Artist, designer, and author Laura Tempest Zakroff will share with you the processes behind the creation of her art and the items she designs, and where it merges with magic, spellcraft, and devotional work. She will also guide you through how to consider integrating art and design into your own practice.
The Witches' Pyramid is a concept that many witches hold in high regard as one the foundational pillars of witchcraft. It is both a learning tool for the beginner witch and a philosophy to abide by while performing magick. As Paganism grows in popularity, there is an increase in the need for good Pagan leaders. Join. Rev. Emily for this informational discussion of how you can apply the principles of the Witches' Pyramid to your leadership to help your community grow and to help you serve your community.
What is it like to be part of an initiatory coven? What do they do? What is a lineage? What does it mean to be part of a priesthood? What is a mystery religion? What is required for initiation? Join Temple of the Rising Phoenix Matriarch and several Priests and Priestesses of this American Wiccan Tradition as they present a panel on what it is like to be part of an initiatory lineage. Members will share their personal experiences "both challenges and rewards“ of being part of a longstanding lineage of over 45 years and learning and growing in this kind of structure. The Tradition is a syncretic, initiatory, mystery religion dedicated to the worship of the Goddess and God through ritual practices, magick and esoteric processes for the purposes of enlightenment, spiritual advancement, and attunement with nature.
A few years back, we explored concepts of rewilding for ourselves and our spiritual communities. Now we are taking the next step of removing ourselves from situations, people and places that no longer nourish or nurture us. Stepping out into the world, where do you find the Divines and how do they look? How do you find the courage to engage deeply with the Spirit-folk we call Gods and Ancestors? Come explore the concept of feral church and how it applies to you, your life and the people that surround you.
Whether you realize it or not, you're probably already familiar with scrying. From the infamous incantation, "Mirror, Mirror on the wall, who's the fairest of them all?" spoken by the evil queen in Snow White, to Galadriel's magical mirror pool that shows the past, present, and future in Lord of the Rings, to the popular (and creepy!) "Bloody Mary" sleepover game, scrying is part of our collective psyche. In this workshop, we will learn how to engage in three primary types of scrying: water, mirror, and flame. We'll discuss the basics of magical safety, discernment, interpretation, and ethics as they apply to these techniques. We will also cover how to intentionally open and close portals to help fine-tune and focus your chosen scrying medium. Your host for this adventure is Jamie, whose essay on scrying was recently featured in The Feminine Macabre Volume IV.
The Victorian era was a hotbed of discourse on intercourse which spilled over into religion and esotericism. Come one, come all to hear about the literature and practice of sacred sexuality as it sprung up in: *the Golden Dawn's favorite sexual mystic, Thomas Lake Harris, who taught about breathing exercises, group marriage, and the fairies living in your breasts; *the sexual mischief of Golden Dawn wanna-be's Madame and Theo Horos; *the less than Rosy relationship between sex magick pioneers Hargrave Jennings and Paschal Beverly Randolph; *Carl Kellner's encounter with sacred sexuality and its entry into Ordo Templi Orientis; *the unlikely two degrees of separation between Crowley and New York tantric initiator Oom the Omnipotent (and it doesn't involve Kevin Bacon); *Ida Craddock's tell-all book about her marriage to an angel with godlike technique; *ClÃment du Saint-Marcq's strange yet compelling argument for what really happened at the last supper.
