Pantheacon 2012 Program

PantheaCon 2012 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 & Brad Nelson (Dept. Seconds), Grahame Ainsley, Kimberly Allbee, Cruz Arellanes, Otto Benson, Dorie Bernstein, Max Bernstein, Laurel Beyl, Beth Buschbaum, Ted Ellis, Kaerla Fellows, Larcie Fitzmorris, Lee Fitzmorris, Kelly Gallagher, Peggy Glosser, Bill Hay, Merelan Housel, Dennis James, Sean King, Durelle Kurlinski, Eric Liter, Chris Martin, Joe Martin, Kathleen McDowell, The Bouncing Redhead, Cynan Roberts, Nicole Terry, Terrence Terry, Robert Tharp, Robert Sallade, Vikki Savo, Michele Schochet, James Sullivan, Jason Watkins, Paul J. White Contents • Green Room: Holly Turner (Dept. Head), Christa Osier (Dept. Second), Alex Beachy, Nico Beachy, Tina Beachy, Brad Lee, Jack PantheaCon 2012 Staff...... 3 Passadore, Nick Shapiro, Terrie Wolfe-Lee Welcome to PantheaCon 2012...... 4 • Gryphons & Ravens: Angela Carlson (Dept. Head), Paula Crow, Ro- nan Buchanan, (Dept. Seconds), Dawg, Thorrfin, Jennifer Boyster, Na- Welcome from the Programming Staff...... 5 nette Boyster, Boris Charlton, Maia DeBono, Sebastian Havel, De’Jon Information Desks 2012...... 5 Jenkins, Mike Robertson, Cara Sanchez, Janelle Tassano, Angelique Young, Jennifer Young The Green Room, Presenters Check In ...... 5 • Hospitality: Sandra Benson (Dept. Head), Christina Jeffries Convention Operations...... 6 (Dept. Second), Esther Bamberg, Geoffrey Bayley, Diana Benson, David Coronado, Kelli Melocik Peace Bonding...... 7 • Information Desk: Sage DeRosier (Dept. Head), Alicia Moore Hotel Survival Guide...... 7 (Dept. Second), Princess, Bob DeRosier, Lauren Gamble, Shanda Gatlin, Erin Green, Dave Held, Christina Mahr, Indigo Prizm, Event & Ritual Etiquette...... 8 Amy Turner PantheaCon FAQ...... 9 • Logistics: sinnerjee, MP3, Wade Long Gryphons’ Lair...... 9 • Newsletter: Helena Handbasket (Dept. Head), Michelle McNeill • Pre-Registration: Teri Davis (Dept. Head), Bob Orser, Donald Parties & Hospitality Suites...... 9 Simpson Friday Afternoon Schedule...... 16 • Programming: Mike (Dept. Head), Jamie Buschbaum (Dept. Friday Evening Schedule...... 18 Head), David Cooke, Dennis Ford, Nora Ford, Don Hopkins, Pa- tricia Lafayllve, James O’Brien, Amber Oswald, Julie Vayda Saturday Morning Schedule...... 22 • Registration: Joi Wolfwomyn (Dept. Head), Chandra Krinsky Saturday Afternoon Schedule...... 26 (Dept. Second), Chance, Mazz, Whisper, Dragonfly Adularia, Kitty Crowe, Kreature Feature, Lucy Fur, Hexagonal Hecate, Marion Hin- Saturday Evening Schedule...... 28 denez, Kirk Jasper, Rhiannon Laakso, Indiana Nelson, Marla Shauer, Sunday Morning Schedule...... 32 Aster Wolfe Sunday Afternoon Schedule...... 34 • Staff Lounge: Eric Turner (Dept. Head), Justin Parker (Dept. Sec- ond), Robert Hackett, Heather Major, Deborah Moyer, Gwennifer Sunday Evening Schedule...... 38 Moyer, Arthur Penngrath, Morgan Penngrath, Diane Shaw Monday Morning Schedule...... 41 • Technical Services: Donald Barks (Dept. Head), Sue McCullough (Dept. Second), Kenton Barks, Ryn Serenity Bruce, Michael Char- Monday Afternoon Schedule...... 43 boneau, Mike Cowen, Amber Cowley, Techno DeBono, Bonnie PantheaCon 2011 Presenters...... 45 McCammond, Cameron Nelson, Justin Philbrook • Vendors: Thalassa Therese (Dept. Head), Rydell Downward PantheaCon Vendors...... 65 (Dept. Second), Amy Liebert, Karen Krebser, Marcia McCord Event Floorplans...... back cover • Web Site: Mike Richard, Jamie Buschbaum, Dewey Worth • Program design & layout: Jim Ward Cover Illustration by Thena MacArthur

3 Welcome to PantheaCon 2012!

elcome to the Eighteenth annual PantheaCon, our won- elevators and First floor areas with a few non-Con hotel guests and Wderful gathering of the tribes, and the largest annual pagan vistors to Club Max on Friday and Saturday. Please, be covered as if convention in the US. The Bay Area has a wide range of pagans, for the street when traveling through the public areas of the hotel. re-constructionists, and nature religions that meet and mingle This is not to discourage dazzling costuming.) You may also want here. Once again we offer the best events and most knowledgeable to bring a drum to join in a drum circle one evening, or bring ritual speakers that the West and beyond has to offer. robes, or pirate garb, or finery for parties or just relax as your self. Each morning has two 90 minute sessions (9 AM–10:30 AM & A new area this year!! We have the use of the bar called Club 11 AM–12:30 PM) and each afternoon has two (1:30 PM–3 PM. Max all day Sunday. Look for the events scheduled there. The bar & 3:30 PM–5 PM), with a one-hour lunch and a two-hour dinner will be open for our use on Sunday night from about 6 PM to mid- break. In the evening events are scheduled at 7 PM, 9 PM and 11 night. (Sorry, no food service there.) PM. You can find scholarly, ritual and entertainment presenta- The Ballroom Mezzanine area on the 2nd floor above Reg tions in almost every time slot. So no matter what mood you are will have a food cart and tables to eat at. This is a new area for in, there will be something to get you excited and get you going. book signings and further discussions. (Sorry, no Charity Auc- The Con runs from 1 PM on Friday to 4 PM on Monday and has tion this year.) over 200 presentations. A Book Signing table is in the hallway outside the Vendor Registration for the Conference opens at 10 AM on Friday, Feb. room. Find the schedule of the authors doing signings at the Ven- 17th, and is at the Convention Center Entry on the ground floor dor Central table. There will also be book signings at the Ancient farthest from the hotel elevators. After you register and pick up Ways booth; you can also find some books and CDs the presenters your badge, you will receive a complete program guide, pocket bring to us. (Presenters, wanting to sign up to do book signings program, and up to date changes. Look each day for our Panthea- do so at Vendor Central. Presenters, please check ahead with us by Con Daily Oracle for the latest about changes to the program and email store @ ancientways.com; don’t just drop off books or CDs at upcoming evening parties. the Ancient Ways booth without prior permission.) Badges will be required for participation in any presentation or The San Martin Hallway can be used as a place to go after an for admittance to any official PantheaCon party floor. Badges will exciting workshop to continue the discussion. Sometimes the Con be checked. Please wear your badge at all times. Lost badges will Suite is a good place to gather to discuss a good topic. Check with have to be purchased again, but your money will be refunded if you them first by phoning 7954. find the old one. [See badge policy] The Conference Hospitality Suite (Con Suite) is in the Ninth A short Opening Ritual with Glenn Turner and friends starts floor Presidential suite,Room 954, has snacks, tea and coffee and is the Conference at 1 p.m. (Hotel room check in is typically at 3 PM, a place to go to relax a bit. It is open much of the time or as we can but bags can be left with the hotel bell service people.) Then at 1:30 staff it. If you wish to bring something to contribute, by all means, PM the Con gets going with lots of wonderful presentations. We do so. We also have a second room that is kid friendly – kids must will have up to 14 different simultaneous workshops going on at be with an adult. any time. Keep your eyes open on the official posting spots to hear Party Rooms and Hospitality Suites: The 2nd, 9th and 10th about parties, Birds-of-a-Feather gatherings or other informal get- floors are where parties are held. All will host discussions, gather- togethers. Every time slot is full of magical and fabulous presenta- ings and parties. Look for the details of these groups with their tions. One of our biggest “complaints” is that there is no cloak of times and days further on in this program book, and at the In- bi-location available for people. formation table and Bulletin board. Other groups hosting parties And don’t forget Monday, it may be the last day of Con but it should give their information to the Info table and check in with has some of the best stuff. You can wrap up the weekend with the Ops for guidelines. Closing Ritual at 3:15 PM. Please help us make this Convention better by using our Gen- Dress up, have fun. Bring your dancing shoes for all the great eral Event Evaluation form and send it back when you’ve filled it in. events with dancing, wear red and black for the Friday night Pom- We want you to have the best possible time with your peers as pos- ba devotional, and robes and finery we can only wear in a hotel, but sible. You can always send us feedback at feedback@pantheacon. not outside. (A word of caution: we share the hotel including the com. We will have a feedback form posted on the website too.

