PantheaCon 2013 Program Guide by PantheaCon

PantheaCon 2013

Co-operation, Tolerance, & Love

PantheaCon 2013 Staff This will be a wonderful gathering, but it could not have been done without a tremendous amount of help from a lot of heroines and heroes. Here is a list of some of our staff. • Ringmaster: Glenn Turner (Ringmaster) • Conference Assistance Team: Caradwen von Braskat (Dept. Head), Gene Hertel & Cruz Arellanes (Dept. Seconds), Kimberly Allbee, Darrin Barnett, Otto Benson, Dorie Bernstein, Max Bernstein, Laurel Beyl, Erin Bradley, Beth Buschbaum, Ted Ellis, Kaerla Fellows, Larcie Fitzmorris, Kelly Gallagher, Peggy Glosser, Merelan Housel, Dennis James, Durelle Kurlinski, Eric Liter, Chris Martin, Joe Martin, Kathleen McDowell, Cynan Roberts, Nicole Terry, Terrence Terry, Robert Tharp, Robert Sallade, Vikki Savo, Martha Storm, Jenna Strong, James Sullivan, Robert Toland & Erica Vonasek • Green Room: Christa Osier (Dept. Head), Wynter Weiss (Dept. Second), Alex Beachy, Nico Beachy, Sara Moore, Brad Lee, Jack Passadore, Christine Wolfe-Lee, Terrie Wolfe-Lee • Gryphons & Ravens: Angela T Carlson (Dept. Head), Bella Crow, Ronan Buchanan (Dept. Seconds), Thorfinn, Jennifer Boyster, Boris Charton, Maia De Bono, Sebastian Havel, Cara Sanchez, Kay Nelson, Sasha Tkachef, Leslie Berget, Janelle Tassano, Jennifer Young, Michelle Gillaspie, Acianita Lucero • Hospitality: Sandra Benson (Dept. Head), Christina Jeffries (Dept. Second), Esther Bamberg, Geoffrey Bayley, Diana Benson, David Coronado, Kelli Melocik, Richard Lyons, Jonathan Kaufman • Hotel Liasion, on-site: Thalassa • Information Desk: Sage DeRosier (Dept. Head), Alicia Moore (Dept Second), Bob DeRosier, Shanda Gatlin, Tina Beachy, Beau Caughlan, Amy Turner, Tina Mahr, Indigo Prizm, Princess Teacup, Karyn Mari Wester • Logistics: Faeble Kievman (Dept Head), Chris Perry, Collin , David Isler • Newsletter: Helena Handbasket (Dept. Head), Michelle McNeill • Pre-Registration: Teri Davis (Dept. Head), Bob Orser, Donald Simpson • Programming: Mike (Dept. Head), Jamie Buschbaum (Dept. Head), Morgan Anduin, David Cooke, Don Hopkins, Donna Isler, Patricia Lafayllve, Amber Oswald, Julie Vayda • Registration: Joi Wolfwomyn (Dept. Head), Chandra Krinsky (Dept. Second), Lucy Fur, Mama Rhi, Chance Lightning, Kitty Crowe, Alex Tinder, Aster Stardirt, Marian Hindenes, Lo Lo, Pooky, Maz Sykes, Mama Vi Knowing Looks, Dusty Dmitri Bloomingheart, Kirk Jasper • Staff Lounge: Eric Turner “Blondie” (Dept Head), Justin Parker (Dept Second), Heather Major, Gwenn Moyer, Morgan Penngrath, Arthur Penngrath, Diane Shaw • Technical Services: Donald Barks (Dept. Head), Sue McCullough (Dept. Second), Bonnie McCammond (Dept Third), Kenton Barks, Ryn Serenity Bruce, Michael Charboneau, Mike Cowen, Sean Greening, Cameron Nelson, Justin Philbrook, Mandy Shull, Techno • Vendors: Thalassa (Dept. Head). Rydell Downward (Vendor Second), Edward, Gareth Storm • Web Site: Mike Richard, Jamie Buschbaum, Dewey Worth • Program design & layout: Jim Ward

Contents PantheaCon 2013 Staff................................................................... 3 Welcome to PantheaCon 2013....................................................... 4 Welcome from the Programming Staff........................................... 5 Information Desks 2013................................................................. 5 The Green Room, Presenters Check In ............................................ 5 Techinal Services............................................................................ 6 Volunteers (AKA Gryphons)............................................................ 6 Convention Operations................................................................... 7 Peace Bonding............................................................................... 7 Hotel Survival Guide....................................................................... 7 While You Are Here......................................................................... 8 Event & Ritual Etiquette................................................................. 8 PantheaCon FAQ............................................................................. 9 Parties & Hospitality Suites.......................................................... 10 Friday Afternoon Schedule........................................................... 19 Friday Evening Schedule.............................................................. 22 Saturday Morning Schedule......................................................... 25 Saturday Afternoon Schedule....................................................... 28 Saturday Evening Schedule.......................................................... 31 Sunday Morning Schedule........................................................... 34 Sunday Afternoon Schedule......................................................... 37 Sunday Evening Schedule............................................................ 40 Monday Morning Schedule.......................................................... 43 Monday Afternoon Schedule........................................................ 45 PantheaCon 2013 Presenters........................................................ 47 PantheaCon Vendors.................................................................... 65 Event Floorplans...............................................................back cover Cover Illustration by Thena MacArthur 3

Welcome to PantheaCon 2013

elcome to the Nineteenth annual PantheaCon. Our wonderW ful gathering of the tribes has become the largest annual pagan convention in the US. The Bay Area has a wide range of pagans,

re-constructionists, and nature religions that meet and mingle here. We are pleased to have made the hard choice among so many fine applications of great events and knowledgeable speakers. Each morning has two 90 minute sessions (9 AM–10:30 AM & 11 AM–12:30 PM) and each afternoon has two (1:30 PM–3 PM. & 3:30 PM–5 PM), with a one-hour lunch and a two-hour dinner break. In the evening events are scheduled at 7 PM, 9 PM and 11 PM. You can find scholarly, ritual and entertainment presentations in almost every time slot. So no matter what mood you are in, there will be something to get you excited and get you going. The Con runs from 1 PM on Friday to 4 PM on Monday and has over 200 presentations. Registration for the Conference opens at 10 AM on Friday, Feb. 17th, and is at the Convention Center Entry on the ground floor farthest from the hotel elevators. After you register and pick up your badge, you will receive a complete program guide, pocket program, and up to date changes. Look each day for our PantheaCon Daily Oracle for the latest about changes to the program and upcoming evening parties. Badges will be required for participation in any presentation or for admittance to any official PantheaCon party floor. Badges will be checked. Please wear your badge at all times. Lost badges will have to be purchased again, but your money will be refunded if you find the old one. [See badge policy] A short Opening Ritual with Glenn Turner and friends starts the Conference at 1 pm (Hotel room check in is typically at 3 PM, but bags can be left with the hotel bell service people.) Then at 1:30 PM the Con gets going with lots of wonderful presentations. We will have up to 14 different simultaneous workshops going on at any time. Keep your eyes open on the official posting spots to hear about parties or informal meetings. Every time slot is full of magical and fabulous presentations. One of our biggest “complaints” is that there is no cloak of bi-location available for people. And don’t forget Monday, it may be the last day of Con but it has some of the best stuff. You can wrap up the weekend with the Closing Ritual at 3:15 PM. Dress up, have fun. Bring your dancing shoes for all the great events with dancing, wear red and black for the Friday night Pomba devotional, and robes and finery we can only wear in a hotel, but not outside. (A word of caution: we share the hotel includ-

ing the elevators and First floor areas with a few non-Con hotel guests and visitors to Club Max on Friday and Saturday. Please, be covered as if for the street when traveling through the public areas of the hotel. This is not to discourage dazzling costuming.) You may also want to bring a drum to join in a drum circle one evening, or bring ritual robes, or a kilt, or pirate garb, or finery for parties or just relax as your self. We again have the use of the bar called Club Max all day Sunday. Look for the events scheduled there. No bar there this year. The Ballroom Mezzanine area on the 2nd floor above Reg will have a food cart with tables and chairs. A Book Signing table is in the hallway outside the Vendor room. Find the schedule of the authors doing signings at the Vendor Central table. Books can be bought at the Ancient Ways booth where you can also find books and CDs the presenters bring to us to sell for them. (Presenters, wanting to sign up to do book signings do so at Vendor Central. Presenters, please check ahead with us by email store @ ancientways.com; don’t just drop off books or CDs at the Ancient Ways booth without prior permission.) The San Martin Hallway can be used as a place to go after an exciting workshop to continue the discussion. Sometimes the Con Suite is a good place to gather to discuss a good topic. Check with them first by phoning 7954. The Conference Hospitality Suite (Con Suite) is in the Ninth floor Presidential suite, Room 954, has snacks, tea and coffee and is a place to go to relax a bit. It is open much of the time or as we can staff it. If you wish to bring something to contribute, by all means, do so. We also have a nearby Kid Friendly room – kids must be with an adult. As requested by a Teen petition, this year we also have a Teen Lounge on the 2nd floor in Chardonnay next door to the Health Club. It will be open from about 9 am till midnight. Party Rooms and Hospitality Suites: The 2nd, 9th and 10th floors are where parties are held. All will host discussions, gatherings and parties. Look for the details of these groups with their times and days further on in the program book, and at the Information table and Bulletin board. All groups hosting parties should give their information to the Info table and check in with Ops for guidelines. Please help us make this Convention better by using our General Event Evaluation form and send it back when you’ve filled it in. We want you to have the best possible time with your peers as possible. You can always send us feedback at feedback@pantheacon. com. We will have a feedback form posted on the website too.

Welcome from the 2013 Programming Staff! We’ve scheduled more than 200 presentations from many different traditions, so we think there will be plenty to keep everyone involved, busy and having fun. You can find the presentation schedule elsewhere in the program guide or online at pantheacon. com. You’ll also find a list of party room events. If late-night parties aren’t your thing, we’ve started offering selected scholarly presentations in the evening hours.

Some important notes: 1. All presentations and party floors are monitored, so remember to wear your badge at all times. If you don’t have your badge you will be asked to retrieve it before being allowed to enter a presentation or party. 2. If you are attending a presentation with adult content, make sure you bring your state-issued ID with you as we will be checking ages at the door. 3. Please be aware that as our attendance grows some popular presentations may fill to capacity. We will be turning people away if the rooms are too full. If you think a presentation might be really popular, we highly recommend that you arrive early. PantheaCon is doing its part to combat the condition known as Pagan Standard Time. Please be prompt to all your events, especially those that are marked as closed or restricted entry - if you’re late, you may not get in! All closed/restricted events are marked with a special symbol in the program. If you are in a hallway outside presentations in progress, please be respectful of your fellow con-goers and keep it quiet. There are plenty of places in the hotel where loud, happy people are welcome and where you won’t run the risk of disturbing a presentation. We encourage you to make the Info desk a regular stop every day for message board postings such as cancellations, room changes and late additions to the schedule, and copies of our amazing newsletter. The newsletter also contains schedule changes, as well as helpful hints on staying healthy, ritual etiquette, local restaurants, interviews and daily divination readings. We hope you will fill out a PantheaCon feedback form before you head home. You can find them at the info desk, or you can email your comments to feedback@pantheacon.com. We do listen to your suggestions and comments and use them to help make every year a little bit better. See you around the Con! — The PantheaCon Programming Team

Information Desks 2013

Got questions? Come by one of the Information desks and our ultra friendly staff can help direct you to where you want to go, give you suggestions for places to eat, tell you about the hotel shuttle, give you a daily newsletter and a pocket program guide, and so much more! Last year for your convenience we added a Secondary Information desk located near the main bank of elevators. The Primary Information desk will still be located between the Registration table and the Vending room.

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Please keep track of your badge!

You will be asked to show your badge at the entrance to most con events. If you do not have your badge, you will be asked to retrieve it before entering. Our policy for lost badges is that if you have lost your badge, you will need to purchase another con membership at full price. If you later find your original badge, you can bring both badges to the registration desk and we will refund the cost of your second badge. There are no exceptions!

You can bring Lost and Found items to either of the Information desks and we will make sure it goes to ConOps for safekeeping. Check with us first to see if something you lost was turned in. We can direct you to Con-Ops, if your lost item isn’t with us. If you have flyers, you want to post, you must bring them to the Primary Information desk so we can approve for posting and give you the right kind of tape to post with. Also, you can find PantheaCon’s fabulously helpful Feedback forms at the Information desk. PLEASE, take a little time to give us your feedback - we use it to improve the Con each year. Oh, and let us know if this is your first time at PantheaCon—we love to help you have an outstanding experience. (We are developing a “New to PantheaCon” essay and could use your questions and suggestions.) Information desk hours are as follows: Friday, Saturday, & Sunday–8:00 AM to midnight, Monday–8:00 AM to 3:00 PM.

The Green Room (for use of the presenters)

Where Presenters Check In

(in the Capitola room opposite the San Jose and near Club Max) Thank you for joining us to present at PantheaCon! First, please pick up your conference badge at Registration, located at the lobby level. Then, go to the Green Room, located opposite the San Jose room on the first floor and near Club Max. Please check in at least 90 min before your presentation. Those who do will receive a special ribbon. This can also be done a day or two ahead if you are already attending the conference.

BLOOD HEROES: PANTHEACON 2013 BLOOD DRIVE Coru Priesthood and Solar Cross Temple have joined forces with Blood Centers of the Pacific to host a Blood Drive at PantheaCon 2013. We invite all Pagans to donate blood at the “Blood Heroes Blood Drive” being held on Saturday, February 16 and Sunday, February 17 from 11 am to 4 pm PST at PantheaCon. Visit the Blood Drive table in the lobby to sign up for blood donation! Every three seconds someone in the U.S. needs blood. The Coru Priesthood and Solar Cross are hosting this blood drive as an act of kinship, hospitality and devotion to our community and to the Morrigan, Celtic Goddess of sovereignty, prophecy, and battle. We encourage all people to donate the gift of life, whether in the name of your own deities, the Morrigan or without devotional intent.

Green Room will be open: Friday–10:00 AM to 11:00 PM Saturday–8:30 AM to 11:00 PM Sunday–8:30 AM to 11:00 PM Monday–8:30 AM to 2:00 PM In the past, some of our presenters have experienced lines at Green Room check in, mainly because of the high volume of participants on Friday night and Saturday morning for check in. To help smooth this process, we ask that the contact person and only the contact person come into the Green Room to sign in for their event. The contact person will be given all of the “Presenter” ribbons allocated for their event. All other members of a workshop or ritual will be able to get their ribbons from the contact person. Any discounts or compensation will also be given to the contact person only. Any technical changes, scheduling, or room changes will be made with the contact person only. We hope this will make things much faster and smoother so that we can make the best possible convention for everyone, especially for our presenters! If you have Assistants that are there to help in ONLY your event, they will get a special badge from the Green Room. Come early, so they are not delayed and late to the presentation. You will need to pick it up for them. This will give them access to your event, NOT any other presentations at P-Con. They are welcome to purchase a day pass at registration to attend other events, if they become interested. If you need additional copies of your handout, there is a business center in the hotel where they are already set up for exactly this type of service. We look forward to your presentation!

Technical Services

Greetings from the Tech Dept (aka Engineering). We are the folks responsible for providing Technical support to presenters at PantheaCon. Our primary magickal skill is invisibility; if you can /see/ us then something has gone wrong. Presenters please be assured that we are doing our best to support your needs. Some presenters opt to bring their own equip-

ment (LCD projectors, PAs, etc.) If you decide to bring you own gear, please let us know. We do provide screens for anyone bringing their own projector. For those requesting LCD projectors, we do NOT provide video adapters for Mac computers. Con-Goers: The Tech department asks that you be careful and respectful of any equipment in presentation rooms. Do not move or adjust any equipment unless instructed directly by the Tech Staff. We appreciate your good intentions, but prefer to handle the gear ourselves. And, oh yes... we are the prettiest ones.

Volunteers (aka Gryphons) Room 245

https://pantheacon.com/wordpress/faqs/ how-can-i-volunteer/ As Gryphons (Volunteers), we can be called upon to assist any other department or to do our own specific duties such as monitoring access to presentations and parties. Volunteers can *earn back* their Registration fee and may be considered for open Staff positions at future Cons. Important notes: 1. You must be at least 16 years old to be a Gryphon 2. The minimum shift length is two hours 3. You must work at least eight hours to earn any refund 4. The number of hours required to earn back your Registration fee varies by the amount you paid. At this year’s rates, it will take eight hours to earn back a $55 dollar registration and 10.5 hours to earn back a $75 registration 5. No one but you can work hours towards your refund 6. You cannot earn more money back than you paid to get into the conference 7. Unfortunately, we do not have crash space for people to sleep 8. Volunteers are responsible for feeding themselves throughout the Con Here’s how the process works. On arriving at Con, visit Registration to register and pick up your badge. With badge in hand, please come to Gryphon Central (in *Room 245 *on the 2nd Floor behind the elevators). You will need to fill out a Volunteer Form and have your picture taken (for our records only), and you will be given a Gryphon number and a time sheet. Your time sheet will be used to determine your refund amount. To ensure that you receive credit for all hours worked, you *MUST* check in at the *Room 245* *at least 15 minutes prior to your shift* and after the end of your shift – your time sheet must be updated and initialed by a Staff member. We have an immediate reimbursement policy, which means that you will receive a check on-site after you’ve worked your specified number of hours. Our work trade agreement also specifies that once you are assigned a shift and have agreed to work it, you must show up or face serious repercussions (e.g. losing all hours previously worked on that day). Current work trade rates will be available at the Gryphon’s Lair and on your Volunteer form. To get started, start by checking the online Schedule of Eventshttps://pantheacon.com/wordpress/at-pantheacon/whats-happening/program-guide/>to determine the days and times you’re

available. Once you’ve done that, please come upstairs to *Room 245* as soon as you get your badge and sign up for your shifts. Please remember that Friday, Saturday and Sunday shifts are very popular and will be filled quickly. Monday shifts have a special added bonus: work 3 hours and have it count for 4. Most Monday shifts involve assisting with load-out and require volunteers to to lift up to 40 pounds. In 2013, we will be going back to on-site only Volunteer shifts to keep everything fair – just visit the Gryphon’s Lair during the following hours: • Friday: 9:30 am – 11:30 pm • Saturday & Sunday: 7:45 am – 10:30 pm •Monday: 7:45 am – 5:00 pm

Convention Operations—Room 268

Convention Operations (commonly called ConOps) can be found in the Zinfandel Room on the Second Floor of the hotel (just past the Boardroom and the Riesling room on the left side of the taller tower of rooms), and it will be open almost 24 hours a day, starting early Friday 2/15 and closing late afternoon Monday 2/18. A Special Request—when entering ConOps for assistance of ANY kind please try to keep your voice down—ConOps is a small room already full of people, ringing phones and two-way radios. We DO want to help you, that’s what we are there for, we just ask that you help us help you and everyone else who needs our assistance. We apologize in advance if we seem terse or abrupt with you, it is not at all our intention.

Getting Assistance The most visible facet of the Operations crew is called the “Conference Assistance Team” or “CAT” and they are our version of event security. There will be CAT people wandering about the convention, so if you need assistance with a problem, feel free to approach any of us as we are here to make things run as smoothly as possible. All Operations/CAT people will have a special badge, which is red metallic printing on black background with the Ancient Ways logo, so that they can be easily identified. Remember: If you have a problem, need assistance or want to turn in or claim a “lost and found” item, you can: 1. Talk to a CAT member 2. Go to the Information Table 3. Go to the ConOps (Board Room—Second Floor). PLEASE: do not go to the Registration Table, as they are often too busy or not prepared, or even not able, to assist you and they will most likely refer you to ConOps or the Information Table anyway.

Lost and Found All lost and found items should be taken to one of two places, either the Information Table (located in the foyer outside the Vendor Hall and across from Registration) or ConOps (2nd floor Zinfandel Room). Anything turned into the Information Table will be taken to ConOps for safekeeping. If you want to claim a lost and found item, you MUST go to ConOps. The Information Table will only be collecting lost and found items. At the end of the convention all unclaimed items are taken to the Ancient Ways store.

Peace-bonding

Peace-bonding weapons is a common convention practice. We strongly suggest that any athames and other ritual tools, which might be mistaken for weapons, be peace-bonded. After all PantheaCon is a peaceful gathering of the tribes, and to that end we will be offering to peace-bond your weapons as a symbol of your “intent of non-use.” Also, having your weapon peace-bonded can help to avert misunderstandings with non-attendees and hotel staff who may not know or understand a “costume” or “ritual” use for a weapon. If one of our CATs offers to peace bond your weapon, or suggests that you should have it peace bonded, please consider it seriously. You will be able to get peace-bonds from wandering CAT people or ConOps. NOTE: Please use common sense when displaying any weapon. Move away from crowded areas, do not allow it to be brandished about and make certain that it is securely put away when you are finished showing it. —Caradwen von Braskat, Operations Manager

Hotel Survival Guide

We’ve put together this guide to let you know what some rules and expectations are for yourself and your fellow attendees. We hope you have a wonderful time!

Checking in/Check-out Hotel check-in starts at 3pm. Standard check-out time is 12:00 noon. If you need a later check out you can call the Front Desk to see if one can be arranged, however if the room is already booked it may not be possible. If you arrive earlier than 3pm, or wish to stay later than Noon, the Bell Captain may be able to store your baggage for you for a short period of time.

Being a Guest As a guest of both PantheaCon and Doubletree it is expected that you will follow the hotel’s posted rules. There is no sleeping in any of the public areas of the hotel. There is no-smoking in any of the rooms. All the rooms have sensors installed to detect heat and smoke, so the use of incense, candles, etc., is strictly prohibited. Smoking is permitted only on the balconies or other outdoor areas. Maids start cleaning and refreshing rooms very early in the morning, around 7am. Please use the “Do Not Disturb” sign on the door where the maids can see it and not wake you. If you want maid service after their normal rounds (generally after 9am) you should call Housekeeping and leave the “Please Make Up Room Now” sign on the door. Please make sure that your baggage and any other personal belongings are out of the way when maids come in so they can work safely and easily. Please be sure to tip the maid for her work, especially if you’ve had a party and there’s a lot to do beyond their usual routine. Since this may not be the same person over the course of your stay, we suggest that you leave a tip every day. A couple of dollars is a good base rate, and at least double this if there is a lot for the maid to do. In the top drawer of the desk in

each sleeping room you will hopefully find hotel stationery—the tip can be put in one of the envelopes with “for the maid” written on it and left in a prominent place on the desk or on the pillow. Do not leave money lying loose about or taped to the mirror, they will not pick it up unless it is clearly marked for them.

While You Are Here

Pets

The convention no longer allows pets in any function spaces— including the Vendor Room and the Function Rooms. Occasionally a presenter may have a dog at their own event. Pets are also not allowed in any food establishments due to food safety laws. In order to reduce misunderstandings we request that Service Animals be visibly “In Service”, i.e. wearing their service vest or other highly visible and licensed identifying items.

Pet Policy (from the Hotel website)

Pets are permitted Allowed Maximum size: Large Maximum weight: 100 lbs Deposit: USD $50.00 Services Pets must be crated/caged when owner away. Registered guests are responsible for any damage caused by pets. Housekeeping personnel will inspect accommodations upon departure. In consideration of other guests, we ask pet owners to ensure guest room noise levels are kept to a minimum. Refunds to guests inconvenienced by noisy pets (up to $100) will be charged to the registered pet owners. Housekeepers are prohibited from entering rooms occupied by pets unless guests are present or unless pets are crated.

No private vending All vending is done through the Vendor’s space in the ballrooms and other permitted public vending spots. There is no private selling of any kind allowed. There are California State Laws dealing with selling anything out of a hotel room (it is considered “Pandering”) and being found doing so may mean the involvement of the local authorities and expulsion from PantheaCon.

Restaurants, Lounges, etc Always check at the restaurants, bars, and lounges for the most current hours (we have provided our best approximations below). These may have changed over the last year. Also be aware that the extra wait-staff brought in to serve during our event may not be used to large, changing groups in the restaurants and can get overwhelmed and backed up. There is usually a large line for lunch and dinner at the café, please factor in both your time in line and eating so you don’t run late or miss a presentation or ritual. Check the Info table for lists of local restaurants (10 to 15 min away) or call Waiters on Wheels for food that can be delivered to your room. • Espresso Bar brewing Starbuck’s—Open 6am –8pm daily. Serves only basic Starbucks coffee & Espresso as well as pastries and snacks. • Sprigs—Open from 6am until 1am on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and 6am to 11am on Monday during the con and hopefully during the rest of Monday. (This venue normally

only serves Breakfast and has limited hours.) It has moderate prices, but it will often get backed up and run slow. When Sprigs is not open there is a limited menu available in the Lobby Lounge or in Club Max. • Spencer’s for Steaks & Chops—Open 11:30am to 10pm Monday through Friday, and 5pm to 10pm Saturday and Sunday (no lunch on weekends). Reservations are strongly suggested. Offers a wide array of options and is more expensive than Sprigs. • Sushi & Sake Bar—Open Friday, Saturday, and Monday for lunch from 11:30am to 2pm and for dinner 5pm to 9pm. Not open on Sunday. It is located in the Lobby Lounge overlooking the pool. As a captive clientele you can expect to pay market prices. • Club Max—Featuring live music and DJ entertainment. Pool tables, a live band on Fridays and Saturdays, and sports shown on multiple big screen televisions make Club Max a busy spot for Hotel guests and area locals. Basic “bar food” is available. • Pizza and Snack Cart – Upstairs Mezzanine and near Sprigs/ PantheaCon Registration for quick “grab and go”, inexpensive meal options. 11 AM to 11 PM for lunch and dinner. Healthy food and vegetarian options should be available there. • Room Service —In-room dining service features an extensive menu served from 6 AM to 11 PM. From a continental breakfast of freshly baked pastries and fresh fruit juices to a pizza or five-course dinner.

Pool and Hot Tub The pool and hot tub are available for your use between 8am and 11pm. Please be aware that there is no life guard on duty. There is no nudity or sexual behavior allowed. Bathing suits are required.

Clothing/Costumes Please feel free to dress up! However, please keep in mind that we share the hotel with guests who are not attending the convention as well as the hotel employees themselves. If you have a scanty costume please bring a cover-up for the public places in the hotel, including the elevator.

EVENT & RITUAL ETIQUETTE

The essence of paganism is diversity, but one consequence of this is the fact that we can’t always assume everyone shares the same ideas about what is acceptable behavior. Please extend the same courtesy to others as you would want; if you are having a problem with someone please speak to a staff member. To remind old timers and inform newcomers, here are some of the unwritten “rules.” • A ritual is a religious service, and one in which considerable power may be raised. Participants should behave reverently and be careful. • A ritual is not a spectator sport. Those who don’t wish to take part should go far enough away so that their conversations, etc. will not disturb participants. Those who are participating should pay attention and guard their tongues. • A ritual need not be solemn, but it should be serious, in the sense that humor should be used purposefully. • Gratuitous funny remarks can be disruptive. Even those rituals that appear to be informal have been planned carefully. • Look to those who are leading for cues on how and when to join in chanting, drumming, dancing, etc. so that you will contribute to the build-up and flow of energy, rather than dispersing it.

• Once the circle has been cast, enter or leave it only in an emergency. Bouncing in and out of a circle may disperse the energy, and will certainly distract the other participants. If you must leave, “cut” and exit or get one of the ritual officers to do so. • Ritual tools (including drums) are personal and powerful. Don’t handle, use or play without specific permission from the owner.

Getting High The presence of illegal substances can jeopardize everyone participating in the Convention. So, please don’t! Also, the general atmosphere of release and excitement at a Convention can sometimes lead to problems with drugs or alcohol. If you find yourself losing control, ask for help from Staff, or another experienced person.

Food and Sleep The excitement of four days with our own tribe sometimes makes it hard to remember the body’s needs. A contact high can be as exhausting as the drug-induced kind. Remember to eat and sleep! If you find that your emotions are running away with you, check your physical condition, and if necessary get someone to help you ground and center.

Sex

Pcon Registration area can scan the parking ticket for the Special rate and a second one should be situated near Club Max. Parking is now fully automated. Be sure to get your parking ticket scanned! We cannot reserve a specific parking space for you.

Hotel Check In/Check Out times Like most hotels the Doubletree check in time is 3 PM with check out at 12 noon. You can ask for early check in and late check out and also store your bags with the bellman. If you are planning to split the room rate tell them at check in so check out is swift and easy.

Convention Registration Our Registration tables will open at 10 AM on Friday, Feb. 17. After you register you will receive a program book that includes a map of the hotel showing locations of our hospitality room, vendor rooms and where the events will be held. You may acquire a pocket program, scheduling changes in the Daily Con Newsletter, and other useful information, like places to eat from the Info desk adjacent to Registration.

Programming

It can be a powerful force, especially in an atmosphere of freedom. Respect it, and remember the following: —among pagans, nudity is an affirmation, not an invitation! —Be sure you interpret signals correctly. A loving touch is not necessarily an invitation either. If your attempt at closeness and caring makes someone uncomfortable, STOP, and if someone touches you in an unwelcome way, don’t hesitate to tell him/her how you feel. Be sensitive to how your well-meant affection is being perceived. Practice Safe Sex! The Convention won’t last forever. When making commitments and forming relationships, consider how they will affect your life when you go home.

Great people from all over the Bay Area, California and from other parts of the country are coming, and other countries! Programming starts Friday afternoon at 1:00 PM and continues through Monday afternoon till 4:00 PM. We will have up to 14 simultaneous workshops going on during the day. At night we will have up to ten different programs plus postings for parties and possibly some discussion groups that can reconvene at night in some “extra” rooms (inquire in Green Room).

Networking

Accessibility in Program Spaces

The Conference is a wonderful opportunity for pagans from various traditions to share knowledge and ideas. A freebie table will be available for groups to put out literature on what they are doing. When talking to newcomers, avoid a “hard sell” approach. People who recruit too intensely make pagans suspicious. It is also counterproductive to boast about your magical powers, spiritual advancement, initiations and degrees. Newcomers should judge teachers and groups by their deeds, not their words. Don’t let anyone pressure you into joining a group or doing anything you are not ready for. Thanks to the “Rites of Spring” and Diana Paxson for originating and rewriting this material.

PANTHEACON FAQ (FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS) Hotel Parking Be aware that parking is in short supply and you may have to park at a distance. ATTENTION: The Doubletree Parking is a pay parking lot at $18 a night. However the hotel has agreed to the following: Parking charges for all attendees and overnight guests with the PantheaCon 2011 convention will be $8 a night. Overnight guests present the ticket form the machine and the front desk agent will program the tickets at the Special $8 rate per night; the charges will be posted to the hotel bill. For Conference attendees, not staying in a room, a scanner at the

ASL Options ASL interpreters may be available if requested by Feb. 10. We ask that anyone needing ASL interpretation at the con please let us know as soon as possible, before the con, so that we can arrange this service. This year we have added open space in each of the programming rooms for those of you with mobility devices such as wheelchairs or motorized scooters. The exact space available will vary as we have a wide variety of spaces and layouts that we use throughout PantheaCon. The seats immediately adjacent to those open spaces should be held for any able-bodied companion of those who need assistive devices to get around the convention. This is a first step towards making the convention easier to access for everyone. Thank you for understanding as this is our first year with these seating arrangements and no doubt there will be education and learning involved for everyone. Any programming staff you see at the convention will be happy to answer questions or help you as best we can as our process evolves.

Photography Please no photos. Many people need their privacy. We request that you not snap photos and post them on the web. People can lose jobs over such things and certainly, no photos in rituals, parties or even halls. We trust you to honor this policy. We may have a Conference Recording and Video Dept, but they will be well designated and only filming planned events with all participants agreeing.

Food We will have lists of Restaurants located nearby at the Information table, but, in truth there is little in walking distance except

what you find at the hotel. The hotel has an expensive restaurant (Spencer’s) andr Sprigs Café. The coffee shop, “Sprigs” has a fair amount of staff turnover, so there may staff waiting on you who are not used to large ‘fluid’ groups of people at tables—tip generously. During the day they will have snack carts with sandwiches etc. We have set aside 1 hour for lunch, and 2 hours for dinner and half an hour between the two sessions each morning and afternoon.

Convention Parties The Conference will have a Hospitality Suite (room 954) where you can go for a snack, coffee, etc; it has a second room that is kid friendly—kids must be with an adult. Several groups have Party Rooms and Hospitality Suites. They will be hosting parties at various times which will be posted at the Information area. If you wish to have a private party in your room that’s fine, but parties for the whole Con should be held on the second, ninth and tenth floors, and should be arranged with PantheaCon well before the event.

What to wear?!? This is always an important question! Swimsuits are required in the Pool and Hot Tub. On Friday night you might want to wear your dancing shoes for the music at 9 PM and maybe something red, black, and strumpetlike for the PombaGira devotional at 11 PM. On Saturday everyone is encouraged to wear their kilts! Certainly on Saturday night dress in a fun costume or a ritual robe. You’ll also need dancing shoes for the bands and other dancing or a drum for the drum circle. On Sunday night dress in ritual robes for more rituals or dress up for the parties. Monday has a more relaxed pace to it.

Parties & Hospitality Suites

For your security the 2nd, 9th and 10th floor areas are monitored for Badge wearing Con attendees only. This prevents visitors to the hotel bar or other non-attendees from “crashing” our parties.

The PantheaCon Hospitality Suite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . room 954 Hospitality is open throughout the whole convention, beginning on Friday at noon and closes on Monday after the Closing Ritual. We are open 20 hours a day, with four hours for “reset” in the early morning. Come in, introduce yourself. Take time to grab a snack, a cup of coffee, tea, meet friends, make new friends, sing and enjoy yourself. This is the place to meet, leave messages on our message board, take a break. It is what we are here for. The Hospitality suite has always been child-friendly, and will continue to be. If you’re looking for a place to sit and have a quiet conversation without the pitter-patter of little feet, the main room which has comfortable seating and snacks, will have the added feature of being an adult-only room; this is the main room. In addition we have a “Kids room”. When you come into the main doors of the Suite, turn to your right, instead of to the left- through that door will be the Kids Room– and welcome! All children in this room MUST be accompanied by their responsible adult.

• Hospitality is GREEN!!! To our fellow coffee, tea and hot chocolate drinkers, please bring your own coffee cup, if you can. Remember to keep it with you too. You might want to include a spoon, a nice linen napkin, maybe a small bowl or plate, to be green.

• Some Guidelines The Staff asks that you do not store your belongings in the suite. Hospitality is not responsible for anything left in the suite, nor are we lost and found (Operations handles Lost and Found). There will be no showering, nor dish washing in the suite. There will be a community altar set up. Everyone is welcome to add to it (please put your name and phone number on your item if you want it back). Our altar is for all Pantheons. The Hospitality Suite is also used for overflow from a class or workshop. Whatever the activity, anyone can come in. This is important to note as in the past some folks thought they were walking in on a class. • Hours: Open 12:00 PM Friday to 6:00 PM Monday, closed 3–7 AM for cleaning.

Ifa-Orisha Room . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 The Ifa Orisha Room will focus on introducing PantheaCon guests to the Divine Spirits (Orisha) through the indigenous spiritual traditions of the Yoruba people of southwestern Nigeria wherein questions of spiritual destiny will be discussed. Come enjoy our festive room; including, but not limited to several social events and learning opportunities throughout PantheaCon. The Ifa Orisha Room will be open from 1:00pm until we close with several presentations about Orisha. Other topics may include: divination, spiritual elevation methodology, song workshops, dance steps for spirit, and spiritual growth through apprenticeship, that is learning by direct mentorship. The Ifa Orisha room will offer snacks, beverages and spiritual surprises. For more information, contact Baba Esu at 408-655-8500 or email at esuwemimo@gmail.com

Kemetic Temple of San Jose, Temple of Ra, & Kemetic Fellowship of Colorado . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204 We will host a ritual dedicated to Sekhmet, the Great One of Healing. Please join us as we honor this important goddess with prayers and praises dating back to the time of the pharaohs. Participants are invited to present written petitions to Sekhmet throughout the evening. This will also be a time for fellowship & friendship. Please come and learn more about our Reconstructionist communities. We hope you will also stay afterwards for special snacks and refreshments. • Saturday from 7PM to 11PM

Unnamed Path Hospitality Room. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206

The Unnamed Path is a shamanic path for men-who-love-men. We empower men-who-love-men to reclaim their position in society as spiritual leaders. We practice a four-fold spiritual tradition revealed to us from the Ancestors of Men-who-love-men, including shamanism, spirit contact, energy healing, magic and prophecy. We work to build relationships with our gods, the ancestors, the spirits in the land and with our communities. Our public rituals are always open to people of all genders and sexual orientations. For more information, visit us at PantheaCon, download The Unnamed Path Podcast, or visit our website at http://unnamedpath.com. Open Hours: • Friday—9pm to Midnight • Saturday—6pm to 1am • Saturday—8pm to 1am, Unnamed Path Meet & Greet; Meet Hyperion and the brothers of the Unnamed Path for snacks,

beverages and general fun and conversation. Our Meet and Greets are a wonderful collection of like-minded men and women who follow the ways of shamanism, energy healing, prophecy, spirit contact and magic. Our parties always include some ritual work or hands-on spiritual healing work for those who attend. Alcohol and non-alcoholic beverages provided, but feel free to bring some to share. People of all genders and all orientations are welcome! ID’s will be checked. • Sunday—1pm to 6pm • Sunday—11pm to close • Sunday—9pm–10:30pm, Circle of Bones Ritual in the Oak Room • Sunday—11pm – 1am, Circle of Bones Decompression Party Decompress with fellowship and deep conversations about the dead at our Hospitality Room! If the spirits aren’t done talking, then we’ll carry on the energy of our work at our party! Bring your own beverages to share, and bring a respectful yet joyful energy to our gathering as we help ease the transition out of our Circle of Bones ritual space back to an ordinary state of consciousness. People of all genders and all orientations are welcome!

