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

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9:30am EST

Making the World Safe for People Like Us…

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

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

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.

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.

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

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