4 Welcome from the 2012 Programming Staff! We’ve scheduled than 200 presentations from many different traditions, so we think there will be plenty to keep everyone in- Lost Badge Policy volved, busy and having fun. You can find the presentation sched- ule 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 presenta- tions in the evening hours. antheaCon 2012 Some important notes: P 1. All presentations and party floors are monitored, so remem- Nanny Ogg ber 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 pre- sentation 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 Please keep track of your badge! if the rooms are too full. If you think a presentation might be really You will be asked to show your badge at the entrance popular, we highly recommend that you arrive early. to most con events. If you do not have your badge, 4. The possibility of overcrowding has led us to select four events you will be asked to retrieve it before entering. for Event Seating in 2012. Please see the Event Seating hand-out for Our policy for lost badges is that if you have lost more details. You can also get more information at the Info desk. your badge, you will need to purchase another con PantheaCon is doing its part to combat the condition known as membership at full price. If you later find your origi- Pagan Standard Time. Please be prompt to all your events, espe- nal badge, you can bring both badges to the registra- cially those that are marked as closed or restricted entry - if you’re tion desk and we will refund the cost of your second late, you may not get in! All closed/restricted events are marked badge. There are no exceptions! with a special symbol in the program. If you are in a hallway out- side 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 You can bring Lost and Found items to either desk and we will the risk of disturbing a presentation. make sure it goes to ConOps for safekeeping. Check with us first to We encourage you to make the Info desk a regular stop every see if something you lost was turned in. We can direct you to Con- day for message board postings such as cancellations, room chang- Ops, if your lost item isn’t with us. If you have flyers, you want to es and late additions to the schedule, and copies of our amazing post, you must bring them to the primary Information desk so we newsletter. The newsletter also contains schedule changes, as well can approve for posting and give you the right kind of tape to post as helpful hints on staying healthy, ritual etiquette, local restau- with. Also, you can find PantheaCon’s fabulously helpful Feedback rants, interviews and daily divination readings. forms at the Information desk. PLEASE, take a little time to give us We hope you will fill out a PantheaCon feedback form before your feedback - we use it to improve the Con each year. Oh, and let you head home. You can find them at the info desk, or you can us know if this is your first time at PantheaCon—we love to help email your comments to [email protected]. We do listen you have an outstanding experience. (We are developing a “New to your suggestions and comments and use them to help make ev- to PantheaCon” essay and could use your questions and sugges- ery year a little bit better. tions.) See you around the Con! Information desk hours are as follows: — The PantheaCon Programming Team Friday, Saturday, & Sunday–8:00 AM to midnight, Monday–8:00 AM to 3:00 PM. Information Desks 2012 Got questions? Come by one of the Information desks and our The Green Room (for use of the presenters) ultra friendly staff can help direct you to where you want to go, give Where Presenters Check In you suggestions for places to eat, tell you about the hotel shuttle, Thank you for joining us to present at PantheaCon! First, please give you a daily newsletter and a pocket program guide, and so pick up your conference badge at Registration, located at the lobby much more! level. Then, go to the Green Room, located on the second floor. This year for your convenience we have added a Secondary In- Please check in at least 90 min before your presentation. Those who formation desk which will be located near the main bank of eleva- do will receive a special ribbon. This can also be done a day or two tors. The Primary Information desk will still be located between ahead if you are already attending the conference. the Registration table and the Vending room. Green Room will be open:

5 Friday–10:00 AM to 11:00 PM shift has serious repercussions on your reputation and hours (you Saturday–8:30 AM to 11:00 PM could lose all your hours you worked that day) as well as making us Sunday–8:30 AM to 11:00 PM scramble to replace you. Being a high quality Gryphon for 1-2 years, or more, can great- Monday–8:30 AM to 2:00 PM ly increase your chances of securing a full Staff position (which In the past, some of our presenters have experienced lines at includes membership, special shiny ribbons and more hours) de- Green Room check in, mainly because of the high volume of par- pending on the needs of the Department Heads and your abilities. ticipants on Friday night and Saturday morning for check in. To As the Con changes and grows, we are always welcoming new help smooth this process, we ask that the contact person and only Volunteers as well as Staff. We will help you learn your way around the contact person come into the Green Room to sign in for their the Con, meeting other Staff and providing assistance to Senior event. The contact person will be given all of the “Presenter” rib- Staff members. In order to start helping, all you need to do is reg- bons allocated for their event. All other members of a workshop or ister for the Con and then come by Gryphon Central aka the Lair ritual will be able to get their ribbons from the contact person. Any located in the Chardonnay Room on the 2nd Floor near OPS and discounts or compensation will also be given to the contact person sign up. At the end of the convention you will be able to receive a only. Any technical changes, scheduling, or room changes will be reimbursement on your membership fee based on the number of made with the contact person only. We hope this will make things hours you have Volunteered. Details of rates, etc. will be available much faster and smoother so that we can make the best possible on your Volunteer Form. convention for everyone, especially for our presenters! Our goal is to create a warm, friendly community-oriented en- If you have Assistants that are there to help in ONLY your vironment where people can help others as they help themselves. If event, they will get a special badge from the Green Room. Come this sounds like your cup of tea, please come by and see us and lend early, so they are not delayed and late to the presentation. You a helping hand. will need to pick it up for them. This will give them access to your Lair Hours: Friday: 10:00 AM–11:30 PM, Saturday & Sunday: event, NOT any other presentations at P-Con. They are welcome 7:45 AM–10:30 PM, Monday: 7:45 AM–5:00 PM to purchase a day pass at registration to attend other events, if Attention: for 2013 we will be moving towards on-line pre- they become interested. registration of most Volunteer shifts. Please contact gryphons@ If you need additional copies of your handout, there is a busi- pantheacon.com for more information. ness center in the hotel where they are already set up for exactly this type of service. Convention Operations We look forward to your presentation! A thousand welcomes to another fabulous year! We’re better Gryphon’s Lair AKA The Lair than ever! Convention Operations (commonly called ConOps) can be Greetings and Welcome to PantheaCon’s found in the Board Room on the Second Floor of the hotel, and Volunteer Department aka The Gryphons it will be open almost 24 hours a day, starting early Friday 2/17 Our people can be called upon at a and closing late Monday 2/20. A Special Request—when entering moment’s notice to help any other de- ConOps for assistance of ANY kind please try to keep your voice partment or do our own specific duties down—ConOps is a small room already full of people, ringing such as monitoring access to presenta- phones and two-way radios. We DO want to help you, that’s what tions and parties. There is a place for just we are there for, we just ask that you help us help you and everyone about every kind of helpful Volunteer else who needs our assistance. We apologize in advance if we seem within the Gryphon department. terse or abrupt with you, it is not at all our intention. As a Gryphon you will be able to to earn back your member- Getting Assistance ship fee up to what you paid and we will make every effort to arrange your hours so you can attend presentations around your The most visible facet of the Operations crew is called the Volunteer schedule. “Conference Assistance Team” or “CAT” and they are our version For 2012, the minimum number of hours required is 8 hours over of event security. There will be CAT people wandering about the 4 days and membership reimbursement is as follows: convention, so if you need assistance with a problem, feel free to • If you paid $55: You need to work 8 hours to be fully reim- approach any of us as we are here to make things run as smoothly bursed as possible. All Operations/CAT people will have a special badge, which is • If you paid $65: You need to work 9 hours to be fully reim- red metallic printing on black background with the Ancient Ways bursed logo, so that they can be easily identified. Remember: If you have • If you paid $75: You need to work 10.5 hours to be fully reim- a problem, need assistance or want to turn in or claim a “lost and bursed found” item, you can: Volunteers who do an excellent job and come back for a second 1. Talk to a CAT member year may be rewarded with more responsibilities and perks. Please 2. Go to the Information Table be aware that once you sign up and commit to be scheduled that people are counting on you. Failure to show up for your assigned 3. Go to the ConOps (Board Room—Second Floor). PLEASE: do not go to the Registration Table, as they are often