Church of All Worlds (CAW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243

Initially inspired by Heinlein’s sci-fi novel, Stranger in a Strange Land, the Church of All Worlds (CAW) is the oldest incorporated Neo-Pagan church in the World, and the first church to legally ordain Priestesses and sanction gay and poly marriages. Founded by Oberon Zell and Lance Christie on April 7, 1962. The first church to claim the appellation of “Pagan,” we are dedicated to the Awakening of Gaea and reuniting Her children through tribal community dedicated to the Awakening of Gaea and reuniting Her children through tribal community dedicated to responsible stewardship and the evolution of consciousness. Room open always. • Friday 7 PM and 11:00 AM – Watersharing – Sat, Sun & Mon. See White Board for events and changes

Gryphons/ Volunteers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245 Hanta Yo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247 HANTA YO! We’re the “I Got Tits!” ladies. Since 2008 we’ve been strengthening our inner feminine divine by embracing women’s mysteries and developing our Authentic Selves. We’ll be sisters and brothers together in Room # 247. Our door will open starting at 6:00 PM, and we’ll go until we drop, on Saturday and Sunday. Learn what we do, why we do it, and how you can do it, too. Open to all genders.

Elderflower Womenspirit Festival. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249 We are women, loving the woods, and celebrating Goddess! We gather annually in the beautiful Mendocino Woodlands for rituals, workshops, catered meals, and self-created entertainment. We honor the Goddess as Maiden, Mother, Crone, and Amazon. Come visit ROOM 249 to learn more about our community and festival. We will be open for visiting, sharing, and chatting throughout the Con. If the door is open come in, say hello and sit a spell! See Con information boards &/or posted hours on the Elderflower room door for additional hours or events. As we are a women’s festival we welcome ALL women to join us. If any men are interested in information to share with women in your lives, we will have information available. Feel free to stop by and pick up a flyer on the information tables or outside our room.

General planned opened hours • Friday—5pm to 11 pm • Saturday—2:30 to 10 pm • Sunday—12 to 9 pm

Fellowship of the Spiral Path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251 The Fellowship of the Spiral Path, (also known as Spiral) is a pagan non-profit headquartered in Northern California. We are an association of pagan and heathen groups that acknowledge that we share traditions, beliefs, and/or lines of descent in the Old Religions (including but not limited to Earth religions, European reconstructed religions, and Goddess religions). The Spiral Suite will be open randomly and often, Friday through Sunday, between Noon and 9 PM. Refreshments will be served, fiber arts will be discussed, grand conversations will be had. Come by and sit (or cast) a spell. Watch the daily newsletter for our schedule of events. Website: http://www.thespiralpath.

FoDLA Grove of the Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253 FoDLA Grove of the Bay is the San Francisco Bay branch of the Fellowship of Druidism for the Latter Age or more simply “FoDLA”. The fellowship is organized as a legally incorporated nonprofit church and is not dogmatic, but limits its membership to American polytheist Neopagans who seek to follow the central spiritual values of traditional pre-Christian Celtic societies, best exemplified by the figure of the ancient Druid. These include, most particularly: a commitment to study: To honor the past and the path that has shaped us; a commitment to piety: To honor the gods and spirits that guide us; a commitment to hospitality: To honor the community and the Land it shares. Within this simple framework of shared values, FoDLA does not engage in passing judgment on matters of metaphysics. How each member of the fellowship conceives of the deities, the Otherworlds, and indeed the ultimate nature of the Cosmos, is a matter for the individual alone—guided by the commitment to study—and FoDLA advocates for tolerance of diverse beliefs within a bond of shared values and a set of basic worship practices. Rev. Michael Routery will host informal discussions about the filidh. The FoDLA Hospitality Room is open from Noon to Midnight each day of the Con. We look forward to casual discussion about Druidism in the room, and welcome anyone to join us in fellowship and hospitality!

Ár nDraíocht Féin: A Druid Fellowship (ADF) �� 255 Ár nDraíocht Féin: A Druid Fellowship (ADF) is an international fellowship devoted to creating a public tradition of Neopagan Druidry. The Irish words, pronounced “arn ree-ocht fane”, mean “Our Own Druidism”, and that’s just what ADF is—a completely independent tradition of Neopagan Druidism. This year, come and experience our druid hospitality room for refreshments and stimulating conversation. We will be scheduling various educational workshops on ADF cosmology and ritual throughout the weekend. Our hospitality room hours are Noon to 2 AM (or longer), except Sunday when we will be open from 11:00 AM to 1 AM.

Heathen Hospitality Hall. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257 We welcome all those who are friendly to the Heathen/Germanic Faiths. We are open pretty much all day throughout the Con; join us for conversation & snacks, blots & workshops. Sponsored by Othala Hearth and the larger community of Heathens in the SF Bay Area.

• Friday—1:30 PM: Hall Opens 3:00 PM: Opening Blot 6:30-7:30 PM: Meet & Greet – food, drink and conversation with fellow heathens. 7:30-8:30 PM: Heathen Storytelling with Steven Abell – Bring your stories, poems and songs to share. 9:00-10 PM: Holle/Saxnot Blot led by Gail de Camp and Leticia Andreas 10PM-??: Friday Night Social • Saturday—8:30 AM: Hall opens – stumble on in for coffee before the 9am workshops 1:30 PM: Rune Readers Roundtable – will read various forms of divinatory runes and learn from each other, facilitated by Hilary Ayer 6:00-7:00 PM: Raffle to support the Hall. 7:00-8:00 PM: Vanir Blot led by Hrafn Skjoldr Kindred 8:30-9:30 PM: Scotch Tasting – Limited to 15 people, sign up early in the Hall. Bring a bottle of Scotch for the tasting or a small donation for the Hall. MUST BE 21! 9:30 PM-??: Saturday Night Social • Sunday—8:30 AM: Hall opens 9:00 AM: Thor Breakfast hosted by Gail 3:00-4:30 PM: Loki discussion & blot led by Mikki Fraser 7:00-8:00 PM: Sumbel – ritual toasting and boasting 8:00 PM-1:30 AM: Sunday Night Social • Monday—8:30 AM: Hall opens 10:00 AM: Loading out & Closing Blot: Volunteers Welcome

The Pagan Alliance Hospitality Room . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259

Please join us for community building, networking, festival planning, & relaxation. Be “Green”! Bring your chalice. Photo ID to drink spirits. Monetary and Beverage/Food Donations are welcome. We will also be collecting donations for care packages for pagan soldiers, an ongoing Pagan Alliance project. Follow us on Twitter. Replies to twitter.com/paganalliance. Info- www.thepaganalliance.org • Friday—8:00 pm – 10:30 pm -Queer Cocktails: Queer-identiing meet & network in a casual, safe environment. All are welcome! • Saturday—12:30 -1:30 pm – Kids Craft Hour! Build a Fairy house with us. Supplies limited. Suggested Donation $10-20 sliding scale 2:00-4:00 – Cherry Hill Seminary Open House. Meet faculty, staff and students. Light refreshments will be served. More info about Cherry Hill www.cherryhillseminary.org/ 5:00-6:30 pm – Clothing SWAP! Bring your clean ritual, fancy evening and interesting day wear and accessories to trade with other Pagan folks. All sizes and gender identities welcome. Left over clothes will be donated to charity. Clothes can be dropped off during kids craft hour, if desired. 9:15 pm-10:15 pm – Queer Cocktail Hour: Queer-identifying Meet & Network in a casual, safe environment. All are welcome! • Sunday—3:30 -4:30 pm – Lupa is excited to announce the release of her newest title, “New Paths to Animal Totems: Three Alternative Approaches to Creating Your Own Totemism” (Llewellyn, Dec. 2012). Come celebrate this awesome event with edibles and a mini-workshop, purchase a copy of the new book if you like—and get an extra gift if you show up dressed as any (non-human) animal! 5:00 – 6:00 pm – Whiskey Tasting Social. Space is limited to

15, sign up in advance. Bring a bottle of single malt to share and sample the other offerings. A little convivial drinking on a Sunday afternoon. 21+ with ID Please. 8:00 pm-11:00 pm – Circle of Dionysos Ritual “Cybele and the Angry Inch” Pre- Party. Join us for some divine genderbending fun. The Pagan Allliance works to support the LGBT, military, pagans in the prison system and others. Our next project is the 2nd Conference on Gender and Earth-based Spirituality on 9/28/13. Come by the room for more info or visit http://www.thepaganalliance.org

Coru Cathubodua Priesthood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261

Service, sovereignty, kinship and warriorship are the values that guide the Coru Cathobodua Priesthood, a priesthood dedicated to the Morrigan. We are Pagan priests on the move, ready to take action to advance our mission to bring about sovereignty and kinship to the world through acts of community and individual service. Guided by our the matron the Morrigan, Celtic Goddess of sovereignty, prophecy, and battle, we welcome all who share this vision of service to bringing these values to life for all people. For information about Coru Cathubodua, visit www.facebook.com/CoruCathubodua. Please visit us in the Coru hospitality room! Look for open hours as well as the following scheduled events: • Friday—3:30 pm - The Four Treasures in Myth and Practice, A workshop with Morpheus Ravenna and Ankhira SwordPlow • Saturday—10 am - Meeting the Morrigan, A workshop with Morpheus Ravenna, Amelia Hogan & Moonbird • Sunday—10 am - 12 noon - Mimosa Mixer/Coru Meet & Greet; Serving mimosas, coffee/tea, delectables and fine conversation! 3:30 pm - Warriorship Traditions: A Moderated Panel Discussion with Moonbird, Robert Russell, Michele Jackson, and Scott Rowe BLOOD HEROES: PANTHEACON 2013 BLOOD DRIVE Coru Priesthood and Solar Cross Temple have joined forces with Blood Centers of the Pacific to host a Blood Drive at PantheaCon 2013. We invite all Pagans to donate blood at the “Blood Heroes Blood Drive” being held on Saturday, February 16 and Sunday, February 17 from 11 am to 4 pm PST at PantheaCon. Visit the Blood Drive table in the lobby to sign up for blood donation!

Hexenfest/Pandemonaeon room. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263

Hexenfest is a music and dance festival dedicated to Pagan and Pagan-friendly artists, held in Alameda at the end of April. We feature artists of all stripes who seek to explore the wild archetypal realms of the soul through their art - those who look to myth, magic, faerietale, and the numenous, and reflect these into our world. Produced by Sharon Knight and Winter of Pandemonaeon and dark tribal dancer Anaar of Tombo Studio, Hexenfest has a flair for the darkly exotic - more like the forbidden forest than the enchanted wood. The Hexenfest/Pandemonaeon room will be open to PantheaCon attendees Saturday and Sunday noon-4pm, with a Sunday evening party 8pm-midnight.

Earth Medicine Alliance & Circles of Empowerment �� 265

Earth Medicine Alliance invites humans to remember our unity with the living Earth and to nourish alliances with our other-thanhuman relations. We accomplish this by hosting annual conferences and our Voices of the Earth interview project, both featuring

presenters and teachers from many earth-honoring religious traditions, spiritual practices, and ways of life. info@earthmedicine.org. Circles of Empowerment provides safe space for ceremonial expression, spiritual growth and healing in a Native American inspired Medicine Way. Our Rainbow community encourages connection to our Earth Mother in an authentic, unique and indigenous manner. Offerings include Long Dance Ceremony, Sweat Lodge, Vision Quest, Firekeeper Training, counseling, classes and more. 805.481.0892 www.circlesofempowerment.org Our shared Hospitality Suite will be open throughout PantheaCon! Please stop in for refreshments, workshops, divinations, information about our 2013 events, ribbons, and to ground down in our sacred space. • Saturday 3:30-5pm: Earth Honoring Singing & Drumming circle; Please join Earth Medicine Alliance and Circles of Empowerment as we gather in circle to sing and drum to heal ourselves, our communities and the Earth. 7-8:30pm: The Value of a Ceremonial Life - Hua Anwa, Founder & Spiritual leader of Circles of Empowerment, will be discussing different Native American ceremonies and the role they play in how we stay connected to the Sacred. • Sunday 3:30-5pm: The Joys and Challenges of Spirit Family. Earthhonoring traditions worldwide are rarely practiced in isolation, but the challenges of chosen family can rival that of our families of origin. Join Earth Medicine Alliance founder Daniel Foor for a lively guided discussion on ways to maximize sane community and minimize unnecessary suffering and drama. 7-8:30pm: Your Free Will and How to Call your Power Back; Spirit Woman, board member of Circles of Empowerment, will lead discussion on calling in your power with meditation and a Crystal Sharing round.

Fire Family, Spark & Gaia’s Oasis Hospitality Room �� 267

Pass through our magical portal and leave the mundane behind as you enter a soothing and beautiful place where you can relax and commingle with the greater Fire Family. Our transformative space is sponsored by groups that host Sacred Fire Circle gatherings, including: The Spark Collective, the Winter’s Flame gathering, Gaia’s Oasis, and Redwood Nights. SparkCollective.org ; GaiasOasis.org • Friday—Open 7 to 10 PM - “Welcome Home” reception for fire family folk & friends. • Saturday—Open 10 AM to 5:30 PM & 7 PM to Midnight 1:30 PM – Circle Singing Workshop with Deborah “DJ” Hamouris. 8:00 PM - Our famous Chocolate Party! • Sunday—Open 11 AM to 9 PM 5:30 PM - Winter’s Flame Reunion. As always there will be lots of spontaneous music making, singing and advanced hanging-out at the Fire Family Suite! Please check the schedule of events posted outside the door and join us for tea and light snacks during our open hours. Come play with the greater Fire Family community at The Spark Collective Sacred “Fire” Circle at 11 PM on Sunday in the Oak Room.

Traditional Witchcraft Room. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269

A room open to all initiatory mystery Witchcraft traditions (including but not limited to Faery, Y Ffordd Wen, Sabbatic Craft, Cochrane-inspired traditions and others).

We will be hosting salons, conversations, and social time for folks to get to know one another, delve into juicy topics, and create and host ritual. Some times will be by-invitation-only and others open to the entire ‘Con. Check our door calendar for the most upto-date schedule!

The Haven Room. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271

Veiled in white with an altar for meditation and focused centering, the Haven is a sanctuary of calming scents and sounds to relax your body and mind after the day’s hustle. Hosted jointly by Anderson Feri Tradition priests and MorningStar Mystery School, we encourage you to enjoy one of the events hosted each day. Please see the conference guide or the daily calendar for the event schedule. All events are open to the public. Donations are appreciated! • Friday—5 pm to 6 pm, Champagne Welcome – No entrance without valid I.D. 9:30 pm to 11 pm, T.Thorn Coyle’s Book Release Party: Make Magic of Your Life: Passion, Purpose, & the Power of Desire • Saturday—9:30 am to 10 am, Morning Meditation - Start on a positive note with grounding & centering. 5:30 pm to 6pm—Evening Meditation • Sunday—10 am to 10:30 am, Morning Meditation 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm, Feri Stones - Iron Pentacle Divination with J’te Argent 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm, Morningstar/Fiat LVX/Solar Cross mixer 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm, “Unbirthday” Party Mixer

Pagans of Color. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273

Welcome to the Pagans of Color Hospitality Suite! Whether you identify as a PoC, an ally, or are interested in learning more, we are here for your questions and connections. We will be hosting a bunch of meetups, maybe even a panel or two, and having open hours for discussion. There will be light refreshments throughout the day, so make sure to stop by! Schedule to be determined, please contact the organizer if you have any specific questions. Email for the organizer is: Xochiquetzal.Duti@sacredprofanity.com

PantheaCon Hospitality Suite (see page 10) �� 954 AMUH (American Magic Umbanda House) �� 960

We are followers of Umbanda African, an Afro-Brazilian spiritual tradition working with the Orixa of the Yoruba people of West Africa. We are a mixed pantheon house, meaning we also work with other powers. The House, under Mai d’Orixa Maeva, resides in Oakland CA. We are closed on Friday in prep for the Pombagira Devotional The suite will be open from noon to 10PM on Saturday and Sunday with hospitality and conversation, and also on Monday from noon till 5 PM. Mai d’Orixa Maeva will do a meet and greet on Saturday and Sunday afternoons. Additional event offerings and times will be listed on the suite door.

Live Oak Monastery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 962

Live Oak Monastery is a new Theosophically based spiritual retreat site in the southern part of San Luis Obispo County founded in 2011. It is based upon Reiki, shamanic principles, Nature spirits, the Unnamed Path for men who love men. It is also based on direct connection with the Universal spirit/ Consciousness and Ascended Masters. Our practices include meditation and yoga, vegetarianism, in addition to the four-fold practices of the Unnamed Path.

Sweat lodges are hosted on the land. The site is somewhat rustic, and sustainable vegetable farming is a goal. • Friday—5:00pm to 6:30 pm • Saturday—Noon to 2:30 pm • Sunday—3:30pm to 5pm Additional times tbs Activities/ Events: Reiki circle, drumming circle

Temple of Witchcraft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 964

The Temple of Witchcraft is a modern tradition based on the works of co-founder Christopher Penczak, offering a place for members to celebrate, study, and explore the Craft through service together. Based out of New Hampshire, the Temple runs an active online Mystery School and holds events in other states as well. They are on the web at www.templeofwitchcraft.org.

Circle of Cerridwen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 966

All events are open to everyone, regardless of age, race, gender, sexual or affectional orientation, religion, or anything else you might be. Snacks and non-alcoholic drinks will be available when the room is open. No illegal anything is allowed. • Thursday—7pm - Pre-con Movie Night; Come join us for snacks and to watch Barbarella, The Wicker Man, and various short films from Mage of Machines and Dual Citizen Productions. • Friday—General Room Hours: 4 pm - Midnight 7 pm: Oracle Deck Co-Creation Ritual: Oracle Deck CoCreation Ritual: Please join us in the creation of a new oracle deck! Through the wonders of technology, the cards we create will be digitized and actual decks made available (at cost plus shipping) within a month after the convention. • Saturday—General Room Hours: 4 pm - Midnight 7 pm: Faerie, Fairy, and Fey Salon: Fae folk and friends can meet and dress and sing and play and costume and makeup and in (almost) all ways prepare for a full night of fun and frolick. Bring your fine frilly best to use and to share or come as you are and get what you need. • Sunday—11 am - Christian Worship Service General Room Hours: 6 pm - Midnight 7 pm: Ask A Witch: Got questions about witchcraft? Feel like you have a stupid question about paganism and witchcraft? Want some ideas for a particular type of working? Afraid to ask certain questions for fear you might get someone mad? Come ask us! Members of the Circle of Cerridwen are here to help, no matter who you are or what you believe.

• Friday—4:00 pm - 5:00 PM, Update On The New Alexandrian Library Project ; Powerpoint presentation followed by a question and answer session. • Saturday—11:00 am - 1:00 pm Why now, Brigid?: Her History, Mystery, and Future; Taught By Courtney Weber. This workshop will trace Brigid’s mysterious (and often convoluted) history, discuss her various myths and attributes, and investigate the questions: What has Brigid been in the past? What will she be in the future? Why does she hold such sway, now? Class will include a meditation. Doors close at start time. 4:00 pm - 5:00 PM, Update On The New Alexandrian Library Project Powerpoint presentation followed by a question and answer session. • Sunday—11:00 am - 1:00 pm, Forming Successful Covens, Taught By James E. Dickinson. A long lived coven is similar to a very long ritual intended to provoke positive growth for its members. Intent, design, structure, and mode of operation make the difference between a kick-ass ritual everyone felt privileged to attend and one that everyone wished they had missed. We will discuss how to help ensure your coven will be the kick-ass variety! 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm NAL Party: A Toast To Hypatia We will be providing refreshments as we toast Hypatia and the NAL. Feel free to bring a chalice, something to share if you like, and at the very least your smiling face.

CoG/NROOGD/NWC Hospitality Suite. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1054

This Hospitality Suite is hosted mutually by the Covenant of the Goddess (501(c)3), an international organization for Covens and Solitary Witches of all cooperating traditions; New Wiccan Church (501(c)3 in process), an international organization for Witches of Gardnerian, Alexandrian, Central Valley Wicca, and related Wiccan traditions; and the New Reformed Orthodox Order of the Golden Dawn (which has nothing to do with the 19th-century ceremonial order of the Golden Dawn.). NROOGD is a West Coast “boot-strap” tradition of Witchcraft, now over 40 years of age. We have been participating at PantheaCon for almost as many years as the Convention has existed, and have developed a reputation for mediocre food and great conversation —it is really the place to come and chat late at night. We have expanded our offerings this year to include a number of in-suite presentations which we think you’ll like, including a wine tasting with Mondavi Winery (for adults only). Do stop by.

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NAL/ASW Suite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 967 For Thelemites, the Word of the Law is “Thelema”, the Greek The New Alexandrian Library is being built right now to preserve and to protect all forms of esoteric knowledge for all traditions and systems. The Library will work to restore and to preserve rare and damaged documents. It will also be a museum of the history of our magickal communities. www.newalexandrianlibrary.org The Assembly of the Sacred Wheel is a legally recognized Wiccan non-profit religious organization based in the Mid-Atlantic region. The form of Wicca that the Assembly practices is syncretic and draws inspiration from Astrology, Qabala, the Western Magickal Tradition and the folk religions of Europe. www.sacredheel.org Activities in this suite are sponsored by the Assembly and friends of the NAL.

word for “will”. We accept as our fundamental maxim, “Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law” — that is, we seek to discover what our true Will is, then do it. “Do that, and no other shall say nay.” Come find out more: visit us in the Thelemic hospitality suite! Have a drink and a snack, talk with us, and discover more about your own true Will and Thelema. We’re open for breakfast (muffins, Danish, coffee, and juice) every morning from 8:30 to 11, and for general meet & greet from 4 pm. The party starts at 7 and goes until midnight or after. Join us at 11:11 each evening for a toast unto Nuit. The Thelemic Hospitality Suite is sponsored by www.sirius-oto. org with generous assistance from www.blazingstar-oto.org and other Bay Area Thelemic organizations.

Schedule for CoG/NWC/NROOGD Suite 1054 (Presidential Suite) More information on the in-suite presentations will be available in the room. Day Time Event

Friday

Saturday

Bring your own lunch

Suite Opens Reception – CoG meeting, and Reception for Officers Suite Opens Children's Program - Magical Belt of Protection Come and meet Geraldine Beskin, owner of Atlantis Bookstore

1:00 PM 6:00 – 7:30 PM 9:00 AM 11:00AM 12:00 PM

3:00PM to 4 PM 4:30 PM to 5:30 PM 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM 7:30 PM

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9:00 AM 12:00 PM

Witches in Flight: Shamanism, Presented by Michael Dilts Quantum Magick - Presented by Claire Sage Vivianne Crowley Reception BTW meet with Vivianne Crowley (BTW only) closed session Suite Opens Come schmooze with Pagan Authors

1:00 PM to 2:00 PM 2:00 PM to 4 PM 4:30 PM to 5:30 PM

Pagans & Privilege Where do You Stand? Panel Mondavi Wine Tasting Where There Be Dragons: Monsters, Heroes and Initiation

6:00 PM to 7:00 PM 7:30 PM 8:30 PM

Sunday

Bring your own lunch

Presented by Michael Dilts

Greco-Roman Draped Clothing-learn How by - Deb Snavely: Raffle drawing and Auction results – Toga party – Need I say more?

Member Presentations at other convention locations

Annelise Hexeba Hexeba Valerie Voigt Valerie Voigt Valerie Voigt Glenn Turner Michelle Mueller

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It takes a Village to Dance Friday 3:30 PM San Jose/Santa Clara Room Village Witchery 101 Friday 3:30 PM San Martin/ San Simeon Room Village Witchery 102 Saturday 3:30 PM Silicon Valley Room Bardic Circle Saturday 11 PM Silicon Valley Room Village Witchery 201 Sunday 7:00 PM Silicon Valley Village Witchery 201 Monday 11:00 AM Silicon Valley Opening Ritual Friday 1:00 PM Closing Ritual Monday 3:30 PM Interpreting Leland’s ‘Aradia’ From A Queer Pagan Perspective

Eyde Cheesman Margot Adler et al Margot Adler et al Kay Pannel l Kay Pannel l Dark Forest Coven Dark Forest Coven

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Hanta Yo: Our Mission,Motto & Mystery Revealed Friday 7:00 PM Boardroom Margot’s Non-stop Ritual Chant workshop Saturday 11:00 AM Cedar Paganism Around the World Sunday 11:00 Cedar Magical Stones Workshop Saturday 11:AM Cedar Kyphi: Sacred Incense Workshop Sunday 1:30 PM San Juan Papa Ghede’s Bone Yard Boogie Saturday 7:00 PM Oak Stepping Up to Public Ritual: Bringing the Big Mojo to the Floor

Jason Pitzl-Waters Gwen Templeton Sabina Magliocco Crystal Blanton Crystal Blanton

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Preserving our past, Preparing for our Future Sunday 11:00 AM San Jose Dancing In the Dark Sunday 11:00 PM Cedar Animals and the Spiritual Imagination Sunday 1:30 PM San Jose Restorative Community Circle; … Friday 9:00 PM San Martin Shades of Ritual; Minority Pagans in Practice Saturday 9:00 AM Carmel

Friday 3:30 Riesling

Saturday 3:00 San Jose

The Open Source Order of the Golden Dawn �� 1060

The OSOGD invites you to our hospitality suite to enjoy good company, libations and refreshments, lively conversation, and chill space. The suite will be open Friday evening, Saturday afternoon and evening, and Sunday afternoon and evening. Members of our Bay Area and Seattle Lodges will be present during the weekend. This year we are pleased to devote a portion of our suite as a shrine to Hermes in preparation for our ritual “To Thoth Hermes Mercury”. A large wooden Herm will be installed in the shrine-room and animated Friday night. On Sunday at 1:15pm we will process from the suite to the 2nd floor, gather up His priestfolk and proceed to Fir where we will open the Temple of Hermes. In ancient and theurgic mode we will render due honors to the Lord of Information. All will have the opportunity to pour Him libation, commune with Him, and receive His blessing. All His priest-folk and devotees connected to any of His forms are welcome and invited to assist in the rite. Throughout the rest of the con visitors to the suite are encouraged to spend time in the shrine, make offerings, and commune with the God. Two special events will be held in the suite: • Friday—9:00 p.m. - Herm animation ritual: To consecrate the Herm we will invite the Spirit of the Hermes to indwell the 6x1x1 ft. shaped wooden block and make it fit for worship. Come help with the ritual, starting promptly. Priestfolk of Hermes especially invited. • Saturday—1:30-3pm - A Pagan Golden Dawn? How is that possible? Sam Webster, founder of the OSOGD, will discuss the de-Christianization of the Golden Dawn and how we made the Order Pagan centered. Come with your questions, comments and challenges! • Saturday—7-9:00 p.m. - Aphrodite devotional: The Temple of Aphrodite from Oakland, CA will be offering a ritual to honor the sacred union of Hermes and Aphrodite, employing Tantric aspects of worship as well as contemporary, poetic flourishes. The Open Source Order of the Golden Dawn is a group of Pagans who have come together to study the Mysteries of Hermetic Magick. Our goal is to normalize adeptship: to make the art of magick more prevalent in the world. Contact us at: cancellarius@osogd.org or the learn more about us here: www.osogd.org

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Look for us in the vendors area as well! Mambo T’s store, Legba’s Crossroads, is sharing a mezzanine table with The Vodou Store this year. When we’re not in the suite or presenting, we’re likely to be in the vendors area. Come on down! • Friday—3:30pm in the Con - Osiris ritual with Mambo T (as Rev. Tamara of the House of Netjer) 6-7pm Suite Closed for private event (Llewellyn authors’ mixer) 7pm to ?? - Suite Closed for sosyete dinner, meetings, and ceremonies - by invitation only • Saturday—1:30pm in the Con - Mambo T presenting “Vodou 101” 3:30pm “Vodou 102” in the suite. Come talk with Mambo T and the Sosyete about what it’s like to be a Vodouisant, and practice for tonight’s sevis. 7pm in the Con - Mambo T and the Sosyete presenting the Danbala Sevis 9pm to ?? - “Vodou 103” in the suite. Come back after the sevis to talk about what you saw and did, or join us to talk about Vodou if you couldn’t attend.

• Sunday—9am in the Con - Mambo T appearing at the Llewellyn authors’ panel 1-3:30pm Open Hours TBA 3:30-5pm Readings with Mambo T and Book Signings - pick up your copy of Haitian Vodou or any of her other books at our vendors’ table 5-7pm Suite Closed for sosyete dinner 7-10pm Vodou Lounge - open hours to meet and greet with Mambo T and Sosyete members. Everyone welcome. • Monday—Hours TBA depending on vendor takedowns, airport runs, etc. See you next year!

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The House of Danu is an alliance of OBOD groves and seed groups in Califonria. For further information, contact Murias O’Ceallagh, Presider, at Murias@dragonsblood.net • Saturday—12:30pm to 3:00pm, LEARNING ABOUT BECOMING A DRUID OF OBOD -The House of Danu invites you to experience California Druid Culture. We are an alliance within the Order of Bards, Ovates, and Druids (OBOD) that is centered in East Sussex, England. Experience a guided visualization in the Druid style. OBOD is the largest Druid Order in the world. Come and learn why. 5:00pm to 6:30pm, RECEPTION FOR OBOD MEMBERS -The House of Danu is holding a reception for all OBOD members at PantheaCon. Enjoy some mead from our House brewery. Come be with your people and learn of the recent activities in our groves and seed groups in California. Come prepared to share our Bardic Arts. • Sunday—12:30pm to 1:30pm, DRUID GUIDED MEDITATION HOUR - The House of Danu will be hosting a deep Druidic meditation, guiding One to a Universal connection through the Trees. This will be led by our new Presider, Murias O’Ceallagh, Ovate of Draig de Garrán Sequoia. 3:00p.m. to 4:30p.m. CHERRY HILL SEMINARY RECEPTION - Explore the many exciting opportunities available at Cherry Hill Seminary, offering the finest education for Pagan Ministry and Scholarship available today. Now more than ten years old, Cherry Hill Seminary represents quality, integrity and the forward vision of founders who recognized the need for education and training beyond one’s Pagan tradition. Meet Cherry Hill faculty and staff, look at the courses and curriculums, and consider a certificate or a graduate degree.

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1:00 PM — Opening Ritual....................................................................................................Glenn Turner & Friends............................. Oak 1:30 PM — Holding a Seventh Generation Perspective..........................................................Patricia St Onge........................................ Boardroom 1:30 PM — Osiris, Set, Horus: The Eternal Struggle................................................................Michael Smith.......................................... Carmel/ Monterey 1:30 PM v Musical Meditations: A Ritual Journey through the Elements.............................Wendy Rule & Timothy Van Diest............. Cedar 1:30 PM — Charges of the Goddess: Direction from the Divine..............................................Amber K & Azrael Arynn K........................ Fir 1:30 PM — Teachers Toolbox.................................................................................................Moss Magill.............................................. Oak 1:30 PM — Conflict Resolution for Magickal Communities....................................................Emily Carlin.............................................. Pine 1:30 PM — The Economics of Magic: Language of Prosperity................................................Sasha T..................................................... San Jose/ Santa Clara 1:30 PM — Real Food for Pagans...........................................................................................Soli Johnson............................................. San Juan/ San Carlos 1:30 PM v Dynamic Stick Stretching.....................................................................................Kim Makoi, D.C., M.Sc............................... San Martin/ San Simeon 1:30 PM — Asatru For Beginners Lecture and Booksigning...................................................Erin Lale................................................... Silicon Valley 3:30 PM — Pagan Intrafaith..................................................................................................Patheos Pagan Channel Bloggers............. Boardroom 3:30 PM — Sacred Trees.........................................................................................................Diana Paxson........................................... Carmel/ Monterey 3:30 PM — Offerings to Osiris: Sharing with the Dead...........................................................Tamara L. Siuda........................................ Cedar 3:30 PM — Bioregional Totemism.........................................................................................Lupa......................................................... Fir 3:30 PM — Mojo And Magic In Blues Music...........................................................................Kenny Klein.............................................. Oak 3:30 PM — Community Connections: Finding Acceptance for the Newly Arrived...................Llewellyn’s Panel...................................... Pine 3:30 PM — Interpreting Leland’s ‘Aradia’ From A Queer Pagan Perspective............................Michelle Mueller...................................... Riesling 3:30 PM — It Takes a Village to Dance: Ritual and Community Aspects.................................Annelise................................................... San Jose/ Santa Clara 3:30 PM ¡ Body Modification, Spirit, & Ritual......................................................................Jim Ward.................................................. San Juan/ San Carlos 3:30 PM — Village Witchery 101...........................................................................................Hexeba Theaux......................................... San Martin/ San Simeon 3:30 PM — Buddhist Wisdom for Attaining Greater Tolerance and Love................................Isa Gucciardi, Ph.D................................... Silicon Valley 1:00 PM

Opening Ritual

Oak

Glenn Turner & Friends At this Opening ritual we will acknowledge the Gardians of the quarters and spread a circle of protection over the hotel and environs for the 4 days of our events. This short ritual allows programming to start at 1:30 pm. 1:30 PM

Holding a Seventh Generation Perspective

Boardroom

Patricia St Onge With ceremony, story telling and interactive engagement, we will explore the historical legacy and current & future implications of honoring a commitment to the generations to come. Rooted in Haudenosaune creation story, we will design a symbol to remind us of the seventh generation and how we can care for them. 1:30 PM

Osiris, Set, Horus: The Eternal Struggle

Carmel/ Monterey

Michael Smith Good vs. Evil, Light vs. Dark, Order vs. Chaos. These themes are part of many major religions of today and yesterday, and are being explored in a extreme ways in our lives. And looking back to the myths surrounding the struggle between Horus, Child of Osiris and Isis, and his uncle, Set, it appears that ancient Egypt also followed this pattern of belief. But what do those myths actually reveal about the philosophies of the Egyptians, and what do they

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reveal about the nature of the Universe? What do they say about our own time, and the future we face? 1:30 PM

Cedar

Musical Meditations: A Ritual Journey through the Elements

Living a Life of Magic: With Wendy Rule and Timothy Van Diest This powerful workshop is a joyous expression of Wendy Rule’s many years as a workshop facilitator, musician, and Witch. With Timothy Van Diest, they create improvised soundscapes to lead us into deep ritual. With each element, Wendy sings herself into a sacred trance, fluidly moving between song and spoken word meditation, and floating over the beautiful textures of Tim’s Native American Flute and guitar. As a group, we cast circle, dance, sing, laugh and share. Beautifully relaxing and energizing, the workshop is a deeply rewarding experience. Doors close at start time.

1:30 PM

Charges of the Goddess: Direction from the Divine

Fir

Amber K and Azrael Arynn K Explore several Charges of the Goddess, as well as related literature from The Rede of the Horned One, to the Charge of the Earth Mother, to Charlie Brown’s Rules for Living. What makes a “charge” powerful and inspiring? Can you write your own version? Are they channelled? How can one use the various charges in ritual and teaching? Join authors Amber and Azrael as we discover the meaning of these messages at the heart of Wiccan belief.

1:30 PM

Oak

Teachers Toolbox

Moss Magill Best practices and tips for developing and leading engaging workshops, seminars and other learning experiences. This highly interactive session is perfect for those who have been thinking about venturing into the realm of conference workshop leadership as well as for those experienced facilitators wanting to share their stories and improve upon their skills. 1:30 PM

Conflict Resolution for Magickal Communities

Pine

Emily Carlin Incredible diversity is one of the greatest strengths and greatest weaknesses of magickal communities. Our myriad strong opinions inevitably leads to conflict. In this workshop we will learn the basics of successfully mediating conflict in magickal communities. This workshop is appropriate for anyone who wants to have more productive conversations with others. 1:30 PM

San Jose/ Santa Clara

The Economics of Magic: Language of Prosperity

Sasha T. Come learn how to co-create practical craftwork to sustain your community and foster real personal outcomes. We will be shedding light upon the local and global connections that magic creates through taking actions towards personal prosperity. Our workshop is an application of eclectic pagan perspectives on modern economic theory, a focus on personal service actions, and holistic approach to financial sustainability through compassion. 1:30 PM

Real Food for Pagans

San Juan/ San Carlos

Soli Johnson Food should be easy, but has become bogged down in politics and ideas of what is acceptable to eat. Come learn why our ancestors knew what they were doing with their diets and how we can recapture their collective wisdom. 1:30 PM

Dynamic Stick Stretching

San Martin/ San Simeon

Kim Makoi, D.C., M.Sc. For those who are a little too fidgety for yoga, come exercise with us! We will be using 4 and 6 foot long sticks to stretch in motion. In the spirit of PantheaCon, we will be exercising to the music of Lon Milo DuQuette (yes, with permission, and no, not a live performance!) And if you’re lucky, we may even cast our sticks at the end for a very special oracle! All fitness levels welcome. Doors close at start time.

1:30 PM

Asatru For Beginners Lecture and Booksigning

Silicon Valley

Erin Lale 45 minute lecture on Asatru and Heathenism followed by Asatru For Beginners book signing and question and answer session. Copies of Asatru For Beginners will be available for sale for those who don’t bring theirs with them.

