Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv Religious Studies Department (The Faculty of Philosophy) Youth Association for the Study of Religions Association for the Study of Esotericism and Mysticism European Society for the Study of Western Esotericism
“Western Esotericism and Spiritualism in the 19th - 21th Centuries”
July 1-7, 2017, Kyiv, Ukraine
1 July
Red University Building of Kyiv University (60 Volodymyrska Street, room 326) 11.30 - Registration 12.00 - Opening ceremony 12.30 - Lecture of Kateryna Zorya. Reports From the Field: “The Authenticity Turn” in Contemporary Magical Practice 14.00 - coffee-break (room 309) 14.30 - Lecture of Anna Cymbaline - The place of Thelema in contemporary esotericism. O.T.O. in Ukraine: past, present and future 15.30 - coffee-break (room 309) 16.00 - Presentations. • Anton Leshchynskyi - The transformation of occult views on magic in modern era • Maxim Gavrilkov - Martinist Order in the Early Twentieth Century Russia: a historiographical review 18.00 Dinner 2 July
Triptych: Global Arts Workshop (34 St Andrew’s Descent) 10.00 - Tour of pagan sanctuaries. Meeting with representatives of contemporary pagan movement 11.30 - Triptych: Global Arts Workshop (34 St Andrew’s Descent). ‘ARCHETYPES’ Exhibition view with by Viacheslav Strannik. Conversation with the artist. Refreshments provided 12.00 - Practical Workshop with Myroslava Hartmond - Decoding the Art of Soviet Esoteric Artist Boris Nekrasov 13.00 - Lunch 14.00 - Presentations. • Pavel Skrylnikov - Slavic neopaganism in Russia: strategies of community building; • Maria Nazarenko - Esoteric as aesthetic language in American avant-garde film and photography of 50s-70s. 15.00 - coffee-break 15.30 - Lecture of Iryna Kaplan. Esoteric and occult symbols in Twin Peaks 16.30 - Presentation. • Vyacheslav Kolomeets - Presentation of the Pagan&Traditionalist almanac «Warha»
3 July
Red University Building of Kyiv University (60 Volodymyrska Street, room 202) 10.00 - coffee-start (room 309) 10.15 - Lecture of Oleg Yarosh. Turn to ‘authenticity’ in Western Sufism 11.45 - coffee-break (room 309) 12.15 - Lecture of Konstantin Rodyhin. Modern-day alchemy: a science beyond the science 14.00 - Lunch 15.00 - Lecture of Sergey Pakhomov. The Specifity of Relation to Science in Modern New Age Movements 16.30 - coffee-break (room 309) 17.00 - Presentations. • Vyacheslav Ageyev - A.Crowley’s «scientific» approach to yoga; • Olena Kalantarova. - Methodology of astrology on the example of the phenomenon of the Star of Bethlehem.
4 July
Red University Building of Kyiv University (60 Volodymyrska Street, room 202) 10.00 - coffee-start (room 309) 10.15 - Lecture of Oleg Yarosh. Western manifestations of Shi’a Sufism 11.45 - coffee-break (room 309) 12.15 - Lecture of Mark Sedgwick. Traditionalism, Sufism, the Western, and the Global 14.00 - Lunch 15.00 - Lecture of Julia Shabanova. Теософское общество в Украине в контексте международного теософского движе- ния 16.30 - coffee-break (room 309) 16.30 - Presentation. • Mariano Errichiello - The influence of the Theosophical Society on Parsees and the rise of Ilm-e-Khshnoom; 17.00 - Lecture of Yaroslava Shekera. The Metaphysical Essence of Chinese Classical Poetry: Vision of Western Researcher
5 July
Red University Building of Kyiv University (60 Volodymyrska Street, room 202) 10.00 - coffee-start (room 309) 10.15 - Lecture of Kateryna Zorya. Chemists and Spirits: the Scientific Investigation of Spiritualism in Late Imperial Russia (1875-1883) 11.45 - coffee-break (room 309) 12.15 - Lecture of Stanislav Panin. «Astral karate» in late- Soviet esoteric underground 14.00 - Lunch 15.00 - round table «Esoteric backgroud of the Traditionalist movement»
6 July
Red University Building of Kyiv University (60 Volodymyrska Street, room 202) 10.00 - coffee-start (room 309) 10.15 - Lecture of Dmitry Zelentsov (Video). The revival of Hermetism in XIX-XX centuries: the Brotherhood of Myriam and the Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor 11.45 - coffee-break (room 309) 12.15 - Lecture of Stanislav Panin. Esotericism and philosophy in the history of Western culture 14.00 - Lunch 15.00 - Lecture of Ruslan Khalikov. French occult theories of Tarot in the XIX century 16.30 - coffee-break (room 309) 15.40 - Presentations. • Ekaterina Gud - Проблемы методологии при исследова- нии предсказательных систем на примере таро; • Aleksandra Bibik - Interpretations of Tarot in European and American fantasy literature in the XX century.
7 July
Red University Building of Kyiv University (60 Volodymyrska Street, room 202) 10.00 - coffee-start (room 309) 10.15 - Lecture of Sergii Kapranov. The interpretation of alchemy in the works of Mircea Eliade 11.45 - coffee-break (room 309) 12.15 - Presentations. • Nadiia Komarova. Esoteric Mathematics: Pythagorean and Neopythagorean Ideas 13.00 - Closing ceremony Organizing committee: Ruslan Khalikov +38(066)2745610 Iryna Kaplan +38(066)8444108
Kateryna Zorya +31(063)3021596
Red University Building of Kyiv University: 60 Volodymyrska Street metro station Universytet or metro station Ploshcha Lva Tolstogo
Triptych: Global Arts Workshop: 34 St Andrew’s Descent (Andriyivsky Uzviz) metro station Kontraktova Ploshcha
Hostel address: 36 Myhaila Lomonosova Street metro station Vasylkivska