6 too busy or not prepared, or even not able, to assist you and they will morning, around 7am. Please use the “Do Not Disturb” sign on most likely refer you to ConOps or the Information Table anyway. the door where the maids can see it and not wake you. If you want Lost and Found maid service after their normal rounds (generally after 9am) you should call Housekeeping and leave the “Please Make Up Room All lost and found items should be taken to one of two plac- Now” sign on the door. es, either the Information Table (located in the foyer outside the Please make sure that your baggage and any other personal be- Vendor Hall and across from Registration) or ConOps (2nd floor longings are out of the way when maids come in so they can work Board Room). safely and easily. Anything turned into the Information Table will be taken to Please be sure to tip the maid for her work, especially if you’ve ConOps for safekeeping. If you want to claim a lost and found had a party and there’s a lot to do beyond their usual routine. Since item, you MUST go to ConOps. this may not be the same person over the course of your stay, we The Information Table will only be collecting lost and found suggest that you leave a tip every day. items. At the end of the convention all unclaimed items are taken A couple of dollars is a good base rate, and at least double this to the Ancient Ways store. 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 Peace-bonding tip can be put in one of the envelopes with “for the maid” written Peace-bonding weapons is a common con- on it and left in a prominent place on the desk or on the pillow. vention practice. We strongly suggest that any Do not leave money lying loose about or taped to the mirror, Athames and other ritual tools, which might they will not pick it up unless it is clearly marked for them. be mistaken for weapons, be peace-bonded. After all PantheaCon is a peaceful gathering While You Are Here of the tribes, and to that end we will be offer- Pets ing to peace-bond your weapons as a symbol of your “intent of non-use.” Also, having your The convention no longer allows pets in any function spaces— weapon peace-bonded can help to avert mis- including the Vendor Room and the Function Rooms. Occasion- understandings with non-attendees and hotel staff who may not ally a presenter may have a dog at their own event. Pets are also not know or understand a “costume” or “ritual” use for a weapon. allowed in any food establishments due to food safety laws. If one of our CATs offers to peace bond your weapon, or sug- In order to reduce misunderstandings we request that Service gests that you should have it peace bonded, please consider it seri- Animals be visibly “In Service”, i.e. wearing their service vest or ously. You will be able to get peace-bonds from wandering CAT other highly visible and licensed identifying items. people or ConOps. Pet Policy (from the Hotel website) NOTE: Please use common sense when displaying any weapon. Pets are permitted Move away from crowded areas, do not allow it to be brandished Allowed Maximum size: Large about and make certain that it is securely put away when you are Maximum weight: 100 lbs finished showing it. Deposit: USD $50.00 —Caradwen von Braskat, Operations Manager Services Pets must be crated/caged when owner away. Hotel Survival Guide Registered guests are responsible for any damage caused by We’ve put together this guide to let you know what some rules pets. Housekeeping personnel will inspect accommodations and expectations are for yourself and your fellow attendees. We upon departure. hope you have a wonderful time! In consideration of other guests, we ask pet owners to ensure Checking in/Check-out guest room noise levels are kept to a minimum. Refunds to guests inconvenienced by noisy pets (up to $100) will be charged to the Hotel check-in starts at 3pm. Standard check-out time is 12:00 registered pet owners. noon. If you need a later check out you can call the Front Desk to Housekeepers are prohibited from entering rooms occupied by see if one can be arranged, however if the room is already booked it pets unless guests are present or unless pets are crated. may not be possible. If you arrive earlier than 3pm, or wish to stay No private vending later than Noon, the Bell Captain may be able to store your baggage for you for a short period of time. All vending is done through the Vendor’s space in the ballrooms Being a Guest and other permitted public vending spots. There is no private sell- ing of any kind allowed. There are California State Laws dealing As a guest of both PantheaCon and Doubletree it is expected with selling anything out of a hotel room (it is considered “Pander- that you will follow the hotel’s posted rules. ing”) and being found doing so may mean the involvement of the There is no sleeping in any of the public areas of the hotel. local authorities and expulsion from PantheaCon. There is no-smoking in any of the rooms. All the rooms have Restaurants, Lounges, etc sensors installed to detect heat and smoke, so the use of incense, candles, etc., is strictly prohibited. Smoking is permitted only on Always check at the restaurants, bars, and lounges for the most the balconies or other outdoor areas. current hours (we have provided our best approximations below). Maids start cleaning and refreshing rooms very early in the These may have changed over the last year. Also be aware that the extra wait-staff brought in to serve during

7 our event may not be used to large, changing groups in the restaurants may be raised. Participants should behave reverently and be careful. and can get overwhelmed and backed up. There is usually a large line • A ritual is not a spectator sport. Those who don’t wish to take for lunch and dinner at the café, please factor in both your time in line part should go far enough away so that their conversations, etc. will and eating so you don’t run late or miss a presentation or ritual. not disturb participants. Those who are participating should pay Check the Info table for lists of local restaurants (10 to 15 min attention and guard their tongues. away) or call Waiters on Wheels for food that can be delivered to • A ritual need not be solemn, but it should be serious, in the your room. sense that humor should be used purposefully. • Espresso Bar brewing Starbuck’s—Open 6am –8pm daily. • Gratuitous funny remarks can be disruptive. Even those ritu- Serves only basic Starbucks coffee & Espresso as well as pas- als that appear to be informal have been planned carefully. tries and snacks. • Look to those who are leading for cues on how and when to • Sprigs—Open from 6am until 1am on Friday, Saturday and join in chanting, drumming, dancing, etc. so that you will contrib- Sunday, and 6am to 11am on Monday during the con and ute to the build-up and flow of energy, rather than dispersing it. hopefully during the rest of Monday. (This venue normally • Once the circle has been cast, enter or leave it only in an emer- only serves Breakfast and has limited hours.) It has moder- gency. Bouncing in and out of a circle may disperse the energy, ate prices, but it will often get backed up and run slow. When and will certainly distract the other participants. If you must leave, Sprigs is not open there is a limited menu available in the Lob- “cut” and exit or get one of the ritual officers to do so. by Lounge or in Club Max. • Ritual tools (including drums) are personal and powerful. Don’t • Spencer’s for Steaks & Chops—Open 11:30am to 10pm Mon- handle, use or play without specific permission from the owner. day through Friday, and 5pm to 10pm Saturday and Sunday (no Getting High lunch on weekends). Reservations are strongly suggested. Of- fers a wide array of options and is more expensive than Sprigs. The presence of illegal substances can jeopardize everyone par- ticipating in the Convention. So, please don’t! Also, the general at- • Sushi & Sake Bar—Open Friday, Saturday, and Monday for lunch mosphere of release and excitement at a Convention can sometimes from 11:30am to 2pm and for dinner 5pm to 9pm. Not open on lead to problems with drugs or alcohol. If you find yourself losing Sunday. It is located in the Lobby Lounge overlooking the pool. control, ask for help from Staff, or another experienced person. As a captive clientele you can expect to pay market prices. Food and Sleep • Club Max—Featuring live music and DJ entertainment. Pool tables, a live band on Fridays and Saturdays, and sports shown The excitement of four days with our own tribe sometimes makes it on multiple big screen televisions make Club Max a busy spot hard to remember the body’s needs. A contact high can be as exhausting for Hotel guests and area locals. Basic “bar food” is available. as the drug-induced kind. Remember to eat and sleep! If you find that your emotions are running away with you, check your physical condi- • Pizza and Snack Cart – Upstairs Mezzanine and near Sprigs/ tion, and if necessary get someone to help you ground and center. PantheaCon Registration for quick “grab and go”, inexpensive meal options. 11 AM to 11 PM for lunch and dinner. Healthy Sex food and vegetarian options should be available there. It can be a powerful force, especially in an atmosphere of freedom. • Room Service —In-room dining service features an extensive Respect it, and remember the following: —among pagans, nudity is menu served from 6 AM to 11 PM. From a continental break- an affirmation, not an invitation! —Be sure you interpret signals cor- fast of freshly baked pastries and fresh fruit juices to a pizza or rectly. A loving touch is not necessarily an invitation either. five-course dinner. If your attempt at closeness and caring makes someone uncom- Pool and Hot Tub fortable, 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 The pool and hot tub are available for your use between 8am and well-meant affection is being perceived. 11pm. Please be aware that there is no life guard on duty. There is Practice Safe Sex! no nudity or sexual behavior allowed. Bathing suits are required. The Convention won’t last forever. When making commitments Clothing/Costumes and forming relationships, consider how they will affect your life Please feel free to dress up! However, please keep in mind that we when you go home. share the hotel with guests who are not attending the convention as well Networking as the hotel employees themselves. If you have a scanty costume please The Conference is a wonderful opportunity for pagans from bring a cover-up for the public places in the hotel, including the elevator. various traditions to share knowledge and ideas. A freebie table will be available for groups to put out literature on what they are doing. EVENT & RITUAL ETIQUETTE When talking to newcomers, avoid a “hard sell” approach. People The essence of paganism is diversity, but one consequence of who recruit too intensely make pagans suspicious. It is also counter- this is the fact that we can’t always assume everyone shares the productive to boast about your magical powers, spiritual advance- same ideas about what is acceptable behavior. Please extend the ment, initiations and degrees. Newcomers should judge teachers and same courtesy to others as you would want; if you are having a groups by their deeds, not their words. Don’t let anyone pressure you problem with someone please speak to a staff member. into joining a group or doing anything you are not ready for. To remind old timers and inform newcomers, here are some of Thanks to the “Rites of Spring” and Diana Paxson for originat- the unwritten “rules.” ing and rewriting this material. • A ritual is a religious service, and one in which considerable power 8 vention will be happy to answer questions or help you as best we PANTHEACON FAQ can as our process evolves. (FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS) Photography Hotel Parking Please no photos. Many people need their privacy. We request Be aware that parking is in short supply and you may have to park that you not snap photos and post them on the web. People can lose at a distance. ATTENTION: The Doubletree Parking is a pay parking jobs over such things and certainly, no photos in rituals, parties or lot at $18 a night. However the hotel has agreed to the following: Park- even halls. We trust you to honor this policy. We may have a Con- ing charges for all attendees and overnight guests with the PantheaCon ference Recording and Video Dept, but they will be well designated 2011 convention will be $8 a night. Overnight guests present the ticket and only filming planned events with all participants agreeing. form the machine and the front desk agent will program the tickets Food at the Special $8 rate per night; the charges will be posted to the hotel We will have lists of Restaurants located nearby at the Informa- bill. For Conference attendees, not staying in a room, a scanner at the tion table, but, in truth there is little in walking distance except Pcon Registration area can scan the parking ticket for the Special rate what you find at the hotel. The hotel has an expensive restaurant and a second one should be situated near Club Max. Parking is now (Spencer’s) andr Sprigs Café. The coffee shop, “Sprigs” has a fair fully automated. Be sure to get your parking ticket scanned! We cannot amount of staff turnover, so there may staff waiting on you who are reserve a specific parking space for you. not used to large ‘fluid’ groups of people at tables—tip generously. Hotel Check In/Check Out times During the day they will have snack carts with sandwiches etc. Like most hotels the Doubletree check in time is 3 PM with We have set aside 1 hour for lunch, and 2 hours for dinner and half check out at 12 noon. an hour between the two sessions each morning and afternoon. You can ask for early check in and late check out and also store Convention Parties your bags with the bellman. If you are planning to split the room The Conference will have a Hospitality Suite (room 954) where rate tell them at check in so check out is swift and easy. you can go for a snack, coffee, etc; it has a second room that is kid Convention Registration friendly—kids must be with an adult. Several groups have Party Our Registration tables will open at 10 AM on Friday, Feb. 17. Rooms and Hospitality Suites. They will be hosting parties at vari- After you register you will receive a program book that includes a ous times which will be posted at the Information area. If you wish map of the hotel showing locations of our hospitality room, ven- to have a private party in your room that’s fine, but parties for the dor rooms and where the events will be held. You may acquire a whole Con should be held on the second, ninth and tenth floors, pocket program, scheduling changes in the Daily Con Newsletter, and should be arranged with PantheaCon well before the event. and other useful information, like places to eat from the Info desk What to wear?!? adjacent to Registration. This is always an important question! Programming Swimsuits are required in the Pool and Hot Tub. Great people from all over the Bay Area, California and from On Friday night you might want to wear your dancing shoes for other parts of the country are coming, and other countries! Pro- the music at 9 PM and maybe something red, black, and strumpet- gramming starts Friday afternoon at 1:00 PM and continues like for the PombaGira devotional at 11 PM. through Monday afternoon till 4:00 PM. We will have up to 14 si- On Saturday everyone is encouraged to wear their kilts! Cer- multaneous workshops going on during the day. At night we will tainly on Saturday night dress in a fun costume or a ritual robe. have up to ten different programs plus postings for parties and pos- You’ll also need dancing shoes for the bands and other dancing or sibly some discussion groups that can reconvene at night in some a drum for the drum circle. “extra” rooms (inquire in Green Room). On Sunday night dress in ritual robes for more rituals or dress ASL Options up for the parties. Monday has a more relaxed pace to it. 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 Parties & Hospitality Suites soon as possible, before the con, so that we can arrange this service. For your security the 2nd, 9th and 10th floor areas are monitored Accessibility in Program Spaces for Badge wearing Con attendees only. This prevents visitors to the hotel bar or other non-attendees from “crashing” our parties. This year we have added open space in each of the programming rooms for those of you with mobility devices such as wheelchairs The PantheaCon Hospitality Suite ...... room954 or motorized scooters. The exact space available will vary as we Everyone is welcome to come and hang out at the PantheaCon have a wide variety of spaces and layouts that we use throughout Hospitality Suite. PantheaCon. The seats immediately adjacent to those open spaces Hospitality is open throughout the whole convention, beginning should be held for any able-bodied companion of those who need on Friday after the Opening Ritual and closes on Monday after the assistive devices to get around the convention. This is a first step to- closing ritual. We are open 20 hours a day, with one hour for “reset” wards making the convention easier to access for everyone. Thank in the early morning. Come in, introduce yourself. Take time to grab you for understanding as this is our first year with these seating a snack, a cup of coffee, tea, meet friends, make new friends, sing and arrangements and no doubt there will be education and learning enjoy yourself. This is the place to meet, leave messages on our mes- involved for everyone. Any programming staff you see at the con- sage board, take a break. It is what we are here for.