3:30 PM

Pagan Intrafaith

Boardroom

Patheos Pagan Channel Bloggers Paganism is so diverse that it may be better to consider it an umbrella for a variety of religious traditions rather than a religion in itself. In this panel, Patheos.com Pagan Channel bloggers will discuss the need for intrafaith work within the Pagan movement. Can we use models of interfaith work to support collaboration, deeper understanding, and better communication in our own communities? 3:30 PM

Sacred Trees

Carmel/ Monterey

Diana Paxson As Tree of Life, World Tree, goddess, guardian, environmental mainstay, sacred trees are important in every culture. In this presentation, Diana L. Paxson will explore the role that trees have played in evolution, the deities most associated with trees, and ways in which we can work with the trees for our own mental health and the health of the planet. 3:30 PM

Offerings to Osiris: Sharing with the Dead

Cedar

Tamara L. Siuda Osiris (Wesir in the ancient language), Lord of the Blessed Dead, oversees the Unseen World and its people. Join us for a Kemetic Orthodox ritual of singing, dancing, drumming, and invocation of the Blessed Dead in His honor, and feel Their presence more fully in your lives. Feel free to bring drums or other musical instruments, offerings of food and drink to share, and any photographs or tokens of your own blessed ancestors to place upon the altar. 3:30 PM

Bioregional Totemism

Fir

Lupa While Tiger, Kangaroo, and Giraffe are certainly powerful totems, what about the totems of animals closer to home? In a society increasingly disconnected from nature, working with the totems of your bioregion can help reverse that unhealthy trend. Here, we’ll cover what a bioregion is and how to define yours, how to discover and connect with bioregional totems, exercises and rituals to deepen those relationships, and how this can all help you become a better steward of the Land. 3:30 PM

Mojo And Magic In Blues Music

Oak

Kenny Klein Blues is an American musical culture with roots in African, Irish and English folklore. Kenny Klein talks about the origins of Blues music, and its roots in voodoo lore and Southern magic, the essential Blues rhythms derived from Afro-Cuban drum patterns, and the magic and tribal origins of chant-and-dance traditions like the Mardi Gras Indians and Talking Blues, which evolved into Rap and Hip-Hop. How did the Blues influenced a generation of rockand-rollers and lead them into Ceremonial Magic and other occult practices?

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3:30 PM

Community Connections: Finding Acceptance for the Newly Arrived

Pine

Llewellyn’s Community Connections Panel Even in a community as wildly varied, colorful, and welcoming as ours, it can still be a challenge at times to find acceptance - that good ol’ cooperation, tolerance, and love thing! This can be daunting for newcomers, whether they’re new to a particular spiritual path, or a new arrival to a different community due to a move. Let’s talk about how we can be even more accepting and welcoming, learn some tips that have worked for others, and discuss the finer points of introducing yourself to a new group. Please see bio for panel participants. 3:30 PM

Riesling

Interpreting Leland’s ‘Aradia’ From A Queer Pagan Perspective

Michelle Mueller This workshop consists of a presentation of an academic paper, “Reading ‘Aradia, Or The Gospel of the Witches’ by Charles Leland From A Queer Pagan Perspective,” and an open discussion of applications of ‘Aradia’ in queer Pagan lives. The essay traces Aradia in the Z. Budapest Dianic Tradition, as well as the potential significance of ‘Aradia’ for queer men. 3:30 PM

San Jose/ Santa Clara

It Takes a Village to Dance: Ritual and Community Aspects

Annelise Simple, yet deep, traditional dances from Thrace express the patterns of life and unite villagers, linking past to present. Some explanation of symbols that recur in dance and embroidery/pottery and observations about how dances were used and passed then and now. Dancing ourselves to feel how these pieces come together, including a women’s ritual dance welcoming back the Kore(daughter) danced at this time of year. 3:30 PM

Body Modification, Spirit, & Ritual

San Juan/ San Carlos

Jim Ward Since antiquity humans have made permanent alterations in their bodies as expressions of their spiritual aspirations. Jim Ward explores these practices from the dawn of history to the present day and shares his own personal journey. Over 18 only.

3:30 PM

Village Witchery 101

San Martin/ San Simeon

Hexeba Theaux As Witches, we have a hybrid heritage: ceremonial magic and other elements of the Western Mystery Tradition, modern scholarship, the Counterculture and folk tradition. When we come out of the broom closet, we quickly learn that it is the practical magic of folk tradition that comes foremost in the minds of our non-Pagan neighbors! What do you do when they start coming to you asking for help with their love life, their children and their lost cats? Come learn about the nuts and bolts of village Witchery. PREREQUISITE FOR VILLAGE WITCHERY 102, 201, AND 202.

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3:30 PM

Silicon Valley

Buddhist Wisdom for Attaining Greater Tolerance and Love

Isa Gucciardi, Ph.D. In this highly experiential workshop, we explore Buddhist practices related to equanimity, loving kindness, compassion and joy. The cultivation of these four states is the basis for the Four Immeasurables practices. The cultivation of these states by each individual creates a greater sense of harmony and cooperation collectively. We will look at the ways in which our attachments and aversions prevent us from being able to attain these states internally and we will work with meditation practices specifically designed to help us attain a greater ability to be more present, tolerant and loving. 7:00 PM

Hanta Yo: Our Mission,Motto & Mystery Revealed

Boardroom

Hanta Yo Womens Group We’re the “I Got Tits!” ladies. For the past 5 years, we’ve been strengthening our inner feminine divine by embracing women’s mysteries. Share our journey and learn what this group is - and is not - and how you can do it, too. Open to all Genders. 7:00 PM

The DulciMates in Concert

Carmel/ Monterey

The DulciMates The DulciMates, DJ Hamouris & Buffalo, bring their 30+ years of Pagan song-smithing to bear with a concert of traditional folk music and original compositions with traditional flair. Two voices, two mountain dulcimers and possible guest artists will provide harmony and lots of opportunities for singing along. 7:00 PM

Cedar/ Pine

Living Conjure: Southern Folk Magic for Growing Your Spirit

Orion Foxwood In Southern and Appalachian mountain root-work, spiritdoctoring and magic; the development of our spirits is a direct and personal experience. Techniques for knowing, growing, healing and revealing spirit is at the core of these practices. Orion will present info from his new book, “A Candle and the Crossroads”, which will be focused on the soulful spiritual and magical practices of his birth culture. He will share deeply personal stories of southern conjure as a way to guide us to some of the most beautiful elements of what is means to “live-from-the-root” (spiritual core).

7:00 PM

By Earth Sea and Sky...

Fir

FoDLA Grove of the Bay This will be a druid ritual focused on Mannanan Mac Lir, and his role with boundaries and liminal areas. Our goal is to help soften and acknowledge the transition from the modern world, to the special headspace of Pantheacon. Doors close at start time.

7:00 PM

Oak

Love Your Demons, Love Your Self: a Conversation & Working

T. Thorn Coyle & Lon Milo Duquette We all have them: call them Shadows, or Complexes, or Things We Try To Avoid But Can’t Really. This workshop provides an introduction into the care and feeding of our demons. If we can’t love the parts of self that live in the shadows, we can’t love ourselves. This affects our relationships, our work, our connection to desire,

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7:00 PM — Hanta Yo: Our Mission,Motto & Mystery Revealed...............................................Hanta Yo Womens Group.......................... Boardroom 7:00 PM — The DulciMates in Concert...................................................................................The DulciMates........................................ Carmel/ Monterey 7:00 PM v Living Conjure: Southern Folk Magic for Growing Your Spirit...............................Orion Foxwood......................................... Cedar/ Pine 7:00 PM v By Earth Sea and Sky...........................................................................................FoDLA Grove of the Bay............................ Fir 7:00 PM — Love Your Demons, Love Your Self: a Conversation & Working.............................T. Thorn Coyle & Lon Milo Duquette.......... Oak 7:00 PM — Pagans in Recovery- Serenity First.......................................................................Frank Johnstone & Group......................... Riesling 7:00 PM v Erotic Breathwork: A Conduit to the Divine..........................................................Mkali-Hashiki........................................... San Jose/ Santa Clara 7:00 PM — Creating And Using Pathworkings And Visualizations..........................................Ivo Dominguez Jr..................................... San Juan/ San Carlos 7:00 PM — The Modern & Improved Rite of (Theurgic) Sacrifice............................................Sam Webster............................................ San Martin/ San Simeon 7:00 PM ¡ Introduction to Men’s Spirituality........................................................................Ivan Richmond......................................... Silicon Valley 9:00 PM — Religious Freedom: Pagans in the Military.........................................................Morgan Ginther....................................... Boardroom 9:00 PM — Wendy Rule Concert - Australian Visionary Songstress........................................Wendy Rule.............................................. Carmel/ Monterey 9:00 PM v Conjurers, Root Women, Vodou Queens and Hoodoo Mamas..............................Shanel & The Iseum of Black Isis............... Oak 9:00 PM v The Metamorphosis Mahamudra........................................................................Open Deep............................................... Pine 9:00 PM — Reconstructing the Qabalah Tree of Life: Why and How.......................................Gary M. Jaron........................................... Riesling 9:00 PM v Witchcraft at the Crossroads................................................................................Storm Faerywolf...................................... San Jose/ Santa Clara 9:00 PM — Human Deification—the Kemetic Perspective...................................................Richard Reidy........................................... San Juan/ San Carlos 9:00 PM — Restorative Community Circle; Tolerance, Cooperation and Love.........................Crystal Blanton........................................ San Martin/ San Simeon 9:00 PM — Why Pagans Make the Best Polyamorists............................................................Rayna Templebee..................................... Silicon Valley 11:00 PM — Permaculture, Fermentation, and The Underworld.............................................West/FFRASS........................................... Carmel/ Monterey 11:00 PM ¡ Pomba Gira Devotional........................................................................................American Magic Umbanda House............ Cedar/ Pine 11:00 PM v The Shadow House ~ Healing in the Darkness....................................................Jenya T. Beachy........................................ Oak 11:00 PM — Lupercalia............................................................................................................Ekklesia Antinoou.................................... San Jose/ Santa Clara 11:00 PM — Drum Circle 101...................................................................................................Don Schulz............................................... Silicon Valley and our magick, rippling out and impacting culture itself. Are they “out there” or “in hereù?” Let’s find out! Magick Workers Lon Milo Duquette and T. Thorn Coyle will be our guides. This workshop is not appropriate for children. 7:00 PM

Riesling

Pagans in Recovery- Serenity First

Frank Johnstone & Group This is a meeting for us pagans who are in some form of recovery. We are a 12 step meeting with a Pagan Flair for those to share their experience, strength and hope of recovery in light of using their own particular spiritual path or higher power. 7:00 PM

San Jose/ Santa Clara

Erotic Breathwork: A Conduit to the Divine

Mkali-Hashiki The breath is the lubricant of the soul. Erotic Breathwork allows us to re/experience our erotic power as a manifestation of Divine energy & is the foundation of Erotic Trance states. In this workshop we will practice basic techniques that allow us to use the breath to circulate erotic energy through our bodies. If time & interest permit, we will also practice breathwork techniques to share with our partner(s). Doors will closed after the first 10 mins. Workshop limited to 18+ year olds.

7:00 PM

San Juan/ San Carlos

Creating And Using Pathworkings And Visualizations

Ivo Dominguez Jr You have probably been in many rituals or workings that made use of pathworkings and probably will be again. Wouldn’t you like to make better use of such a powerful and popular practice? This workshop gives essential pointers on their crafting and on their use your rituals and meditations. In addition to acting as a part of ritual or contemplative work, the power of the inner eye and the imagination can be activated and refined by the use of pathworkings and visualizations. We will explore other alternative uses of pathworkings and visualizations as well. 7:00 PM

San Martin/ San Simeon

The Modern & Improved Rite of (Theurgic) Sacrifice

Sam Webster How can we perform sacrifice in a proper, even theurgic, mode? The Ancients had many techniques of bloodless sacrifice, some of which we can even do at the Con. More importantly, there is a specific and generalizable method for doing theurgic sacrifice that Iamblichus lays out in his “De Mysteriis”. The Tantrics developed something similar, from which we’ll steal some really useful tech, paired up with methods known to most witches and magi. We’ll get to play and practice this kind of sacrifice and put it to use in the OSOGD’s ritual “To Thoth Hermes Mercury” later in the Con.

FRIDAY

7:00 PM

Introduction to Men’s Spirituality

Silicon Valley

Ivan Richmond Men’s Spirituality is (or at least should be) non-sexist, homophilic, transphilic and opposed to gender roles. Being male is a description, as opposed to a prescription. This presentation will go into basic aspects of male spirituality with focus on initiation into manhood out of boyhood. The presenter will show how maleness is something you are rather than something you do (as mainstream society to think). Manhood is, ultimately, a spiritual state. Welcome to all males, as defined as people who sincerely identify as male.

9:00 PM

Religious Freedom: Pagans in the Military

Boardroom

Morgan Ginther I will present a panel discussion about religious freedom in the United States. The main focus will be upon serving those who serve. What it is like to serve, build community and meet the needs of our warriors who serve our country. We have both worked very hard to maintain our religious freedom but from two different perspectives. Selena Fox was on the front lines in establishing Open Circles and getting the Military to recognize Wicca as a religion and we have both served to maintain those freedoms while meeting the day to day needs of our service members and their families. 9:00 PM

Carmel/ Monterey

9:00 PM

Riesling

Reconstructing the Qabalah Tree of Life: Why and How

Gary M. Jaron The reconstruction movement in Neo-pagan traditions uses scholar’s analysis and understanding of the past, as a means to guide their magical practices today. I will explore the Qabalah Tree of Life and explain why it needs to be rethought, and reconstructed. To accomplish this I will go over the history of Kabbalah, Cabala, and Qabalah, specifically focusing on the symbols of the Sefiroth, the Tree of Life. I will explain why I believe the present symbols and understanding of the Qabalah Sefiroth has gone astray and offer guidance in how to reconstruct it. 9:00 PM

San Jose/ Santa Clara

Witchcraft at the Crossroads

Storm Faerywolf Many indigenous cultures recognize the symbolic, spiritual, and magical nature of the crossroads. It exists outside of normal time and space and as such is a meeting place of the miraculous. Together we will summon the Great Crossroads as a means to create sacred space in a style decidedly BlueRose Faerie. Doors close at start time.

9:00 PM

San Juan/ San Carlos

Human Deification—the Kemetic Perspective

Wendy Rule Internationally acclaimed Australian Visionary Songstress Wendy Rule returns to Pantheacon to present a concert of her powerful, beautiful, and truly unique songs. Combining music, Myth and Magic, Wendy draws on her 20 years of spiritual practice of Witchcraft. Together with her husband Timothy Van Diest, they create a live performance that blurs the line between concert and ritual. A truly transformational experience. www.wendyrule.com

Richard Reidy The ancient Egyptians saw the goal for human beings as their deification in the life beyond the grave. We will examine what it meant for the ancient Egyptians and what it means for Kemetics today. We will look at specific men and women who were recognized as deified by the ancient Egyptians. We will discuss the two-fold path to the transformation into a god or goddess, the various complimentary means for attaining godhood, and what the ancients regarded as the pitfalls along the way. We will explore ancient funerary texts to demonstrate how we can attain deification.

9:00 PM

Wendy Rule Concert - Australian Visionary Songstress

Oak

Conjurers, Root Women, Vodou Queens and Hoodoo Mamas

Szmeralda Shanel and The Iseum of Black Isis Women healers of Africa and the Diaspora have been known by many names. Join The Iseum of Black Isis in song, dance and ritual in honor and celebration of these ancestral mothers of the spirit and the African and African diasporic divinities that walked with them. As we are all descendants of the African Dark Mother, ALL are welcome.

9:00 PM

The Metamorphosis Mahamudra

Pine

Open Deep Open Deep has better than a century of combined experience in Ritual Music. They create an intense tapestry of Percussion, Guitar, Violin, Chanting and Flute to open and energize each participant’s personal connection to the Divine. Inspired by Sufi song and dances, Open Deep creates Sacred Music from an Earth-Centered perspective, combining Afro-Cuban rhythms, and Celtic, Jazz, Classical, and World Music melodies, with participants’ voices and movement, creating a journey from longing through ecstasy and back home to Earth, returning them to their lives renewed and refreshed by Spirit.

FRIDAY

San Martin/ San Simeon

Restorative Community Circle; Tolerance, Cooperation and Love

Crystal Blanton In the true spirit of cooperation, tolerance and love; join us in a community building restorative justice circle that embraces these values and the beauty within the many paths of this village. This restorative justice circle will focus on our ability to understand, rather than be understood. Building on the previous years of restorative justice workshops here at Patheacon, join this real time opportunity to learn restorative practices by participating while also working in conjunction with other community members on creating active solutions for a more tolerant and loving Pagan community. 9:00 PM

Why Pagans Make the Best Polyamorists

Silicon Valley

Rayna Templebee Polyamory is the art and practice of loving more than one person in a committed and ethical way. Recent attention in the media to polyamory has increased public awareness of this loving but challenging way to increase the amount of love in your life. Join us for a discussion of why pagans are better equipped than most to be

paid. Dress in your best red and black, ready to dance. Remember: Street-legal cover through the halls, beach- legal coverage on the dance floor. Beach legal - at a minimum you must be covered by opaque material over your genitals and additionally for females your breasts. 11:00 PM

The Shadow House ~ Healing in the Darkness

Oak

Jenya T. Beachy There is an entire landscape within us: bright temples, flowering meadows, clear waters, and a dark-wooded place where light doesn’t reach; a frightful abode which houses those parts of us that we’ve exiled. It is our Work to find that Shadow House and become willing to cross the wasted clearing, step up on the broken porch, and unlock the way to our fear and our power. (In the Shared Reality, the doors will be closed 10 minutes after program begins.)

11:00 PM

Lupercalia

San Jose/ Santa Clara

Ekklesia Antinoou Mars and Venus, Ianus and Quirinus, Faunus, Silvanus, and Antinous Lupercus...Come and celebrate the Ekklesia Antinoou’s version of the ancient Roman Lupercalia ritual, for purification, protection, and blessing—what a great way to start your PantheaCon! An observance of the Parentalia, the festival honoring the ancestors, will be included along with the usual EA ritual format. All are welcome! 11:00 PM

Drum Circle 101

Silicon Valley

Don Schulz New to drumming? Never played? Curious? Nervous? No sense of rhythm? Then this is the seminar for you! Emphasis on etiquette, basic rhythm structure, finding your voice, improvising, and basic jamming. Come play! successful at polyamory. Share your experiences and questions in a safe and supportive networking forum. Adults only, please. 11:00 PM

Carmel/ Monterey

Permaculture, Fermentation, and The Underworld

West/FFRASS When we grow food organically, our relationship with “the Underworld” (a central feature in many pagan traditions) informs our practice with the land. In turn, what we know about the interaction of plant,animal, and earth informs how we interpret our mythic and lore inheritance. In short, yogurt, mushrooms (and even beer!) have a spiritual component. In this workshop I’ll explain how I plant trees, grow mushrooms, and use microbiology as a spiritual, worshipful practice. This impacts our view of our bodies, food, and “spiritually informed” health. 11:00 PM

Pomba Gira Devotional

Cedar/ Pine

American Magic Umbanda House No one under 21 - please bring your ID with you. No photography! Come to the Parlor of Pomba Gira, the Sacred Harlot of Rio de Janeiro, as we drum, sing, dance and celebrate the power and hard-earned wisdom of Pomba Gira. Pomba teaches self-confidence, love of thyself, and how to make sure the bills get

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FRIDAY

Saturday Morning at a Glance v

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9:00 AM — Pagan Family Meet & Greet.................................................................................San Francisco Pagan Parents & Families... Boardroom 9:00 AM v Shades of Ritual; Minority Pagans in Practice......................................................Shades of Faith Authors........................... Carmel 9:00 AM — CAYA Coven Wake up to Spirit Ritual....................................................................CAYA Coven.............................................. Cedar 9:00 AM ¡ A Different Kind of Seidh.....................................................................................Freyja’s Gift............................................... Fir 9:00 AM v The Wealth Wizard’s Guide to Financial Success...................................................Taylor Ellwood.......................................... Monterey 9:00 AM — ADF Ritual: Ritual for Tolerance and Love............................................................ADF.......................................................... Oak 9:00 AM v Psychic Techniques - Practical Magic...................................................................Drew Ward............................................... Pine 9:00 AM — Astrology, A Primer.............................................................................................Rev Bill Duvendack................................... Riesling 9:00 AM — Why do ritual? A Kemetic View............................................................................Richard Reidy........................................... San Carlos 9:00 AM — Mithraism and the Mithras Liturgy......................................................................Tony Mierzwicki....................................... San Jose/ Santa Clara 9:00 AM — Destiny and Sacrifice: Initiations of Santeria.......................................................Rev. Dr. E.................................................. San Juan 9:00 AM — Yoga for Intermediate Yoginis..............................................................................Holly Allender Kraig................................. San Martin/ San Simeon 11:00 AM — Babaylan Shamanic & Sonic Healing...................................................................Evelie Delfino Sales Posch........................ Boardroom 11:00 AM ¡ My grandma’s a goddess and so is yours.............................................................Victoria Slind-Flor.................................... Carmel 11:00 AM — Margot’s Non-stop Ritual Chant workshop..........................................................Adler, Fox, McCollum & more................... Cedar 11:00 AM — Re-Visioning Polarity...........................................................................................Ivo Dominguez Jr..................................... Fir 11:00 AM — The Labors of Herakles........................................................................................Thiasos Olympikos................................... Monterey 11:00 AM v Tarot Reading Circle.............................................................................................Mary Greer............................................... Oak 11:00 AM v The Mighty Dead.................................................................................................Christopher Penczak................................. Pine 11:00 AM — Basic drumming for kids......................................................................................Don Schulz............................................... Riesling 11:00 AM — Amulets and Talismans........................................................................................Melanie Marquis...................................... San Carlos 11:00 AM v Healing With Hypnosis: Part 1.............................................................................Donald Michael Kraig............................... San Jose/ Santa Clara 11:00 AM — Magical Stones Workshop...................................................................................Kay Pannell.............................................. San Juan 11:00 AM v Finding Freyr.......................................................................................................Diana Paxson & Hrafnar kindred.............. San Martin/ San Simeon 11:00 AM — Gender Harmony: Forming Deep Alliances..........................................................Claire Medeiros........................................ Silicon Valley

9:00 AM

Pagan Family Meet & Greet

Boardroom

San Francisco Pagan Parents and Families Where are all the other families with kids? Bring the kids and come on down to meet other Pagan families! We will do brief introductions, and then let the kids play and everyone get a chance to connect with like-minded folks. We had great fun last year. Hope to see you there! 9:00 AM

Shades of Ritual; Minority Pagans in Practice

Carmel

Shades of Faith Authors Join authors from the Shades of Faith anthology (Immanion/ Megalithic Press)in a ritual of diversity. This multi-cultural ritual is an integration of paths that will show a reflection of the beautiful integration of culture & Paganism, while honoring the many differences within the circle. Come and join us in celebrating all of the many faces of deity, the beauty of our history, ancestors and the interwoven dynamics of embracing diversity within the Pagan community. Facilitators include Crystal Blanton, Luna Pantera, Nadirah Adeye,Heaven Walker, Szmeralda Shanel and others. All are welcome! Doors close at start time.

SATURDAY

9:00 AM

CAYA Coven Wake up to Spirit Ritual

Cedar

CAYA Coven Join the Clergy, Initiates, and Dedicants of Come As You Are Coven for a joyful morning stretch, dance, and song ritual. This rite, a favorite for the past several years among PantheaCon attendees, stirs the heart, mind, body and spirit in with its gentle, centering, enlivening energy. Adaptations gladly made for individuals with mobility issues. Come as you are and wake up to spirit with us! 9:00 AM

A Different Kind of Seidh

Fir

Freyja’s Gift Join Freyja’s Gift Trance Team, a part of Hrafn Skjoldr Kindred, as they offer Seidh and other Trancework in various traditions. Our seers mostly speak with the Norse Gods but we have a few who are more eclectic and thus, we call what we do Trance work. Several Seers will sit in a chair, go into trance and answer questions asked of the Gods and the Dead. Seeing need not always be with lots of ritual. Doors close at start time. We will have a guarded exit- people who want to leave will be checked to make sure they are OK, and people who want to come in may do so if there is room.

9:00 AM

The Wealth Wizard’s Guide to Financial Success

Monterey

Taylor Ellwood In this class we will explore the world of finances through wealth magic. If you feel like money is the master of your life, or you just want to know how to use magic to work with your finances, this class will explore wealth magic techniques that can help you work with your wealth and grow it. Door closes 10 minutes after the presentation starts.

9:00 AM

ADF Ritual: Ritual for Tolerance and Love

Oak

ADF Ar’ nDraiocht Fe’in: A Druid Fellowship (ADF) is an international druid organization devoted to creating a public tradition of NeoPagan Druidry based on honoring the polytheistic religions of the Indo-European peoples. The Irish words, pronounced “arn reeocht fane”, mean “Our Own Druidism”, and that’s just what ADF is - a completely independent tradition of Neopagan Druidism. This year ADF presents a druid ritual that asks for tolerance and love throughout our Pagan community, and co-operation between all religions to bring about peace to our world as a whole. Join us as we open the gates to the Otherworlds, and celebrate the act of *ghosti (hospitality) that we share with the many Gods and Goddesses that are integrated into Neopagan tradition. 9:00 AM

Pine

9:00 AM

San Jose/ Santa Clara

Mithraism and the Mithras Liturgy

Tony Mierzwicki Mithraism was an almost universal religion throughout the entire Roman empire. It was the leading rival of Christianity in Rome, and was more successful in the first four centuries CE. Mithraism was a soldier religion, offering salvation based not just on faith and compassion, but high moral standards. The initiations in Mithraism involved ascending through seven grades of initiation, each aligned with a symbol, and a planet. The Mithras Liturgy enables the soul to return to its heavenly home by ascending past the planetary spheres and various forces through using hymns, names of power, etc. 9:00 AM

Destiny and Sacrifice: Initiations of Santeria

San Juan

Rev. Dr. E. Some people bring good destinies from heaven, others bring bad destinies, but with the intervention of the orishas, and support from the community through rituals of sacrifice we can exchange our destinies for better ones. Join Dr. E, founder of the Santeria Church of the Orishas, as he demystifies the initiations of Santeria and explores the function of ritual sacrifice and tribal unity within the Lukumi cosmology. 9:00 AM

Yoga for Intermediate Yoginis

San Martin/ San Simeon

Drew Ward An audience-participation overview of psychic techniques useful in both magical and mundane situations. Explore your psychic abilities and learn ways to enhance them. A detailed practice guide is provided. Doors closed at start of presentation.

Holly Allender Kraig Take your Hatha Yoga practice to the next level with specific asanas and vinyasas that build your physical, emotional and spiritual strength and flexibility. Move more deeply into poses to find your inner power waiting to be unleashed. Use these techniques at home to enhance your daily life and your ritual practice. Bring a towel or mat.

9:00 AM

11:00 AM

Psychic Techniques—Practical Magic

Astrology, A Primer

Riesling

Rev Bill Duvendack This will be a basic introduction to western astrology, and will cover such topics as the signs, the houses, aspects, and the planets. If you are not familiar with astrology, this can serve as a basic platform to work from in their own personal practices. If you are familiar with astrology, this can serves as a refresher and as inspiration. Handouts will be provided. 9:00 AM

Why do ritual? A Kemetic View

San Carlos

Richard Reidy Why bother doing rituals from a bygone era? Are we just playing dress up and make believe or are we doing something genuinely important for ourselves, for our world, and for the gods? In an age when many people reject formality and place an emphasis on spontaneity, why can the ancient rites help unite humans with the divine? We will examine these issues from a Kemetic Reconstructionist perspective.

Babaylan Shamanic & Sonic Healing

Boardroom

Evelie Delfino Sales Posch Come sing, make sounds, play instruments from the Philippines and other parts of the globe: for awakening group dynamics to heal, opening the heart to love, celebrating our diversity and uniqueness!!! 11:00 AM

My grandma’s a goddess and so is yours

Carmel

Victoria Slind-Flor We will celebrate our grandmothers or other important figures in our lives as our first source of unconditional love and acceptance. We will make poppets of these ancestors and tell their stories in a ritual context. Open to all who are 12 years old or older. Doors close at start time.

11:00 AM

Margot’s Non-stop Ritual Chant workshop

Cedar

Margot Adler, Selena Fox, Patrick McCollum and more Margot brings her chant-as-ritual workshop back to Pantheacon. Non-stop ritual chanting, with harmonies, the bigger the better.

SATURDAY

11:00 AM

Re-Visioning Polarity

Fir

Ivo Dominguez Jr Polarity is one of the sources of power that drives much of magick, but it is often overly simplified and tangled in cultural limitations. In this class we will be taking the concept of polarity far beyond plus and minus or male and female. In fact even the paradigm of opposites and their union will be set into a context that is much broader. Much of what will be discussed is theory, but there will be clear suggestions for the practical application of this material in your work as well. 11:00 AM

The Labors of Herakles

Monterey

Thiasos Olympikos A shadow puppet play for children and adults. The play is pretty much a comedy in verse, with some songs, but follows the classical tale of Herakles and Iolaos as they accomplish the Twelve Labors set for them by King Eurystheos 11:00 AM

Tarot Reading Circle

Oak

Mary Greer Working together intuitively increases everyone’s skills as you will discover in this reading circle. You will give and receive impressions from Tarot cards for the benefit of all - whether you’ve ever read a Tarot card before or not. No matter your expertise, you will learn new skills and deepen your divinatory awareness. Suitable for everyone. Doors will close for entry 15 minutes into the workshop.

11:00 AM

The Mighty Dead

Pine

Christopher Penczak Traditions across the world honor the sanctified dead-not just the ancestors of flesh and blood - but the ancestors of our spiritual traditions, who died in a state of alignment and union with the divine. Known as the Boddisattvas, Saints, Secret Chiefs, Ascended Masters and Inner Plane Adepts in other traditions, Witches know our ancestors as the Hidden Company, the Mighty Dead. In truth, they are the guiding principles of our tradition, as inner world allies. Understand the nature of the Mighty Dead and how to work directly with them for your own healing and evolution. Doors close at start time.

11:00 AM

Basic drumming for kids.

Riesling

ers from various cultures have crafted these objects of power. Each participant will create their own talisman or amulet for good luck at Pantheacon and beyond. 11:00 AM

Healing With Hypnosis: Part 1

San Jose/ Santa Clara

Donald Michael Kraig Hypnosis is one of the most powerful healing techniques anyone can use. In this part of the workshop you’ll learn a brief history and theory of how hypnosis works. Then you’ll learn how to prepare a person for hypnosis and for success. Next, you’ll practice the Elman hypnotic induction where you’ll hypnotize a person in under five minutes. You’ll also learn how to deepen the hypnotic state. This workshop is fun and participatory, not just a lecture. It will prepare you for part 2. People under 18 must come with a parent. Door closes after start.

11:00 AM

San Juan

Magical Stones Workshop

Kay Pannell Magical stones: How they work, why they work, and how to get them to work if they’re not working for you. Presented by a professional geologist and magic user. 11:00 AM

Finding Freyr

San Martin/ San Simeon

Diana Paxson and Hrafnar kindred Of all the deities in the heathen pantheon, the one to whom folk most often prayed for cooperation and love was the “god of the worldù,” Freyr, God of the wildlands and the tilled fields, beloved bringer of fertility, sacred king and lord of the divine ancestors, He was the bringer of peace and good seasons. In this ritual we will tell his story and bring his blessings. Doors close at start time.

11:00 AM

Gender Harmony: Forming Deep Alliances

Silicon Valley

Claire Medeiros Since PantheaCon 2010, revolutionary conversations and deep alliances have risen from the willingness of trans-gender and cisgender priestesses to lovingly address the powerful wave of change in the Goddess community. This workshop is a participatory discussion between transwomen Claire Medeiros, Katie Berger Tremaine, and cis-women Yeshe Rabbit, Iris RedRaven, and other members of the Bloodroot Honey Priestesses about our journey of building bridges, addressing the difficult questions with respect and kindness, and ultimately, the nature of authentic sisterhood.

Don Schulz Under 12 only. Focus on basic rhythm structure, etiquette, participation, playing with others. Some drums and rhythm toys will be supplied. If you have some, bring some to play and/or share. 11:00 AM

Amulets and Talismans

San Carlos

Melanie Marquis Around the world since ancient times, humans have had a profound belief in the power of the “lucky charm.” Learn the difference between a talisman and an amulet, and discover how magick work-

SATURDAY

Saturday Afternoon at a Glance v

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1:30 PM — Beyond the Pagan Top 40: Learn New Chants......................................................Turning Earth Singers............................... Boardroom 1:30 PM — Setting the record straight: pagans and the press...............................................Winegarner, Pitzl-Waters, & more............ Carmel/ Monterey 1:30 PM — Inanna and Dumuzi Devotional...........................................................................Temple of Inanna & Dumuzi..................... Cedar 1:30 PM v RITUAL TO INDUCE VISIONS OF PREVIOUS INCARNATIONS....................................Lon Milo DuQuette................................... Fir 1:30 PM — Cauldron and the Grail: Symbols of unity............................................................Vivianne Crowley..................................... Oak 1:30 PM v Bast Devotional Ritual.........................................................................................Avia Moore............................................... Pine 1:30 PM — Atheists, Agnostics & the Pagans Who Love Them...............................................Llyne Foy.................................................. Riesling 1:30 PM — Seeing for the Tribes............................................................................................EliSheva................................................... San Jose 1:30 PM — Magick Incense Making 101................................................................................Carl Neal.................................................. San Juan/ San Carlos 1:30 PM — Journey to Center: Lessons in Grounding and Centering......................................Rynn Fox.................................................. San Martin/ San Simeon 1:30 PM — Vodou 101: Starting to Serve the Lwa.................................................................Mambo Chita Tann................................... Santa Clara 1:30 PM — A Publisher’s Embodiment of Co-operation, Tolerance, and Love.........................Immanion Press....................................... Silicon Valley 3:30 PM — Shaking Up Our Stories........................................................................................Sarah Twichell.......................................... Boardroom 3:30 PM — Tarot Magic.........................................................................................................Chic Cicero & Sandra Tabatha Cicero......... Carmel/ Monterey 3:30 PM v Cultivating Allignment Through Faery Seership Practices....................................Orion Foxwood......................................... Cedar/ Pine 3:30 PM — The Ole Time Good Spell Feri Pagan Tent Revival.................................................Dustbunny Feri Initiates, & more.............. Oak 3:30 PM — Astrology to Understand Group Dynamics...........................................................Shauna Aura Knight................................. Riesling 3:30 PM v Pagans Of Color Caucus.......................................................................................Xochiquetzal Duti..................................... San Jose 3:30 PM — Introduction to Wheat Weaving...........................................................................Woven Circle............................................ San Juan/ San Carlos 3:30 PM — Enchantment Through Gesture, Gaze and Glamour.............................................Peter Paddon........................................... San Martin/ San Simeon 3:30 PM — Baltic Heathenism & Romuva..............................................................................Prudence Priest........................................ Santa Clara 3:30 PM — Village Witchery 102...........................................................................................Hexeba Theaux......................................... Silicon Valley

1:30 PM

Beyond the Pagan Top 40: Learn New Chants

Boardroom

Turning Earth Singers Looking for new and different music to use in ritual? Come learn some of our favorite new and undiscovered Pagan chants, songs, and rounds, including a few original pieces by our members. We’ll create a loosely structured ritual space, in which we can sing each song at length, improvise, and harmonize, allowing ourselves to sink deeply into each piece and let the magic flow. *Different chants from last year!* 1:30 PM

Carmel/ Monterey

Setting the record straight: pagans and the press

Beth Winegarner, J Pitzl-Waters, E Colon, N Yronwode, M Aldax Most reporters aren’t experts in paganism, Satanism, or African Diaspora faiths. When these topics come up, especially in connection with violent crime, news articles often suggest that these religions are violent. In this panel, experts from a variety of faiths will discuss how their beliefs have been misrepresented or sensationalized, a local crime reporter will share how he does his job, and we’ll come up with strategies for pagans and the press to work together.

1:30 PM

Cedar

Inanna and Dumuzi Devotional

Temple of Inanna and Dumuzi Inanna, the Sumerian Goddess of civilization, and Dumuzi, Her Consort and God of herding and agriculture were seminal Deities in ancient Mesopotamia. They were also both Deities of die and get resurrected, and therefore know the mysteries of death and resurrection. Inanna is also famed for Her breastplate known as “Come Man, Come” and Her mascara called “Let Him Come, Let Him Come”, when She emerged from the bedchamber after Her wedding night, She announced of Dumuzi, “He did so Fifty Times”. So, He is quite a potent God! Join our temple’s devotion of Them. 1:30 PM

RITUAL TO INDUCE VISIONS OF PREVIOUS INCARNATIONS

Fir

Lon Milo DuQuette Join Author and Ceremonial Magician, Lon Milo DuQuette as he leads a Group Ritual of Enochian Magick to induce visions of previous incarnations. More than a lecture, attendees will be participating in an actual magical operation.

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1:30 PM

Oak

Cauldron and the Grail: Symbols of unity

Vivianne Crowley The Cauldron and the Grail are core symbols of unity with the Divine that transcend specific traditions, historical periods and geography. This workshop explores the symbolism and power of Cauldron and the Grail through words, images, visualization, meditation and chant. 1:30 PM

Pine

Bast Devotional Ritual

Avia Moore A ritual devoted to the Egyptian cat goddess Bast. In this ritual we will gift her an ecstatic dance in thanks for her presence or future presence in our lives. Attendees are welcome to bring items they would like to be blessed by Bast. Photos and toys of your cats are welcome in the ritual as well. Doors close during meditation, the last 20 minutes of the ritual.

