

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

Conference Room H (Children's)

Come and Shake, Shimmy, and Wiggle your bodies with Miss Nikki! We will put on coin belts (bring one if you have one!) and Shimmy to fun energetic music. Learn easy and fun belly dance moves. Then we will play Freeze Dance!

Speakers

Mistress Nikki

Mistress Nikki is a dynamic force in the world of dance and spirituality. With nearly two decades of belly dance expertise, she brings a unique blend of sensuality and artistry to her teaching. As a certified exercise and dance instructor, she ensures that her classes are both fun... Read More →

Saturday February 22, 2025 11:30am - 1:00pm EST
Conference Room H (Children's)

Movement/Music Children (Age 5-12)

Age Level Child – Geared towards ages 5 - 12. (under 5 must be accompanied by a Teen or Adult)
Experience Focus All – This class is intended to speak to a broad audience, regardless of skill/experience.

11:30am EST

The Dance of Cosmic Harmony

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

Garden Marquee

As we ritually move through an ancient pattern from the stars, called the Domeia Mandala, also known as the Map of the Star Maiden, we will open the Gate into another dimension and feel the rush of primordial energy as it infuses all the life around us, including our core beings. You will learn some of its history and legends down through the ages and how you can use this mandala in your personal life. Easy movements for all ability levels.

Speakers

Bonadea Lyonesse

Bonadea Lyonesse (Patricia DeSandro) has served the larger Pagan community as a wisewoman, elder high priestess of Wicca, and a teacher/presenter for more than 35 years. She founded the Circle of the Sacred Grove Temple of the Old Religion, an active teaching coven, in 1999. Bonadea... Read More →

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

Ritual Movement/Music

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

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.

6:00pm EST

Queer Rite of Personal Sovereignty and Blessing

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

Auditorium 2

Understanding our identity, the core of our sense of self, is one of the most intimate and sacred experiences of our existence on this plane. In this ritual, we all step forward to claim our personal sovereignty. Those who have recently stepped into their own personal power by claiming their true gender, name, sexuality, pronouns, etc. will be invited to have their identity affirmed and hailed by those present and, if desired, be blessed.

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 →

Enfys Book

Author, Major Arqueerna

Enfys J. Book (they/them) is the author of the Gold COVR award-winning Queer Qabala, co-author (with Ivo Dominguez, Jr.) of Sagittarius Witch, and author of the forthcoming Queer Rites: A Magickal Grimoire to Honor Your Milestones with Pride (Llewellyn, 2025). They are the High Priest... Read More →

Saturday February 22, 2025 6:00pm - 7:30pm EST
Auditorium 2

Ritual Movement/Music

Age Level Teen/Young Adult – Geared towards those 12 - 21 years of age.
Experience Focus All – This class is intended to speak to a broad audience, regardless of skill/experience.

6:00pm EST

Runic Dance Ritual

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

First Floor Salon 3

Using the Runes presented in the workshop, we gather to honor the divine within ourselves. Ritual will be done as a combination of choreographed movement and a Sumbel (and oath, a toast, and a boast) and you can participate as much as you wish. Guidance will be provided prior to the ritual.

Fehu: the wealth we gain through hard work from our own hands and heart. Algiz, The willingness to tap into that self-motivation and magick to see through our goals. Othel-In times of need were we call on ancestors for additional guidance.

Speakers

Erin Hagen

Erin Hagen is a life-long student and lover of dance. She has been trained in ballet, Fat Chance Bellydance Style (FCBD Style), and Fly Fusion belly dance. She takes her love for dance to create stories, ritual, and community.Her spiritual practice has changed and evolved into a Nordic... Read More →

Saturday February 22, 2025 6:00pm - 7:30pm EST
First Floor Salon 3

Ritual 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.

9:00pm EST

The 2025 ConVocation Masquerade Ball!!

Saturday February 22, 2025 9:00pm - Sunday February 23, 2025 12:00am EST

Garden Marquee

As we celebrate our 30th year of ConVocation, let's all prepare for a beautiful ball!
As the theme of the Con is Malkuth, the Sephira that emanates from us toward the divine, let's channel the inspirations that brought us to our magical work!
The ConVocation Ball theme is Characters that inspire your magical journey.

Saturday February 22, 2025 9:00pm - Sunday February 23, 2025 12:00am EST
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Movement/Music

ConVocation 2025: Explore and Build Pathways to the Divine

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