9 The Hospitality suite has always been child-friendly, and will about yourself. If the door is OPEN...please come on in, say hello, continue to be. If you’re looking for a place to sit and have a quiet and sit a spell. conversation without the pitter-patter of little feet, the main room We will be open for visiting, sharing, and chatting during the which has comfortable seating and snacks, will have the added fea- following times. Additional hours may be posted during the Con. ture of being an adult-only room; this is the main room. In addi- See the information board &/or posted hours on the Elderflower tion we have a “Kids room”. When you come into the main doors Room door. As we are a women’s community, we provide women- of the Suite, turn to your right, instead of to the left- through that only space for most of our hours. This year we would like to extend door will be the Kids Room– and welcome! All children in this some of our hours (Sunday 3 to 6PM) to invite anyone to join us room MUST be accompanied by their responsible adult. and learn more about the Elderflower community. • Hospitality is GREEN!!! • Friday —5PM to 8:30 PM To our fellow coffee, tea and hot chocolate drinkers, please bring • Saturday —2:30 to 11:00 PM your own coffee cup, if you can. Remember to keep it with you too. • Sunday—1:30 to 3:00 PM, 3:00 to 6:00 PM Open mixed gen- You might want to include a spoon, a nice linen napkin, maybe a der visiting hours. All welcome! small bowl or plate, to be green. Fellowship of the Spiral Path ...... 251 • Some Guidelines The Fellowship of the Spiral Path, (also known as Spiral) is a The Staff asks that you do not store your belongings in the suite. pagan non-profit headquartered in Northern California. We are an Hospitality is not responsible for anything left in the suite, nor are association of pagan and heathen groups that acknowledge that we we lost and found (Operations handles Lost and Found). There will share traditions, beliefs, and/or lines of descent in the Old Reli- be no showering, nor dish washing in the suite. gions (including but not limited to Earth religions, European re- There will be a community altar set up. Everyone is welcome to constructed religions, and Goddess religions). add to it (please put your name and phone number on your item if The Spiral Suite will be open randomly and often, Friday you want it back). Our altar is for all Pantheons. through Sunday, between Noon and 9 PM. Refreshments will be The Hospitality Suite is also used for overflow from a class or served, fiber arts will be discussed, grand conversations will be had. workshop and BoFs (Birds of a Feather). This is important to note Come by and sit (or cast) a spell. Watch the daily newsletter for our as in the past some folks thought they were walking in on a class. schedule of events. Website: http://www.thespiralpath.org/ Whatever the activity, anyone can come in. email: [email protected] Hours: Open 12:00 PM Friday to 6:00 PM Monday, closed 3–7 FoDLA Grove of the Bay ...... 253 AM for cleaning. FoDLA Grove of the Bay is the San Francisco Bay branch of the Kemetic Temple of San Jose, Temple of Ra, & Fellowship of Druidism for the Latter Age or more simply “FoD- Kemetic Fellowship of Colorado...... 203 LA”. The fellowship is organized as a legally incorporated nonprofit We will host a ritual dedicated to Wepwawet, the Opener of the church and is not dogmatic, but limits its membership to American Ways. Wepwawet opens the way for us, helping to remove obstacles polytheist Neopagans who seek to follow the central spiritual val- and guiding us to achieve our goals. Participants may present peti- ues of traditional pre-Christian Celtic societies, best exemplified by tions to Wepwawet throughout the evening. We also will host an the figure of the ancient Druid. These include, most particularly: evening of fellowship & friendship. Please join us for lite snacks a commitment to study: To honor the past and the path that has and refreshments. shaped us; a commitment to piety: To honor the gods and spirits • Saturday from 7PM to 11PM. that guide us; a commitment to hospitality: To honor the commu- Hanta Yo...... 245 nity and the Land it shares. Within this simple framework of shared values, FoDLA does not engage in passing judgment on matters Hanta Yo means, “Clear the way”. Our sisterhood has been of metaphysics. How each member of the fellowship conceives of meeting once a month for the last four years. We work to develop the deities, the Otherworlds, and indeed the ultimate nature of the our inner, feminine divine so that we may nurture ourselves, our Cosmos, is a matter for the individual alone--guided by the com- families, Mother Earth, and create a community in which trust and mitment to study--and FoDLA advocates for tolerance of diverse peace prevail. beliefs within a bond of shared values and a set of basic worship We’d love to meet you, so come on by, room 247! We’ll be sisters practices. and brothers together on Saturday and Sunday from 6:00 PM until The FoDLA Hospitality suite is open from Noon to Midnight we drop. Come visit, ask questions, tell us your story, or just hang each day of the Con. out and catch the vibe. It’s all good! We look forward to casual discussion about Druidism in the P.S. We’re the “I Got Tits!” ladies. suite, and welcome anyone to join us in fellowship and hospitality! Elderflower Womenspirit Festival ...... 249 Ár nDraíocht Féin: A Druid Fellowship (ADF)...... 255 Elderflower is a community of women and girls working to Ár nDraíocht Féin: A Druid Fellowship (ADF) is an inter- empower each other and celebrating Goddess as Maiden, Mother, national fellowship devoted to creating a public tradition of Crone, and Amazon. We gather annually in the Mendicino Wood- Neopagan Druidry. The Irish words, pronounced “arn ree-ocht lands in August for ritual, workshops, laughter, and cater meals. fane”, mean “Our Own Druidism”, and that’s just what ADF This years festival will be held on August 9-12. is—a completely independent tradition of Neopagan Druidism. Come visit room 249, make some new friends, have a snack with us, learn about our community and the Festival and tell us