1:30 PM

Atheists, Agnostics & the Pagans Who Love Them

Riesling

Llyne Foy There are many books and web sites on the topic of interfaith relationships. Rarely are Pagans considered a potential audience, much less those who are unsure of their beliefs, or those who are quite sure they don’t believe. Nonetheless, many relationships between such individuals exist. They present unique challenges for which there is little advice when conflicts emerge, and little recognition of accomplishment when things go well. This moderated group conversation is a space to share personal stories and opinions on a topic that inspires strong feelings but is rarely openly discussed. 1:30 PM

Seeing for the Tribes

San Jose

EliSheva This is a divination/oracular ritual that reconstructs an ancient pre-monotheist Tradition of the Hebrews. EliSheva will “ask of the Gods” for people who need answer to questions. 1:30 PM

Magick Incense Making 101

San Juan/ San Carlos

Carl Neal Learn to make all-natural incense for your rituals or as gifts! There are no synthetic fragrances here, only the gifts that Nature has given to us. Learn to combine herbs, resins, and woods with natural gum and wood binders to create your own sticks, cones, coils, and much more, that are infused with your own energy. You will leave this workshop with natural incense you have crafted with your own hands. This workshop was a blast at PantheaCon last year, so this year I am bringing a totally different set of recipes! 1:30 PM

San Martin/ San Simeon

Journey to Center: Lessons in Grounding and Centering

Rynn Fox Grounding and centering are vital to effective magic—and living. When used to unify the body, mind, and spirit, it can help you achieve a more present, integrated, and balanced life. With specific exercises and information, this workshop will provide step-by-step

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instruction on applying grounding, centering, and mindfulness techniques to all areas of your life. Helping you to become fully aware, connected, and alive. 1:30 PM

Vodou 101: Starting to Serve the Lwa

Santa Clara

Mambo Chita Tann So you’re interested in Haitian Vodou, but you have no idea how to begin? Join Mambo Chita Tann for a discussion and Q&A on how to get involved with Vodou and the Lwa (spirits of Haitian Vodou). We’ll talk about personal altar setup and service as well as important topics like personal/group service, initiation, magic, cultural sensitivity, and more. 1:30 PM

Silicon Valley

A Publisher’s Embodiment of Co-operation, Tolerance, & Love

Immanion Press Immanion Press has published anthologies that focus on issues such as cultural appropriation, minority voices in paganism, gender inequality in occultism. In this panel we discuss the philosophy behind the publishing and why it creates a more cooperative, tolerant world. 3:30 PM

Shaking Up Our Stories

Boardroom

Sarah Twichell When our ideas of who we are move from defining us to confining us, it’s time for a change! We will use free writing, imaginary interviews, movement, and other techniques to change our relationships to the stories we tell about who we are and open up space for the possibility of who we can become! A notebook and pen will be helpful. 3:30 PM

Tarot Magic

Carmel/ Monterey

Chic Cicero & Sandra Tabatha Cicero Different systems of magic and divination provide us with a variety of patterns or blueprints of the universe as well as the pattern of the human soul. The Tarot is a perfect tool for divination, meditation and personal growth because the universe is completely defined or patterned within the context of the cards of the tarot deck. This lecture will emphasize how Tarot Cards can be used as skrying symbols for spirit vision work, focal points for meditation and dream work, and as talismans that are charged to invoke the divine forces that are associated with each card. 3:30 PM

Cedar/ Pine

Cultivating Allignment Through Faery Seership Practices

Orion Foxwood Cooperation, tolerance and love (the directive of P-Con 2013) starts within ourselves before growing into the outer world. It starts with cleansing out the wounds in our spirit; inviting deep wisdom into our soul; and reaching to spiritual direction from our spirit. In this workshop, Orion will discuss his understanding of these disciplines and share techniques to cultivate allignment with them. Core to the workshop will be a be the “re-sourcing prayer”, an energetic and prayer technique developed by Brigh (his Faerywife), the sacred land and his own spirit.

3:30 PM

San Martin/ San Simeon

Enchantment Through Gesture, Gaze and Glamour

Peter Paddon Enchantment is the Witch’s art of manipulation through gesture, gaze and glamour. Celebrate the launch of Peter’s new book on the subject by learning some of the techniques and underlying philosophies of this art. These “Jedi mind tricks” are real magick, using energy work, not pop psychology or NLP. 3:30 PM

Baltic Heathenism & Romuva

3:30 PM

The Ole Time Good Spell Feri Pagan Tent Revival

Oak

Dustbunny Feri Initiates, Students and Guests Brothers and Sisters! The Revival is honored to be back once more, raising the roof with our own special blend of deep meaning and wild magick. Y’all know how it works: we sing, laugh, dance and pray in a mystical congregation where we invite the Gods to come on in, kick off Their shoes and set a spell. So dust off your church hat and come lift up your hearts and voices as we make a Joyful Noise unto the Lords and Ladies and everyone in between! 3:30 PM

Astrology to Understand Group Dynamics

Riesling

Shauna Aura Knight Do you yearn for healthy community? Cooperation is difficult as groups get dynamic. This workshop offers tools to explore people and groups using the 12 signs of astrology; within each sign, our human needs are represented. Whether a long-time leader or potential group member, join us to explore the light and shadow across the twelve signs. Learn magical and mundane tools for reducing conflicts, addressing power dynamics, improving communication, and becoming stronger leaders. Join us on the wheel of the Zodiac to grow sustainable communities. No experience with Astrology necessary. 3:30 PM

Pagans Of Color Caucus

Santa Clara

Prudence Priest Learn about current practices of Romuva (Baltic Faith)- one of the last surviving indigenous European traditions. Will include a showing of Kulgrinda’s (Secret Path)30 minute DVD. Prudence has just returned from Romuva camp last August in her village of Dvarciskes and will share those experiences, too. Baltic info, prayer books to the Gods, and CD’s & other items will be available. 3:30 PM

Village Witchery 102

Silicon Valley

Hexeba Theaux This class presents further principles and techniques for Witches who may find themselves needed as community practitioners in a mostly non-Pagan community. We will also discuss the most common problems that clients bring to Witches, and ways to approach solutions. We’ll also consider some issues in community relations, including several related to the fact that many of us live in multicultural neighborhoods. Bring your questions, and a notebook if you like. PREREQUISITE: VILLAGE WITCHERY 101. PREREQUISITE FOR VILLAGE WITCHERY 201 AND 202

San Jose

Xochiquetzal Duti Back for its second year, the Pagans of Color Caucus seeks to create a space where pagans of color and allies can come together and discuss issues relevant to their path and practice; what being a person of color does to their experience within the Pagan community, and how to work to create a radically inclusive community. This will be a closed session after 5 minutes from the start of the program.

3:30 PM

Introduction to Wheat Weaving

San Juan/ San Carlos

Woven Circle This class focuses on beginning weaving techniques along with straw preparation and sources on books, materials, and local groups. In this class, each student will make at least two weaving: a Bridget’s Cross and Harvest Knot to bring home. Children must be accompanied by an adult. All materials and supplies are provided. For an example of the projects go to www.paganhumanist.com

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7:00 PM — Queering the Great Rite.......................................................................................Xochiquetzal Duti..................................... Boardroom 7:00 PM — Ruth Barrett and Holly Tannen in Concert............................................................Holly Tannen............................................ Carmel/ Monterey 7:00 PM v The Heart is Our Nation: A Morrigan Devotional..................................................Cathubodua , Coyle, & Ravenna............... Cedar/ Pine 7:00 PM — Papa Ghede’s Bone Yard Boogie...........................................................................Dark Forest Coven..................................... Oak 7:00 PM — Using Astrology to Bring Us Together..................................................................William Gordon aka skywatcher888........ Riesling 7:00 PM v Visions & Voices: Aleister Crowley’s Enochian Visions...........................................James A. Eshelman.................................. San Jose/ Santa Clara 7:00 PM — Ho’oponopono for Personal and Collective Wellness............................................Isa Gucciardi, Ph.D................................... San Juan/ San Carlos 7:00 PM — Danbala Sevis (Haitian Vodou Ceremony)............................................................Mambo Chita Tann................................... San Martin/ San Simeon 7:00 PM v Trans Deities For All: Meeting the Tetrad.............................................................Ekklesia Antinoou.................................... Silicon Valley 9:00 PM — The Sacred Circle: Reclaiming the Goddess in Recovery.......................................JoAnna Silverwitch.................................. Boardroom 9:00 PM — Kenny Klein In Concert........................................................................................Kenny Klein.............................................. Carmel/ Monterey 9:00 PM — Pandemonaeon - Live Show................................................................................Pandemonaeon........................................ Cedar/ Pine 9:00 PM v Saiva Tantra: The Intersection of Tantric Yoga and Paganism...............................Ben Hoshour............................................ Riesling 9:00 PM — Women of the Golden Dawn...............................................................................Geraldine Beskin...................................... San Jose/ Santa Clara 9:00 PM v The King’s Road...................................................................................................Brotherhood of the Moon........................ San Juan/ San Carlos 9:00 PM — Gods and Goddesses of the Forge........................................................................Amber K & Azrael Arynn K........................ San Martin/ San Simeon 9:00 PM v Healing With The Ancestors.................................................................................Luna Pantera............................................ Silicon Valley 11:00 PM — Wounded Spirits: Heading the Call Through Trauma............................................Erynn Rowan Laurie & Rev. Jessie Olson... Carmel/ Monterey 11:00 PM — Saturday Midnight Drum and Dance Jam!!..........................................................Don Schulz............................................... Cedar 11:00 PM v Kali Puja: Awakening Maa...................................................................................Chandra Alexandre & SHARANYA............. Oak 11:00 PM — National Pagan Correctional Chaplains Association.............................................Joseph Merlin Nichter & Frank Walker...... Riesling 11:00 PM v Antinoan Dream Incubation Ritual......................................................................Ekklesia Antinoou.................................... San Jose/ Santa Clara 11:00 PM v Hekate’s Path — Dark Moon Ritual and Shadow Practice...................................Timotha Doane........................................ San Juan/ San Carlos 11:00 PM — The Many Faces of the Goddess...........................................................................Didi Gordon/Sarah Astarte....................... San Martin/ San Simeon 11:00 PM — Bardic Circle.........................................................................................................Valerie Voigt............................................. Silicon Valley 7:00 PM

Boardroom

Queering the Great Rite

Xochiquetzal Duti There are so many things about the Great Rite that are presented within a very specific and narrow framework. How can we take and change it to reflect a new, emerging worldview about gender, identity, and crossing those traditional boundaries? We will use guided visualization, energy-raising and extremely open minds to explore new avenues within the Great Rite. Program is restricted to those 18+.

you find the strength to fight, to resist? We take strength in kinship, in the heart’s blood that pulses through us all, joining us as one human family. We shall not be divided. Join us in this ritual as we invite the power of the Great Queen and our own resolve, to strengthen our hearts for the battles we face. Step forth and claim what you love. Take your place in the kinship of all. Doors close at start time. 7:00 PM

Papa Ghede’s Bone Yard Boogie

Oak

Holly Tannen Two Priestesses explore Anglo-Irish magical musical traditions. Ruth celebrates the Goddess with pagan seasonal songs and the Amazon spirit. Holly satirizes California mysticism and the Internet. Come and sing along!

Dark Forest Coven Dark Forest presents a good ole jazz ritual done in the quintessential New Orleans art form of the Second Line under the discerning eye socket of Papa Ghede and Maman Bridgete. Please come prepared to dance, sing, and twirl a parasol or handkerchief in this musical celebration of ole gospel and jazz. With the rich tradition of NROOGD heresy, blasphemy, and arguable taste we will fling open the western gate and call up our kin to come live and dance with us again. Dress to impress in your feathers, beads, and top hats. Music will be hot, live and PG-13.

7:00 PM

Ruth Barrett and Holly Tannen in Concert

Carmel/ Monterey

The Heart is Our Nation: A Morrigan Devotional

Cedar/ Pine

Coru Cathubodua with T.Thorn Coyle and Morpheus Ravenna The Morrigan, great Celtic Goddess of sovereignty and of battle, asks us: What do you love, that you will fight for? How will

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Using Astrology to Bring Us Together

Riesling

William Gordon aka skywatcher888 Astrology is a remarkable tool for helping us understand each other. Whether you think of yourself as a Leo, Scorpio, or Sagit-

tarian, we all have all the signs within us, providing avenues for understanding the behavior of others. Once this sense of universal being is grasped, one is much better to make use of each of the monthly moons throughout the year. 7:00 PM

San Jose/ Santa Clara

Visions & Voices: Aleister Crowley’s Enochian Visions

James A. Eshelman In 1909, Aleister Crowley and his protege Victor Neuburg obtained a series of 33 mystical visions. These inner world explorations were published in 1911 as The Vision & the Voice. In his current book Visions & Voices, James Eshelman joins the text of Aleister Crowley’s Visions with horoscopes for each. To this he adds a masterful astrological and Qabalistic analysis, expanding and deepening his original landmark study. Visions & Voices will be of considerable interest to astrologers, ceremonial magicians, devotees of mythology and comparative religion.

7:00 PM

San Juan/ San Carlos

Ho’oponopono for Personal and Collective Wellness

Isa Gucciardi, Ph.D. Ho’oponopono is a mediation technique drawn from the shamanic traditions of the Pacific. Ho’oponopono, which means “bringing to right” or “bringing to balance”ù is a process of prayer, truth telling and self-inquiry which is designed to bring harmony to the individual, the family and the society. In many Pacific cultures, Ho’oponopono has been used to address the roots of physical illness, community disharmony and bad luck. In this experiential workshop, we will explore our own inner need for truth and how telling the truth brings balance both personally and collectively. 7:00 PM

San Martin/ San Simeon

Danbala Sevis (Haitian Vodou Ceremony)

Mambo Chita Tann A sevis (ceremony/service) for the Lwa Danbala-Wedo and Ayida-Wedo, the serpent and the rainbow of Haitian Vodou. Observers and participants are welcome. No prior experience required. Participants MUST wear all white clothing, may not be bleeding (cuts/injuries or menstruation), and will be expected to dance. You can still observe if you don’t meet participant requirements. 7:00 PM

Trans Deities For All: Meeting the Tetrad

Silicon Valley

Ekklesia Antinoou This ritual/workshop will begin by the group helping to invoke the Tetrad—Panpsyche, Panhyle, Paneros, and Pancrates—four new deities who are transgender and gender-variant, along with honoring their seventy-eight (!) parents and grandparents. The Tetrad’s myth will be told in brief, and then the group will explore their own relations to soul, body, love, and power when it comes to their own gender identities. This ritual is open to everyone, of all genders and sexual orientations, as well as all ages—EVERYONE IS WELCOME!

9:00 PM

Boardroom

The Sacred Circle: Reclaiming the Goddess in Recovery

JoAnna Silverwitch Join our Pass the Rattle Circle to discuss the importance of maintaining a spirit of love, tolerance and cooperation in order

to live in balance and be of maximum service to others. After an opening song and meditation, JoAnna will share about the healing that comes when we recognize our estrangement from the Natural World as the root cause of our dysfunctions, codependency and addictions and why reclaiming ancient and magical ways of Earth and Spirit brings recovery from all seemingly hopeless states of mind and body. Includes group sharing and song. Drums and rattles welcome. 9:00 PM

Kenny Klein In Concert

Carmel/ Monterey

Kenny Klein Kenny Klein is a well known musician, songwriter and presenter in the Pagan community. In the past few years Kenny has pioneered Pagan songs in American styles such as Jugband, Bluegrass and Delta Blues. Kenny will perform songs from his newest CDs as well as old favorites. 9:00 PM

Pandemonaeon - Live Show

Cedar/ Pine

Pandemonaeon Pandemonaeon brings their full band rock show to Pantheacon, fusing the delicate beauty of folk instruments with a driving rock sound. Pandemonaeon has been described as “Dark tribal fusion with powerful vocals and metal accents” by Jason Pitzl-Waters (Wild Hunt, Darker Shade of Pagan) who also chose their recent album “Dangerous Beauty” as the top Pagan music release of 2010. They bring a strong Middle Eastern influence to their music, so wear your tribal garb and your most smoking black boots and be prepared to shimmy and growl! 9:00 PM

Riesling

Saiva Tantra: The Intersection of Tantric Yoga and Paganism

Ben Hoshour In the West, the Tantra is almost exclusively associated with sexuality; however, classical non-dual Saiva Tantra (NST) can be seen as a merger of Pagan ideology and Tantric Yoga philosophy. Tantra is a bridge between the Yoga Community and the Pagan Community, sharing a common veneration of a sacred earth, a celebration of embodied existence and sexuality, the use of ritualized worship, and the belief in and practice of magic. Come explore the fascinating and complex religious philosophy of NST where East meets West in the heart of the Great God/dess. Doors close at start time.

9:00 PM

Women of the Golden Dawn

San Jose/ Santa Clara

Geraldine Beskin Imagine the excitement of being the first woman initiated into a new magical school. Imagine starring on stage in London’s West End as you ran the Order. Imagine being a terribly ‘posh’ artist or a terribly poor, very psychic and really creative one. Imagine being married to a man who had great International fame - based on information you had channeled. These four Women of the Golden Dawn lived, laughed and loved a century ago. They also lived as Priestesses and founded and shaped the Order that thrives around the world today.

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9:00 PM

The King’s Road

San Juan/ San Carlos

Brotherhood of the Moon Will you walk the path of power? What will be the legacy of your love? CAYA Coven’s Brotherhood of the Moon invites all self-identified men who wish to explore the sacred energies of the Divine Masculine to join us in a ritual honoring our power and proclaiming the sovereignty of our purpose. We are champions, builders, guides, and stewards; each of us has reason for Being. Eventually, the charge of the Gods and all that we love in this world calls on our Highest Selves to take up the Crown. Join us on the King’s Road. Doors close at start time.

9:00 PM

Gods and Goddesses of the Forge

San Martin/ San Simeon

Amber K and Azrael Arynn K Join us in the heat of the forge where the earliest alchemists transformed rare ores into tools, weapons, and jewelry. Learn how to forge a life of passion and purpose with Hephaestus, Brigit, and other deities of smithcraft. Lore and legends, smithy magic, and more with Amber and Azrael of Ardantane. 9:00 PM

Healing With The Ancestors

Silicon Valley

Luna Pantera Ancestors! What comes to mind: slave owners or slave, oppressor or oppressed, spiritual or corrupted, enlighten or ignorant? Much of what we think about our Ancestors are myths. What would it be like to go back and actually talk with those who have come before us; whose shoulders for better or worst we stand on? This is a workshop for those who are ready to face, forgive, heal/be healed, and learn from those whose DNA runs through their veins. We will have a discussion on the myths and “realities” of Ancestors and trance to go and meet an Ancestor representative. Doors close at start time.

11:00 PM

Carmel/ Monterey

Wounded Spirits: Heading the Call Through Trauma

Erynn Rowan Laurie and Rev. Jessie Olson The call to spiritual service often comes upon the heels of trauma, including experiences that give rise to what is commonly diagnosed as PTSD in modern psychology. Through integrating the experience of trauma and using it as a step on the path of “The Call,” Wounded Warriors can become spirit workers, re-framing the traumatic event and incorporating it into the functioning persona. Myths and techniques from around the world will be discussed in detail. 11:00 PM

Saturday Midnight Drum and Dance Jam!!

Cedar

Don Schulz Bring your drums and rhythm toys, your feet, and your spirit! let the rhythm flow and your bodies go as we play the night away. Drum and dance until you drop or they tell us to go back to our rooms - whichever comes first! 11:00 PM

Kali Puja: Awakening Maa

Chandra Alexandre & SHARANYA

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Oak

Come for a devotional celebration of the Divine as Kali, Dark Goddess, through the portal opened by the embodied mysteries of Tantra. Everyone is welcome to chant Her names, move with Her rhythms, and commune with Her sublime energies. The ritual will engage our prayers for peace, respect and love. Doors close at room capacity or 8 minutes after program start, whichever is first.

11:00 PM

National Pagan Correctional Chaplains Association

Riesling

Joseph Merlin Nichter & Frank Walker The first Annual Forum of the NPCCA will begin with a brief introduction to the organization, its purpose and vision, and include a short informative presentation on state and federal statutes, regulations and documents relevant to religious volunteers in the field of corrections. The presentation will be followed by an open forum to discuss various challenges faced by Pagan Chaplains and explore effective techniques and strategies for positive change. 11:00 PM

Antinoan Dream Incubation Ritual

San Jose/ Santa Clara

Ekklesia Antinoou ...He heals the diseases of the needy ones by sending a dream. (Obelisk of Antinous, North Face) Come join us as we honor Antinous as a moon-god and as a god who visits our dreams. We will be doing some chanting and other practices in order to invite Antinous into our dreams after the ritual ends, and for a restful and peaceful night’s sleep even if we do not dream. Wear night/sleep clothes if you like, as long as they’re PG-13! Doors will close shortly after the ritual starts. All are welcome!

11:00 PM

San Juan/ San Carlos

Hekate’s Path — Dark Moon Ritual and Shadow Practice

Timotha Doane We offer a ritual of initiation onto Hekate’s path. Witness and ally in times of fear and transition, Hekate guides us to embrace our shadows and the wisdom they obscure. She reveals how unacknowledged shadow affects our world. Confronting personal and national shadows heals fear and disunity. Doors close 15 minutes after start time.

11:00 PM

The Many Faces of the Goddess

San Martin/ San Simeon

Didi Gordon/Sarah Astarte A diverse belly-dance show with multiple dancers, and dance troupes with a range of styles. Goddesses of multiple pantheons will be depicted, such as Brigid, Artemis, Persephone, Astarte, Venus, and Kali Ma. The show will be about an hour long, with an MC to announce and describe each performance. All are welcome to revel in the beauty of the Divine Feminine and belly-dance! 11:00 PM

Bardic Circle

Silicon Valley

Valerie Voigt Love to lift your voice in song about that good Old Time Religion? Want to learn more songs or sacred chants? Don’t want to sing, but want to recite poetry, or dance - or listen? Come share the fun. Format will be “Pick, Pass, or Play:” pick a song (or singer); pass (that is, skip your turn); or play - that is, perform!

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9:00 AM — Kid Magick..........................................................................................................Melanie Marquis...................................... Boardroom 9:00 AM — Spiritual Beekeeping...........................................................................................West/FFRASS........................................... Carmel/ Monterey 9:00 AM — This is the Dawning of the Age of Aquarius.........................................................Oberon Zell-Ravenheart........................... Cedar 9:00 AM — Yoga for Every Body.............................................................................................Holly Allender Kraig................................. Fir 9:00 AM — Publishing for Pagans..........................................................................................Llewellyn Publishing Panel...................... Oak 9:00 AM — Basics of Warding, Shielding, and Magickal Self-Defense....................................Eric Lethe................................................. Riesling 9:00 AM — Sacred Spinning: Ties that Bind the Past, Present, & Future.................................Jen H. and Arielle F................................... San Carlos 9:00 AM — Between Collapse & Rebirth: The Responsibility of Insight..................................Alex Tinder............................................... San Jose 9:00 AM — Two Hebrew Goddesses: Asherat and Anat..........................................................EliSheva................................................... San Juan 9:00 AM — Pagan Pastoral Care: Assessing Needs and Establishing Support.........................Sarah Nimmo........................................... San Martin 9:00 AM v Invoking Columbia: the Lost American Goddess..................................................Holly DeFount & Karen Krebser................ San Simeon 9:00 AM — The Art and Science of Dowsing..........................................................................Rev. James Schultz, D.D............................ Silicon Valley 11:00 AM — Drum Making Workshop!....................................................................................Don Schulz............................................... Boardroom 11:00 AM — Enochian Color Magic..........................................................................................Chic Cicero & Sandra Tabatha Cicero......... Carmel/ Monterey 11:00 AM — Manifestation: The Four Powers of the Sphinx.....................................................T. Thorn Coyle........................................... Cedar 11:00 AM — Paganism Around the World................................................................................Adler, Fox, McCollum & more................... Fir 11:00 AM — Tarot History for Tarot Readers.............................................................................Mary Greer............................................... Oak 11:00 AM — Pan: The God of All..............................................................................................Jason W. Mankey...................................... Pine 11:00 AM — Teaching Skills for Coven & Circle leaders............................................................Grant Parker............................................. Riesling 11:00 AM v Intermediate Wheat Weaving..............................................................................Woven Circle............................................ San Carlos 11:00 AM — Preserving our past, Preparing for our Future......................................................Jason Pitzl-Waters.................................... San Jose 11:00 AM ¡ Sumbel and Blot Ritual.......................................................................................Erin Lale................................................... San Juan 11:00 AM — The Black Madonna.............................................................................................Leni Hester............................................... San Martin 11:00 AM — Ritual Work with Plant Relations in the San Francisco Bay Area..........................Daniel Foor............................................... San Simeon 11:00 AM v Obatala: The Divine Spirit of Cooperation, Tolerance, & Love...............................Baba Esu.................................................. Santa Clara 11:00 AM — Pagan Kids’ Song and Story Time.........................................................................Turning Earth Singers............................... Silicon Valley 9:00 AM

Kid Magick

Boardroom

Melanie Marquis You might not have all the fancy robes and proper potion recipes, but as a kid, you’ve got a natural one-up on the adults when it comes to making powerful natural magick that works. Discover easy spells and simple charms you can cast all by yourself using stuff you can find around your house and/or yard. 9:00 AM

Spiritual Beekeeping

Carmel/ Monterey

West/FFRASS Are you curious about the lifecycle of honeybees, or what it means to tend them? In this class we’ll talk about what “organic” vs. “industrial” means for beekeeping. We will also cover some of the pre-Christian (pagan) bee worship practices, some of which persist today.† This lecture has appeared at Pantheacons past, and for the first time was delivered at BurningMan 2012 Tedx talks.

9:00 AM

This is the Dawning of the Age of Aquarius

Cedar

Oberon Zell-Ravenheart Sunrise on the morning of Dec. 22, 2012, marked “The Dawning of the Age of Aquarius.”ù What lies ahead in this brave new Aeon? While the symbol of Aquarius is water, Aquarius is an Air sign, signifying communication, networking, and even space travel as we embark upon the great Diaspora of humankind among the stars. And most importantly, the coalescence of consciousness on a global scale: the Awakening of Gaea. And we can expect a new “Creative Explosion”ù such as the world has not seen since the Ice Age! Let’s explore some of the ramifications and expectations of this transition. 9:00 AM

Yoga for Every Body

Fir

Holly Allender Kraig Use the basics of Hatha Yoga to increase your flexibility, build strength and reconnect to your higher spirit. Enhance your daily life and your ritual practice with specific asanas, vinyasas and meditation techniques. All levels of experience are welcome! Bring a towel or mat.

SUNDAY

9:00 AM

Oak

Publishing for Pagans

Publishing Panel hosted by Llewellyn Worldwide Thinking of getting published? Don’t miss this biennial workshop offered as a service to budding authors in our community! Where and how to submit your proposal, the timeline and the process involved, tools of the trade, covers and titles, working the publicity machine, and much more. Authors with experience with multiple publishers and/or agents such as Deborah Blake, Lupa, Amber K, Azrael Arynn K, Kenny Klein, and Donald Michael Kraig will give you the author’s viewpoint; Senior Acquisitions Editor of Llewellyn Worldwide, Elysia Gallo, will provide a peek at the process from the publisher’s perspective. 9:00 AM

Riesling

Basics of Warding, Shielding, and Magickal Self-Defense

Eric Lethe A basic course on Warding and Shielding. Lecture will include why we Ward, what shielding means, and seperating fact from fiction about Magickal Self-Defense. Practical portion will include teaching a shielding meditation-method, and the everpopular LBRP. 9:00 AM

San Carlos

Sacred Spinning: Ties that Bind the Past, Present, & Future

Jen H. and Arielle F. Learn to make your own yarn while hearing about how spinning and weaving appear in the myths of early Indo-European Polytheist peoples. We will explore the deities of spinning and weaving such as Frigga and Frau Holle, the Norns and the Fates, and how communities of their worshipers wove “frith” to create a peaceful life for their citizens. Wool will be provided for you to spin, plus a simple spindle you can take home to practice on! 9:00 AM

San Jose

Between Collapse & Rebirth: The Responsibility of Insight

If we draw our magic from the Earth, how are we obliged to respond to the destruction of the world? This singular time in history is calling us out of our usual concerns, in the tradition of medicine workers and shamans who have given everything to their tribe. Come explore, with the creator of the forthcoming Primal Tarot, indigenous models of sacred power from intimate knowledge of place, and their use in confronting planetary crisis. The Earth’s lessons can illumine paths through the coming instability, helping us to face the fact that things will soon be very different, indeed. 9:00 AM

Two Hebrew Goddesses: Asherat and Anat

San Juan

EliSheva In this workshop we compare and contrast two major Goddesses revered by ancient Hebrews and other peoples in the West Semitic culture(s) of ancient Israel and surroundings. We discuss Asherat, Mother of all the Gods, and the battle maiden Anat. Please come with questions.

SUNDAY

9:00 AM

San Martin

Pagan Pastoral Care: Assessing Needs & Establishing Support

Sarah Nimmo Pastoral care has typically been viewed as part of the Christian milieu but pagan groups have been performing pastoral care, and doing so well, for generations. We now have the need to establish pagan pastoral care, and pagan pastoral counselors as an official and supported part of our tradition. We also have the ability and resources to garner and maintain the kind of pastoral care that our elders, warriors, communities, and children need. This discussion will cover pagan pastoral care needs and issues, as well as the resources and supports that can help us fulfill these needs. 9:00 AM

San Simeon

Invoking Columbia: the Lost American Goddess

Holly DeFount and Karen Krebser In the 18th and 19th centuries, writers used mythic feminine names for the world’s nations: Britannia, Hibernia, Gallia. When the U.S. was formed, “Columbia” was born. In an age when American women continue to be oppressed by “patriotic” rhetoric (“founding fathers,” “Uncle Sam”), we are called to reimagine a divine feminine force for our Motherland. In this ritual, we’ll explore arcane and modern American symbolism, face our history of colonialism and genocide, and begin to reclaim our founding ideals for the modern age. Bring one ritual object to represent your heritage, and one to stand for a unifying American ideal.

9:00 AM

The Art and Science of Dowsing

Silicon Valley

Rev. James Schultz, D.D. Dowsing isn’t just about finding water. It can be used to locate lost items, valuables and even gold. Dowsing can also be used to aid in balancing the chakras, clearing spaces and restoring balance within a space or an individual. Learn how to choose your dowsing tools, pendulums, L-rods, or bobbers; how to use them and the most critical part of dowsing; how to ask the right question. 11:00 AM

Drum Making Workshop - Create your own drum!

Boardroom

Don Schulz #limitedThe best magickal tools are the ones we make ourselves and this unique course allows you to infuse your energy into your very own wood and hide drum. Limited to only 12 participants, this pre-paid course gives you a choice of sizes to fit your needs. Contact Don Schulz (drummaker@thedifferentdrum.net)for details and advance orders, or see me in The Different Drum’s booth at the Con. Limited sizes and quantites will be handled on “First come, first served,” basis. 12 and over only, please. 11:00 AM

Enochian Color Magic

Carmel/ Monterey

Chic Cicero & Sandra Tabatha Cicero The Golden Dawn incorporated the Enochian work of Dr. John Dee and Edward Kelly into its highest teachings, where it became an astonishingly effective and powerful synthesis of both theoretical and practical occult philosophy. This slide lecture will examine the basics of the Enochian system with special emphasize

on Enochian color magic utilizing the Enochian Watchtowers, the Four Worlds of the Qabalah, and the four Color Scales of the Golden Dawn. The audience will also learn how to skry into an Enochian Pyramid. 11:00 AM

Manifestation: The Four Powers of the Sphinx

Cedar

T. Thorn Coyle To Know. To Will. To Dare. To Keep Silence. These powers unlock the mystery that enables us to enact our sacred work in the world. Come explore the Powers of the Sphinx - known by some as the Witch’s Pyramid - written of by Eliphas Levi. We will discuss some of the theories behind this tool and take a journey to meet the Sphinx and greet the parts of ourselves that are willing to make magic with every word, thought, breath, and heartbeat. Together, we can activate the quintessence - To Manifest! - making magic of our very lives. 11:00 AM

Paganism Around the World

Fir

Margot Adler, Selena Fox, Patrick McCollum and more Paganism is now a world religion and many Pagans and Pagan Elders have had experiences meeting and celebrating with Pagans all over the world, from the Pagan Federation in Europe, to the Parliament of the World Religions. We will talk about our experiences and Paganism’s future. 11:00 AM

Tarot History for Tarot Readers

Oak

Mary Greer Was Tarot originally Pagan or Egyptian or Romani? Where did it actually come from? When and how did it become occult and divinatory? How can Tarot readers improve their skills through historical perspectives on the cards? This slide presentation is both a great introduction to Tarot as well as educating those who’ve been reading for years. 11:00 AM

Pan: The God of All

Pine

Jason W. Mankey Few ancient gods have captivated the modern imagination as much as the Greek God Pan. This workshop follows the history of Pan from his humble beginnings in the mountains of Arcadia to his rise into the pantheon of the ancient Greeks to his re-emergence in the 19th century. Find out what has made Pan so popular and ever-present for the last three thousand years. 11:00 AM

Teaching Skills for Coven & Circle leaders

Riesling

Grant Parker Are you a good teacher? Does the leadership in your group do a good job? I have watched my pagan wife struggle over the years with leader’s poor teaching skills in her quest for knowledge. Often a simple fix to how a lesson was being taught or how she was treated by leaders in her group would have kept her from moving on to the next group. Learn simple techniques that you can use immediately to improve getting your message to your students. Learn to be a good teacher and a good leader.

11:00 AM

Intermediate Wheat Weaving

San Carlos

Woven Circle For those of you who have taken wheat weaving classes and advance hand crafters. This class focuses on intermediate weaving techniques. In this class, each student will make a Bridget’s Processional using a locking technique, building, and inserting straws. All materials and supplies are provided. For an example of the project go to www.paganhumanist.com. Doors close at start time.

11:00 AM

Preserving our past, Preparing for our Future

San Jose

Jason Pitzl-Waters Join Jason Pitzl-Waters of The Wild Hunt as he discusses the challenges and opportunities we face in preserving our wisdom and culture, building a more robust Pagan ecumenicism, and preparing for a future built by our collective successes. 11:00 AM

Sumbel and Blot Ritual

San Juan

Erin Lale A sumbel is a toasting ritual with mead. Everyone makes a toast. The blot is the blessing. Participants will be sprinkled with mead-water, which is made by pouring the leftover mead from the horn into a bowl of water after the mead is made holy by being used in the sumbel, and participants will get slightly wet. As mead is an alcoholic beverage, this ritual is limited to those of drinking age.

11:00 AM

The Black Madonna

San Martin

Leni Hester Among the most mysterious of religious artifacts are the Black Virgin statues that appeared all over Europe in the Medieval period. Subject of veneration and worship, these statues became famous for their miraculous healing properties, inspiring pilgrimages, legends, and many cults of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Who is the Black Virgin represented in these statues, and what is the significance of “Mariolatry” in NeoPagan practice? This lecture and workshop explores the history of the Black Virgin and how her worship can fit into a NeoPagan spiritual practice. 11:00 AM

San Simeon

Ritual Work with Plant Relations in the San Francisco Bay Area

Daniel Foor Traditional indigenous, shamanic, and pagan ways of life extend great respect and gratitude to the many plants upon whom our survival depends. Our green-blood kin also play important roles as friends, spiritual teachers, and participants in community ritual. Join us for a heart-centered, experiential ceremony to greet a dozen or so native plants of the San Francisco Bay Area and give thanks for the ways in which the plants sustain our lives. We will also discuss foundational etiquette, skills, and ideas for further welcoming local plant relations into our existing ritual practices.

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Sunday Afternoon at a Glance v

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1:00 PM — Fiber Arts Show & Tell..........................................................................................Lorrie Wood.............................................. Riesling 1:00 PM ¡ Ethics of a Sex-Positive Culture and Thealogy......................................................Crista Underwood & Gene Dratva............. Silicon Valley 1:30 PM — Crafting Sigil Magic.............................................................................................Goblin Crafting Triumverate..................... Boardroom 1:30 PM — Magical Bird Lore.................................................................................................Kenny Klein.............................................. Carmel/ Monterey 1:30 PM v Avalon: The isle of Nine Morgans.........................................................................Christopher Penczak................................. Cedar/ Pine 1:30 PM v Tarot: Everything You Know Is Wrong!.................................................................Thalassa................................................... Club Max 1:30 PM — To Thoth Hermes Mercury....................................................................................Open Source Order of the Golden Dawn... Fir 1:30 PM — What Editors Want: Weiser Publishing Secrets.....................................................Weiser Books............................................ Oak 1:30 PM — Animals and the Spiritual Imagination................................................................Sabina Magliocco..................................... San Jose 1:30 PM — Kyphi: Sacred Incense Workshop.........................................................................Kay Pannell.............................................. San Juan/ San Carlos 1:30 PM — History of the World- Root Beer blot...................................................................Hrafn Skjoldr Kindred............................... San Martin/ San Simeon 1:30 PM — The Great Mother of Us All...................................................................................Morning Glory Zell................................... Santa Clara 3:30 PM — Creating Your Sacred Home.................................................................................Azrael Arynn K & Amber K........................ Boardroom 3:30 PM — Aleister Crowley:Man behind the magick............................................................Geraldine Beskin...................................... Carmel/ Monterey 3:30 PM v Brigid Healing Ritual...........................................................................................Selena Fox................................................ Cedar/ Pine 3:30 PM — The Descent (Ritual Concert)...............................................................................Mage of Machines (Sarah Thompson)...... Club Max 3:30 PM — The Magic of Story...............................................................................................Starhawk................................................. Fir 3:30 PM — Who are the Gods and Goddesses of Tarot and How Do We Honor Them.............Rachel Pollack.......................................... Oak 3:30 PM — Ritual Arts: Creating More Magical Rituals through Authenticity........................Shauna Knight & River Higginbotham..... Riesling 3:30 PM — Stepping Up to Public Ritual: Bringing the Big Mojo to the Floor........................Dark Forest Coven..................................... San Jose 3:30 PM — Odd Fellows: A Spirited Discussion on Modern Paganism...................................Jason W. Mankey & Kenny Klein............... San Juan/ San Carlos 3:30 PM — Devotional Dance to Aphrodite............................................................................Ari Mankey............................................... San Martin/ San Simeon 3:30 PM — Building Bridges: Trans/Dianic Dialogue at PSG...................................................Ruth Barett.............................................. Santa Clara 3:30 PM — Healing With Hypnosis: Part 2.............................................................................Donald Michael Kraig............................... Silicon Valley

11:00 AM

Santa Clara

Obatala: The Divine Spirit of Cooperation, Tolerance, & Love

Baba Esu Obatala is the moral ethical compass for humanity to look to as we walk our individual and communal paths of light and destiny. You will learn: about some of the paths of Obatala, prayers, songs, explore Holy Poetry through storytelling, experience a guided meditation, and conclude with participants sharing some of their experiences. Participants are encouraged to wear clean white clothing head to toe, if possible, and bring a piece of clean white fabric large enough to cover one’s head. Doors close 8 minutes after start time.

