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

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8:30pm EST

The History of the Game of Hope aka Lenormand

Thursday February 20, 2025 8:30pm - 10:00pm EST

In this class , I would speak on the history of the game of hope. From it’s humble roots in Germany as a game, to the world famous reader who’s name this system bears, and beyond! I will also talk about my history with the cards and cover the basics of lenormand. (I might even share some funny stories and other experiences with the cards!)

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Eron Mazza

Thursday February 20, 2025 8:30pm - 10:00pm EST
First Floor Salon 1

Lecture/Discussion

10:30pm EST

Talking With Trolls

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

First Floor Salon 1

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Trolls are a category of vættir, spirits, in various European folklore. Ranging from ugly to beautiful, harsh to compassionate, stupid to brilliant and cunning, they encompass a range of expressions, forms, and ideas. Come meet the trolls, and learn how to talk with the ones you share the world with!

Speakers

Sarenth Óðinsson

Sarenth Óðinsson is a Heathen spiritworker, erilaz, goði, and Priest of Odin and Anubis. He compiled and edited the devotional anthology Calling to Our Ancestors released by Asphodel Press and has contributed to several devotional books by Bibliotheca Alexandria. He has written... Read More →

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

Supporting LGBTQ+ In your Circles

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

First Floor Salon 1

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LGBTQ+ people have plenty of challenges in the world we live in. As Pagans, we need to work hard to be better. As a trans woman navigating the corporate world and facing my own challenges, I have found acceptance in my own pagan communities. This class is meant to train leaders on ways to make sure their circles are safe and inclusive for people of the LGBTQ+ communities. We all deserve safe spaces to worship and for some of us that is becoming more challenging, let's be better and do better for those who seek this path and seek new connections.

Speakers

Rev. Ella Silverstar

Rev. Ella Silverstar (she/her) is a 2nd Degree High Priestess of the WISE Tradition of Wicca, under the guidance of Lord Solinox Silverstar of Weavers of the Web, ATC. She is the Secretary on the Weavers of the Web board and the coven Tech Witch. Ella volunteers as the IT Director... Read More →

Friday February 21, 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.

11:30am EST

Cooking With Magickal Intention

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

First Floor Salon 1

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Have you ever truly thought about the foods you gather, prepare and serve to your loved ones? Are you familiar with the energies of those various items? What you may have added to the pot, the plate or the stomach.
It is my belief that the energy of each ingredient has strength and purpose all on its own. That when certain ingredients are added with intent, the results can be amazing.
For instance, if you needed to connect to your grounded self, to stabilize, what would you eat or prepare? What if you felt a need to clear or renew? Maybe there is change coming or, one you wish to bring forth. What energies we do consume becomes a part of us. When we add intent they become awakened, active & vibrant. This workshop will cover various veggies, fruits, proteins, dairy & herbs.

Speakers

MeKailia Nimue

MeKailia Nimue has been a practioner of magickal ways & workings for as long as she can remember. As a hereditary Witche, flows & connections of energy have always been with her. They are a part of her daily life, both in thought & action. She truly enjoys sharing with those who are... Read More →

Phoebe Sibylline

Phoebe Sibylline has studied and grown within the craft for many, many moon's now. Beginning as a solitary practioner at a very young age. She has moved into public view, studied even more and now shares her knowledge with others. Teaching privately and at local events such as Ann... Read More →

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

2:00pm EST

Building Pagan Community Through Song

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

First Floor Salon 1

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Come learn and sing a selection of Pagan songs and chants as we enact and envision the future of Pagan sacred music and its role in our community. Music has a unique magic to forge and strengthen human connections. Come prepared to sing, discuss, and meet new friends! Those with instruments are encouraged to bring them along. 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 →

Friday February 21, 2025 2:00pm - 3:30pm EST
First Floor Salon 1

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

Dancing with Death: A Primer for Death Deities

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

First Floor Salon 1

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From Hades to Izanami, there are gods of death from all around the world. Join us as we discuss what it means to work with these deities on a personal level. We'll do a quick tour of some popular and less-than-popular death gods, what working with them can look like, and what you can learn from these often misunderstood purveyors of death. Come look death in the face. You might just learn something.

Speakers

Arden le Fey

Arden le Fey is a Michigan native eclectic witch with a background in classic Wicca, modern witchcraft, Satanism, and is an active member of the Sisterhood of Avalon. They also have a BA in psychology and write book reviews on Instagram and Goodreads. Please give them a follow @b... Read More →

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

7:00pm EST

Divination Invitational XII

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

First Floor Salon 1

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The Divination Invitational is an opportunity for Readers and Querents to meet up for a free reading. If you use tea leaves, coffee grounds, pendulum, tarot, Lenormond, Oracles, bones, runes, crystal ball, stones, mirror, ashes, dominoes, dice, knife spinning, palmistry, I Ching, or any other method of divination, bring your materials and read for someone. Come see a new scrying method, get a reading, and perhaps learn something new. Compare notes with someone who practices the same method you do. Welcome all Scryers and Readers!

Speakers

GreenWoman/Jo-Ann

GreenWoman/Jo-Ann has been attending ConVocation since 2004. She was introduced to Tarot as a teenager but truly began to appreciate and study Divination after meeting Ann Moura. Since then, she has accumulated hundreds of tarot, rune and oracle decks. She has taught beginner... Read More →

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

9:30am EST

World Soul: Finding the Divine in the World

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

First Floor Salon 1

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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.

11:30am EST

Liber Nephilim - My Experiences with the Fallen Angels

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

First Floor Salon 1

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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.

2:00pm EST

Music for Solitary and Group Practice

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

First Floor Salon 1

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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

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

Magic Without Tools: The Ties That Bind

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

First Floor Salon 1

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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.

11:00am EST

Pagan Sacred Music: Past, Present, and Future

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

First Floor Salon 1

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Sharing music is an important part of building tradition and community. In this workshop we'll learn about and discuss the past (20th century) present, and future of music within the modern Pagan movement. We will discuss the roles that music plays in our practice and in our communities, and our hopes for how these traditions will continue to evolve. Come prepared to learn, discuss, listen, sing, meet new friends, and delve into some of the deeper questions about how music speaks to our spiritual selves. Those with instruments are encouraged to bring them. No musical experience necessary!

Speakers

Nora Farley

Sunday February 23, 2025 11:00am - 12:30pm EST
First Floor Salon 1

1:00pm EST

A Testament of Herbs: Anointing Oils for the Departed

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

First Floor Salon 1

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This class covers common, and come uncommon, herbs that can be used by a spiritual herbalist making anointing oils for the deceased and their lives ones. It is not a class on religion. Formulas, checklists, and practices will be discussed. Mature Content.

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 →

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

Lecture/Discussion 18+ Restricted

ConVocation 2025: Explore and Build Pathways to the Divine

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