10 This year, come and experience our druid hospitality room for simple ritual experience your connection to all that is. refreshments and stimulating conversation. We will be sched- 8:00 PM Gentle Nesting & Silent Auction begins. . . room uling various educational workshops on ADF cosmology and open until it closes. ritual throughout the weekend. • SATURDAY DIVINE DRAGON POWER Our hospitality room hours are Noon to 2 AM (or longer), ex- 11:00 AM—Watersharing*; cept Sunday when we will be open from 11:00 AM to 1 AM. Noon—Royals High Tea with the King & Queen of the May. Heathen Hospitality Hall...... 257 1:00 PM—Nest & Nurturance Time; 3:30 PM—“Thou Art Divine Dragon Empowerment Ritual” We welcome all those who are friendly to the Heathen/Ger- with Francesca Gentille & Tim Emert manic Faiths. 5:00 PM—“Goddesses of the Fay & Fairies” with Morning Please join us for pleasant conversation, snacks and a good time Glory Zell Ravenheart to be had by all. Sponsored by Othala Hearth: dbcarlson72@gmail. 8:00 PM—50th Anniversary of CAW Celebration & Absinthe com and the larger community of Heathens in the SF Bay Area Salon, Bring ID. • Friday —1:30 PM: Hall Opens; 3:00 PM: Opening Blot; • SUNDAY LIVING GAIA—WORLD SOUL 6:30-7:30 PM: Social – food, drink and conversation with 11:00 AM—Watersharing; fellow heathens. Noon—Tarot Tea; 7:30-8:30 PM: Community Storytelling with Steven Abell – 2:00 PM—Gaian Ritual by Oberon Zell Ravenheart; Come to listen or share a story of your own. 5:00 PM—CAW Curia 9:30-Midnight: Friday Night Social 7:00 PM—Closing of the Silent Auction; • Saturday—8:30 AM: Hall opens 8:00 PM—Nest & Nurturance Time...until it ends... 6:00-7:00 PM: Raffle to support the Hall. • MONDAY FAREWELL 9:30-10:30 PM: Scotch Tasting – Limited to 15 people, sign 11:00 AM—Farewell Watersharing* up early in the Hall. Bring a bottle of Scotch for the tasting or **All times subject to change** Room open always. See White a small donation for the Hall. MUST BE 21! Board for changes 10:30 PM-1:30 AM: Saturday Night Social • Sunday—8:30 AM: Hall opens Earth Medicine Alliance Hospitality Room ...... 265 5:30-6:30 PM: Sumbel ; 6:30 PM-1:30 AM: Sunday Night Social The Earth Medicine Alliance is a Bay Area non-profit dedicated • Monday —8:30 AM: Hall opens; to interfaith dialogue among diverse earth-honoring traditions 11:00 AM: Closing Blot & Clean-up: Volunteers Welcome! and ways of life. In 2012 we’re offering regular community rituals Sisterhood of Avalon ...... 259 throughout the Bay Area, and our third annual conference: Cel- ebrating Ancestral Wisdom, Oct 20-21st in San Francisco. We are Bendithion a Croeso! The Sisterhood of Avalon is a fully incor- also happy to share free online interviews with earth-spirit elders porated, non-profit international Celtic Women’s Mysteries Orga- and wisdom-keepers through our Voices of the Earth Project. For nization which seeks to balance Intuitive Wisdom with Scholastic more info on our work see: www.earthmedicine.org Achievement. Among our activities, we sponsor the Avalonian Our room will be open and we invite you to stop by from Fri- Thealogical Seminary; facilitate international training intensives; day evening through Monday morning. When we don’t have some- host Spiritual Pilgrimages to sacred sites in the British Isles; support thing scheduled, we’re aiming for a restorative and relaxing chill a barter and matronage program; publish The Tor Stone: A Quarterly space, including complimentary oracle and tarot readings from Journal for Women’s Mysteries e-zine; and provide a variety of learn- shiny, friendly Alliance members. ing opportunities for wisdoms shared and insights gained. • Saturday @ 11 AM: Mountain Medicine in the SF Bay Area. We invite you to spend some time around our hearth fire, and Share in heart circle and possible some light ritual with folks who join us in building community and learn more about who we are are actively relating with six of the sacred mountains that circle the and what we do over a cup of tea. San Francisco Estuary. Church of All Worlds (CAW) ...... 261 • Saturday @ 9PM: Singing Circle. All are welcome to join us in Initially inspired by Heinlein’s sci-fi novel, Stranger in a Strange rocking out with songs from different earth-honoring traditions. Land, the Church of All Worlds (CAW) is the oldest incorporated Drums, rattles, and your favorite songs are welcome. Neo-Pagan church in the World, and the first church to legally or- Saturday @ 3:30PM: Honoring our Indigenous Ancestors. People dain Priestesses and sanction gay and poly marriages. Founded by of all bloodlines and traditions are welcome in heart circle to honor Oberon Zell and Lance Christie on April 7, 1962, this year is our and offer light ritual with our indigenous ancestors (distant and 50th anniversary! The first church to claim the appellation of “Pa- possibly more recent). How is it to contact and relate with these gan,” we are dedicated to the Awakening of Gaea and reuniting Her ancestors as modern practitioners of earth-honoring paths? children through tribal community dedicated to responsible stew- Fire Family, Spark & Gaia’s Oasis Hospitality Room ...... 267 ardship and the evolution of consciousness. Pass through our magical portal and leave the mundane behind 50th Anniversary Experiencing the Divine Within and Without ** as you enter a soothing and beautiful place where you can relax and • FRIDAY OPENING commingle with the greater Fire Family. Our transformative space 1:30 PM (Santa Clara room) “2012: Year of The Awakening” is sponsored by four groups that host Sacred Fire Circle gatherings with Oberon Zell-Ravenheart including the Spark Collective, with monthly rituals in Oakland 7:00 PM Welcome Watersharing *Water shared is life shared, and Winter’s Flame gathering in January; Gaia’s Oasis, which hosts is an essential tenet of The Church of All Worlds. In this

11 the GaiaFire gathering in the Sierra foothills south of Yosemite; The ladies and gentlemen of CAYA South Bay will be on Redwood Nights, which hosts a monthly Sacred Fire Circle in the hand to answer questions about CAYA’s San Jose satellite Santa Cruz area and Fire Tribe Hawaii which hosts Solstice and group. CAYA South Bay offers public sabbats and full moon Equinox gatherings on the island of Oahu. rituals for self-indentifying women throughout the year. • FRIDAY Open 6 to 9 PM—“Welcome Home” reception for Come by and meet the people who make it happen. fire family folk & friends Friday evening. The South Bay Pagan Room will be open throughout the after- • SATURDAY Open 10 AM to 5:30 PM & 7 to 10 PM noon and all evening long everyday of PantheaCon. While every 11 AM—“Use your Witchy Gifts for Healing with Tantric moment won’t be a party, we’ll always have literature on hand if Shamanism and the ShamaSoma Method” with Sylvia Bral- you are interested in getting some information on the various lier; groups and activities available in the South Bay. 1:30 PM—Song & Chant Swap with Deborah Hamouris The Haven Room...... 271 • SUNDAY Open 11 AM to 9 PM The Haven Room is a refuge of quiet and calm for anyone in 1:30 PM—A Demonstration of Sonic Alchemy with Sharon need of respite from the hustle and bustle of PantheaCon. Veiled in Knight; 3:30 PM—a Winter’s Flame Reunion white with an altar for meditation and focused centering, this sanc- As always there will be lots of spontaneous music making, sing- tuary has calming scents and sounds to relax your body and mind. ing and advanced hanging-out at the Fire Family Suite! Please Hosted jointly by Anderson Feri Tradition priests and MorningStar check the schedule of events posted on the door and join us for tea Mystery School, we encourage you to attend a morning medita- and light snacks during our open hours. tion session or enjoy one of the talks hosted each day. Please see Come play with the greater Fire Family community at The the conference guide or the daily calendar for the event schedule. Spark Collective Sacred “Fire” Circle at 11 PM on Sunday evening Donations to offset material costs are appreciated! elsewhere at the Con (check your program for the location). • Friday—5:30 PM to 6 PM Stone City Pagan Sanctuary ...... 268 Center and Circumference: Stone City is a Pagan center in the hills just outside the Bay Surviving P-con in Good Health by T. Thorn Area, providing sacred spaces for ritual and community gather- 9 PM to 11:30 PM ings, and features California’s first Pagan standing stone circle. Welcome to P-Con Open House! www.thestonecity.org • Saturday—10 AM to 10:30 AM • Stone City Gypsy Cafe—Saturday 11 AM-4 PM & Sunday Morning Meditation with Rynn Fox noon—5 PM 11:30 PM to 12:30 PM We’ll be offering Turkish coffee, spiced Indian chai and treats. Feri Stones—Divination with the Iron Pentacle with J’te Argent; Come sit back on a cushion, listen to exotic rhythms, sip something 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM Feri Tent Revival Rehearsal warm and aromatic and relax out of the madness of the con. Musi- (Closed to the public) cians and dancers are encouraged to come with your bells and drums 5:30 to 6:30 PM—Feri Mixer for spontaneous belly dance jam sessions as the spirit moves us. • Sunday—10 AM to 10:30 AM • Raven Kin Meetup—Sunday 10 AM—noon Morning Meditation Meeting time for members of the Raven Kin network and in- 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM terested friends and kin, with Morrigan devotional offerings at 11 Belly Dance, Ritual, and Magick with belly dancers and AM. If you have heard Her call to action for our changing world, magick workers SIWA and Jennifer Herbert. please join us. 2:30 to 3:30 PM South Bay Circles...... 269 Pagan Service, Pagan Ministry with Robert Russell & T. Thorn Coyle of Solar Cross and Peter Dybing of Covenant of The South Bay Pagan Room is a gathering place for the various the Goddess and diverse groups on that “other” part of the Peninsula. South Bay 7:30 PM to 8:30 PM Circles is an umbrella organization of local circles and covens in the Morningstar/Fiat LVX/Solar Cross mixer Silicon Valley Area. SBC offers eight open sabbats a year, and other social events. CAYA South Bay is a branch of Come As You Are Co- The Faery Salon...... 273 ven; an eclectic, open, drop in coven in the San Francisco Bay Area. Faery Witchcraft is an initiatory tradition descended from Vic- CAYA’s goal is to build on and connect Pagan community in San tor and Cora Anderson. The Faery Salon is a place for magic in the Jose, and the surrounding South Bay. In 2012, CAYA South Bay will moment, the face to face ritual, story and song of our tradition. offer the Grove of Hekate full moon rituals for all self-identifying We still believe that secrets passed from mouth to ear and hand to women and South Bay Pagan Sabbat social gatherings. heart are the essence of Faery. You do not have to identify as Faery • Friday from 7:00 to 10:00 PM to participate in most events, but we ask that you respect our ways South Bay Circles Meet and Greet. within these walls and not reproduce materials gathered here in Come out and meet the Pagans of the South Bay! In addition written or electronic form. to the leadership of South Bay Circles, there will be lots of • Friday 7:00 – 9:00 PM—Faery Tradition Meet and Greet different Silicon Valley covens and circles on hand. We’ll have Faery initiates train few students, work toward initiation, and snacks, drinks, great music, etc. Stop by and say hello. do not charge for instruction. Maybe this calls to you, but how • Saturday from 7:00 to 10:00 PM would you ever meet one? At the Faery Tradition Meet and Greet! CAYA South Bay Meet and Greet