11:00 AM

Pagan Kids’ Song and Story Time

Silicon Valley

Turning Earth Singers Sing Pagan children’s songs with rhythm and movement, and read culturally diverse children’s books celebrating nature-based spirituality. We’ll start with songs and stories for the littlest ones and then move to material for older children. Music and book list will be given as handouts. All families and all ages are welcome! Kids under 7 should come with an adult.

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1:00 PM

Fiber Arts Show & Tell

Riesling

Lorrie Wood In the return of this much-beloved workshop, everyone is encouraged to bring their fiber-related handcrafts: knitting, crocheting, spinning, needle-felting, and more! Participants should come with their handwork and be prepared to say a few words about what they’re working on. 1:00 PM

Ethics of a Sex-Positive Culture and Thealogy

Silicon Valley

Crista Underwood & Gene Dratva SEX, SEX, SEX! Now that we’ve got your attention, come to our workshop on ethics... No, really. What does it mean to be an ethical person in a sex-positive culture? How does erotic imagery in Pagan mythology affect our view of sex, ourselves and our day-to-day decision making? Join us for a participatory exploration of the practical experience of being an ethically sex-positive individual. This workshop contains explicit adult subject matter. Attendees must be 18 or older.

1:30 PM

Crafting Sigil Magic

Boardroom

Goblin Crafting Triumverate The Goblin Crafting Triumverate invites you to learn the Secret Goblin Lore of Sigil Magic, with special guest presenter Sam Webster. You’ll leave with a piece of wearable art and magic! Materials provided. Attendance limited to 30 people. Doors close at start time. 1:30 PM

Magical Bird Lore

Carmel/ Monterey

Kenny Klein Every bird in the sky and the forest has magical lore associated with it. Find the enchantment of the wren, the owl, the raven and the robin according to Faerie lore, Gypsy tradition, Witchcraft and Pagan folklore. Learn why the wren is the king of the birds, and why you should never snub a sister in the forest! Who really gave Cinderella that dress, and why did the Wren kill Cock Robin? Kenny Klein is a folklorist, a storyteller and a singer who has collected magical folklore for four decades. 1:30 PM

Avalon: The isle of Nine Morgans

Cedar/ Pine

Christopher Penczak Avalon is the mystic retreat of Arthurian myth, the Isle of Apples found upon the glass waters and mists of enchantment. Upon the Isle is said to live nine sisters, priestesses, healers and faery women. The nine sisters are teachers and tutors, healers and guides. Come and experience the nine faery sisters of the Isle of Apples. Work with the images of Glastonbury, including the Garden Well, Grail, Tor and Tower. Learn about the nine faces of the Morgan, and experience them directly through guided vision. Seek them for healing, wisdom, knowledge and power. Doors close at start time.

1:30 PM

Tarot: Everything You Know Is Wrong!

Club Max

Thalassa Shake up your perceptions and expand your Tarot information base with this exploration of the history, lore, and uses of the Tarot. There will be soothsaying, myth-busting and many lively excursions down the Royal Road. Bring an open mind, a sense of humour and your spirit of inquiry.

1:30 PM

To Thoth Hermes Mercury

Fir

Open Source Order of the Golden Dawn Join us in the worship of the Helpful God in three forms: Thoth Hermes Mercury! We will assemble His priesthood, build a shrine to Him in the OSOGD suite, consecrate and animate His Icon before the ritual, and process from there to the site of sacrifice. In ancient and theurgic mode we will render due honors to the Lord of Information. All will have the opportunity to pour Him libation, commune with Him, and receive His blessing. All His priest-folk and devotees connected to any of His forms are welcome and invited to assist in the rite.

1:30 PM

What Editors Want: Weiser Publishing Secrets

Oak

Weiser Books Weiser Books presents a proposal writing seminar, including key elements for getting past the “slush pile”; what editors look at when your proposal comes in; transforming pagan ideals into book ideas;and building community support through social media. Weiser acquisitions and publicity team as well as authors will be presenting. Includes Q&A, and handouts for audience members. Bring your pens! 1:30 PM

Animals & the Spiritual Imagination

San Jose

Sabina Magliocco As gods, spirit guides and familiars, animals have played a prominent part in human spirituality for at least 30,000 years. In this interactive lecture-discussion, come explore our earliest ancestors’ spiritual relationships with animals and how they changed over millennia due to domestication and intensive agriculture. Then help contribute to Sabinaís newest research project by sharing your own stories of animals and their importance in your spiritual practice. 1:30 PM

Kyphi: Sacred Incense Workshop

San Juan/ San Carlos

Kay Pannell Kyphi (Greek for incense) recipes found on the walls of the Temple of Horus, Edfu, Egypt. Learn the history, chemistry, uses and proper manufacture of kyphi ingredients. 1:30 PM

History of the World- Root Beer blot

San Martin/ San Simeon

Hrafn Skjoldr Kindred Root Beer Blot to the Gods This Blot covers the Nordic creation story, strolling from the ice and cold of Nifelheim to the fires of Muspelheim with nothing (just the Ginungagap which is literally NOTHING) inbetween. The rise of the giants, Audhumla, Buri, the Gods, the creation of the nine worlds by Odin from Ymirs flesh and blood, and the making of Ask and Embla (from wood no less - Gepetto would be so proud) - Oh - and lets not forget the dwarves gotta have dwarves. At the conclusion of the tale we will blot to the Gods - primarily to Odin but all other Norse Gods are welcome. 1:30 PM

The Great Mother of Us All

Santa Clara

Morning Glory Zell We are all Sisters/Brothers of the same Mother. Morning Glory shows us how ancient birthing rites and mysteries lying at the core of the human spiritual experience can draw us together in peace and love. Whether celebrated or declared taboo, the Mother Goddess has left an ancient trail for us to follow. Somewhere in time or in the world, every feminine shape of the Goddess has been considered not only beautiful but holy. Come touch and see yourself reflected in some of the 50 Goddess images used to illustrate this historical presentation and guided Journey into the Cave of the World Mother.

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3:30 PM

Creating Your Sacred Home

Boardroom

Azrael Arynn K and Amber K Is the place where you live a mere house or apartment, or is it a center for rest, healing, and renewing your spirit? Learn techniques to alter and repurpose each area so that it is functional, comfortable, beautiful, and spiritual. The primary facilitator, Azrael Arynn K, has her Master’s in Architecture and has spent the past ten years helping to design and create Ardantane Pagan Learning Center. 3:30 PM

Aleister Crowley: Man behind the magick.

Carmel/ Monterey

3:30 PM

Oak

Who are the Gods and Goddesses of Tarot & How Do We Honor Them

Rachel Pollack Hermes, Persephone, Isis, Taliesin—there are many divine figures hiding in plain sight in the Tarot. Some were put there consciously by the deck designers, others have slipped in through the images. How do we recognize them? How do we allow them to come forth in readings, in meditation, in magic? We will let the Tarot itself guide us in working out our relationships to the Tarot’s deities. 3:30 PM

Riesling

Geraldine Beskin Aleister Crowley:The Man behind the Myth. Everyone has an opinion on Crowley and the man certainly lived a truly extraordinary life. Geraldine Beskin has read endlessly about him and made quite a study of what he wrote too. It is difficult for us to understand the life of 100 years ago and this is an interesting and modern appreciation of Crowley and his contemporaries. Have you ever climbed the highest mountain, taken enough drugs to kill an elephant, had more partners than anyone can count and been an accomplished magician and poet too? In one lifetime? People may sometimes even feel sympathy for the Old Devil after hearing about the man behind the myth.

Ritual Arts: Creating More Magical Rituals through Authenticity

3:30 PM

Brigid Healing Ritual

Cedar/ Pine

Selena Fox Invoke & work with Brigid for healing others, self, & the planet. Attune to the healing powers of Brigid through some of her sacred forms. Part of the rite will focus on community healing & working with Brigid to bring more understanding, love, & collaboration among those of many paths. Doors close at start time.

3:30 PM

The Descent (Ritual Concert)

Club Max

Mage of Machines (Sarah Thompson) The Descent is a journey into the underworld, a meeting with the ancestors, a chance to dance with our beloved dead. To venture below and to return alive is to return forever changed. Concert and ritual priested and performed by Mage of Machines (Sarah Thompson) and the Circle of Cerridwen. Sarah’s music is unashamedly electronic, unashamedly pagan and always interesting. Come dressed comfortably and prepared for some trance work. The event is open to all regardless of background. 3:30 PM

The Magic of Story

Fir

Starhawk 2012 has come and gone, and a new era is beginning, or so we hope. But how do we create a regenerative, transformative future for ourselves, our communities and our world? Magic tells us that to make a change, we must first envision it. We must tell the tale, and then make it real. Stories tell us who we are and who we can be. They can limit us or liberate us. The stories we tell are integrally part of the magic we weave, for they determine what images fill our minds, what possibilities we believe in, what forces we set in motion. In this workshop, we use meditation, trance, and ritual to identify our own underlying stories, personal and collective, and transform them into tales of liberation that can heal the world (and us, too!)

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Shauna Aura Knight & River Higginbotham Facilitating compelling rituals is frustrating; many attendees complain of un-engaging rituals. But how do you get participants to participate? How do you bring the magic? Learn techniques focusing on inclusivity, authenticity, and deep presence to help attendees connect to the divine, deep, and sacred. To engage participants into feeling, facilitators must feel the magic first. Bring the elements, deities, and other facets to life by calling them forth from experience, imagination, and personal connection. Through authenticity, we bring potent, intimate and deeply impactful experience. San Jose

Stepping Up to Public Ritual: Bringing the Big Mojo to the Floor

Dark Forest Coven Have you got a favorite ritual you want to share with the world? Making a powerful public ritual is a little more complex than inviting the neighbors and running through your script. Dark Forest presents a panel discussion and participatory extravaganza on how to bring your kick ass smaller rituals up to the big time public forums. We’ll discuss and demonstrate the fundamentals of ritual structure: how to coordinate the logistics, how to engage participants and keep them in sacred space, and how to bring them safely home again after moving a mountain of energy. 3:30 PM

San Juan/ San Carlos

Odd Fellows: A Spirited Discussion on Modern Paganism

Jason W. Mankey & Kenny Klein No, I must strenuously disagree! Believe it or not, that might be the funniest thing you’ll hear when Pagan blogger and historian Jason Mankey and noted Pagan musician and Llewellyn author Kenny Klein discuss the history of modern Paganism. After traveling together to many (many) Pagan festivals throughout the summer of 2012, Kenny and Jason, both of them scholars and fonts of immense knowledge on the history and culture of modern Paganism, found they had so much to lovingly disagree upon that they decided to do so in a public forum. Join Jason and Kenny for a very amusing discussion w/Q&A. 3:30 PM

Devotional Dance to Aphrodite

San Martin/ San Simeon

Ari Mankey Use the power of dance to transform yourself. Pay homage to the great Aphrodite through movement and receive her blessings of self-empowerment in return. Let your desires and longings sway, step, and shimmy upon the wind in this belly dance inspired piece, as we praise the eternal goddess of love and beauty.

Sunday Evening at a Glance v

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7:00 PM — Broceliande Celtic and Early Music Concert..........................................................Broceliande.............................................. Carmel/ Monterey 7:00 PM v Working the Well of Magic in Witchery and Faery Practice..................................Orion Foxwood......................................... Cedar/ Pine 7:00 PM — Songs of Love, Magick and Devotion...................................................................Lon Milo DuQuette................................... Club Max 7:00 PM v The Rite of 1,000 Crowns.....................................................................................Temple of Diana & CAYA Grove................. Oak 7:00 PM — The Bagua: A Web of Magical Interconnection....................................................Tess Whitehurst........................................ Riesling 7:00 PM v Enacting the Sacred, Embodyi ng the Divine.......................................................Bari Mandelbaum.................................... San Jose/ Santa Clara 7:00 PM — Druid Ritual with Danse Macabre........................................................................House of Danu.......................................... San Juan/ San Carlos 7:00 PM v Between the cracks of Enochian magic...............................................................Athena Wallinder..................................... San Martin/ San Simeon 7:00 PM — Village Witchery 201...........................................................................................Valerie Voigt............................................. Silicon Valley 9:00 PM — Writing For The Gods...........................................................................................Finnchuill................................................. Boardroom 9:00 PM v Things We Don’t Talk About: Women’s Voices From the Red Tent..........................The Red Tent............................................ Carmel/ Monterey 9:00 PM — Dance Elemental.................................................................................................DevaGnosis.............................................. Cedar/ Pine 9:00 PM ¡ Pagan Humor 5: Actual Pagan Stuff.....................................................................Angus McMahan...................................... Club Max 9:00 PM v The Circle of Bones..............................................................................................Hyperion.................................................. Oak 9:00 PM — Know (and Love) Thyself... and Others! - with the Enneagram............................Kim Makoi, D.C., M.Sc............................... Riesling 9:00 PM — Mything Men: Story Telling and Rites of Passage.................................................Jeffrey Albaugh........................................ San Jose/ Santa Clara 9:00 PM — Irish Healing Deities: Beyond Brigid....................................................................Erynn Rowan Laurie................................. San Juan/ San Carlos 9:00 PM v Tantric Shamanism Breathwork Ceremony..........................................................Sylvia Brallier........................................... San Martin/ San Simeon 9:00 PM — Songs of the Tarot................................................................................................Robin Dolan............................................. Silicon Valley 11:00 PM v Dancing In the Dark.............................................................................................Gwen Templeton...................................... Cedar 11:00 PM — Cybele and the Angry Inch..................................................................................Circle of Dionysos..................................... Club Max 11:00 PM v Spark Collective Fire Circle...................................................................................Spark Collective........................................ Oak 11:00 PM v Workshop: Shape-shifting Journeywork with Taliesin.........................................Moss Magill.............................................. San Martin/ San Simeon 11:00 PM — We are the Architects of a New Reality!...............................................................Rev. Wendi Morrison-Merritt.................... San Jose/ Santa Clara 11:00 PM — Oracular Seidh.....................................................................................................Seidhjaller................................................ San Juan/ San Carlos 3:30 PM

Building Bridges: Trans/Dianic Dialogue at PSG

Santa Clara

Ruth Barett Pagan Spirit Gathering (PSG) played host to discussions surrounding issues of gender rituals, women’s mystery traditions, and the transgender community. Controversy was sparked by a ritual limited to women who will, have, or had experienced menstruation and excluding transgendered women. This discussion details how Ruth Barrett and took part in respectful dialogue to search for soultions for PSG and where they could and could not meet. They share how those solutions were reached while laying a foundation for respectful dialogue and “both/and” ritual space ritual space. 3:30 PM

Healing With Hypnosis: Part 2

Silicon Valley

Donald Michael Kraig Hypnosis is one of the most powerful healing techniques anyone can use. In this part of the workshop you’ll learn how to create and give powerful suggestions that can help a person change mentally, physically, emotionally, and spiritually. You’ll learn the secrets of direct and indirect suggestion, including how to create metaphors, that will deeply change the person you’re helping. Perfect for changing

behaviors and limiting beliefs, you’ll learn how to ethically heal a person as well as what is legal to do and say. To attend you should know how to hypnotize. If you don’t, participate in part 1. 7:00 PM

Broceliande Celtic and Early Music Concert

Carmel/ Monterey

Broceliande Join Celtic/Early Music trio Broceliande for an uplifting musical celebration! Their repertoire includes original arrangements of Celtic, Medieval, and Renaissance music and ranges in feel from upbeat dances to beautiful ballads to exciting a capella madrigals. Their evocative lyrics speak of love and longing, quests and revels, magic and transformation. Broceliande is Margaret Davis (soprano, Celtic harp, flute, recorders), Kristoph Klover (tenor, guitar, octave mandolin), and Kris Yenney (alto, cello, hardanger cello d’amore). 7:00 PM

Cedar/ Pine

Working the Well of Magic in Witchery and Faery Practice

Orion Foxwood British folk tradition, American folk magic and contemporary sorcery includes practices for using wells, springs and other openings into the underworld as potent portals for magic. This workshop will be a rare opportunity to work with the Faery

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work of Orion Foxwood and the Witchcraft/ Cunning of Peter Paddon in a direct experience of “the Well of Magic” and the powers and spirits therein. Participants should bring a silver coin (such as a dime) and a strip of cloth/rag to tie on a staff. Doors close at start time.

props for the grand opening procession to the music of Dance Macabre, with lively drumming and chanting. Bring your drums, your voice, and your creativity as you join us in an ending spiral dance. Ritual is not something you watch. It’s something you do.

7:00 PM

Between the cracks of Enochian magic

Club Max

Songs of Love, Magick and Devotion

Lon Milo DuQuette Award winning songwriter and folk artist Lon Milo DuQuette invites you to an intimate evening of serenation. Lon Milo DuQuette shares his love of music from his albums. 7:00 PM

Oak

The Rite of 1,000 Crowns

7:00 PM

Athena Wallinder Enochian is a system of magic in which we have barely scratched the surface. The published material out there is only a tiny amount of the Enochian potential. Learn some methods to bring Enochian further for yourself in your own practice. Workshop format, be prepared to DO Enochian. 18+ only - bring ID for entry. Doors closed 10 minutes after start time.

The Living Temple of Diana and the CAYA Grove of Artemis Join The Living Temple of Diana, The Bloodroot Honey Priestess Tribe, and The Green Men for a Pan-Dianic ritual honoring the Goddess as She is present within each person. This is a ritual for all of the devotees and allies of the Goddess. In this ritual we invite you to sacrifice your fears and celebrate your personal sovereignty as a child of the all-empowering Mother of the Cosmos. All are welcome, and open hearts and minds are especially appreciated. For more information and resources visit our Goddess Without Borders website www.GoddessWithoutBorders. com. Doors close at start time.

7:00 PM

9:00 PM

The Bagua: A Web of Magical Interconnection

Riesling

Tess Whitehurst The bagua, one of the primary tools of Taoist alchemy, is an example of the mathematical construct known to western magical practitioners as the square of Saturn. Transcending cultures and cosmologies, it’s a timeless aspect of our inner landscape that can be employed to unite all aspects of your magical practice into one interconnected whole. While one can spend a lifetime exploring its nuances, one can also become acquainted with it and work with it immediately. In this class, we’ll discuss the bagua’s nine keys, and we’ll explore their endless, interactive magical potential. 7:00 PM

San Jose/ Santa Clara

Enacting the Sacred, Embodying the Divine

Bari Mandelbaum Blood magic, sex magic, dance, possession and pathworking. When we engage in spirit work as a living human, we must have a physical form in order to be most effective in our work. Many who engage in spirit work disparage the body, seeking to get closer to Spirit by “ascendingù,” attempting to leave the body behind. However, this undermines all the unique skills and gifts we possess by virtue of having been born mortal. This workshop will explore how we do what we do as spirit workers, priest/esses and others deeply engaged in sacred work. Doors close at start time.

7:00 PM

Druid Ritual with Danse Macabre

San Juan/ San Carlos

House of Danu The Druid House of Danu presents their popular Druid ritual celebrated with the visual and performing arts. Expect to make

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San Martin/ San Simeon

Village Witchery 201

Silicon Valley

Valerie Voigt Intermediate level issues and techniques in working with non-Pagan clients who seek out the help of their local Witch. Solutions to some of the most common problems people bring to a Witch. Distinguishing different kinds of curses/hexes, and ways of neutralizing them. Dealing with spirit entities. Some heuristic techniques will be included.† PREREQUISITES: VILLAGE WITCHERY 101 AND 102 OR EQUIVALENT. PREREQUISITE FOR VILLAGE WITCHERY 202.

Writing For The Gods

Boardroom

Finnchuill Explore devotional and liturgical writing for your rituals. This can include praise poems, narratives, aretologies (an account of a deity’s virtues and deeds), and hymns. Writing is a way to do devotion and participate with your gods/goddesses. These verbal offerings can be made just about anywhere and anytime. A talk and workshop. Bring writing tools! 9:00 PM

Carmel/ Monterey

Things We Don’t Talk About: Women’s Voices From the Red Tent

The Red Tent This groundbreaking 72-minute documentary film by award winning filmmaker Isadora Gabrielle Leidenfrost, PhD., weaves together healing narratives from inside the Red Tent to shine a spotlight on this vital, emergent women’s tradition. The film provides us an opportunity to remember, to listen, to know, and to find what it is we need to bring back to our communities to help awaken the voices of women. Intended for a mature audience.

9:00 PM

Dance Elemental

Cedar/ Pine

DevaGnosis Dance Elemental is an ecstatic dance ritual that blends live music with hypnotic DJ tribal grooves. The powerful music and supporting ritual is designed to immerse and guide the dancers on a journey through the four elements leading them back to center. This is a powerful way to set intention, activate energetic flow and get in step with personal synchronicity.

9:00 PM

Club Max

Pagan Humor 5: Actual Pagan Stuff

9:00 PM

San Martin/ San Simeon

Tantric Shamanism Breathwork Ceremony

Angus McMahan Yes, it’s true: Over time the Pagan Humor series has shifted away from being, you know, even remotely “Pagan”. Instead it has become an embarrassing self-love fest - a one-man birthday party, a leering voyeur with his sweaty binoculars trained on a mirror. And if you enjoy that sort of thing - 80 minutes of mostly comprehensible ranting and inappropriate giggling - then fear not! You shall be served. But know this! This year I shall also attempt to ‘course-correct’ this increasingly unwieldy barge back towards a vaguely witchy-like setting. You. have. been. warned.

Sylvia Brallier Ecstasy is a divine gift that lifts us out of ordinary reality and into a direct experience of the sacred. The transformative fires of ecstasy burn away the blocked energy held within us, transmuting it into pure energy that to be used for manifesting the highest outcome for the Earth and all beings. This form of Tantric breath work is done within the context of a circle. It is a profound opportunity to drop away what has been holding you back and move forward towards your bliss. Ages 18+ only. Doors close at start time.

9:00 PM

Songs of the Tarot

Oak

The Circle of Bones

Hyperion Join the Deathwalkers of the Unnamed Path in our holy ceremony to communicate with the Ancestors, to receive assistance and love from the dead. Be prepared for an authentic spirit contact ritual including spirit possession of the presiding Deathwalkers. Audience members will have an opportunity to ask questions for the Ancestors to answer. The Unnamed Path is a shamanic path for Men-who-love-men. Our public rituals are ALWAYS open to all genders and orientations. This ceremony is not recommended for children under 14 years old. Doors close once event starts.

9:00 PM

Riesling

Know (and Love) Thyself... and Others! - with the Enneagram

Kim Makoi, D.C., M.Sc. In this introductory workshop, you will learn about the Enneagram, a remarkable and (according to some...) ancient system for mapping the 9 basic human personalities and how they interact. No prior Enneagram experience is necessary. You will come away from this workshop with greater knowledge and compassion for yourself and for those around you - even, perhaps, your “enemies.” Come if you could use some extra work on the co-operation and tolerance aspects of this year’s theme! 9:00 PM

San Jose/ Santa Clara

Mything Men: Story Telling and Rites of Passage

Jeffrey Albaugh What myths surround men’s experiences of coming into the world, transitioning between boyhood to manhood, engaging marriage and relationship, serving as an elder to the community, and shuffling off the mortal coil? Retelling mythic narratives within sacred space can transform and sustain our lived experience as men in our postindustrial, post-modern society. This workshop challenges the unconscious manner in which we perceive ourselves as men, and offers depth psychological tools for entering into men’s myths. 9:00 PM

Irish Healing Deities: Beyond Brigid

San Juan/ San Carlos

Erynn Rowan Laurie Ask about Irish healing deities and the first name mentioned is likely to be Brigid, yet there are many others in the pantheon. From Dian Cecht and his family to the invocation of Goibhniu in healing charms to healing water in the hands of Fionn Mac Cumhaill, explore some of these other deities and their stories. Holy wells, healing herbs, and magical metal limbs are only a few of the themes we’ll explore.

9:00 PM

Silicon Valley

Robin Dolan Music inspired by the archetypes and stories and wisdom of the Tarot. There will be some singing along and some performance pieces. 11:00 PM

Cedar

Dancing In the Dark

Gwen Templeton This is a shamanic romp between the worlds. A guided journey of dance and music designed to induce trance states in its participants. An intense journey of transformation, and proven energy raising ritual, this will bring even the most ardent critic to a deeper understanding of the trance state. The dancing is designed to accommodate all fitness levels, but for those inclined the movement will push even the most fit. So dress to move and come explore the boundless horizon of trance ritual. For mature individuals, 18 and older. Doors close 10 minutes after start. No late entry.

11:00 PM

Cybele and the Angry Inch

Club Max

Circle of Dionysos Coming out of last year’s “A Modern Dionysian Initiation,” The Circle of Dionysos continues its exploration of Midnight Movie Ritual with a musical rite bassed on the mythos surrounding intersex deity Cybele-Aedgistis, hir human lover Attis, and hir protege Dionysos. 11:00 PM

Oak

Spark Collective Fire Circle

Spark Collective Transform yourself! Enter the circle through the sacred portals: music, voice, movement, and nurturing. The magic begins as we open ourselves to deep witnessing and sacred play. Join us by listening to what the moment needs. We hold a safe space to stretch your spirit and try new things! Doors close at start time.

11:00 PM

San Martin/ San Simeon

Workshop: Shape-shifting Journeywork with Taliesin

Moss Magill In this session, we will journey to the poetry world of Taliesin and explore our own shape-shifting agility. Place yourself in a mythical chase, transforming from beast to beast as you attempt to escape the grasp of angry Ceridwen. Discover new animal guides and the lessons they can teach you. Doors will close at start time for this active visualization, so please be prompt.

SUNDAY

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9:00 AM — The Jew in the Goddess.......................................................................................Batya Podos............................................. Carmel 9:00 AM v Yoga in a Circle for Everyone................................................................................Randy Ellen Blaustein.............................. Cedar 9:00 AM — Bringing Lore to Life............................................................................................Peter Paddon........................................... Fir 9:00 AM — Dances for the Goddess.......................................................................................Amy Baldwin........................................... Oak 9:00 AM — Faerie Inter-Faith Ritual - Design & Performance................................................Various groups......................................... Pine 9:00 AM — The Trickster is Needed........................................................................................Hilary Ayer............................................... San Carlos 9:00 AM — The Magic In Your Hand.......................................................................................Kooch Daniels.......................................... San Jose/ Santa Clara 9:00 AM — Re-enchanting the Night Sky: Planets, Stars and Spirit.......................................Renna Shesso........................................... San Juan 9:00 AM — Community, Relationships, and Love...................................................................Jes............................................................ San Martin 9:00 AM — Balancing Female Power - A New Five Fold Kiss..................................................Maggi Setti.............................................. San Simeon 9:00 AM — The 3 Faces of Lilith.............................................................................................Rev. James Schultz, D.D............................ Silicon Valley 11:00 AM — Tablet Weaving....................................................................................................Ruth Temple............................................. Boardroom 11:00 AM v Aphrodite, the Goddess of Love...........................................................................Tony Mierzwicki....................................... Carmel 11:00 AM v Brigid’s Forge: A Healing Ritual...........................................................................Rynn Fox.................................................. Cedar 11:00 AM — Pagan-Hindus & Hindu-Pagans: Appropriation & Syncretism..............................Pagans & Hindus...................................... Fir 11:00 AM — Performative Mythology: Constellation of the Mythic Image..............................The Cabiri................................................. Monterey 11:00 AM — Magical Activism.................................................................................................Starhawk................................................. Pine 11:00 AM v The Sacred Body: An Interfaith Body Blessing.....................................................Circle of Cerridwen................................... San Carlos 11:00 AM — White Girl Shamanism........................................................................................Lupa......................................................... San Jose/ Santa Clara 11:00 AM v Congregation In Solitude: Unity Through Liturgy................................................Teo Bishop................................................ San Martin 11:00 AM v Honoring Sophia: An Egyptian Gnostic Ceremony of the Soul..............................Chapel of the Divine Mother.................... San Simeon 11:00 AM — Village Witchery 202...........................................................................................Valerie Voigt............................................. Silicon Valley

11:00 PM

We are the Architects of a New Reality!

San Jose/ Santa Clara

Rev. Wendi Morrison-Merritt for OrangeRay I plan to begin with an acoustic musical performance and move into a discussion that bridges aspects of quantum physics to our spiritual ascension process; DNA activation and healing with sound & energy. Understanding multi-dimensionalism is the key to understanding how and why we are moving from a 3D to a 5D reality and what that means to each of us. The causal orange ray aligns our consciousness with responsibilty for our actions and how they effect our brothers, sisters and our Mother Gaia/Planet Earth. Ascension 101 & our Star Seed origins; triple helix “software” overides the old matrix: We Are the Architects of a New Reality! 11:00 PM

Oracular Seidh

San Juan/ San Carlos

Seidhjaller Now, as in the time of the Vikings, seers and seeresses journey to the spirit world to find answers to your questions. This practice comes from the heathen tradition, but all are welcome as we support each other with our energy and learn what wyrd has woven. This session is limited to 60 people.

MONDAY

9:00 AM

The Jew in the Goddess

Carmel

Batya Podos Storytelling performance combining Jewish and Pagan stories that link the deep mystical feminine within each tradition. 9:00 AM

Yoga in a Circle for Everyone

Cedar

Randy Ellen Blaustein In Yoga class, we are traditionally instructed to focus in on ourselves, & may even lose awareness that others are in the room. In the spirit of the theme of Co-operation, Tolerance, & Love, this class will be taught in a circle. We will practice Sun Salutations & traditional poses individually, & a series of poses supporting 1 another in a group & with partners. People of all ages, levels & abilities are welcome, including people who need to practice sitting in a chair.

9:00 AM

Fir

Bringing Lore to Life

Peter Paddon The art of storytelling as a magickal act. When we hear a story told by a true storyteller, there is a deep, visceral response that forever changes us. When stories are told that contain lore and the Mysteries, magical things can happen. Join British Witch Peter Paddon as he both shares the mechanics and philosophy of storytelling, and demonstrates it with classic tales and stories about his own magical experiences. 9:00 AM

Oak

Dances for the Goddess

Amy Baldwin Dance is used the world over to produce mystical and transformative experiences. From Europe to Africa to the Middle East and America, folk dance unites communities and fosters experiences of the gods. Join us as we learn simple and delightful folk dances from various corners of the ancient world and tap into the mesmerizing power of movement. Whether you are a novice or experienced dancer, come and enjoy the presence of the Goddess through dance. This workshop is open to all. 9:00 AM

Faerie Inter-Faith Ritual - Design & Performance

Pine

Tyr Jung, Radical Faeries (L.A.), Nomenus & The Lavender Effect Come! Join! Be one with us! From last year’s presentation at Highways Performance Space’s Behold! Series, we bring lessons from the Labyrinth and the 13th Fairy: the Secret of the Labyrinth, Resetting Zero & Joining the Tribes to become a greater, more loving whole. Together, we will find and reclaim the lost, weave seemingly disparate strands of traditions, disciplines, faiths (Fae, Wiccan, Doctrine of 5 & Christian) and ritual components to create new rituals with, by and for Love. And in the process create a brighter, more colorful & stronger communion with each other and the Universe. 9:00 AM

The Trickster is Needed

San Carlos

Hilary Ayer The Trickster as Necessary for Successful Social Order. It may seem strange to talk of Trickster figures as contributing to harmony, but they do. Most of the cultures whose religions we work with are stable, even static. They need a way to allow change, and to cope with change from the outside. Thinking metaphorically, if you think of the metaphor of earthquake fault whereby if you have a lot of little shakeups you wonít get a catastrophe. Hilary Ayer and Bari Mandelbaum love to talk various kinds of lore together and turn comparative mythology upside down to see how it works. 9:00 AM

The Magic In Your Hand

San Jose/ Santa Clara

Kooch Daniels Informative and fun, this palmistry discussion gives insightful guidelines for learning to read the hand. Kooch Daniels, author of The Art And Magic of Palmistry, will share essential techniques to help you build your skills and gain confidence in your practice. Using hands of willing participants, we’ll explore palmistry symbols and major lines and interpret their potential meanings. More than a “how to”ù talk, this is a show and tell class that answers questions about your hands. For beginners to advanced students.

9:00 AM

San Juan

Re-enchanting the Night Sky: Planets, Stars and Spirit

Renna Shesso Half of each lifetime is spent under the dome of the night sky. We honor the Moon’s phases and the Sun’s solstices and equinoxes, but what about stars, planets and all the rest of the sky? The sky was our original calendar and storybook, the first illustrated edition, the prototype GPS, and - vitally - the domain of spirit. This is naked-eye astronomy like our ancestors did it: spiritual star-gazing. Let’s look, learn, get reoriented, and stir the embers of a direct, personal, inspirited relationship with the visible wonders of the night sky. 9:00 AM

Community, Relationships, and Love

San Martin

Jes We are all in relationship: with humans, spirits/gods/etc, the natural world. At best, these relationships are based in love. However, they continue even when we’re at our worst, when circumstances are challenging, and when the beings with whom we’re in relationship make mistakes or worse. How do we navigate difficulties such as these from a place of love? Come discuss your experiences with successfully (and not-so-successfully) navigating these situations. 9:00 AM

Balancing Female Power - A New Five Fold Kiss

San Simeon

Maggi Setti The female figures in the tarot trumps are energies that can act as priestesses helping us activate and balancing our inner power. These cards can be configured into a new take on the Wiccan FiveFold Kiss and used as a meditative tool for personal transformation and balancing the inner polarities. This tool will be taught using the thought-forms of these 5 trumps with hands on experiences to start the process of discovery and balance. 9:00 AM

The 3 Faces of Lilith

Silicon Valley

Rev. James Schultz, D.D. Is Lilith a Demoness or is there more to Her? While She represents one of the core elements of our Shadow, She is also capable of shining a bright light. She is much more than the Demoness of mythology. Learn about the 3 faces (aspects) of Lilith; how to find where she may be strongest in your life; how to better integrate Her into your life and how to create balance between Her 3 aspects. If you aren’t already in Love with your Lilith, you should be by the end of this session. 11:00 AM

Tablet Weaving

Boardroom

Ruth Temple Tablet weaving is one of the oldest, global, simple with complex possibilities forms of weaving. Come explore in this handson make-and-take workshop, hear about the diverse history, see samples, and work cooperatively to weave a sample to take.

MONDAY

11:00 AM

Aphrodite, the Goddess of Love

Carmel

11:00 AM

San Carlos

The Sacred Body: An Interfaith Body Blessing

Tony Mierzwicki Aphrodite appears to be of Phoenician origin, and was originally a fertility goddess. As time went on, Aphrodite became perceived as a goddess of love and beauty, while her former role as a goddess of agriculture was assigned to Demeter. In art, the best known representations of Aphrodite were unclothed and either rising out of the sea or a bath, or as objects of feminine beauty. To truly understand her, she will be invoked using Graeco-Egyptian Magick. Doors close at start time.

Circle of Cerridwen In this Wiccan Christian ritual we will explore and bless the sacredness of all bodies, regardless of tradition, gender, age, race, or size. We will use music, media, meditation, anointing, and the traditions of the sacred meal. This ritual is open to all who wish to attend and is presented in conjunction with 4M Ministries. Due to the meditative nature of the service, there will be no entry once the ritual starts.

11:00 AM

Lupa The word “shamanism”ù has gained a lot of cultural and social baggage in the past hundred years. Lupa, a self-described white chick (neo)shaman from the Midwest, pops open some of these contentious cans-o-worms in this sure-to-be-lively discussion. Some of the topics of the day: Can non-indigenous people be “shamansù?” Is it just a matter of training, or is there more to it? What’s this “cultural appropriation” thing that’s been increasingly on the radar? And whose rite is it anyway?

Brigid’s Forge: A Healing Ritual

Cedar

Rynn Fox What harm scars your soul? What pain holds you from full vitality and magic? Pain and trauma can be used to fuel a hot, healing fire. And the hottest fires create the best forges - a fact that Brigid, Goddess of healing and smithcraft, knows intimately. Join us in healing ritual and put yourself into her healing fire and under her hammer to be remade, reconstructed, and renewed. Transform your trauma into strength, opportunity, and revitalization. Doors will be closed 15 minutes after start time.

11:00 AM

Fir

11:00 AM

White Girl Shamanism

11:00 AM

San Jose/ Santa Clara

Congregation In Solitude: Unity Through Liturgy

San Martin

Chandra Alexandre, Sam Webster, Patrick McCollum, Madhulika Pagan-Hindus & Hindu-Pagans: Appropriation & Syncretism Many Pagans have incorporated Hindu deities, symbols, and practices into their variant of Paganism. Is this inappropriate appropriation of another religious tradition, or is it an inspired syncretism? Barbara McGraw, Chandra Alexandre, Sam Webster, Patrick McCollum, and Madhulika Singh (Hindu American Foundation discuss the implications of such developments in the Pagan movement.

Teo Bishop Solitary Pagans face unique challenges. Our practice must be self-directed, self-motivated, and often self-designed. We have books and websites to reference, but can lack a sense of structure around our practice. But solitude is not a liability. In solitude we develop a deeper connection to our own inner voice. In solitude we may become contemplative, centered, and discerning. Solitude is the staging ground for transformative change. In this dialogue we explore how the use of Pagan liturgy can create congregation in solitude. Doors close 15 minutes into workshop.

