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

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10:30pm EST

Everything is People: Animism & Spirits Made Easy

Thursday February 20, 2025 10:30pm - Friday February 21, 2025 12:00am EST

Animism, the idea that all things have a spirit, isn't a belief system so much as it is a natural part of human existence. Unlearn your unlearning and embrace the spirit in all things as we and find out how to respectfully work with objects, animals, spirits, concepts, and everything else for powerful magical practices.

Speakers

Mother Multiverse

A biologist, game maker, and occultist, Mother Multiverse has been practicing magic for over twenty five years, focusing on chaos magick for over fifteen. A natural scientist, her approach to the occult has been one of experimentation and innovation, learning and inventing new techniques... Read More →

Thursday February 20, 2025 10:30pm - Friday February 21, 2025 12:00am 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

Self Publishing 101 for Pagan Authors

Friday February 21, 2025 9:30am - 11:00am EST

Conference Room G

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So many practitioners and teachers have the knowledge to share, but aren't sure how to get it to the hands of those seeking it. As an author, artist, and advocate, my goal is to get the tools to publish into the hands of those with something to say.
We will go over how to structure and edit your book, how to choose which distributors to publish through, how to find a cover artist and illustrator or create your images, ways to format your book for publishing, and give you the rundown about the dreaded "M" word: marketing.

Speakers

Rue Sparks

Rue Sparks is a composite of neurosis and nonsense held together by duct tape and sheer stubbornness. A widow, disabled, and queer, they traverse the equally harsh and cathartic landscape where trauma and healing align to create stories that burrow into the hearts and minds of their... Read More →

Friday February 21, 2025 9:30am - 11:00am EST
Conference Room G

Lecture/Discussion Arts and Crafts

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

The DARKEST Arte! How to advertise your pagan business!

Friday February 21, 2025 11:30am - 1:00pm EST

Conference Room G

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Artes And Craft opened in the middle of nowhere in Michigan 9 years ago. It has become one of the best loved in the Midwest. It has 10,000+ more Facebook followers than Laurie Cabot’s Enchanted and Christian Day’s HEX combined! It is on the first page of Google for many key search terms! HOW!?! Well, the fact that Paul was a corporate whore and worked as a senior executive specializing in Sales and Marketing technology for companies such As Wrigley, Mars and Gillette for over 30 years means he knows a thing or two… And is willing to share the darkest of all arts – advertising and marketing your pagan business!

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 →

Friday February 21, 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 Beginner – Requires little to no previous knowledge or training on the topic; introductory courses.

2:00pm EST

Court Card Cocktail Conference, (no cocktails please)

Friday February 21, 2025 2:00pm - 3:30pm EST

Conference Room G

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Have a difficult time dealing with the court cards? If you can't beat them be them! We will have quick discussion on the nature of the court cards then YOU will take on the role of a court card and others will have to guess who you are. Tis will give you an experience many court cards and make it easier to remember the ones you do not meet. No tarot deck required for this class but bring a notepad.

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 →

Friday February 21, 2025 2:00pm - 3:30pm EST
Conference Room G

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.

4:00pm EST

Building The Magickal Apothecary

Friday February 21, 2025 4:00pm - 5:30pm EST

Conference Room G

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We will discuss how to resource herbs, spices, and other magickal items to build an apothecary that will serve all your magickal and economic needs. We will also discuss how to properly store apothecary items, foraging, and how to properly dry fresh herbs. We will also look at the top 10 herbs every apothecary should have and why.

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 →

Friday February 21, 2025 4:00pm - 5:30pm 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.

7:00pm EST

Conversation with Mother Mary

Friday February 21, 2025 7:00pm - 8:30pm EST

Conference Room G

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A practicing animist, Mikki Baloy has developed an ongoing personal relationship with Mother Mary (yes that one). This relationship, which has been somewhat outside the usual church-centric ideas, has led to Mary becoming a primary ally in Mikki's Shamanic and ritual practice. This informed her book, "Conversations with Mother Mary: Loving Wisdom from Her Life to Yours," published in 2022. In our time together, Mikki will offer a reading, discussion and Q&A, and perhaps a short channeled message from Mary herself.

Speakers

Mikki Baloy

Mikki Baloy is a shamanic practitioner and ritualist. She is the author of "Conversations with Mother Mary: Loving Wisdom from Her Life to Yours," having cultivated a relationship with Mary outside of the usual context of the church through animist and shamanic practice. Since 2009... Read More →

Friday February 21, 2025 7:00pm - 8:30pm EST
Conference Room G

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

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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

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.

2:00pm EST

Circle Casting for Teens 101

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

Conference Room G

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In this class I will talk about the history of casting circles, what it is for and I will conclude with my own personal method of casting A circle. I want to answer questions like “why A circle?”, “how long has this been a part of ritual?” I will also encourage the participants to create their own circles and to take magick in their own hands!

Speakers

Eron Mazza

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

Teens (Age 13-18)

4:00pm EST

Foraging in the MI Area aka Part 1

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

Conference Room G

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Learn about the edible, magical and medicinal properties of 45 common plants, trees, berries, mushrooms. How and where to harvest and store them once harvested, tools and tips that could be useful, definitions and a favorite recommended book/website list.

Speakers

Lucille Rose

Business Owner, Lotions Potions & Notions

Lucille Rose, Rev and Hps, is an ordained Minister and a Third Degree Initiate Wiccan High Priestess of the Oak Ash and Thorn Coven (An American Eclectic Initiatory Wiccan Tradition) and founder of Briar Rose. a daughter circle of the Tangled Moon Coven. She had articles published... Read More →

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

11:00am EST

The Rosy Cross Through the Ages

Sunday February 23, 2025 11:00am - 12:30pm EST

Conference Room G

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How did a manifesto about a nonexistent secret society enthrall 17th century Europe and give birth to one of the major currents of Western esotericism? This workshop will explore the history of Rosicrucianism from its origins in radical Protestantism to its role in shaping the contemporary Pagan revival. Along the way, we will see how numerous groups, including the Golden Dawn and Rosicrucian Order Crotona Fellowship, were inspired by the Rosicrucian legend to forge new pathways to wisdom and the divine.

Speakers

Evan Lirensis

Evan is a British Traditional Witch who has been studying and practicing the occult for over two decades. He is especially interested in the history of Wicca and western esotericism, comparative religion, and Biblical studies. Evan earned his BA from Wheaton College (IL) and his MBA... Read More →

Sunday February 23, 2025 11:00am - 12:30pm 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.

1:00pm EST

A Testimony of Talismans, Part 2

Sunday February 23, 2025 1:00pm - 2:30pm EST

Conference Room G

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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 →

Sunday February 23, 2025 1:00pm - 2:30pm EST
Conference Room G

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