12 Come share food and drink and see if you connect with someone. org and by members of the Thelemic community including www. Open to all seekers, students, and Faery initiates who do not charge thelemistas.org, www.blazingstar-oto.org, www.418lodge.org, and for instruction or post materials on the internet. www.temple-sophia.org. • Saturday 3:30 – 5:30PM—Imaginary Campfire: A Feri/Faery The Open Source Order of the Golden Dawn (OSOGD)...... 960 History Lesson “The Open Source Order of the Golden Dawn is a group of Pa- Come hear stories of almost 40 years of the Faery/Feri tradi- gans who have come together to study the Mysteries of Hermetic tions, and tell a few of your own. Join initiates for an old-fashioned Magick. Our goal is to normalize adeptship: to make the art of story exchange, featuring special guest Brian Dragon. magick more prevalent in the world. Contact us at: cancellarius@ Open to all students and initiates of the Feri/Faery traditions. osogd.org or the learn more about us here: www.osogd.org”. Open • Sunday 1:30 – 3:30PM—Melissa Meet (By invitation only) in the evenings. Look for hours tba. A meeting and ritual for Faery bee priestesses of any gender. Bring your drums. Haitian Vodou suite (Sosyete Fos Fe Yo We’s suite)...... 966 • Sunday 4:00 – 6:00PM—Men’s Heart Circle for Envisioning Also sponsoring events for the Kemetic Interfaith Network Men’s Mysteries: Work and Play (KIN) and Llewellyn Publications. Calling a Heart Circle, invoking Heartspace, has been a bench- • Friday—9PM-11PM mark practice in the Radical Faerie culture since the 1970s. Men “Fetiquette”—how to prepare for a Vodou fet (service to the who are open to sharing with other men their visions, hopes, de- Lwa), including preparation for tomorrow evening’s Danbala sires, dreams, stories, and more are welcome to this safe space of Sevis. If we have time and the spirits are willing, there will be listening, sharing, and nurturing. Facilitated by Leafshimmer, Rad- a small Vodou ceremony as part of/at the end of this class. ical Faerie and Faery Tradition Initiate. • Saturday—5PM-7PM • Sunday 7:00 – 9:00PM—Of Bards Past and Present: The Songs Llewellyn Author Open House, sponsored by Llewellyn Publ. of Faery 7PM-9PM Come together to learn and exchange ritual chants and songs Kemetic Interfaith Network (KIN) used by many in the Faery/Feri traditions. Bring your instruments. Open House—all Kemetic/ancient Egyptian devotees and Initiates and students of Faery/Feri. friends are welcome. Sponsored by KIN (www.kemetic.info) PantheaCon Hospitality Suite (See page 10 )...... 954 and the House of Netjer. • Sunday—3:30-?? PM Thelemic Hospitality Suite...... 957 Sosyete Fos Fe Yo We (Vodou) Open House—following For Thelemites, the Word of the Law is “Thelema”, the Greek Mambo T’s lecture, we’ll adjourn to the suite for additional word for “will”. We accept as our fundamental maxim, “Do what discussion and socializing. Starting at 5PM, there will be a thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law” -- that is, we seek to dis- book release party for Mambo T’s “Haitian Vodou: An Intro- cover what our true Will is, and then do it. We do this by learning duction to Haiti’s Indigenous Spiritual Tradition.” Bring your from each other, bringing together a variety of esoteric knowledge copies to be signed! and understanding, and providing a welcoming space in which to CoG/NROOGD/NWC Hospitality Suite...... 1054 gather, share, and celebrate our universal brotherhood. Come find out more: visit us in the Thelemic hospitality suite! Have a drink This Hospitality Suite is the annual shared project of three Witch- and a snack, talk with us, and discover more about your own true es’ organizations since the early years of PantheaCon. They are: New Will and Thelema. Reformed Orthodox Order of the Golden Dawn (NROOGD, which • Friday— open 5 PM—after midnight has no relationship to the Golden Dawn), Covenant of the Goddess 6 PM “What is Thelema?”—Local Thelemites gather to discuss (CoG), and the New Wiccan Church (NWC). Each of these organi- your questions about Thelema, Will, and ritual magick; zations serves the Pagan and Witch communities with open celebra- 9 PM “Meet the OTO”—Come have a drink with the masters, tions, service projects, and continuing education. CoG and NWC officers, and members of various OTO bodies; 11:11 PM A toast also provide clergy training and credentials to qualified members. unto Nuit! Our suite offers information, conversation, and programming • Saturday— open 8:30 AM—after midnight from 1 PM to midnight Friday, and 9 AM to midnight Saturday & 8:30—10:30 AM: Muffins, coffee, and juice Sunday or until folks finally go to bed and we can close our doors. 6 PM “Finding Your True Will: An Introduction to the Temple We are known for our mediocre food and the excellent, often deep, of the Silver Star”—David Shoemaker; conversations that can be found here. You are welcome to bring 8 PM “Meet the Thelemic Authors”—A visit with Lon DuQuette takeout or brown-bag meals to our mealtime programs. and David Shoemaker; This year our programming will include receptions for the NWC 11:11PM A toast unto Nuit!, (6PM Friday) Philip Heselton (6PM Sat), and Ed Fitch (4:30PM Midnight Movie: Crowley Sun); a survey of Indigenous environmental issues throughout the • Sunday— open 8 AM—after midnight, Americas, along with issues of communication (1PM Sat), a Brit- 8:30—10:30 AM: Muffins, coffee, and juice ish Traditional historical overview (Sun 1PM), a discussion of how 11:11 PM A toast unto Nuit!, Midnight Movie: The Life of Brian magic works (Sun 3PM), a children’s workshop to create a magical • Monday —8:30–10:30 AM: Muffins, coffee, and juice belt of protection (11am Sat), and a ritual for invited guests, spon- The Thelemic Hospitality Suite is sponsored by www.sirius-oto. sored by NROOGD (6PM Sun).