11:00 AM

Pagan-Hindus & Hindu-Pagans: Appropriation & Syncretism

Monterey

Performative Mythology: Constellation of the Mythic Image

The Cabiri Since 1997, the Seattle-based Cabiri performance troupe has created large-scale, spectacular theatrical productions incorporating acrobatics, aerial dance, fire performance and physical theatre based upon ancient myth and folklore. In this workshop, founding Cabiri members and ritual theatre performers will discuss their work over the past 15 years, sharing imagery and giving attendees tips on creating their own memorable, mythical spectacle and ritual theatre fit for the gods. The troupe’s exploration of Babylonian celestial deities and other esoteric subjects will be emphasized. 11:00 AM

Magical Activism

Pine

Starhawk What tools does magic offer to our work as activists for justice, peace and the environment? Magic teaches us to envision the outcome we want, not just protest what we donít want, and to call on allies both spiritual and material to help us. Grounding, energy sensing, divination and trance can all be powerful tools of activism. In this workshop, we bring together our magical practice and our activist vision to become more powerful agents of change.

MONDAY

San Simeon

Honoring Sophia: An Egyptian Gnostic Ceremony of the Soul

Chapel of the Divine Mother- Director Kelley Rainwater This participatory ceremony honors the goddess Sophia with Egyptian Gnostic ritual. The ritual intent is to guide participants in connecting with and brightening the flame of their Soul in order to access higher states of Love & Wisdom. The ritual will include purification, invocation, revelation, and celebration using consecrated oils, readings from Gnostic scripture, movement, song, and contemplation. Songs will be led by Colutura Soprano Stefanie Goldstein & her husband Aaron,& participants are invited to bring both a black and white cloth (we have extra). Doors close 10 min after start

11:00 AM

Village Witchery 202

Silicon Valley

Valerie Voigt Village Witchery 202 Final tips and techniques for working with non-Pagan clients who seek the help of a Witch. Precautions and community relations in non-Pagan neighborhoods. Q&A plus recommended supplies and resources, including resources for further study. Plus anything not already covered in the earlier Village Witchery 101, 102, and 201 classes! PREREQUISITES: VILLAGE WITCHERY 101, 102, AND 201 OR EQUIVALENT.

Monday Afternoon at a Glance v

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1:30 PM — Becoming the Goddess........................................................................................Ayamanatara........................................... Monterey 1:30 PM v Past-life Journey.................................................................................................Cerridwen Fallingstar............................... San Carlos 1:30 PM — Bringing Myth Alive: Techniques to Engage Myth...............................................Jeffrey Albaugh........................................ San Jose/ Santa Clara 1:30 PM — Becoming a Tarot Professional.............................................................................jaymi elford.............................................. San Martin 1:30 PM — Supporting the Troops AND their Service.............................................................Shadi (AKA Tech Three)............................. San Simeon 1:30 PM ¡ Self-Acceptance Body Blessing Ritual..................................................................Melanie Marquis...................................... Silicon Valley 3:30 PM — Closing Ritual......................................................................................................Glenn Turner & friends............................. Oak 1:30 PM

Monterey

Becoming the Goddess

Ayamanatara Drawing on Gnostic and Goddess traditions, we will be creating a personal affirmation of empowerment that allows each participant to invoke the Goddess into their life on a personal level. Open to all gender identifications. 1:30 PM

San Carlos

Past-life Journey

1:30 PM

Supporting the Troops AND their Service

San Simeon

Shadi (AKA Tech Three) Want to support out Service Members but are unsure how reconcile supporting them with your political and spiritual beliefs? Come listen to a current Active Duty Service Member and OIF Veteran share her story and experience the unique opportunity to ask questions of someone who has been there, done that and has the T-Shirt.

Cerridwen Fallingstar Past-life experiences can dissolve invisible barriers to your full creativity and power in the world. Enjoy this mini pastlife journey to explore your own psyche. Cerridwen Fallingstar, author of ‘The Heart of the Fire’, and the new past-life epic series, ‘White as Bone, Red as Blood’ set in 12th century Japan, will be your guide. With over thirty years of experience as a Wiccan Priestess, she is adept at creating intimate, safe, transformative space for each individual to explore shamanic states of consciousness. Reading and book-signing will follow. Bring notebook, pen, and a friend. Doors close when trance begins.

1:30 PM

Glenn Turner & friends Join us as we gather together one last time to thank and say good bye to the guardians and protectors of our event. We can also share highlights of our gathering of the tribes.

San Jose/ Santa Clara

Bringing Myth Alive: Techniques to Engage Myth

Jeffrey Albaugh Actively working with numinous images and mythic narratives can yield new perspectives on lived experiences and serve to connect us more deeply to stories of the divine. This workshop aims to give techniques for approaching myth and dream that enrich bring meaning to our lived experienced, allow us to experience narratives from new perspectives, and assist in constructing more impactful, experiential rituals. Techniques pull from the works of C. G. Jung, James Hillman, and Robert Johnson, and include both individual and group activities. 1:30 PM

Becoming a Tarot Professional

San Martin

jaymi elford Are you ready to become a tarot professional but are afraid? Going Pro presents a safe forum where you can learn how to take the fool’s plunge and start your own tarot business. Jaymi Elford has been laying the foundation for her own business for two years now. While she claims she’s no expert, she’s ready to share her knowledge about what to do, where to go, and how to get those spiffy marketing toys.

Self-Acceptance Body Blessing Ritual

Silicon Valley

Melanie Marquis In this inclusive ritual open to all men, women, and transgendered individuals regardless of path affiliation or sexual orientation, explore what it means to be YOU and discover how to unlock the love within your heart and soul. Divinity is a birthright, and so is being who you truly are—this is a ritual in which the two will mesh. Ages 18+ only, as skyclad is an option for those who wish it.

3:30 PM

Closing Ritual

Oak

PantheaCon 2013 Presenters ADF

ADF provides a flexible structure for a Neopagan Druidic religion based on the practices of the ancient Indo-Europeans, adapted to the needs of a modern people. It’s a non-profit religious, scientific, educational, artistic, and charitable corporation whose members practice the full range of activities practiced by most religious organizations. We are dedicated to the preservation of our Holy Mother Earth, the full achievement of human potential, the revival of the worship of the Goddesses and the Gods in a modern context, and the creation of world peace, freedom, health, prosperity for all intelligent beings. • ADF Ritual: Ritual for Tolerance and Love Saturday,9:00 AM �� Oak

Alex Tinder

Alex Tinder is a student of the wild, a writer, and a rabble-rouser. He teaches wilderness skills in southern Oregon, and is the creator of the Primal Tarot, an exploration of indigenous symbology and of the place of magic and spirituality in the defense of the Earth. • Between Collapse & Rebirth: The Responsibility of Insight Sunday,9:00 AM �� San Jose

Amber K & Azrael Arynn K

Amber K and Azrael Arynn K are Wiccan priestesses, authors of True Magick, Ritualcraft, Covencraft, How to Become a Witch, and other books. They are active with Ardantane in New Mexico. Ardantane, PO Box 307, Jemez Springs NM 87025. www.ardantane.org. • Charges of the Goddess: Direction from the Divine Friday,1:30 PM �� Fir • Gods and Goddesses of the Forge Saturday,9:00 PM �� San Martin/ San Simeon

Angus McMahan

Angus McMahan is a gregarious solitary who can usually be found playing strange drums strangely at various Community Seed rituals. He is a lego sculptor, a cross-country marcher, a crop circle inspiration, a breathtakingly slow triathlete and a writer of no great renown. angus-land.com • Pagan Humor 5: Actual Pagan Stuff Sunday,9:00 PM �� Club Max

Annelise

Annelise is interested in understanding the ancient world, and how traditions are transmitted and changed. She also loves folk dancing and has visited villages in both Greece and Bulgaria to learn about their dance traditions and culture • It Takes a Village to Dance: Ritual and Community Aspects Friday,3:30 PM �� San Jose/ Santa Clara

Ari Mankey

Ari Mankey is a teacher, dancer, and High Priestess. Dancing under the stage name “Ayperi” (Turkish for “Moon Fairy”), Ari specializes in Egyptian cabaret style bellydance, while also indulging her interests in folkloric dance from the Middle East and North Africa. Ari believes that dance can be a vehicle to find our high selves and commune with the gods. When she’s not dancing, she can be found officiating rites in the infamous Morrison Clan with her husband Jason. • Devotional Dance to Aphrodite Sunday,3:30 PM �� San Martin/ San Simeon

Athena Wallinder

The members of the AMUH have been practicing our version of American Umbanda for over 20 years in the greater San Francisco Bay Area. We are what is called a mixed house, meaning that we have a variety of pantheons that we work with, but our primary pantheon is the Orixa of West Africa, and Brazil. For more information, please contact Mama Maeva at: AMUHinfo@Gmail.com • Pomba Gira Devotional Friday,11:00 PM �� Cedar/ Pine

Athena Wallinder, is the 73rd spirit of the booke Goetia. She is a great and mightie Countesse, and hath the specialtie in the arte magic; particularly that of Daemon work, Enochian, Abramelin, grimoires, and necromancie. She hath made the studye and practice daily over 20 years, while teacheth for 15 of these years. Athena has receiveth instruction from masters in these arts, as well as traveled to Egypt and Haiti to further her studyes. Her office is the worketh of magic professionally for clients, and the construction of tools magical at www.enochian.org. She also leadeth retreats in de arte’ magic. • Between the cracks of Enochian magic Sunday,7:00 PM �� San Martin/ San Simeon

Amy Baldwin

Avia Moore

American Magic Umbanda House

Amy Baldwin has nearly forty years experience in folkloric dance as a dancer and teacher on both coasts. She is a founding member of Mayfield Morris and Sword and the founder and artistic director of Mad Molly, one of the busiest and most popular morris dancing teams in Northern California. She is also a founding member of South Bay Circles, one of the South Bay’s longest-running open circles. When not dancing she enjoys writing and spending time with her family. In April, Amy will be managing the California Ale, the state’s largest gathering of morris dancers. • Dances for the Goddess Monday,9:00 AM �� Oak

I am the daughter of Stone City Pagan Sanctuary and a Bast priestess.I’ve been working with Bast for about 5 years now and ran a Bast ritual in 2012. • Bast Devotional Ritual Saturday,1:30 PM �� Pine

Ayamanatara

Ayamanatara is a multi-denominational Shaman; a nationallyrenowned author, healer, teacher, trance channel, clairvoyant, mystery school initiate, kabbalist, and animal communicator. She is a founding faculty member of Matrix International University, and a member of both the Sound Healers Association and the American Botanical Council. Her latest book, 365 Days to Enlightenment,

is on its second printing; her latest CD of guided Meditations, entitled The Source, was released in the spring of 2011. • Becoming the Goddess Monday,1:30 PM �� Monterey

Azrael Arynn K & Amber K

Azrael is a 3rd degree priestess of Wicca in the Ladywood Tradition, Dean of the School of Sacred Living at Ardantane, and co-author (with Amber K) of RitualCraft and other books on Wicca and magick. • Creating Your Sacred Home Sunday,3:30 PM �� Boardroom

Baba Esu

Baba Esu (esuwemimo@gmail.com) is an initiated Priest of Esu and was initiated by Chief Luisah Teish & Ile Orunmila Oshun 12 1/2 years ago. Baba works as a Senior Financial Analyst and holds a B.S. in Accounting and Finance from San Jose State University and holds an A.S. in Culinary Arts. Baba is a trained and accredited as a professional chef as well as the owner and proprietor of Yummy Tummy Farms. • Obatala: The Divine Spirit of Cooperation, Tolerance, & Love Sunday,11:00 AM �� Santa Clara

Bari Mandelbaum

Bari is a multi-traditional spiritworker and professional clergyperson. She initiated with Waxing Muse Coven as a Priestess in 1996, traditionally initiated as a priest of Ochun in 2011, and is an active member of Hrafnar Kindred, the Vanic Conspiracy and Seidhjallr. Bari has led many classes and rituals for the local and national pagan communities and provides spiritual and health counseling and services to individuals and groups. She has been a student of healing traditions, energy work, magic and the occult for nearly 30 years. She lives in the Bay Area with her partner, 4 cats and many altars. • Enacting the Sacred, Embodyi ng the Divine Sunday,7:00 PM �� San Jose/ Santa Clara

Batya Podos

Batya Podos is an ordained Maggid (teacher and storyteller in the Jewish tradition) and an ordained Wiccan Priestess. She combines these traditions in storytelling performances and workshops. With over thirty years experience as a storyteller, writer, workshop leader and teacher, she uses story to entertain, illuminate, and bring people closer to their spiritual selves. • The Jew in the Goddess Monday,9:00 AM �� Carmel

Ben Hoshour

Ben Hoshour lives in San Diego, CA and is a member of the Troth and ADF. He has been a Contemporary Pagan (both Druid and Heathen) for over 5 years and has begun incorporating nondual Saiva Tantra into his practice. Ben is a student-practitionerteacher of Kashmirian Saiva Tantra, specifically the Kuala variant of the Trika/Krama synthesis of Abhinava Gupta. He currently runs a blog at www.saivatantra.com, teaches in the San Diego area, and is in the process of finishing his first book on the history of non-dual Saiva Tantra. • Saiva Tantra: The Intersection of Tantric Yoga and Paganism Saturday,9:00 PM �� Riesling

Beth Winegarner

Beth Winegarner is a Bay Area author and journalist. Her blog, Backward Messages, exposes media misrepresentation of Wicca, African Diaspora faiths, Satanism, and other topics. Her work has been published in USAToday.com, Mother Jones online, Wired.com, and Ars Technica. For more, visit http://www. bethwinegarner.com. • Setting the record straight: pagans and the press Saturday,1:30 PM �� Carmel/ Monterey

Broceliande

Broceliande plays Celtic music from the British Isles and the Medieval and Renaissance music, with an emphasis on music inspired by or traditionally performed during each of the four seasons. Their entrancing sound is built on the interweaving of up to 3-part vocals with Celtic harp, 12-string guitar, cello, flute, octave mandolin, recorders, and percussion. Their repertoire includes original arrangements of trad and Early music and ranges in feel from Celtic dances, to harp tunes, to a capella madrigals. • Broceliande Celtic and Early Music Concert Sunday,7:00 PM �� Carmel/ Monterey

Brotherhood of the Moon

CAYA Coven’s Brotherhood of the Moon is a circle within Come As You Are Coven. We are a men’s full moon brotherhood dedicated to the exploration of the mysteries of gods and men in a safe and non-judgmental space, open to all ideas and paths. Join us for rites that support the ideal of masculinity in a strong, responsible, caring, and empowered ritual space. www.brotherhoodofthemoon.org • The King’s Road Saturday,9:00 PM �� San Juan/ San Carlos

Carl Neal

Carl Neal has been fascinated with incense since childhood. Years passed and he found his feet firmly on a Pagan path. He moved beyond grocery store incense into the realms of natural incense. For over 15 years he has researched and experimented to better understand incense - a ritual object to which few of us pay attention. A professional incense maker and seller of ritual items for many years, Carl brought his incense making knowledge to the greater community with his 2003 book Incense. He launched his 3rd book at PantheaCon 2012 (Incense Magick (Llewellyn)). • Magick Incense Making 101 Saturday,1:30 PM �� San Juan/ San Carlos

CAYA Coven

Come As You Are (CAYA) Coven is an eclectic, open, drop-in coven with branches in the Bay Area. Our mission is to create safe, loving, magical, celebratory, warm, family-friendly community rituals. All are offered opportunities to participate, and everyone’s talents and gifts are honored. Visit us in the East Bay, or online at www.cayacoven.com • CAYA Coven Wake up to Spirit Ritual Saturday,9:00 AM �� Cedar

Cerridwen Fallingstar

Cerridwen Fallingstar is a shamanic Witch who has taught classes in magic/ritual for over thirty years, including a year-long Shamanic Apprenticeship program. She has founded three covens and an organization called Earth Rite. Her past-life book, ‘The Heart of the Fire’, a historical novel about Witchcraft set in 16th century

Scotland, has sold 20,000 copies. Her recent second past-life series, titled ‘White as Bone, Red as Blood’, is set in 12th century Japan. www.cerridwenfallingstar.com POB 282, San Geronimo, CA 94963 c.fallingstar@gmail.com • Past-life Journey Monday,1:30 PM �� San Carlos

Witchcraft model. All seekers are welcome to our events regardless of gender identity, sexual orientation, and magickal experience. Visit our website http://cerridwen.st4r.org for more information and contact details. • The Sacred Body: An Interfaith Body Blessing Monday,11:00 AM �� San Carlos

Chandra Alexandre & SHARANYA

Circle of Dionysos

SHARANYA is home to (R)evolutionary Shakta Tantra. We are a federally-recognized devi mandir (goddess temple) based in San Francisco working to facilitate the blossoming of radical truth, healing and wholeness through individual sadhana (spiritual practice), devotion, and the Dark Goddess. • Kali Puja: Awakening Maa Saturday,11:00 PM �� Oak

Chapel of the Divine Mother- Director Kelley Rainwater

Founder and director of Chapel of the Divine Mother, Kelley Rainwater, MA, MBA has led rituals and healing events for hundreds of people in the Bay Area since 2009. Her passion for women’s empowerment and the Soul’s mysteries draws on her studies of Gnosticism, depth psychology and Western esotericism. Kelley is also an initiated priest (Iya Oladeyi Fakayode) in the Ifa/Orisha tradition of West Africa and long-term student of shamanism and earth-honoring traditions. For more information on her public offerings please see: www.chapelofthedivinemother.org. • Honoring Sophia: An Egyptian Gnostic Ceremony of the Soul Monday,11:00 AM �� San Simeon

Chic Cicero & Sandra Tabatha Cicero

Chic Cicero and Sandra Tabatha Cicero are Chief Adepts of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. Chic was a close personal friend and student of Israel Regardie, and he was one of the key people to help Regardie resurrect the Golden Dawn in the United States in the early 1980s. In Masonic circles Chic is a REPGC of Florida. Tabatha is Imperatrix of the SRIAm. The Ciceros have written numerous books including The Essential Golden Dawn, Self-Initiation into the Golden Dawn Tradition, Secrets of a Golden Dawn Temple, Tarot Talismans, The Golden Dawn Magical Tarot, and The Babylonian Tarot. • Tarot Magic Saturday,3:30 PM �� Carmel/ Monterey • Enochian Color Magic Sunday,11:00 AM �� Carmel/ Monterey

Christopher Penczak

Christopher Penczak is a modern witch with a full time teaching and healing practice in New England. He is the cofounder of The Temple of Witchcraft nonprofit and Copper Cauldron Publishing. He is the author of many books, including the Temple of Witchcraft series and The Plant Spirit Familiar. • The Mighty Dead Saturday,11:00 AM �� Pine • Avalon: The isle of Nine Morgans Sunday,1:30 PM �� Cedar/ Pine

Circle of Cerridwen

The Circle of Cerridwen is the founding coven of the Open Source Alexandrian tradition. The Open Source Alexandrian tradition is an open and inclusive tradition based on the Alexandrian

The Circle of Dionysos is dedicated to the exploration and celebration of spiritual traditions that honor gender fluidity and sexual variance. We believe that universal diversity is purposeful, and thus that members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Community possess wisdom that is of vital importance to the community at large. Through public ritual performances, small study groups, and personal spiritual guidance, we seek to help both individuals and our community in discovering, developing, and expressing that wisdom. For More information about the Circle of Dionysos, please visit our website at http://circleofdionysos.org/. • Cybele and the Angry Inch Sunday,11:00 PM �� Club Max

Claire Medeiros

Claire Medeiros is a MtF post-operative transsexual, vegan, pantheist, writer, poet, ritualist, Pan Dianic Devotee of the Great Mother Goddess, admin and contributor to the goddesswithoutborders.com Wiki project, and proud supporter and believer in the Pan Dianic Movement. • Gender Harmony: Forming Deep Alliances Saturday,11:00 AM �� Silicon Valley

Coru Cathubodua with T.Thorn Coyle & Morpheus Ravenna

The Coru Cathubodua is a priesthood dedicated to the Morrigan, the great Celtic Goddess of sovereignty, battle, ravens, and Otherworld power, spearheaded by Morpheus Ravenna. The Coru are joined for this ritual by T. Thorn Coyle, internationally known author and spiritual teacher and the founder of the Morningstar Mystery School. • The Heart is Our Nation: A Morrigan Devotional Saturday,7:00 PM �� Cedar/ Pine

Crista Underwood & Gene Dratva

Crista has been Pagan for most of her adult life. She is a Licensed Psychotherapist (LCSW) in San Francisco focusing on working with poly, kinky and other sex-positive communities, is a cofounder of the Sexual Health Information Line in Columbus, Ohio, and an all-around sex geek. Gene is a Wiccan priest in the NorthStar Tradition and has a lifelong fascination with the intersection between sexuality and spirituality. • Ethics of a Sex-Positive Culture and Thealogy Sunday,1:00 PM �� Silicon Valley

Crystal Blanton

Ms. Blanton has worked in Social Services for 16 years, specializing in addiction studies and counseling. She has a degree in psychology, is a Registered Addiction Specialist and certified in Anger Management. She is a Wiccan High Priestess who has combined experience in covens with professional training. She works as an AOD counselor & maintains family, mentoring, local coven and school. Her book Bridging the Gap; Working Within the Dynam-

ics of Pagan Groups and Society and the Shades of Faith; Minority Voices in Paganism anthology are available through Immanion Press. www.crystalblanton.com • Restorative Community Circle; Tolerance, Cooperation and Love Friday,9:00 PM �� San Martin/ San Simeon

Daniel Foor

Diana Paxson & Hrafnar kindred

Finding Freyr was written by Diana L. Paxson, author of Taking up the Runes and Essential Asatru, and is presented by Hrafnar kindred, one of the oldest Heathen groups in the San Francisco area. Be sure to like Hrafnar on Facebook to be informed of upcoming events! • Finding Freyr Saturday,11:00 AM �� San Martin/ San Simeon

Daniel Foor, Ph.D., MFT offers trainings, community rituals, and individual sessions focused on ancestor work, relating with spirits of nature/place, and embodying personal destiny and calling (www.ancestralmedicine.org). He is a priest in the Ifa/Orisha tradition of Yoruba-speaking West Africa and the founder of a ritual circle celebrating the sacred mountains surrounding the San Francisco Estuary. Daniel is also the founder of the Earth Medicine Alliance (www.earthmedicine.org), an interfaith, earth-honoring non-profit based in the S.F. Bay Area. • Ritual Work with Plant Relations in the San Francisco Bay Area Sunday,11:00 AM �� San Simeon

Didi Gordon/Sarah Astarte

Dark Forest Coven

Don Schulz

Dark Forest is a wiccan coven practicing the NROOGD tradition in public and private ritual for ten years in the South Bay. Dark Forest is currently a twelve member coven with elders in multiple traditions with roots in Feri, Gardnerian, Umbanda, Kemetic, and Ceremonial Magick. We are a fun loving group of heretics with deep groove of coyote. We strive to produce meaningful work while filling our circles with mirth. Dark Forest runs a teaching circle called Shadowed Grove. • Papa Ghede’s Bone Yard Boogie Saturday,7:00 PM �� Oak • Stepping Up to Public Ritual: Bringing the Big Mojo to the Floor Sunday,3:30 PM �� San Jose

DevaGnosis

DevaGnosis is a holistic spiritual fellowship whose home-base is in Campbell, Ca. We create, host and promote events related but not exclusive to “Divine-Nature Spirituality.” Our focus is on personal growth, healing, healthy living, deep exploration and epiphany. We are here to empower tribe and community to raise the vibration of humanity. We feel called to serve on the path towards Enlightenment, Center, Source, Love, God, Goddess, Spirit, Inspiration, Grace, Peace and Awe though events, classes & workshops, Ecstatic Dance, Seasonal Rituals, and more. Please visit: www.devagnosis.org for more information. • Dance Elemental Sunday,9:00 PM �� Cedar/ Pine

Diana Paxson

Diana L. Paxson is the author of many novels on pagan themes, and a number of popular non-fiction books, including /Taking up the Runes/ and /The Way of the Oracle/. She writes a regular column on goddesses for /Sagewoman/. She is also an elder and former Steerswoman of the Troth, whose journal /Idunna/, she edits. Visit her website at: http://www.diana-paxson.com/, or like her on Facebook! • Sacred Trees Friday,3:30 PM �� Carmel/ Monterey

Doreet (Didi) Gordon is a dark fusion bellydancer based out of Santa Cruz, CA. She began her love affair with belly dance in 2004. Doreet is a founding member of Raks Hakohaveem and creative director of student troupe, Nahaash Raqs. She is also co-producer of the yearly Dark Fusion event Lumen Obscura. Doreet offers classes at Serpent’s Kiss in Santa Cruz. Sarah Astarte, Ph.D., is a spiritual guide and interfaith chaplain. She specializes in body image and sacred sexuality. She is an initiated priestess of the Goddess, and has been bellydancing for a decade. • The Many Faces of the Goddess Saturday,11:00 PM �� San Martin/ San Simeon Creating hand made “ancient style” drums of simple wood and hide since 2001, I consider myself a “Rhythmic Evangelical”, wanting everyone to pick one up and play. My hope is that we can all return to the heart of our Mother - no matter how old or experienced. • Drum Circle 101 Friday,11:00 PM �� Silicon Valley • Basic drumming for kids. Saturday,11:00 AM �� Riesling • Saturday Midnight Drum and Dance Jam!! Saturday,11:00 PM �� Cedar • Drum Making Workshop - Create your own drum! Sunday,11:00 AM �� Boardroom

Donald Michael Kraig

Donald Michael Kraig is a magickian, Tantric, hypnotist, and author. He specializes in magick, Kabalah, Tarot, hypnosis, Tantra, and psychic development. His books include the revised and expanded 3rd edition of Modern Magick, Modern Sex Magick, Tarot & Magic and The Resurrection Murders. He has practiced many Western spiritual and magickal traditions and is an initiated Tantric. He is a certified hypnosis instructor for the American Board of Hypnotherapy and Society for Experiential Trance, and a Master Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming. His website is www.modernmagick.com. • Healing With Hypnosis: Part 1 Saturday,11:00 AM �� San Jose/ Santa Clara • Healing With Hypnosis: Part 2 Sunday,3:30 PM �� Silicon Valley

Drew Ward

Drew Ward credits family tradition and hereditary gifts for the foundation of his psychic work and Heathen spirituality. He is a member of Hammer of Thor Kindred, and serves as a Seer with the Kindred’s Seidh team. Drew operates a “cottage industry” business, Just Rewards, specializing in the finest Baltic amber. He and his partner of 24 years, Jim, reside in Berkeley. • Psychic Techniques - Practical Magic Saturday,9:00 AM �� Pine

Dustbunny Feri Initiates, Students and Guests

The Dustbunnies are a working circle of Feri initiates and practitioners that meet to work Magick and celebrate direct connection with the Gods. The Pagan Tent Revival celebrants include Valerie Walker (aka veedub), Ron Miller, Timothy E.M. Williams, Philip Wells, Jenya T. Beachy and beloved others. • The Ole Time Good Spell Feri Pagan Tent Revival Saturday,3:30 PM �� Oak

Ekklesia Antinoou

The Ekklesia Antinoou (“Citizenry of Antinous”) is a queer, Graeco-Roman-Egyptian syncretist reconstructionist polytheist group dedicated to worship of Antinous, the deified lover of the Roman Emperor Divus Hadrianus, and related divine figures. This form of modern Antinoan practice has been functioning since 2002. P. Sufenas Virius Lupus will be conducting this session, with assistance from several other Ekklesia Antinoou members and friends. • Lupercalia Friday,11:00 PM �� San Jose/ Santa Clara • Trans Deities For All: Meeting the Tetrad Saturday,7:00 PM �� Silicon Valley • Antinoan Dream Incubation Ritual Saturday,11:00 PM �� San Jose/ Santa Clara

EliSheva

Elisheva (aka Eli) is originally from the Northern Galilee. She served in her country’s security forces, retired; ran an international company, retired and now is a psychotherapist and organizational consultant in private practice. She is Shophet (“elected leader”) of Am HaAretz (aka AMHA) an Israeli Earth & Goddess Tradition of Peaceful Warriors reconnecting to Hebrew Tribes. Her academic background also includes archeology studies at Tel Aviv, and an MA in conference interpreting • Seeing for the Tribes Saturday,1:30 PM �� San Jose • Two Hebrew Goddesses: Asherat and Anat Sunday,9:00 AM �� San Juan

Emily Carlin

I am a lifelong resident of the Pacific Northwest, living in the greater Seattle area. I have been a practicing witch, both solitary and in groups, for more than a decade. I have a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy from Wellesley College and a Juris Doctor from Seattle University School of Law, am a member of the Washington State Bar, and am a trained mediator. I am a faculty member and graduate of the Grey School of Wizardry where I am the Dean of the Dark Arts department and Assistant Dean of Students. My book “Defense Against the Dark” is available at major retailers including amazon.com. • Conflict Resolution for Magickal Communities Friday,1:30 PM �� Pine

Eric Colon

Eric Colon is a tata nkisi (priest) of the Lemba Kongo line of Palo Mayombe. He has worked with Kardecian spiritist groups for 37 years, and has been a mayombero for 11 years. He belongs to the American Society for the Preservation of Palo Mayombe, where he focuses on assessing and re-establishing ritual rites in the community (kanda). His blog, at www.palo-mayombe.com, is based on shining a light on the positive aspects of Palo Mayombe. • Setting the record straight: pagans and the press Saturday,1:30 PM �� Carmel/ Monterey

Eric Lethe

Eric Lethe is an Elder with the Aquarian Tabernacle Church of Wicca. He is Spiritual Affairs Director of the ATC, and one of the Churches’ teachers. • Basics of Warding, Shielding, and Magickal Self-Defense Sunday,9:00 AM �� Riesling

Erin Lale

Author of Asatru For Beginners, a gythia since 1989, instructor in the VOD workshop Rune Seminar, former publisher and editor of Berserkrgangr Magazine, currently an sf book editor and running for office in Henderson, Nevada. • Asatru For Beginners Lecture and Booksigning Friday,1:30 PM �� Silicon Valley • Sumbel and Blot Ritual Sunday,11:00 AM �� San Juan

Erynn Rowan Laurie

Erynn Rowan Laurie is the author of “Ogam: Weaving Word Wisdom” and “A Circle of Stones: Journeys & Meditations for Modern Celts.” She has 25 years of experience in the Pagan community and has been developing a path of Filidecht or sacred poetry in the Celtic tradition since 1988. • Irish Healing Deities: Beyond Brigid Sunday,9:00 PM �� San Juan/ San Carlos

Erynn Rowan Laurie and Rev. Jessie Olson • Wounded Spirits: Heading the Call Through Trauma Saturday,11:00 PM �� Carmel/ Monterey

Evelie Delfino Sales Posch

Evelie Delfino Sales Posch, Certified Sound Healer and Therapist, is a Babaylan/Catalonan (Philippine indigenous shamanistic healing arts practitioner), Reclaiming Priestess & OBOD Bard and Pranic Healing practitiioner. She is the founder of Mahal {ethnofusion music} & BEAM: Babaylan Emerging: Apprenticeship & Mentoring Program teaching in person and online. She performs & facilitates rituals and magical playshops blending her blood tradition with other earth-honoring spiritualities. Evelie is Reclaiming’s SpiralDance Chorus & Band Heartistic Director. • Babaylan Shamanic & Sonic Healing Saturday,11:00 AM �� Boardroom

Finnchuill

Finnchuill is a polytheist who works primarily with Celtic and Hellenic pantheons. He is an ordained Druid of FoDLA, a mystes of Antinous (Ekklesia Antinoo) and a filidecht practitioner. He takes an experimental reconstructionist inclination toward practice. A writer, poet, and educator with an MFA in creative writing (New College of California), he lives in San Francisco. Finnchuill blogs at finnchuillsmast at wordpress. • Writing For The Gods Sunday,9:00 PM �� Boardroom

FoDLA Grove of the Bay

the 2nd FoDLA Grove, based locally in Redwood City. This grove celebrates lunar 1/4 moon rituals, as well as the major 8 druid holidays of the year. Rituals are free and open to all. • By Earth Sea and Sky... Friday,7:00 PM �� Fir

Frank Johnstone & Group

I’ve been on this Pagan path since ‘04. I’m currently in a coven in Santa Cruz (Green Heart Grove) in the Celtic trad. I’ve also been in recovery since April of ‘06. My e-mail address is fpjcfj@yahoo.com for any other questions. • Pagans in Recovery- Serenity First Friday,7:00 PM �� Riesling

Goblin Crafting Triumverate

Manuela the Goblin Queen joins with hags from other Goblin realms to pass on the crafting lore of their people. • Crafting Sigil Magic Sunday,1:30 PM �� Boardroom

Grant Parker

Freyja’s Gift Trance Team is an eclectic group of Heathens, Wiccans and Traditional Witches who do trance work for their community. Some do Seidhr, some have other practices. Freyja’s Gift is led by Seidhkona Lisa Morgenstern, and is the Seidh team for Hrafn Skjoldr Kindred. • A Different Kind of Seidh Saturday,9:00 AM �� Fir

Grant Parker has been an educator at the high school and college level for the past thirty years. He is the chair of a Music Department at a community college. Mr. Parker has taught large activity classes where student leadership and student teaching skills were vital to the success of the program. He has consistent high scores on “RateMyProfessor.com” where one student states “He should teach bad teachers how to teach.” • Teaching Skills for Coven & Circle leaders Sunday,11:00 AM �� Riesling

Gary M. Jaron

Gwen Templeton

Geraldine Beskin

Hanta Yo Womens Group

Freyja’s Gift

Gary(Gershom)Jaron is still a stranger and an outsider everywhere. Raised within Reform Judaism, and wanting to become Rabbi. He graduated from the University of Washington with a BA in Religious Studies and minored in Jewish studies. He completed the classwork for a Master’s in Biblical Hebrew. His failing to read Hebrew explains why he is not a Rabbi. He studied Jewish Kabbalah, Taoism, Qabalah, and Wicca. He co-taught a seven-session class on the mythology of Kabbalah for Reclaiming. He will be presenting at the Western Regional meeting of the American Academy of Religion in 2013. contact info: grayravensf@gmail.com • Reconstructing the Qabalah Tree of Life: Why and How Friday,9:00 PM �� Riesling Geraldine Beskin and her daughter Bali run London’s oldest Independent Occult Bookshop - as did her parents. The Atlantis Bookshop is 90 years old and Aleister Crowley, Austin Spare and Gerald Gardner were friends of the original owner. We are still very happy to carry on the tradition of helping witches, magicians and authors who are new to the scene or established. Geraldine’s lecturing manner is refreshingly un-academic involving lots of improvisation and no strict adherence to her extensive notes. Her lighthearted style comes from a mind full of esoteric knowledge, strange facts and being a Gemini. • Women of the Golden Dawn Saturday,9:00 PM �� San Jose/ Santa Clara • Aleister Crowley:Man behind the magick. Sunday,3:30 PM �� Carmel/ Monterey

Glenn Turner & friends

Glenn Turner - Glenn, and her available friends who can help, will lead the group. Glenn Turner has been a witch since 1968 and a founder of NROOGD and Covenant of the Goddess. Current master of Sirius Encampment OTO and a member of the OTO since 1983. She is the owner of Ancient Ways store in Oakland CA since 1988, originator and organizer of PantheaCon in February at the DoubleTree San Jose and TheurgiCon in July in Berkeley. She can be reached at glenn@ancientways.com • Opening Ritual Friday,1:00 PM �� Oak • Closing Ritual Monday,3:30 PM �� Oak

Gwen Templeton is the High Priestess for Dark Forest, a NROOGD Coven in San Jose, CA with roots in Feri, Kemetic and Umbanda. As an actor & director she has performed with Cutting Ball Theatre, San Francisco Fringe Festival, Kitchen Dog Theater, Dallas Theater Center, Dallas Shakespeare Festival, Fort Worth Shakespeare, Dallas Summer Musicals, Dragon Theater, and the Berkeley Rep. As a Professor she has taught with The Berkeley Rep, ACT, Dallas Theater Center, San Jose State University, University of Texas, University of North Texas, SMU and Texas Women’s University and Stanford. • Dancing In the Dark Sunday,11:00 PM �� Cedar Robin Gray has been an Eclectic Pagan and Natural Witch for 32 years. She’s been a sister of Hanta Yo since the beginning. She is very involved organizing events with her local Pagan Community. Edye Cheeseman was charged by the Goddess to create a women’s group to embrace our unique qualities and challenge the social rules that alienate women from one another. And Hanta Yo was born. Some of her many other contributions to Paganism include being the high priestess of WolfMoon Coven, and a core board member of Elderflower Womenspirit Festival. • Hanta Yo: Our Mission,Motto & Mystery Revealed Friday,7:00 PM �� Boardroom

Hexeba Theaux

Hexeba Theaux has been studying witchcraft and Wicca since she was a teenager, learning from several wonderful teachers (and a few bad ones); reading everything she could get her hands on; working solitary for many years; and working with groups for several more. She has belonged to circles or covens in Spain and California, been initiated into two Central Valley Wicca Traditions, and is a Gardnerian third degree. She is an apprentice to Valerie Voigt, and runs the Dandelion Circle in Sacramento. As a Cajun, Ms. Theaux has a special interest in Hoodoo and in historical witchcraft as a whole. • Village Witchery 101 Friday,3:30 PM �� San Martin/ San Simeon • Village Witchery 102 Saturday,3:30 PM �� Silicon Valley

Hilary Ayer

Hilary Ayer has examined many paths and has chosen or been chosen by Norse Heathenry. She is a member of Hrafnar, Hrafnar Seidhjallr and the Vanic Conspiracy and has taught Various classes on Runes, Lore, Ritual-making and related topics. In her spare time she is an avid amateur of history. • The Trickster is Needed Monday,9:00 AM �� San Carlos

Holly Allender Kraig

Holly Allender Kraig, CMT, certified NLP Practitioner, yoga instructor and Reiki Practitioner. She has taught Hatha yoga across the nation for the last 12 years. • Yoga for Intermediate Yoginis Saturday,9:00 AM �� San Martin/ San Simeon • Yoga for Every Body Sunday,9:00 AM �� Fir

Holly DeFount

Holly DeFount: I am an artist, author and a solitary practitioner of the Craft since 1990. I produced the Incidental Tarot deck and Companion Book, and am working on a collaborative art project re-visioning the American Goddess entitled Columbia Rising. Magic, folklore, mythology and history are intimately incorporated into my Art and my Craft. • Invoking Columbia: the Lost American Goddess Sunday,9:00 AM �� San Simeon

Holly Tannen

Holly Tannen is a Reclaiming tradition priestess of Brighid, and a folklorist specializing in humor, traditional ballads, and European magical ritual. She is currently studying WikiLeaks and its revelations about the growing US intelligence/surveillance community. Holly teaches workshops in SongCraft, traditional singing, and Appalachian dulcimer. Her recordings include Between the Worlds, Rime of the Ancient Matriarch, and Crazy Laughter. • Ruth Barrett and Holly Tannen in Concert Saturday,7:00 PM �� Carmel/ Monterey

House of Danu

The House of Danu is an alliance of California groves and seed groups of the Order of Bards, Ovates, and Druids (OBOD) centered in Sussex, England. This presentation includes Manannan Mac Lir(San Francisco), Sacramento Grove of the Oak, Doire Bhrighid (East Bay), Croi na Gleann (South Bay), the Taliesin (North Bay), Llywn Swynedig, Spirit of the Acorn, (both in Fresno), Grand Yew Grove, Ceridwen’s Cauldron,(both in Modesto), Star and Stone Fellowship, Sleeping Dragon,(both in Los Angeles), Coachella Grove of the Bran (Palm Springs), Draig de Garran Sequoia (Santa Cruz), and San Diego Grove. • Druid Ritual with Danse Macabre Sunday,7:00 PM �� San Juan/ San Carlos

Hrafn Skjoldr Kindred

Hrafn Skjoldr (Raven Shield) Kindred, led by Nan Boyster, is a tribal Asatru/Heathen group which honors the Norse Gods and offers public blots and ceremonies in the Antelope Valley of Southern California. • History of the World- Root Beer blot Sunday,1:30 PM �� San Martin/ San Simeon

Hyperion

Hyperion is the founder of The Unnamed Path, a shamanic path for Men-who-love-men, and host of his podcast by the same name (unnamedpath.com). His experience includes over 18 years of teaching magical traditions including astrology, energy healing, shamanism, meditation, spirit contact and possession, spell work, herbalism and divination. He is a regular presenter at Pantheacon and works actively for the civil rights and empowerment of the queer community. • The Circle of Bones Sunday,9:00 PM �� Oak

Immanion Press

Immanion Press publishes experimental esoteric books for the intermediate to advanced practitioner about a wide variety of spiritual beliefs and magical practices. • A Publisher’s Embodiment of Co-operation, Tolerance, and Love Saturday,1:30 PM �� Silicon Valley

Isa Gucciardi, Ph.D.

Well loved by her students for her insight, humor and passion for teaching, Isa Gucciardi, Ph.D. is the Founding Director of the Foundation of the Sacred Stream. Isa is the developer of Depth Hypnosis. She has been a student of Buddhism for over 35 years and a teacher of Buddhist Psychology for 10. She spent much of her childhood in the Pacific, and has studied shamanic traditions from there and around the world for many years. She developed Applied Shamanism, adapting the power of ancient shamanic traditions into the modern therapeutic context. See sacredstream.org, depthhypnosis.org • Buddhist Wisdom for Attaining Greater Tolerance and Love Friday,3:30 PM �� Silicon Valley • Ho’oponopono for Personal and Collective Wellness Saturday,7:00 PM �� San Juan/ San Carlos

Ivan Richmond

Ivan Richmond is an initiate of the Men’s Mysteries celebrated by the Men’s Lodge of Thiasos Olympikos, a Hellenic Reconstructionist organization that primarily has mixed-sex rituals, but also offers Men’s and Women’s Mysteries. He has been active in Hellenic Reconstructionism and in other aspects of the Pagan community since 2001. During this time he has worked to explore men’s issues and men’s spirituality, with a view to strengthening the Pagan community’s ability to address issues related to men, and increasing opportunities for Pagan men to find fellowship. • Introduction to Men’s Spirituality Friday,7:00 PM �� Silicon Valley

Ivo Dominguez Jr

Ivo Dominguez, Jr. has been active in Wicca and Paganism since 1978. Ivo was a founding member of Keepers of the Holly Chalice, the first coven of The Assembly of the Sacred Wheel, a Wiccan Tradition where he now serves as one of its Elders. Ivo is also a professional astrologer who has studied astrology since 1980 and has been offering consultations and readings since 1988. He is the author of Spirit Speak, Casting Sacred Space, and Beneath The Skins. • Creating And Using Pathworkings And Visualizations Friday,7:00 PM �� San Juan/ San Carlos • Re-Visioning Polarity Saturday,11:00 AM �� Fir

James A. Eshelman

JAMES A. ESHELMAN has been a writer and teacher of occult and metaphysical subjects for over 35 years, including astrology, magick, yoga, Qabalah, tarot, occult psychology, and related Hermetic subjects. His many writings include The Mystical & Magical System of the A.’.A.’. and 776Ω: Tables of Correspondences for Practical Ceremonial, plus numerous astrological books and articles. Mr. Eshelman is Chancellor of College of Thelema and Prolocutor General of Temple of Thelema. He has served as Deputy Grand Master General ofOrdo Templi Orientis (O.T.O.), and Grand Imperator of Fraternitas L.V.X. • Visions & Voices: Aleister Crowley’s Enochian Visions Saturday,7:00 PM �� San Jose/ Santa Clara

Jason Pitzl-Waters

Jason Pitzl-Waters writes The Wild Hunt, a daily-updated resource that works to raise the level of discourse and journalism on important issues within the modern Pagan and Heathen communities. Jason has also written for the Washington Post’s “On Faith” section, PanGaia magazine, and newWitch magazine, in addition to other outlets. He is Editor-in-Chief of the Pagan Newswire Collective, an organization dedicated to growing grass-roots Pagan journalism worldwide. • Setting the record straight: pagans and the press Saturday,1:30 PM �� Carmel/ Monterey • Preserving our past, Preparing for our Future Sunday,11:00 AM �� San Jose

Jason W. Mankey

Jason Mankey is an internationally acclaimed speaker and writer. A devotee of history, The Horned God, and Led Zeppelin, Jason has given hundreds of talks on those subjects (and more) at various Pagan festivals across North America. He currently writes for Patheos.com on the blog “Raise the Horns”ù attracting thousands of readers every month. Jason lives in Sunnyvale CA with his wife Ari and two small cats. • Pan: The God of All Sunday,11:00 AM �� Pine • Odd Fellows: A Spirited Discussion on Modern Paganism Sunday,3:30 PM �� San Juan/ San Carlos

jaymi elford

Jaymi (innowen) Elford is a creative spirit: part Muse and part Magic. Jaymi’s passionate about tarot, she loves to explore how the cards integrate into one’s life. She’s especially fond of experimenting with the cards. As an author, Jaymi’s works have been featured in Ravens in the Library, D*I*Y Planner, Megalithica Books anthologies, and Mage: the Ascension source books. Jaymi lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband and three cats. Visit www. shadesofmaybe.com and www.tarotinspiredlife.com to learn more. • Becoming a Tarot Professional Monday,1:30 PM �� San Martin

Jeffrey Albaugh

Jeffrey Albaugh (Shade) is a pagan mystic residing between the mountains and the sea on the west coast of Southern California. He holds a BA in Theater , an MA in Depth Psychology, and currently serves as Program Manager for the Conference on Current Pagan Studies. He has been engaged in Pagan practice for over 25 years. • Bringing Myth Alive: Techniques to Engage Myth Monday,1:30 PM �� San Jose/ Santa Clara

Jeffrey Albaugh

Jeffrey Albaugh (Shade) is a pagan mystic residing between the mountains and the sea on the west coast of Southern California. He holds a BA in Theater , an MA in Depth Psychology, and currently serves as Program Manager for the Conference on Current Pagan Studies. He has been engaged in Pagan practice for over 25 years. • Mything Men: Story Telling and Rites of Passage Sunday,9:00 PM �� San Jose/ Santa Clara

Jen H. and Arielle F.

Jen H. , Senior Druid of Sierra Madrone Grove of Ar nDraíoct Fein (ADF), has been spinning, knitting, and weaving for about the past 6 years. She has presented regarding the connections of spinning and weaving in Indo-European Paganism at ADF’s Northwestern regional festival, Eight Winds. Arielle F. has identified herself as a polytheist since the mid 1980’s and has had fiber related hobbies since age five. Her work as a spinner has been featured in the book Productive Spindling by Amelia Garripoli and in The Troth’s Idunna #79 Magazine, Spring 2009. Contact them at lorelover@me.com . • Sacred Spinning: Ties that Bind the Past, Present, & Future Sunday,9:00 AM �� San Carlos

Jenya T. Beachy

Jenya T. Beachy is a Teacher, Reader, Writer, Preacher and Rootworker. Sheís been walking the Twisted Path of the Craft for almost 25 years, studying the old ways and forging new ones. As the originator of the Shapeshifter Line of Feri Tradition, she has developed tools to lift the veils, excite the molecules, and hear what is hidden. Her Witchery combines simple kitchen Magick with the dark passion of the Bard and a wild devotion to the Cosmos. Jenya is dedicated to living in accordance with her own Divine Will and helping others do the same. (And mad dancing, yeah?) • The Shadow House ~ Healing in the Darkness Friday,11:00 PM �� Oak

Jes

Jes lives in active relationship with humans, spirits, and the natural world. He’s been part of the broader Pagan community for 20+ years and is an initiated Santero in a traditional Cuban House. • Community, Relationships, and Love Monday,9:00 AM �� San Martin

Jim Ward

Author of Running the Gauntlet-An Intimate History of the Modern Body Piercing Movement, Jim Ward established the first professional body piercing studio in 1975. He dedicated decades to pioneering the development of the techniques, tools, and jewelry designs that have become industry standard. Simultaneously, he sought to honor the rites-of-passage and shamanic aspects of his profession while always respecting the personal quests of those who came to be pierced at his Gauntlet studios. www.runningthegauntlet-book.com • Body Modification, Spirit, & Ritual Friday,3:30 PM �� San Juan/ San Carlos

JoAnna Silverwitch

JoAnna is a Dianic High Priestess, Minister, Writer, Teacher and ordained daughter of Z Budapest with 50 years in the mystical arts and 30 years in recovery. Founding Mother of The Sacred Circle of Maidens, Mothers & Crones, she is author of 13 Steps to the Goddess, Reclaiming the power of the Divine Feminine in Recovery, and continues leading Women’s Spirituality Circles and Nature Re-

treats in California and Nevada. Visit her website at: www.TheSacredCircle.net or www.TheRecoveringGoddess.com. • The Sacred Circle: Reclaiming the Goddess in Recovery Saturday,9:00 PM �� Boardroom

Joseph Merlin Nichter & Frank Walker

Founded by Minority Faith Chaplains Joseph Merlin Nichter and Frank Walker, the NPCCA’s mission is to organize Pagan correctional chaplains into a recognized association, promote professional standards of conduct, develop resources and support, provide training and assistance to Pagan correctional chaplains, and to assist law enforcement and correctional agencies with religious accommodations of Pagan faiths. • National Pagan Correctional Chaplains Association Saturday,11:00 PM �� Riesling

Karen Krebser

Karen Krebser is a lifelong spiritual seeker with experience in Wicca, North American shamanism and indigenous traditions, and Ifa-Orisa spirituality, in addition to her ancestral roots in western Roman Catholicism. She does regular tending and ritual work with her Ancestors as well as community Egun (Yoruban word for “ancestors”), and is a philosopher-poet, a mystic, a card-reader and medium, and a Browncoat. • Invoking Columbia: the Lost American Goddess Sunday,9:00 AM �� San Simeon

Kay Pannell

Kay Pannell is a practicing Witch and Garderian Elder, member of COG, and holds the front banner at the Pagan Pride Parades. She is also a geologist in the environmental industry. • Magical Stones Workshop Saturday,11:00 AM �� San Juan • Kyphi: Sacred Incense Workshop Sunday,1:30 PM �� San Juan/ San Carlos

Kenny Klein

Kenny Klein is a well known musician, author, and lecturer in the Pagan community. Kenny has recorded many CDs geared toward Pagan and Renaissance Festival audiences; He is the author of Through the Faerie Glass (Llewellyn Worldwide, 2010), and Fairy Tale Rituals (Llewellyn 2011). Kenny has been a presenter and musical performer at dozens of festivals. Visit Kenny’s website at http://www.kennyklein.net. • Mojo And Magic In Blues Music Friday,3:30 PM �� Oak • Kenny Klein In Concert Saturday,9:00 PM �� Carmel/ Monterey • Magical Bird Lore Sunday,1:30 PM �� Carmel/ Monterey

Kim Makoi, D.C., M.Sc.

Dr. Kim Makoi is a queer eclectic neo-pagan, hermeticist, metaphysician and San Francisco chiropractor in his 15th year of practice, specializing in the treatment of chronic stress-related conditions. He is also a longtime Enneagram enthusiast, certified Dynamic Stick Stretching instructor, Certified Addictionologist and a mom! • Dynamic Stick Stretching Friday,1:30 PM �� San Martin/ San Simeon • Know (and Love) Thyself... and Others! - with the Enneagram Sunday,9:00 PM �� Riesling

Kooch Daniels

My life in metaphysics started studying with NROOG in early 70’s. When I was 22, I began giving readings for $1. as a Ghirardelli Square street artist. I traveled to India to study palmistry and made my living by giving thousands of readings at different events and Renaissance Faires for twenty five years. My experiences have taught me how to teach you to become a palmist. Some of her publications: lead author— Tarot D’Amour (Redwheel 2003); second author— Matrix Mediations (Inner Traditions 2009); and Theater of Karma (Tarot Media Co. 2012) • The Magic In Your Hand Monday,9:00 AM �� San Jose/ Santa Clara

Leni Hester

Leni Hester is a devotee of Ochun, Priestess and Witch, who serves the Orisas and the Ancestors in Denver CO. A student of the occult, theatre arts and yoga since childhood, she holds a Gardnerian 3rd degree and can write about herself in the third person with reasonable detachment. Sheís been co-creating ecstatic community ritual since the early 90s, first with the Lunatic Fringe, Southern Pagan Renaissance Lunarfest (SPiRaL) and most recently with Reclaiming Spirit Colorado. A regular contributor to Sagewoman and Witches and Pagans magazines, her written work appears in the anthologies Womenís Voices in Magick, Pop Culture Grimoire, and Manifesting Prosperity, all from Immanion/Megalithica, as well as the devotional anthologies, Queen of the Great Below and Lady of Crossroads from Neos Alexandria. • The Black Madonna Sunday,11:00 AM �� San Martin

Llewellyn’s Community Connections Panel

Joining us in this discussion of connection and acceptance will be authors, teachers and presenters Chic and Tabatha Cicero, Donald Michael Kraig, Lon Milo DuQuette, Mary K Greer, Melanie Marquis, Patricia Lafayllve, and Thea Sabin. Moderated by Llewellyn’s Senior Acquisitions Editor, Elysia Gallo. • Community Connections: Finding Acceptance for the Newly Arrived Friday,3:30 PM �� Pine

Llyne Foy

Llyne Foy is a Reconstructionist Pagan following a Continental Celtic path (Germano-Gallo-Roman). She lives in Seattle with her loving atheist husband and two cats with undeclared religious affiliations. • Atheists, Agnostics & the Pagans Who Love Them Saturday,1:30 PM �� Riesling

Lon Milo DuQuette

Lon Milo DuQuette is a singer-songwriter and best-selling author and lecturer. His books on Magick, Tarot, and the Western Mystery Traditions have been translated into 12 languages. He is currently U.S. Deputy Grand Master of Ordo Templi Orientis and he is on the faculty of the Omega Institute in Reinbeck NY, and the Maybe Logic Academy. He lives in Costa Mesa, California with his wife Constance. lonmilo@gmail.com • RITUAL TO INDUCE VISIONS OF PREVIOUS INCARNATIONS Saturday,1:30 PM �� Fir • Songs of Love, Magick and Devotion Sunday,7:00 PM �� Club Max

Lorrie Wood

Lorrie became a heathen at the same time she was learning how to herd computers and artfully arrange words, leaving her with some unusual ideas on how these all work together. As Hrafnar’s Thul, or second-in-command, as well as a seidhkona, Lorrie is proud to be one of those spearheading the rebirth of heathenry in the San Francisco Bay Area, including a monthly lecture series on the history and literature of the North. She practices knitting, spinning, and other fiber arts, and is one of the editors of Idunna, the quarterly journal of the Troth. • Fiber Arts Show & Tell Sunday, 1:00 PM ��Riesling

Luna Pantera

Luna Pantera is a Priestess and Witch whose path includes opening up the line of communications with the Ancestors to all who are willing and ready to listen. Luna’s personal work with her Ancestors has rekindled her magikal gifts and started healing of deep family wounds. She is the Founder of the Theatre of the Ancestors; which is a theatrical company that uses ritual performance to awaken people’s Higher/God/Goddess Self. She has written several blogs regarding the importance of working with the Ancestors, and is a featured author in Crystal Blanton Anthology, Shades of Faith. • Healing With The Ancestors Saturday,9:00 PM �� Silicon Valley

Lupa

Lupa is a (neo)shaman, author, artist, and aspiring polymath living in Portland, OR. Upon unlocking the “M.A. in Counseling Psychology” achievement at Lewis and Clark College, she was uniquely equipped for her next Herculean task: self-employment. She spends ample time hiking, camping, and otherwise escaping her home-workspace hybrid. She is the author of several books on totemism and related topics from Immanion Press/Megalithica Books, as well as her her newest, “New Paths to Animal Totemism,” was recently published by Llewellyn. Her ritual tools and other art are at http://thegreenwolf.etsy.com, and she may also be found at http://www.thegreenwolf.com, http://therioshamanism.com, and http://paganbookreviews.net. • Bioregional Totemism Friday,3:30 PM �� Fir • White Girl Shamanism Monday,11:00 AM �� San Jose/ Santa Clara

Mage of Machines (Sarah Thompson)

Mage of Machines is the musical persona of Sarah Thompson, a percussionist, keyboard player, bass player, sound engineer, and occasional vocalist. Her music is unashamedly pagan, unashamedly electronic and entirely from the heart. Sarah’s music is partly devotional, partly magickal act, always with the intention of creating beauty and spreading compassion. Sarah is also a practicing witch in the Open-Source Alexandrian tradition, and a ceremonial magician with interests in several practices. • The Descent (Ritual Concert) Sunday,3:30 PM �� Club Max

Maggi Setti

Maggi Setti is a third degree initiate of the Assembly of the Sacred Wheel, a Wiccan Tradition, (www.sacredwheel.org) and is the High

Priestess of their newest coven, Order of the World Tree (http://owt. sacredwheel.org). Order of the World Tree founded in 2011 and is based in Bergen County NJ. Maggi has taught in across the midAtlantic region. She is mainly interested in the Celtic and Norse pantheons. She has relationships with Brigid, Herne, Freya, Odin, Artio (Celtic Artemis), and the Morrigan. Maggi’s interests range from qabala, tarot, astrology, aspecting, nature devas, kitchen witchery, herbalism and gardening, shadow work, sacred dreaming, martial arts and warriorship, and women’s mysteries and empowerment. Maggi’s writings have been featured on Witchvox, Witches and Pagans magazine, Wicca Spirit newsletter, and Pagan Magic UK. Her first book, Ecstasy in Shadow is now available for purchase. Check out her blog at https://lettinggoisflying.blogspot.com • Balancing Female Power - A New Five Fold Kiss Monday,9:00 AM �� San Simeon

Mambo Chita Tann

Mambo Chita Tann (Mambo T, Tamara L. Siuda) has been priestess asogwe in Haitian Vodou for 11 years. She is the head of Sosyete Fos Fe Yo We, with members in Haiti, the U.S., and other countries. Her book, “Haitian Vodou: An Introduction to Haiti’s Indigenous Spiritual Tradition,” was released in February 2012. Internet: tamarasiuda.com, legba.biz, imamou.org. Twitter: tamarasiuda. Facebook: chitatann (Mambo T Chita Tann). • Vodou 101: Starting to Serve the Lwa Saturday,1:30 PM �� Santa Clara • Danbala Sevis (Haitian Vodou Ceremony) Saturday,7:00 PM �� San Martin/ San Simeon

Margot Adler, Selena Fox, Patrick McCollum & more

Margot Adler has been a Pagan and a Priestess of Wicca for more than 40 years. The Author of “Drawing Down the Moon”, the classic study of contemporary Paganism and Goddess spirituality, she has also written “Heretic’s Heart, a Journey Through Spirit and Revolution.” In her mundane life she is a correspondent for National Public Radio and is heard regularly on NPR’s news shows, All Things Considered and Morning Edition. She is currently writing a book about why vampires have such traction in our society. • Margot’s Non-stop Ritual Chant workshop Saturday,11:00 AM �� Cedar • Paganism Around the World Sunday,11:00 AM �� Fir

Mary Greer

Mary K. Greer is an author and teacher specializing in methods of personal insight and transformation. With 45 years experience in Tarot, she is the author of eleven books including Tarot for Your Self, Who Are You in the Tarot?, and the biography, Women of the Golden Dawn: Rebels and Priestesses. • Tarot Reading Circle Saturday,11:00 AM �� Oak • Tarot History for Tarot Readers Sunday,11:00 AM �� Oak

Melanie Marquis

Melanie Marquis is the author of The Witch’s Bag of Tricks (Llewellyn Publications, 2011) and The Witch’s Toolbelt (Llewellyn Publications, forthcoming). She’s the founder of United Witches global coven and also serves as coordinator for Denver Pagan Pride. She’s written for many Pagan publications including Circle

Magazine, Pentacle Magazine, and Spellcraft, and she’s a regular contributor to Llewellyn’s popular annuals series. A freelance writer, folk artist, tarot reader, nature-lover, mother, and eclectic witch, she’s passionate about finding the mystical in the mundane through personalized magick and practical spirituality. http://www.melaniemarquis.com http://www.unitedwitches.org http://www.facebook.com/melaniemarquisauthor • Self-Acceptance Body Blessing Ritual Monday,1:30 PM �� Silicon Valley • Amulets and Talismans Saturday,11:00 AM �� San Carlos • Kid Magick Sunday,9:00 AM �� Boardroom

Morgan Ginther

Michael Smith

Morning Glory is an ordained Elder Priestess of the Church of All Worlds with 38 years of experience. She is a recognized Goddess Historian that has traveled all over the US and to other countries and given popular presentations about the Great Goddesses in Their many forms, throughout time and from all over the world. Her collection of over 300 votive Goddess statues, portions of which travel with her, are used to illustrate these presentations. She sometimes gives weekend retreats at her home. She is also the Proprietor of Mythic Images selling her designs of sacred statuary and jewelry. • The Great Mother of Us All Sunday,1:30 PM �� Santa Clara

Michael Smith has been practicing Wicca, Magick, and various esoteric disciplines since 1989 and has been active in the pagan community since 1993. He is an Elder of the Assembly of the Sacred Wheel and is involved with the ASW’s New Alexandrian Library. He works extensively with the Egyptian deities, and is inspired and sustained by his studies of Astrology, Qabalah, Ritual, and Natural Magick. He is trained as a Water Pourer and has led sweat lodge ceremonies since 1995. He is a member of the American Academy of Religions and its Contemporary Pagan Studies Group. • Osiris, Set, Horus: The Eternal Struggle Friday,1:30 PM �� Carmel/ Monterey

Michelle Mueller

Michelle is a Gardnerian priestess, scholar, Tarot reader, bellydancer, and educator. Michelle is faculty for Cherry Hill Seminary, a doctoral student at the Graduate Theological Union (GTU), and Chair of Pagan Studies Salon at GTU. • Interpreting Leland’s ‘Aradia’ From A Queer Pagan Perspective Friday,3:30 PM �� Riesling

Mike Aldax

Mike Aldax has been a journalist for 12 years. He’s covered almost all subject areas, but has had the most fun during the last two years as a crime reporter for the San Francisco Examiner. He writes for the newspaper’s Law & Disorder column about daily crimes, court proceedings and crime trends. His apartment window looks out onto Dashiell Hammett Street, named for one of his favorite crime novelists. • Setting the record straight: pagans and the press Saturday,1:30 PM �� Carmel/ Monterey

Mkali-Hashiki

Mkali-Hashiki is a Massage Therapist; Certified Sexological Bodyworker; and a Certified Sound, Voice, & Music Healing Practitioner with over 700 hours of training in various modalities. She has a private practice in Erotic Wellness Facilitation in which she uses breathwork, soundwork, bodywork, and somatic sex education to help individuals re/connect with their erotic voice & power. She also teaches Erotic Breathwork classes in person & online. She works primarily (though not exclusively) with women of color, lgbt/ts/sgl folk, and adult service providers. An Ifa devotee, she believes the erotic & the spiritual are irrevocably intertwined. • Erotic Breathwork: A Conduit to the Divine Friday,7:00 PM �� San Jose/ Santa Clara

I have been a distinctive faith group leader (High Priestess) for both Fort Hood Open Circle (Killeen, TX) and Fort Carson Open Circle (Colorado Springs, CO). I have been Wiccan for over 20 years and I approach my faith and spirituality in a very serious manner believing that life is supposed to be fun as well as shared and one of service. I am now a High Priestess of a civilian group in Colorado Springs, Co that is family oriented with an active children’s program. Confirmed presenter at Pagan Pride Day, Denver for three different topics. • Religious Freedom: Pagans in the Military Friday,9:00 PM �� Boardroom

Morning Glory Zell

Moss Magill

Moss Magill has been a Learning and Development consultant for over 16 years with certifications in Situational Leadership and the Tarot. Moss is also an Occupy Chaplain, an Ovate student in the Order of Bards, Ovates, and Druids and the co-founder of the Circle of Coll Druidic Seed Group in Seattle. • Teachers Toolbox Friday,1:30 PM �� Oak • Workshop: Shape-shifting Journeywork with Taliesin Sunday,11:00 PM �� Riesling

Oberon Zell-Ravenheart

Oberon Zell-Ravenheart is a renowned elder in the worldwide magickal community. In 1962, he co-founded the Church of All Worlds, a Pagan church with a futuristic vision, and he has been involved in the founding of several other major groups and alliances. Through his publication of Green Egg (1968-present), Oberon was instrumental in the coalescence of the modern Pagan movement. He is the principal artist for the Mythic Images Collection, and author of Grimoire for the Apprentice Wizard, Companion for the Apprentice Wizard, Creating Circles & Ceremonies, A Wizard’s Bestiary, and Green Egg Omelette. He is also the Founder and Headmaster of the online Grey School of Wizardry. • This is the Dawning of the Age of Aquarius Sunday,9:00 AM �� Cedar

Open Deep

Open Deep started when Brook Schoenfield (http://www.magicbrook.com/music-bio.htm) Sasha Tckacheff (http://www.sashasviolin.com/sashas-bio) and Paul Turner (https://www.facebook.com/ pages/That-Flute-Player-beatworm-and-more/194507457242254) met at a “Spirituality of the Blues”ù presentation (Pantheacon 2011). Each had, in their own way been waiting for years to find musicians with the right deeply spiritual, strongly Pagan orienta-

tion, and genre defying improvisational chops to form a long envisioned ritual/performance ensemble. At the urgings of Brook, the three combined forces with Tim Menerey, a brilliant Afro-Cuban and Trance drummer known to the Trance Dance community to form OpenDeep in Spring 2012. • The Metamorphosis Mahamudra Friday,9:00 PM �� Pine

Open Source Order of the Golden Dawn

The Open Source Order of the Golden Dawn is a group of Pagans who have come together since 2001 to study the Mysteries of Hermetic Magick. Our goal is to normalize adeptship: to make the art of magick more prevalent in the world. We are located in the San Francisco Bay Area and Seattle, Washington. Contact us at: cancellarius@osogd.org • To Thoth Hermes Mercury Sunday,1:30 PM �� Fir

Orion Foxwood

Orion Foxwood is an author, witch, conjure-man and faery seer. He is the author of “The Faery Teachings” (RJ Stewart Books), “The Tree of Echantments” and “The Candle and the Crossroads”(Weiser Books), a DVD set (Penraig Publications)called “Intro to Faery Seership” ,a CD with RJ Stewart called “Faery Seership” and a DVD called “An Introducation to Southerrn Conjure” (Pendraig Publications). He was born in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia where he was first exposed to faith-healing, root-doctoring, and secondsight practices of southern and appalacian culture and has continued learning and teaching southern conjure and spirit-doctoring practices. He is the founder of the House of Brigh Faery Seership Institute, a co-founder of Conjure Crossroads, and the founding Elder of Foxwood Temple, a coven dedicated to passing on the traditional witchcraft of his Elders. He lectures throughout the USA and some locations in the U.K. teaching southern conjure and Faery Seership with his spirit-wife, Brigh. • Living Conjure: Southern Folk Magic for Growing Your Spirit Friday,7:00 PM �� Cedar/ Pine • Cultivating Allignment Through Faery Seership Practices Saturday,3:30 PM �� Cedar/ Pine • Working the Well of Magic in Witchery and Faery Practice Sunday,7:00 PM �� Cedar/ Pine

Pagans from Various Traditions & the Hindu American Foundation

Pagans from various traditions and Hindus from the Hindu American Foundation, a non-partisan organization promoting the Hindu and American ideals of understanding, tolerance, and pluralism. “The pre-eminent voice for the country’s two million Hindus” — NY Times November 27, 2010, quoting Diana L. Eck, Director of Harvard’s Pluralism Project. • Pagan-Hindus & Hindu-Pagans: Appropriation & Syncretism Monday,11:00 AM �� Fir

Pandemonaeon

A dark tribal faerytale in folk, rock, and metal! Pandemonaeon is comprised of several nationally touring musicians, including members of Sharon Knight Band and Tempest. Dark, sensual, and hard hitting, their music has oft been describes as “Music for bellydancers in combat boots”. www.pandemonaeon.net • Pandemonaeon - Live Show Saturday,9:00 PM �� Cedar/ Pine

Patheos Pagan Channel Bloggers

Patheos.com brings together faith communities, academics, and the broader public into a single environment for stimulating discussion about religion. The Patheos Pagan Channel offers voices from a wide variety of Pagan traditions on topics including polytheism, queer spirituality, ecotheology, contemporary Pagan history, and much more. • Pagan Intrafaith Friday,3:30 PM �� Boardroom

Patricia St Onge

Patricia St. Onge is the founder of Seven Generations Consulting and Coaching. She is of Haudenosaune and Quebecois descent. Patricia brings over thirty years of experience leading and working with foundations, nonprofits and public sector agencies. She provides transitional consulting, and interim leadership. In addition, she offers coaching, training, consulting and technical assistance in the areas of community organizing, social justice advocacy, organizational development, and crosscultural effectiveness. • Holding a Seventh Generation Perspective Friday, 1:30 PM �� Boardroom

Peter Paddon

A Brit living in Los Angeles, Peter is the Magister of Briar Rose, a group of modern Cunningfolk. In addition to being an author and DVD creator (Craftwise series), he is the host of the Crooked Path podcast and owner of Pendraig Publishing. His books include The Book of the Veil and Through the Veil (Capall Bann), both on the Egyptian Mysteries, as well as the more recentA Grimoire For Modern Cunningfolk and Visceral Magick. His latest book, Enchantment: The Witch’s art of Manipulation Through Gesture, Gaze and Glamour, will be launched at PantheaCon. • Bringing Lore to Life Monday,9:00 AM �� Fir • Enchantment Through Gesture, Gaze and Glamour Saturday,3:30 PM �� San Martin/ San Simeon

Prudence Priest

Prudence is a witch and Heathen priestess, and a founder and member of many groups including CoG, the American Vinland Association, the Ring of Troth, Freya’s Folk, Romuva (Lithuanian Heathenism)and the Besom Brigade. • Baltic Heathenism & Romuva Saturday,3:30 PM �� Santa Clara

Publishing Panel hosted by Llewellyn Worldwide

Panel members include Elysia Gallo, Senior Acquisitions Editor for Witchcraft, Paganism and Magick at Llewellyn, and esteemed authors Donald Michael Kraig, Amber K and Azrael Arynn K, Kenny Klein, Deborah Blake, and Lupa. • Publishing for Pagans Sunday,9:00 AM �� Oak

Rachel Pollack

Rachel Pollack is the author of 34 books of fiction and non-fiction, including three award winners. Her book 78 Degrees of Wisdom, continuously in print since 1980 (and recently #4 on Amazon’s tarot best seller list) is described around the world as “the Bible of tarot readers.” Rachel has taught classes and workshops

in America, Canada, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand, and has led spiritual journeys in Greece and Australia. • Who are the Gods and Goddesses of Tarot and How Do We Honor Them Sunday,3:30 PM �� Oak

Randy Ellen Blaustein

I am just as passionate about my Yoga practice as I am about Feri. I began practicing Yoga out of necessity while living in NYC, in 1998; Jivamukti was my foundation there, & Anusara has become my West Coast haven. With a desire to enhance the chair Yoga practice I had already created for people with disabilities, I became certified to teach Basic (2004) & Gentle (2005) Yoga clsses, through the Integral Yoga Institute. My strength as a Yoga teacher is being able to teach a class for people of all levels & abilities, & offer a wide varirety of adaptations as needed. • Yoga in a Circle for Everyone Monday,9:00 AM �� Cedar

Rayna Templebee

Rev. Rayna Templebee is a daughter of the Ocean Mother from Miami, Florida. She works closely with her ancestors and plant devas. Polyamory most closely matches her understanding of how to honestly and ethically celebrate the Love that exists in the world. While not an expert on anything as beautiful and complex as Love, she is very good at facilitating an interesting conversation. • Why Pagans Make the Best Polyamorists Friday,9:00 PM �� Silicon Valley

The Red Tent

We are a dynamic community of women who are catalysts for change. By creating safe, empowered spaces we facilitate connections, discovery, and personal growth for women and girls. The Red Tent is a menstrual medicine movement dedicated to empowering women with womb wisdom by raising red tent temples, ceremonial activations, sacred storytelling, and performing rites of passage. • Things We Don’t Talk About: Women’s Voices From the Red Tent Sunday,9:00 PM �� Carmel/ Monterey

Renna Shesso

I’m Renna Shesso, a shamanic healer and teacher, priestess of the Craft, and a reader and teacher of Tarot.† My book “A Magical Tour of the Night Sky: Use the Planets and Stars for Personal and Sacred Discovery” is the basis for this workshop; I’m also the author of “Math for Mystics” (both from Weiser). Find more at www.rennashesso.com; reach me via rennafire@yahoo.com • Re-enchanting the Night Sky: Planets, Stars and Spirit Monday,9:00 AM �� San Juan

Rev Bill Duvendack

My name is Rev. Bill Duvendack. I am an ordained Independent Spiritualist Minister. I have been working with the Western Esoteric Tradition for 25 years, and have extensive knowledge and experience in that paradigm, as well as some familiarity with Eastern Traditions. I am also an internationally known professional esoteric astrologer and published author. For more information, please consult my website at www.418ascendant.com. • Astrology, A Primer Saturday,9:00 AM �� Riesling

Rev. Dr. E.

Rev. Dr. E. is a crowned priest of Chango in Santeria (La Regla Lukumi) for over 11 years, and founder of the Santeria Church of the Orishas. He is also a member of the Association of Independent Readers and Rootworkers and works full time as a conjure doctor, diviner, teacher and spirit medium. You can learn more about his church at http://santeriachurch.org. • Destiny and Sacrifice: Initiations of Santeria Saturday,9:00 AM �� San Juan

Rev. James Schultz, D.D.