13 More presentations may develop as space permits. Please see 1:30-3:00 PM: Children Story Telling & Finger Puppet Making. our ad in the program, and always check at the door for updates. Snacks. Pagan Alliance Hospitality Suite (wants times in bold font) 1057 10:00 PM-2:00 AM: Paradigm Shift-11th Annual Pagan Festi- Please join us for community building, networking, festival val & Parade Launch Party-Vampirate Scourge!!! Mermaid Oracle. planning, & relaxation. Be “Green”! Bring your chalice. 21+ with Drawing for The Hunger/Pirate Ball Casket & Witches Ball Basket! Photo ID to drink spirits. Donations are welcome. Follow us on 2:00-3:30 AM: Friends of the Pagan Alliance. Twitter. Replies to twitter.com/paganalliance. Info- www.thepa- AMUH (American Magic Umbanda House) ...... 1060 ganalliance.org We are followers of Umbanda African, an Afro-Brazilian spiri- • Friday—7:00-10:30 PM: In Suite Pagan Festival Vendor Reg- tual tradition working with the Orixa of the Yoruba people of West istration $90 (on-line registration at www.thepaganalliance.org) Africa. We are a mixed pantheon house, meaning we also work 8:00 PM – 10:30 PM—Queer Cocktails—Queer-identifying with other powers. The House, under Mai d’Orixa Maeva, resides meet & network in a casual, safe environment. All welcome! in Oakland CA. • Saturday—12:30-7:00PM and 9:00-2:00 AM: In Suite Pagan We are closed on Friday in prep for the Pombagira Devotional Festival Vendor Registration The suite will be open from noon to 10PM on Saturday and 12:30 -1:30 PM: Pagan Festival & Parade Planning Meeting. Sunday with hospitality and conversation, and also on Monday Find out how you can contribute or volunteer for this Pagan Pride from noon till 5 PM. Mai d’Orixa Maeva will do a meet and greet event. Committee positions open. Refreshments. on Saturday and Sunday afternoons. Sunday afternoon we will host 3:00-5:00 PM: Afternoon Tea (Long Island Style) with the a workshop by Leni on Ochun’s Golden Pentacle. Queens—Co-hosted with The Circle of Dionysos www.circleofdiony- Additional event offerings and times will be listed on the sos.org – Low octane tea available too! All welcome with photo ID. suite door. 9:00 PM-11:00PM: A Modern Dionysian Initiation Pre-Party Co-Hosted by Circle of Dionysos House of Danu...... 1066 11:00 PM-1:30 AM: Membership Launch Party—Vampirates with An Alliance of OBOD Druid Groves and Seed Groups in the Mermaid Oracle! Costumes recommended. Best costume prize. West (i.e. West of Sussex, England) 1:30-3:30 AM: Friends of the Pagan Alliance. • Saturday Night—9:30 PM to 2:00 AM: Danse with the Dead • Sunday—12:30-7:00PM and 10:00-2:00 AM: In Suite Pagan The Druid House of Danu invites you to dance with the leg- Festival Vendor Registration endary Danse Macabre and music spun by our House DJ, Murias 12:30 -1:30 PM: Pagan Festival & Parade Planning Meeting- O’Ceallagh. Druid mead and cider will be available. Bring ID. When Refreshments served. dressing for the event, know that we expect to see dead people.

14 Schedule for CoG/NWC/NROOGD Suite 1054 Day Time Event Friday 1:00 PM Suite Opens 6:00 – 7:30 PM Reception - NWC meet and greet Saturday 9:00 AM Suite Opens 11:00AM Children's Program - Magical Belt of Protection Lunches 1:00PM Indigenous Issues and CoG Welcome A survey of indigenous environmental issues North and South America and Communications challenges 3:00 to 5:00 PM Cog open meeting - NCLC 6:00PM – 7:00 PM Reception - Philip Heselton - Author Sunday 9:00AM Suite Opens Lunches 1:00 to 2:30 PM What Witches Did: welcome The British Magical Tradition in Myth, Legend and History 3:00 to 4:30 PM How Witches Do What They Do: The Quantum Science of Magick 4:30 to 6:00 PM Pyrate Magick Cocktail Hour With Ed Fitch We encourage appropriate (Arrrr Matey) dress 6:00 – 7:00 PM Nekked NROOGD Ritual Participants will be nude and ritual is by invite only

Member Presentations at other convention locations Chanting as an Ecstatic Experience Ritual, Sat 1:30pm, Pine Margot Adler, CoG Vampires R Us, Sun 1:30pm, Fir Annelise Bazar, NWC: International Folkdance Elements, Monday 1:30 Fir Shades of Faith; Minority Voices in Paganism Panel, Saturday, 9am Cedar Crystal Blanton, CoG: Sustaining through Conflict; Restorative Justice in Action, Sunday, 9am Cedar Rise of the Phoenix; Family practice ..., Sunday 7PM, San Jose Don Frew, CoG, NROOGD Pagan Libraries of the Ancient and Modern World, Sun 9am, Carmel/ Monterey A Journey of Discovery and Wow, Sun 9 pm, Carmel/Monterey Greenheart Grove, CoG The Price of Magic--Spirit and Matter, Mon 9am, Fir George Hersh, NROOGD, CoG Through Magical Eyes, Sat 9am, Carmel Amber and Azrael K, CoG Hecate: Bright Maiden dark Crone Queen and Mage, Sat 1:30pm, San Jose Dark Demeter Women and Harvest, Sat 9am, Fir Sabina Magliocco, CoG La Befana, Sun 3:30pm, Carmel/Monterey Touching the Sacred: Fri 3:30pm, Oak Patrick McCollum, CoG Pagans and Hindus Together: Sun 9 am [Fir] Michelle Mueller CoG: Queer Pagan Panel: Exploring Unity in Diversity. Friday 1:30 in Carmel/Monterey M. Macha NightMare, CoG Growing Pagan Elders, Mon 9am, Carmel How to Find a British Traditional Coven, Saturday, 11am, Riesling NWC Panel Magical Stones Workshop, Sun 9pm, San Jose Kay Pannell, CoG Opening Ritual Friday 1 pm on Emperor Norton Long sword Team, Saturday 12:30 pm and 5:30 pm, Glenn Turner, NROOGD, CoG: Occupy this Panel, Sunday at 1:30 pm Prison Ministry Monday TBA

Valerie Voigt, NWC Village Witchery 101, Friday 1:30-San Juan/ San Carlos

15 Friday Afternoon at a Glance IMPORTANT NOTE: vindicates that entry is not allowed after event starts; ¡ indicates there are restrictions regarding admission. Check the program description for details. 1:00 PM - Opening Ritual...... Glenn Turner & friends...... Oak 1:30 PM - Queer Pagan Panel: Exploring Unity in Diversity...... Mueller, Cartier, Smith & Kinney...... Carmel/ Monterey 1:30 PM - Blessing and Cursing - An Overview of Scottish Folk Magic...... Ellen Evert Hopman...... Cedar 1:30 PM - Ancestor Ritual...... Patricia Lafayllve...... Fir 1:30 PM v Triple Goddess Magic: Inner Guidance Quest...... Selena Fox...... Oak 1:30 PM - A Witch, a Seer, and a Crowleyite Walk Into a Bar...... Weiser Books...... Pine 1:30 PM - Energy Medicine...... Isa Gucciardi, Ph.D...... San Jose 1:30 PM - Village Witchery 101...... Hexeba Theaux...... San Juan/ San Carlos 1:30 PM v Where oh where is my love?? Using Astrology to find the answers...... Dinnie McLaughlin...... San Martin/ San Simeon 1:30 PM - 2012: Year of The Awakening...... Oberon Zell-Ravenheart...... Santa Clara 1:30 PM v The Dance of Diversity and Unity: A Ritual...... North Bay Reclaiming...... Silicon Valley 3:30 PM - The Ekklesia Antinoou and Queer Youth Spirituality...... Ekklesia Antinoou...... Carmel/ Monterey 3:30 PM - Magic in the Streets...... Starhawk...... Cedar 3:30 PM v Who Are You in the Tarot?...... Mary Greer...... Fir 3:30 PM - Touching The Sacred, the Power of The Tangable...... Patrick McCollum...... Oak 3:30 PM - The World On A String...... >ogam-...... Pine 3:30 PM - The Sacred Arts of West Africa...... Helena Domenic...... San Jose 3:30 PM v Magick, Poetry, Wisdom: A Journey into Power...... Jenya T. Beachy...... San Juan/ San Carlos 3:30 PM - Group Dynamics for Pagan Organizations...... Rev. Jessie Medb Olson...... San Martin/ San Simeon 3:30 PM v Reclaiming the Warlock...... Alexander James Adams...... Santa Clara 3:30 PM - Bay Area Pagan Families Meet and Greet...... San Francisco Pagan Parents & Families... Silicon Valley 5:00 PM - Welcoming the Sabbath Bride...... A Couple of Jews...... Riesling