Rev. James Schultz, D.D.; is a Certified Astrological Professional by the International Society for Astrological Research. He combines astrology, mythology, astronomy, dowsing & science in working with clients. His co-presenter, Rev. Susan Schultz, Th.D.; is a Certified Advanced Color Metaphysician, Energist, Reiki Master & Crystal Healer. She has a doctorate in Theology & Metaphysics, is an Ordained Inter-faith Minister & Priestess of the Divine Feminine & Earth Religions. As an Intuitive & Spiritual Coach, she combines color, oracles, creative visualization, dowsing & personal rituals. • The 3 Faces of Lilith Monday,9:00 AM �� Silicon Valley • The Art and Science of Dowsing Sunday,9:00 AM �� Silicon Valley

Rev. Wendi Morrison-Merritt for OrangeRay

An early initiate of Transcendental Meditation (Hinduism) in her childhood home of Hawaii circa 1969; Wendi was writing songs and performing for audiences by the age of 12. Her experiences with inter-dimensionalism began through a traumatic experience at 4. Her foundation as an “Indigo Wayshower/Lyran Starseed/Yellow Overtone Warrior/Activation Portal” was developed through an eclectic study emphasis as an artist & energy healer: A graduate of World Healing Energy Inst of Arts & Sciences 04-06; Arcturian instructed: New Era Inst.93-00; Life Coach; Alchemy & Hermetics. Rev.Spiritual Humanism~ • We are the Architects of a New Reality! Sunday,11:00 PM �� San Jose/ Santa Clara

Richard Reidy

Richard Reidy received his Master of Divinity degree in 1979 and is the author of Eternal Egypt: Ancient Rituals for the Modern World (available thru amazon.com), the first comprehensive collection of key ritual texts performed throughout Egypt during the time of the pharaohs, complete with commentaries and background information on each ritual. For the past fifteen years he has moderated the Temple of Ra in San Francisco, and, since 2006 an Egyptian Reconstructionist temple in San Jose, CA, meeting monthly for ritual, study and fellowship. He can be reached by email at rjreidy@hotmail.com. • Human Deification—the Kemetic Perspective Friday,9:00 PM �� San Juan/ San Carlos • Why do ritual? A Kemetic View Saturday,9:00 AM �� San Carlos

Robin Dolan

Robin teaches Reclaiming magic classes, is a Gardnerian elder, reads tarot cards professionally, has sung on numerous pagan recordings, directed Reclaiming’s Spiral Dance chorus for 5 years, and

was Artistic Director of Magial Acts Ritual Theater for 2 years. She works professionally in theater, and has BA’s in both theater and music. But her best qualification is a desire to laugh and enjoy life. • Songs of the Tarot Sunday,9:00 PM �� Silicon Valley

Ruth Barett

• Building Bridges: Trans/Dianic Dialogue at PSG Sunday,3:30 PM �� Santa Clara

Ruth Temple

Ruth Temple traces a multi-generational background in fiber arts and still wears her first scarf woven at age 10. Weaving guilds are strong keepers of the flame of all the fiber arts; good contacts for finding your local fiberistas include: http://cnch.org in California, http://ravelry.com/, http://weavolution.com, and http:// hga.org internationally. An avid gardener, Ruth is a member of the Flower, Fruit, Root, and Seed Society (FFRASS) found at FFRASS@yahoogroups.com with a widespread Pagan permaculture-gardening membership. • Tablet Weaving Monday,11:00 AM �� Boardroom

Rynn Fox

Rynn Fox is a Witch, priest and mystic who has been active in the Pagan community since 1997. A founding member of Morrigan priesthood the Coru Cathubodua, she currently serves as their communications officer. She is a longtime, continuing student of Morningstar Mystery School and holds their Blue and White Cords. A Feri practitioner, she has studied with Karina Blackheart and continues to study with T. Thorn Coyle. She is also a staff writer for Pagan and minority religion media outlet, The Wild Hunt (wildhunt.org). • Brigid’s Forge: A Healing Ritual Monday,11:00 AM �� Cedar • Journey to Center: Lessons in Grounding and Centering Saturday,1:30 PM �� San Martin/ San Simeon

Sabina Magliocco

Sabina Magliocco is Professor of Anthropology at California State University - Northridge. A priestess in the Gardnerian tradition who has also studied Reclaiming witchcraft, she has an eclectic coven in the Los Angeles area. sabina.magliocco@csun.edu • Animals and the Spiritual Imagination Sunday,1:30 PM �� San Jose

Sam Webster

Sam Webster, M. Div., Mage, has taught magick publicly since 1984. He graduated from Starr King School for the Ministry in Berkeley in 1993. He is now a PhD candidate at the University of Bristol, UK, studying Pagan history under Prof. Ronald Hutton. He is an Adept of the Golden Dawn, and an initiate of Wiccan, Druidic, Buddhist, Hindu and Masonic traditions, publisher at Concrescent Press, author of “Tantric Thelema” and the blog “Arkadian Anvil”. He founded the Open Source Order of the Golden Dawn in 2001 (www.OSOGD.org), and serves the Pagan community principally as a priest of Hermes. • The Modern & Improved Rite of (Theurgic) Sacrifice Friday,7:00 PM �� San Martin/ San Simeon

San Francisco Pagan Parents and Families

We are a group of Pagan families in San Francisco. Our goal is to craft celebratory rituals that are designed specifically to be kid friendly (particularly for kids 0-7 or so), while being satisfying for the adults involved. We also hold non-ritual, nature-themed events, such as hikes and camp-outs for families. We aim to create a network of Pagan families in San Francisco and foster a sense of community. We welcome Pagans from all different traditions and are LGBTQA inclusive, Poly friendly and embrace all forms of consensual freakatude. http:// groups.yahoo.com/group/SFPaganParentsandFamilies/ • Pagan Family Meet & Greet Saturday,9:00 AM �� Boardroom

Sarah Nimmo

Sarah Nimmo (MDIV, MA psychology and religion) is currently serving as a chaplain with VITAS Hospice Care and previously worked as a chaplain at San Francisco General Hospital. Her thesis work investigates the intersections between permaculture and family systems therapy. Her current work focuses on supporting pagan pastoral care. She is a student member of the American Association of Pastoral Counselors and a member of ADF. • Pagan Pastoral Care: Assessing Needs and Establishing Support Sunday,9:00 AM �� San Martin

Sarah Twichell

Sarah is a witch, food grower, semi-competent knitter, aspiring runner, and administrative wizard. She has trained in Feri and and Anamanta, and has taught and facilitated ritual for EarthSpirit for over a decade. • Shaking Up Our Stories Saturday,3:30 PM �� Boardroom

Sasha T.

Sasha T. is a banker, student of finance and economics, musician, poet, and dedicant in study of several traditions. After 5 years of participating in different pagan groups in the Sacramento and San Francisco Bay areas, she sees a need for mundane application of spiritual principles concerning community cooperation. Currently she is studying with Hexeba Theaux, student of Valerie Voigt, and the Dandelion Circle in Sacramento, CA. • The Economics of Magic: Language of Prosperity Friday,1:30 PM �� San Jose/ Santa Clara

Seidhjaller

Seidhjallr, founded by Diana L. Paxson, author of The Way of the Oracle, is the oracular group associated with Hrafnar kindred. We have served the Pagan community in Northern California since 1991. We also present smaller oracular rituals in Berkeley four times a year. • Oracular Seidh Sunday,11:00 PM �� San Juan/ San Carlos

Selena Fox

Selena Fox is a priestess, writer, psychotherapist, green cemetery director, interfaith minister & Pagan rights activist. Her writings on Celebrating the Seasons, Ancestors, Nature magic, Spiritual healing, Rites of Passage & other topics have been widely published. She travels internationally presenting workshops & rituals. She teaches Circle Craft via a weekly internet radio show. Selena is executive director of Circle Sanctuary (www.circlesanctuary.org) serving Pagans worldwide since 1974 & is founder of Pagan Spirit Gathering, a national/global Summer Solstice celebration.

• Brigid Healing Ritual Sunday,3:30 PM �� Cedar/ Pine

Shades of Faith Authors

Panel of authors that contributed to the Shades of Faith; Minority Voices in Paganism anthology. • Shades of Ritual; Minority Pagans in Practice Saturday,9:00 AM �� Carmel

Shadi (AKA Tech Three)

Active Duty Navy and OIF Veteran who has worked as a part of the PantheaCon Tech Staff since 2007. Her personal experience with PTSD and service in a war zone have profoundly affected her life in every way. • Supporting the Troops AND their Service Monday,1:30 PM �� San Simeon

Shauna Aura Knight

A mystic, artist, and ecstatic spiritual seeker, Shauna offers intensive education in the transformative arts of ritual, community leadership, and spiritual growth. She is passionate about creating rituals, experiences, spaces, and artwork to awaken mythic imagination and inspire creativity. With leadership experience in Earth-centered and grass-roots organizations and as an artist, writer, designer, and strategist, Shauna has organized and created conferences, intensives, rituals, and shrines. She is a graduate of the Diana’s Grove leadership program. ShaunaAura@ringinganvil.org • Astrology to Understand Group Dynamics Saturday,3:30 PM �� Riesling

Shauna Aura Knight & River Higginbotham

• Ritual Arts: Creating More Magical Rituals through Authenticity Sunday,3:30 PM �� Riesling

Soli Johnson

Soli has been actively involved in magical practices for 20 years and a polytheist for 15. She has been eating and preparing real, traditional food for four years and seeks to make such cooking accessible for everyone • Real Food for Pagans Friday,1:30 PM �� San Juan/ San Carlos

Monday,11:00 AM �� Pine • The Magic of Story Sunday,3:30 PM �� Fir

Storm Faerywolf

Storm Faerywolf is an artist, author, reader, teacher, conjure worker, warlock and priest. He is an initiate of the F(a)eri(e) tradition of witchcraft where he holds the Black Wand and is the founder of his own lineage of the tradition, called BlueRose. He has studied various forms of magic and spiritual practice for over 25 years and has taught classes for more than 17. Along with his husband he owns The Mystic Dream, a popular spiritual supply store in Walnut Creek, CA where he offers classes and private consultations. For more info visit www.TheMysticDream.com. • Witchcraft at the Crossroads Friday,9:00 PM �� San Jose/ Santa Clara

Sylvia Brallier

Sylvia Brallier is the author of the award winning book, Dancing in the Eye of Transformation and the founder of the ShamaSoma Method for Spiritual Healing, and the Tantric Shamanism Mystery School. She has been teaching tantric shamanism workshops nationally and internationally for over 20 years. Her work is based on her own experiences with both ancient and new techniques for the evolution of consciousness. She has a deep commitment to creating safe space for the deepest of transformations. • Tantric Shamanism Breathwork Ceremony Sunday,9:00 PM �� San Martin/ San Simeon

Szmeralda Shanel and The Iseum of Black Isis

Szmeralda Shanel. Ordained Priestess of Isis with the Fellowship of Isis and Temple of Isis. Founder of the Iseum of Black Isis, an Iseum dedicated to Goddess Spirituality and Sacred Arts. Hoodoo Lady. Feri Witch. • Conjurers, Root Women, Vodou Queens and Hoodoo Mamas Friday,9:00 PM �� Oak

T. Thorn Coyle

The Spark Collective is a growing magical community that meets monthly in Oakland. Our circles bring people together to inspire personal transformation, foster community, and celebrate spirit. Our rituals are modeled on the diverse sacred fire circles that have sprung up around the country in the past decade. Come find a home in the Bay Area for your music, your dance, your poetry, your heartsong. Start the journey at www.sparkcollective.org. • Spark Collective Fire Circle Sunday,11:00 PM �� Oak

T. Thorn Coyle is a magic worker. An internationally respected teacher, she is author of ìMake Magic of Your Life: Passion, Purpose, and the Power of Desireî, ìKissing the Limitlessî and other books. She hosts a video teaching series - Fiat LVX! - writes a popular weblog, and has produced several CDs of sacred music. Her work reaches people all over the world through one-on-one spiritual direction, vibrant workshops, and online classes. Pagan, mystic, and justice activist, she is founder of Solar Cross Temple and Morningstar Mystery School and feels blessed to live by the San Francisco Bay. • Manifestation: The Four Powers of the Sphinx Sunday,11:00 AM �� Cedar

Starhawk

T. Thorn Coyle & Lon Milo Duquette

Spark Collective

Starhawk is the author of ten books on Goddess religion, earth based spirituality and activism, including The Spiral Dance and her latest, The Earth Path. Starhawk is a cofounder of the Reclaiming extended network of teachers and ritual makers—www.reclaiming. org (http://www.reclaiming.org/) . A committed activist for global justice and the environment, Starhawk also teaches courses in everything from ritual to permaculture design to political organizing. www.starhawk.org (http://www.starhawk.org/) • Magical Activism

T. Thorn Coyle and Lon Milo Duquette are respected authors with years of magickal experience. They are both known for their intelligence and good looks. One of them is very funny. • Love Your Demons, Love Your Self: a Conversation & Working Friday,7:00 PM �� Oak

Tamara L. Siuda

Tamara L. Siuda is the Nisut (spiritual leader) of the Kemetic Orthodox Faith. She is a professional Egyptologist (M.A. 2000 Univ.

of Chicago; M.A. 2008 Macquarie University, Ph.D in process) and author of numerous articles and books on ancient Egypt/Kemet including “The Ancient Egyptian Prayerbook.” Rev. Tamara appeared in the History Channel documentary “Egyptian Book of the Dead” and lectures to academic and esoteric audiences. kemet.org - egyptianprayers.com - @tamarasiuda on Twitter and Facebook • Offerings to Osiris: Sharing with the Dead Friday,3:30 PM �� Cedar

Daughters of Divination, and publisher of The Flying Squirrel. She speaks widely on Tarot and Divination at events across the country. She is also active in historical recreation and theatre. Visit www. dodivination.com for more info and divinatory hijinks. She is currently working on a book (on Tarot, of all things). • Tarot: Everything You Know Is Wrong! Sunday,1:30 PM �� Club Max

Taylor Ellwood

The Cabiri are a performance collective based in Seattle, Washington. Since 1998, the group has utilized dance and circus arts to create ritual theater performances based on ancient mythology and folklore. • Performative Mythology: Constellation of the Mythic Image Monday,11:00 AM �� Monterey

Taylor Ellwood lives in Portland, OR with his magical Partner Kat, and his cats Sun Ce and Ember. He is the author of Pop Culture Magick, Space/Time Magic, Inner Alchemy, and Multi-Media Magic. Taylor is also the managing non-fiction editor of Immanion Press, which specializes in esoteric Non-Fiction. To learn more about him visit http://www.magicalexperiments.com • The Wealth Wizard’s Guide to Financial Success Saturday,9:00 AM �� Monterey

The Cabiri

The DulciMates

The Temple of Inanna and Dumuzi is a semi-reconstructionist, Mesopotamian temple dedicated to the ancient Sumerian Goddess Inanna (known to the Babylonians as Ishtar) and God Dumuzi (known to the Babylonians as Tammuz). The rituals are based on the ancient Mesopotamian (primarily Sumerian and Akkadian) texts, with both inspiration and consultation with the Deities as glue. All persons of good will are welcome. http://groups.yahoo. com/group/Temple_of_Inanna_and_Dumuzi/ • Inanna and Dumuzi Devotional Saturday,1:30 PM �� Cedar

The DulciMates, Deborah “DJ” Hamouris and Buffalo, play traditional and traditionally-inspired tunes, including music from their recordings (ìWelcome to Annwfnî with Rick Hamouris; ìThe Chorus of Lifeî with Gaiaís Voice, and Moonrise: ìSongs of Love, Magic and Other Mysteriesî with Robin Dolan). They aim to create dulcimers without borders, stretching the limits of traditional mountain dulcimer playing. The DulciMates recorded “The Green Man” in 2012, just after DJ finished her first solo CD, “Snapshots”, with jazz guitarist Mimi Fox. She directs Women & Song and teaches mountain dulcimer in the SF Bay Area, while Buffalo has a private psychotherapy practice. • The DulciMates in Concert Friday,7:00 PM �� Carmel/ Monterey

Teo Bishop

The Living Temple of Diana & the CAYA Grove of Artemis

Temple of Inanna and Dumuzi

Teo Bishop authors the popular blog, Bishop In The Grove, and is a contributor to The Wild Hunt and HuffPost Religion. He organizes the Solitary Druid Fellowship (solitarydruid.org), an extension of År nDraÌocht FÈin (ADF), which provides solitary Pagans with the opportunity to share in a common, liturgical practice based in ADF principles. In addition to his religious work, Teo performs and composes under the name, Matt Morris. He has appeared on David Letterman and Ellen, released three studio albums, and toured extensively throughout the US and Canada. • Congregation In Solitude: Unity Through Liturgy Monday,11:00 AM �� San Martin

Tess Whitehurst

Tess Whitehurst is a feng shui practitioner, intuitive counselor, and the author of Magical Housekeeping, The Good Energy Book, and most recently, The Art of Bliss: Finding Your Center, Getting in the Flow, and Creating the Life You Desire. Her work has also appeared in Witches and Pagans magazine and a number of Llewellyn’s annuals. She has a passion for writing and teaching about the connection between form and spirit, seen and unseen, known and unknown. Visit her at www.tesswhitehurst.com. • The Bagua: A Web of Magical Interconnection Sunday,7:00 PM �� Riesling

Thalassa

Thalassa has been working with the Tarot, divination and the arts magickal for more than 40 years. She is the producer of the San Francisco Bay Area Tarot Symposium (SF BATS), founder of

Come As You Are Coven is an open, eclectic pagan Coven that offers many circles. The Grove of Artemis is CAYA East Bay’s full moon circle for all self-identified women. The Living Temple of Diana is an emerging tradition of Dianic witchcraft open to all genders, concentrated on helping pagans grow in relationship to the Goddess Diana in all Her manifestations. For more information visit www.cayacoven.com and http://devinhunter.net/LivingTempleofDiana.htm • The Rite of 1,000 Crowns Sunday,7:00 PM �� Oak

Thiasos Olympikos

Thiasos Olympikos is in its 22nd year of formal organization, but our beginnings go back to 1972. We practice Hellenismos, the worship of the Ancient Greek Gods and Goddesses and are open to both men and women. To reach us, write to Thiasos Olympikos, c/o Rhinoceros Lodge, PO Box 1140, Cobb, CA., 95426-1140, or try our answering unit at 707-928-6915, after Noon. We are one of the member groups of the Fellowship of the Spiral Path. • The Labors of Herakles Saturday,11:00 AM �� Monterey

Timotha Doane

Timotha is a life long torch bearer on Hekate’s path. She practices Vajrayana Budddhism and is a Chodpa. She is an abolitionist working to abolish the death penalty, prisons and slavery. In the 60’s she worked with Kenneth Anger and appears in his film Invocation of My Demon Brother. She has been, among many things, a sex worker and cook. She is a newly retired teacher of English to

Speakers of Other Languages at CCSF. She is a poet and has published Bahamian Journal and Taboo. She is queer. • Hekate’s Path — Dark Moon Ritual and Shadow Practice Saturday,11:00 PM �� San Juan/ San Carlos

Tony Mierzwicki

Tony Mierzwicki is the author of “Graeco-Egyptian Magick: Everyday Empowerment” and a forthcoming primer reconstructing Classical Greek religion. He has contributed to various anthologies and magazines. He has presented workshops recreating ancient magickal practices in the United States and the east coast of Australia since 2001, drawing on his practice of ceremonial magick which he began in 1990. Tony’s wife, Jo-Ann, has been co-facilitating his workshops since 2004. Tony completed three degrees at the University of Sydney - MA, BE and BSc. • Aphrodite, the Goddess of Love Monday,11:00 AM �� Carmel • Mithraism and the Mithras Liturgy Saturday,9:00 AM �� San Jose/ Santa Clara

Turning Earth Singers

Turning Earth is a Bay-Area-based ensemble which sings regularly at rituals and other Pagan events. • Beyond the Pagan Top 40: Learn New Chants Saturday,1:30 PM �� Boardroom • Pagan Kids’ Song and Story Time Sunday,11:00 AM �� Silicon Valley

Tyagi Nagasiva Yronwode

Tyagi Nagasiva Yronwode is a pact-made, independent Satanist. This networker and ally of witches, religious Satanists, and demonolators wrote a Dark Pagan Gospel of Satan. Since the Satanic Panic, he has been working to improve Pagan-Satanist relations and disclose a realistic assessment of each to the public and to one another. With his wife, Catherine, he has created a blissful, productive set of projects including the Lucky Mojo Curio Company, the Missionary Independent Spiritual Church and the Yronwode Institute in Sonoma County, California. • Setting the record straight: pagans and the press Saturday,1:30 PM �� Carmel/ Monterey

Tyr Jung, Radical Faeries (L.A.), Nomenus & The Lavender Effect

Tyr Jung-Hall, creator of the Triple Goddess Labyrinth for Gaia Festival (Santa Barbara), is a member of the Radical Faeries (Los Angeles), Nomenus (Wolf Creek), and The Lavender Effect (LGBTQ museum project). He co-created/produced “Through the Labyrinth...”, including the inter-faith/disciplinary ritual, for Behold! ‘12 at Highways Performance Space. His other activities have included performing in Mozart’s Requiem w/Los Angeles Philharmonic (Festival of Sacred Music) and activism on the National Steering Committee for the March on Washington ‘87. Tyr’s artwork has shown at numerous Los Angeles venues. He has also conducted workshops and lectured on the Labyrinth, masks/maskmaking and make-up. • Faerie Inter-Faith Ritual - Design & Performance Monday,9:00 AM �� Pine

Valerie Voigt

Valerie Voigt has been active as a Pagan priestess and networker for over 35 years. She studied with family tradition Witch “Grandma Julie” Tower, was initiated into the Feri Tradition in the late 80’s, and is a third degree Gardnerian. She coordinated the Pagan/Occult/Witchcraft Special Interest Group of Mensa for 13 years and has practiced as a village Witch for some decades. She is High Priestess of the Temple of Inanna and Dumuzi in Santa Clara, and also of a Wiccan coven in the South Bay. She runs Palo Alto Area Pagan Meetup group in Palo Alto. Witchvox profile: http://snipurl.com/si1ec • Village Witchery 202 Monday,11:00 AM �� Silicon Valley • Bardic Circle Saturday,11:00 PM �� Silicon Valley • Village Witchery 201 Sunday,7:00 PM �� Silicon Valley

Victoria Slind-Flor

Victoria Slind-Flor is a Dianic crone witch who lives and makes art in Oakland, California. In her mundane life, she’s a journalist specializing in intellectual property law. She is a member of the Coven of the Sacred Feminine and the Pagan Alliance. Victoria has presented art and spirituality workshops for Gaia’s Womb, the Sacred Harvest Festival, and Pantheacon. Her Pagan-themed writings have appeared in a number of publications including Circle Magazine and The Beltane Papers. She also contributed several chapters to Celebrating the Pagan Soul published by Citadel Press. Victoria’s blog, Driving Audmumla, can be found at http://vsf. blogs.com/driving_audhumla/ • My grandma’s a goddess and so is yours Saturday,11:00 AM �� Carmel

Vivianne Crowley

Vivianne Crowley PhD has taught Wicca and the Western magickal tradition internationally for over 30 years. She is a psychologist and was formerly a professor at the University of London, specializing in psychology of religion. She represents Paganism on the UK Religious Education Council and is the author of many books on Wicca, Paganism and psychology, including ‘Wicca: A comprehensive guide to the Old Religion in the modern world’ and ‘Jung: Journey of Transformation’. She focuses her spiritual work on supporting and fostering the development of those who lead groups and teach others. • Cauldron and the Grail: Symbols of unity Saturday,1:30 PM �� Oak

Weiser Books

Weiser Books has a long history as one of America’s preeminent publishers of esoteric and occult teachings from traditions all around the world and throughout time. Metaphysics and magick, Kabbalah, astrology, tarot, we publish serious books for students from all walks of life. • What Editors Want: Weiser Publishing Secrets Sunday,1:30 PM �� Oak

Wendy Rule

Wild, passionate and empowering, Australian Visionary Songstress Wendy Rule weaves together music, mythology and magic to create an Otherworldy experience of depth and passion. Drawing

on her deep love of Nature, Wendy has created 6 full length albums and numerous side projects, and has toured the world extensively. Described by Rolling Stone Magazine as ‘Dark, sensual sonic theatre’, Wendy’s live performances are transformative and powerful rituals. • Wendy Rule Concert - Australian Visionary Songstress Friday,9:00 PM �� Carmel/ Monterey

With Co-Operation, Tolerance & Love: We hope to inspire

Wendy Rule & Timothy Van Diest

Renowned Australian Pagan Songstress Wendy Rule has teamed up with her husband Timothy Van Diest to create a Magical and Musical adventure that takes them all over the world, sharing their powerful live performances, workshops, rituals, and passionate connection with Nature. Through their acclaimed worldwide online course, Living a Life of Magic, Wendy and Tim have created a global community that encourages Self Empowerment through the sharing of Magical and creative ideas, and honors each person’s uniquely individual connection with the Divine. • Musical Meditations: A Ritual Journey through the Elements Friday,1:30 PM �� Cedar

West/FFRASS

West is a longtime organic gardener, biodynamic & spiritual beekeeper, and certified Permaculture Designer. He is owner and permaculturist at DunMor, a newly developing organic orchard, forest garden, and pagan retreat space on the Mendocino coast. He’s an initiated Bard in the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids. This is his third year presenting at PantheaCon. • Permaculture, Fermentation, and The Underworld Friday,11:00 PM �� Carmel/ Monterey • Spiritual Beekeeping Sunday,9:00 AM �� Carmel/ Monterey

William Gordon aka skywatcher888

Studied astrology with Isabel Hickey in Boston Past president, New England Astrological Association, Star Rovers, Board member, Boston Chapter of NCGR Currently blogmaster of The Flow! by Skywatcher888, an a blog for all people intersted in the current flow of astrological energies. Author of The Cycle, the Path, and the Journey, a guide to using the wisdom of Astrology as a guide to using the zodiac as a path of personal evolution, growth, and understanding (seeking publishers). Astrological researcher with over 35 years of astrological experience. Presenter of the very well received “The Cycle, Path and Journey” at Pantheacon 2010. • Using Astrology to Bring Us Together Saturday,7:00 PM �� Riesling

Woven Circle

The Woven Circle with Angela, Carol, Chris, Joe, and William is dedicated to teaching arts and crafts as part of our service to the community. Angela is an eclectic Pagan writer and has taught crafts for 20 years. Carol is a bead and fiber artist, who has taught for crafts guilds, both local and regional. William has been teaching wheat weaving for over 16 years. Chris and Joe are always willing to teach with us. • Introduction to Wheat Weaving Saturday,3:30 PM �� San Juan/ San Carlos • Intermediate Wheat Weaving Sunday,11:00 AM �� San Carlos

Our virgin year in the: San Jose/ Santa Clara

Xochiquetzal Duti

Excited to be back! I am a priestess in the Lyceum of the Wayfarer and trained within the Treebridge tradition, originated by Estara T’shirai. I’m also an intiated Tantrika in the Sha’can lineage and a new member to an Umbanda house. In my personal practice I have mixed kink and my path from the very beginning. I am an essayist in Lee Harrington’s Spirit of Desire, the follow-up to Sacred Kink: The Eightfold Path of BDSM. I am a person of color, a genderqueer individual, and am willing to speak to anyone about these topics. • Pagans Of Color Caucus Saturday,3:30 PM �� San Jose • Queering the Great Rite Saturday,7:00 PM �� Boardroom

AIR & FIRE

17 SACRED WELL

ROYAL PUBLISHING/ CELTIC JACKALOPE

WOLF SISTERS CREATIONS

WINDWOLF STUDIOS

ANCIENT CIRCLES

FAERY ODD MOTHERS

THE MYSTIC DREAM

TOADSTOOL FARM

SIGN OF THE HAWK

SPIRIT OF THE GODDESS

THE EVERYDAY GODDESS

GODDESS Z

ARTEMIS ARCHERY

DANCING TREE

TOMBO STUDIOS

ROB CARTER, INC.

BLUESTAR CREATIONS

HOUSE OF WORMWOOD

SEW MAGICAL

READINGS 1

CELTIC ON CLOTH WASHBURN WOODCUTS

ANCIENT WAYS

ECLECTIC BY DESIGN

RAVEN & ROSE

HOODOO ROOTS

PRACTICAL RABBIT

KITCHEN WITCH GOURMET

TAROT MEDIA COMPANY

SHADOWSCAPES

WREN’S RUNES/ MYTH & MAGIC

JUST REWARDS

READINGS 3 MARY GREER

COYOTE TALES

LAUREN RAINE

EYESCREAM

ARDANTANE PAGAN LEARNING CENTER

DAYLIGHT ARTWORKS

READING SIGN-UPS

VENDOR ROOM •THALASSA PRIME• VENDOR MAIN ENTRANCE

VENDOR ROOM SECOND DOOR

SIMPLY SALMA’S TREASURES

THE AMBER WOLF

PHOENIX OBSIDIAN DESIGNS

READINGS 2

42 AMBER MOON

MAGICAL JOURNEY

6 STONE CIRCLE STUDIO

XCENTRICITIES CORSETS

FIREBIRD FAE COUTURE

MARGARET MANNATT FINE BOOKS

WHEAT GODDESSES

MYTHIC IMAGES

DRAGON’S TREASURE

BLUE MOON DESIGNS

DRAGONQUEST TREASURES

THE WEAVING MONK

WINDWALKER BLADES

SERPENT’S KISS

MAGIC VELVETS

WYTCHE KRAFTS JEWELRY

DISCOVER THE GODDESS

COORDINATOR

LLEWELLYN WORLDWIDE

PANTHEACON VENDOR ROOM REVISED 1/19/13

THE DIFFERENT DRUM

LEGBA’S CROSSROADS

WIZARDCRAFT TECHNOLOGY

FEELING GREAT NOW KATYA MADRID BODYWORK HENNA

GAIAN ALLUSIONS POTTERY

CELTICA

BOOK SIGNINGS & AFTER HOURS READINGS

Welcome to Vendor Land! The artisans and vendors selected by PantheaCon offer a splendid array of wares reflecting the colour and creativity of our Community. Clothing, books, jewelry, art, ritual tools, and so much more are offered by an assortment of Pagan and Pagan-friendly Vendors from all over the West Coast and beyond. Each year the mix is a little different, blending the familiar and well-loved with the fresh and new. A Convention membership is not required to visit the Vendor Room. The map of the Vendor Room is posted in several locations, including just inside the main entrance to the Room. The Vendor Room Staff (located at the Vendor Coordinator table, “Thalassa Prime,” just inside the main entrance to Vendor Room) will be happy to assist with questions. Welcome and bright blessings from Thalassa, Vendor Coordinator/Onsite Hotel Liaison, and the Vendor Room Staff.

With the exception of service dogs, we ask that no animals be brought into the Vendor Room!

Vendor Room hours:

Friday: 1:30 (approximately)–6:00 Saturday & Sunday: 10:00–6:30 Monday: 10:00–2:00 Vendors in the area outside of the Ballroom (listed as “Mezzanine Vendors”) may have different hours. PLEASE NOTE THAT VENDING BY PERSONS NOT SPECIFICALLY AUTHORIZED BY PANTHEACON, AND VENDING IN AREAS NOT AUTHORIZED BY PANTHEACON, IS NOT PERMITTED. YOUR COOPERATION IS APPRECIATED.

Readings with PantheaCon Presenters

Several of the PantheaCon presenters will be available for readings in the Vendor Room and Bayshore Foyer. There will be sign up

sheets at the Thalassa Prime/Vendor Coordination table (just inside the main entrance to the room, immediately to your right as you enter) noting readers and their time availability. Be aware that compensation must be negotiated directly with the readers. We ask that this exchange of service and energy be conducted respectfully.

Booksigning by PantheaCon Presenters

There are Convention Booksigning Tables located in the Bayshore Foyer (across from the Information Area). Llewellyn Worldwide will also be offering promotions and booksigning for its authors in the Bayshore Foyer across from the Vendor Area. A schedule of presenters signed up to do booksigning is available at the Thalassa Prime/Vendor Coordinator table. You may also find some of the presenters’ books and CDs for sale at the Ancient Ways booth.

PantheaCon 2013 VENDORS  Air & Fire Candles, soaps, oils, magical tools www.airandfire.com 831-338-7567  Amber Moon Amber, jet & ivory art & jewelry www.ambereva.com  Ancient Ways Books, magical tools & decorative items www.ancientways.com 510-653-3244  Ancient Circles Clothing, textiles www.ancientcircles.com 800-726-8032  Ardantane Pagan Learning Center Emblems, buttons, books, info www.ardantane.org 505-469-7777  Blue Moon Designs Fabric belts, hair accessories www.blue-moon-designs.com  Blue Star Creations Amber, jet jewelry, sculpture pm@bluestarpm.com 510-797-3486  Celtica (Bayshore Foyer) Silver and gold jewelry www.celticajewelry.com  Coyote Tales Symbol Makers Pagan & Metaphysical silver jewelry www.coyotesilver.com  Dancing Tree/Artemis Archery Bows, archery accessories, hair adorment, music www.dancingtreemusic.com  Daylight Artworks Nightlights, candleholders, bone pins www.daylightartworks.com  Discover the Goddess T-shirts, sweatpants, totebags, &c singspirit@msn.com 775-671-5001  DragonQuest Treasures Crystals, magical tools, drinking horns Dqtreasures@ix.netcom.com  Dragon’s Treasure Handmade jewelry and sculpture www.dragont.com www.dragonstreasure@etsy.com

 Eclectic by Design Pagan and Pirate-themed clothing, accessories, & jewelry www.giftshrouds.com, www.sinistercandy.com  Eyescream Jewelry, headpieces, cds www.eyescreamjewelry.com  Faery Odd Mothers Maska, jewelry, fairy accoutrements sizzorwitch@yahoo.com  Feeling Great Now (Bayshore Foyer) Therapeutic massage www.feelinggreatnow.biz  Firebird Fae Couture Clothing, fairy wings, hand-dyed silks www.firebirdfae.com 704-494-0207  Gaean Allusions Pottery (Bayshore Foyer) Stonewear, pottery www.gaeanallusions.com pottery@gaeanallusions.com  Goddess Z Beaded Goddesses, jewelry, clothing www.etsy.com-gooddessz on Facebook - Sandra Escott  Hoodoo Roots Traditonal hoodoo supplies www.hoodooroots.com  House of Wormwood Soaps, lotions, candles, hats, scarves www.houseofworwood.com  Just Rewards Amber jewelry, gifts www.4justrewards.com jr@rewardinc.com  Katya Madrid - Henna (Bayshore Foyer) Henna art www.katyamadrid.com  Kitchen Witch Gourment.com Tea, tea accessories, spices www.kitchenwitchgourmet.com  Lauren Raine/Rainwalker Masks Masks, books, Tarot art www.laurenraine.com www.rainewalker.com  Legba’s Crossroads - The Vodou Store Kemetic and Vodou supplies, artwork, altar supplies www.legba.biz www.legbastore.com

 Llewellyn Worldwide Promotional materials and booksigning www.llewellyn.com 1-800-THE-MOON  Magic Velvets Velvet cloaks, fantasy clothing, accessories www.magicvelvets.com  Magical Journey Athames, chalices, scrying mirrors, magical tools www.magicaljourney.net  Margaret Mannatt Fine Books Books, collectibles mmannatt@yahoo.com  Myth & Magic Runes, altar pieces, magical tools www.wildnaturethemejewelry.com  Mythic Images Statuary, books, jewelry www.mythicimages.com  Phoenix Obsidian Designs Native themed art, bones, fur, skulls, natural jewelry www.obsidiandesigns.com  Practical Rabbit Handmade adult & children’s clothing, Felt gnomes & toys www.practicalrabbit.com  Raven & Rose Block prints, art, cards,the Incidental Tarot www.ravenandrosearts.com www.theincidentaltarot.com  Rob Carter Inc Non-ferrous knives, wooden objects elfwreck@gmail.com  Royal Publishing/Celtic Jackalope T-shirts,statuary, plaques & jewelry http://celticjackalope.com  Serpent’s Kiss Ritual supplies & tools. Jewelry www.serpents-kiss.com 831-423-5477  Sew Magical Cloth art, quilts, dred heads www.devilanphere.com  Shadowscapes Tarot, art prints, books, art glass jewelry www.shadowscapes.com  Sign of the Hawk Leatherwork and masks 541-5474418

“Essential reading...”*

Fierce Healing Astrology

• Deluxe, large-format • Soft or hard cover • Over 180 pages • More than 250 photos, over half in COLOR! with Isis Brenner-Ward 707.322.8474 Individual, Relationship and Family Readings Live fiercely, live fully, live freely. www.FierceHealing.net

From ancient rite to modern profession. In this revealing autobiography, Jim Ward, considered by many to be the father of the modern piercing industry, tells the engaging and candid story of discovering his own fascination with body piercing, his founding of Gauntlet, the first body piercing studio, and how he transformed a personal fetish and closeted, amateur pursuit into a respected profession and spearheaded a worldwide, social phenomenon. Available at the Just Rewards table in the vendor room, the website, www.runningthegauntlet-book.com, and other fine outlets. *”Essential reading for anyone who wants to understand how modern body piercing arrived at the place it currently occupies.”

James Weber, President Association of Professional Piercers

 Simply Salma’s Treasures Handmade jewelry, henna work www.simplysalma.etsy.com

 The Everday Goddess Clothing and accessories aracina@sonic.net

 Wheat Goddeses Traditional woven wheat items, hats www.wheatgoddesses.com

 Spirit of the Goddess Crowns, adronments, staffs http://www.etsy.com/shop/SpiritoftheGoddess rosieechelmeier@comcast.net

 The Mystic Drea Talking boards, clocks, apothacary, sculpture www.themysticdream.com

 Windwalker Blades Swords, blades, accessories 510-896-5925

 The Sacred Well Crystals, jewelry, ritual tools www.sacredwell.com

 Wizardcraft Technologies Candles, magical tools www.wizardcraft.com 916-873-7925

 Stone Circle Studio Crstals, gemstones, talismans suzanne@stonecirclestudio.com  Tarot Media Company Tarot books, decks, accessories www.mediacompany.com  The Amber Wolf Woodburned art, hair ornaments, &c http://theamberwolf.com 209-601-3085  The Different Drum (Bayshore Foyer) Handmade drums and percussion www.thedifferentdrum.net drummaker@thedifferentdrum.net

 The Weaving Monk Cloaks, shawls, altar cloths www.blossommerz.com  Toadstool Farm Fairy art prints, gifts www.toadstoolfarm.com  Tombo Studio Gothic & bellydancing jewelry, accessories www.tombostudio.com  Washburn—Celtic on Cloth—Woodcuts Altar cloths, ritual tools loren@cabrillo.edu

 Wolfsisters Creations/Windwolf Studio Art, prints, shirts http://windwolf.com  Wytche Krafts Jewelry Jewelry wytche@comcast 925-202-3301  Xcentricities Corsets Corsets and related fashions www.corset.net (505) 459-8733

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Cabinets for your curiosities, curios for your devotion, wardrobes for your witches, apothecary storage for all your alchemical delights! The altar boy is a fine artist and art historian specializing in experimental woodworking, mixed media art, design, modern and ancient construction techniques. Let me help you design the perfect altar for home, travel, or any place of worship.

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August 7 - 11, 2013 Come and enjoy women, woods, and Goddess Located in the beautiful Mendocino Woodlands; a place where and girls can come together to empower each other and celebrate our spirit and diversity. We create rituals, conduct workshops, and entertain each other while celebrating the goddess and sacredness of nature. Enjoy fabulous catered meals, arts and crafts, wonderful workshops, and fabulous merchants.; all under the beauty of California Redwoods. Come join us!

Coming July, 2013 Tentative location: Berkeley, California

theurgicon What is Theurgy? t is the use of magick to contact the One or a particular God by use of appropriate signs and symbols and thereby achieving information or enlightenment. Personal spiritual development and happiness are generally the goals. The West Coast has many practitioners of magick; our goal is to provide a place for practitioners to exchange ideas and strategies for accomplishing the Great Work.

For more information, visit the website: www.TheurgiCon.com or contact glenn@ancientways.com. 71

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