Witches, and purifying he land when cattle disease threatens are Friday Afternoon Schedule just some of the day-to-day magical traditions of the Scots. Ellen is 1:00 PM Oak the author of the new book SCOTTISH HERBS AND FAIRY LORE Opening Ritual (Pendraig Publishing, 2011) Glenn Turner & friends 1:30 PM Fir At this Opening Ritual we acknowledge the Guardians of the Ancestor Ritual quarters and spread a circle of protection around the hotel for the Patricia Lafayllve weekend of the Con. If the group is small enough, we can introduce One thing people of most paths have in common is the rever- our selves and our hopes for the event. This short ritual allows pro- ence for their ancestors. Patricia Lafayllve will lead a heathen ritual gramming to start at 1:30 PM. to honor the ancestral dead focusing on building and maintaining 1:30 PM Carmel/Monterey reciprocal relationships with our ancient family members. Please Queer Pagan Panel: Exploring Unity in Diversity feel free to bring a small token or ancestral item which you hold dear to help build the ancestor altar. Michelle Mueller, Marie Cartier, Michael Smith & Ste Kinney We have brought together this bunch of queer Pagan activists, 1:30 PM Oak academics, and ritual artists to speak on the topic of “unity in di- Triple Goddess Magic: Inner Guidance Quest versity.” Speakers will address the theme in the context of the queer Selena Fox Pagan movement. A benefit of this particular panel is the range of Attune to the Goddess of the Moon as a Triplicity—Maiden/ experience. On this panel are queer Pagan activists from the ‘70s, vWaxing Moon, Mother/Full Moon, Crone/Waning Moon— ‘80s, ‘90s, and the new millennium. Find out where the queer Pa- and as a Unity embracing this diversity. Align with each form gan movement has been and where it is going! through sacred names, symbols, ritual posture for meditative guid- 1:30 PM Cedar ance about aspects of self and life, and then experience the integra- Blessing and Cursing—An Overview of Scottish Folk Magic tive power of All-Goddess. Ellen Evert Hopman Protecting the house and barn, preventing children from be- ing abducted by Fairies, keeping the milk from being stolen by

16 FRIDAY 1:30 PM Pine equate such an event with the awakening of consciousness in our A Witch, a Seer, and a Crowleyite Walk Into a Bar. own minds, as the billions of neurons in our brains link up syn- ergistically. Just so shall we participate in the Awakening of Gaea Weiser Books Herself. What shall we choose—Apocalypse or Apotheasis? Weiser Books celebrates the diversity among our authors with this panel featuring: Raven Grimassi, Lon Milo DuQuette, Diana 1:30 PM Silicon Valley Paxson, Orion Foxwood, Mary K. Greer, and Jacki Smith, in con- The Dance of Diversity and Unity: A Ritual versation about writing, ritual, and community. Weiser editors will North Bay Reclaiming be on hand with publishing guidelines. We walk in a world weighed down by assumptions. Those 1:30 PM San Jose vwe hold of ourselves, those we hold of others, and those oth- Energy Medicine ers hold of us. Are we ready to challenge them? Are we ready to challenge ourselves? In this ecstatic ritual we will explore our as- Isa Gucciardi, Ph.D. sumptions, acknowledge our prejudices, and celebrate these acts This highly experiental workshop will compare different ways of of power. There is beauty in diversity. There is beauty in unity. And understanding energy and energy medicine from several different the two dance together. cultural contexts. We will explore the chakra systems from Vedic Sci- ence, the importance of the Central and Side Channels in Tibetan 3:30 PM Carmel/Monterey Energy Medicine, the concepts of aka and mana from the Huna tra- The Ekklesia Antinoou and Queer Youth Spirituality dition. We will also explore the use of sound and light in healing the Ekklesia Antinoou spirit in different cultures. Through the examination of models of Antinous was as young as 17, but no older than 20, when he died healing different cultures provide, a comprehensive understanding and was deified, and he was syncretized to many “youthful” gods of the anatomy of the human energy system will emerge. (e.g. Eros, Hermes, Dionysos). The Ekklesia Antinoou and mod- 1:30 PM San Juan/San Carlos ern Antinoan devotion was founded by people who were about 25 Village Witchery 101 years old back in 2002, and one of its basic tenets is that there is wisdom in youth. What does the Ekklesia Antinoou have to offer Hexeba Theaux young queer people, particularly tweens and teens, of all genders As Witches, we have a hybrid heritage: ceremonial magic and and sexual orientations? Come and find out—and get involved in other elements of the Western Mystery Tradition, modern scholar- making suggestions by notifying us of your needs! ship, the Counterculture, and folk tradition. When we come out of the broom closet, we quickly learn that it is the practical magic of 3:30 PM Cedar folk tradition that comes foremost in the minds of our non-Pagan Magic in the Streets neighbors! What do you do when they start coming around to ask Starhawk for help with their love life, their children, and their lost cats? Come From Wall Street to the port of Oakland, from Justin Herman learn about the nuts and bolts of village Witchery. PREREQUISITE Plaza to squares in hundreds of small towns all over the country, FOR VILLAGE WITCHERY 102, 201, AND 202. people have taken to the streets throughout the fall of 2011 to pro- 1:30 PM San Martin/San Simeon test the corruption and injustice of our economic system and to Where oh where is my love? Using Astrology to find the answers call for something better. How can magical folks bring something of our spirit into political activism? How do we sensitively offer Dinnie McLaughlin ritual and consciousness change to hard-core activists or rational- While studying the twelve houses of horoscope, we will ex- ist organizers? What are the magical tools we can use to stay calm vplore the diversity of our romantic and emotional natures. amidst chaos, to shift big energies and amplify change? And how We will review cultural interpretations for planets and sun signs can activism deepen our magic and expand our spiritual practice? with a focus on relationship issues. Compatibility questions will Starhawk shares stories and tools from her years of magical activ- be answered by considering various factors on the chart and doing ism and from the Occupy movement. demonstration readings. We will reflect on the starry sources that point to harmonious or discordant communications and relation- 3:30 PM Fir ship issues. We will look at the symbolic keys in the zodiac that give Who Are You in the Tarot? clues to the potential for relationship success and study the houses Mary Greer that are linked with your direction in love. How do you work with Tarot cards individual to you to learn 1:30 PM Santa Clara vmore about yourself? You’ll find out how to determine the 2012: Year of The Awakening cards that most represent you, based on my newest book, Who Are You in the Tarot?. Working with others in a spirit of play, we’ll use Oberon Zell-Ravenheart these cards to explore your inner depths and receive individual As the popular mythology and anticipation around the year guidance from the archetypes of the Tarot. Add another dimension 2012 builds, with speculations and predictions ranging from Judg- to your work with any card oracles using these techniques. ment Day to the destruction of the planet, magickal people around the world are focusing on the pivotal moment of Winter Solstice to catalyze a global Awakening of planetary consciousness. We might

FRIDAY 17 3:30 PM Oak is one to be Reclaimed—with Honor and Power. Come to learn and Touching The Sacred, the Power of The Tangable by your own free will, reclaim the title for yourself. Patrick McCollum 3:30 PM Silicon Valley This “hands-on” workshop will share dozens of Pagan sacred Bay Area Pagan Families Meet and Greet artifacts from sacred sites around the world, and their accompany- San Francisco Pagan Parents and Families ing stories, to give each participant the opportunity to touch them Wonder where all the other Pagan families are? Come meet and connect with their power. other Pagan parents and kids in the Bay Area. We will give a short 3:30 PM Pine presentation about SFPPaF and then open it up for social time and The World On A String let the kids play! >ogam- 5:00 PM Riesling Hold an altar in your hands. Explore, pray, meditate, walk, and Welcoming the Sabbath Bride make magic with a strand of beads. See familiar and new ways of A Couple of Jews using beads in your personal practice. Jew-friendly Pagans, Pagan-friendly Jews, and those who find 3:30 PM San Jose ways to be Heathen and non-Heathen at the same time, please join The Sacred Arts of West Africa us as we welcome the Jewish Sabbath. There’ll be a short prayer service (where the Hebrew God is acknowledged to encompass a Helena Domenic feminine form!) followed by wine and bread and maybe something Africa is an enormous continent filled with arts and art making tasty to nosh upon. that are frequently misunderstood by Westerners. Modern day schol- ars have done much to shed light on the art of Africa, particularly in Friday Evening Schedule understanding the proper context; that nearly every piece of art that is not exclusively utilitarian fulfills some kind of spiritual purpose. 7:00 PM Carmel/Monterey West Africa has had a direct effect on the culture of North and South The Rosicrucian Vault: A Compendium of the Universal Unity America, although we may not always be aware of it. Although it is Chic Cicero & Sandra Tabatha Cicero impossible to cover all the necessary ground in a short workshop, we This lecture will explore the symbolic structure and spiritual will explore the beaded universe of the Yoruba and the Fon, discover implication of the Rosicrucian Vault hinted at in the Fama Frater- the Dogon, Senufo, and the Bamana. This workshop is intended to nitatis and extrapolated in the later teachings of the Hermetic Or- whet your appetite for future exploration and research into the great der of the Golden Dawn and the R.R. et A.C. art of this beautiful and fascinating continent. 7:00 PM Cedar/Pine 3:30 PM San Juan/San Carlos Dance Elemental - Ecstatic Dance Magick, Poetry, Wisdom: A Journey into Power DevaGnosis Jenya T. Beachy Kick off PantheaCon this year with an Ecstatic Dance jour- In service to the Goddess, a child mistakenly ingests three drops ¡ney through the Elements. Check into your rooms, then vof enlightenment from Her sacred cauldron. In fear, he flees and come check into Your Body! Letís DANCE into this yearís PCon the Lady pursues. He uses his newfound power to pass through many experience. Ignite your soul, align your body with the elements, forms, before finally being consumed by Her entirely and rebirthed as open your heart, and prepare yourself for a magickal weekend! a great Bard. Join us for this Journey: become the winged, the furred, Come as you are, move how you feel. Shake your groove thing... the finned. Take your rest in the belly of the Goddess and learn the Lightly guided meditations, Live DJ, Live music and Drumming! Power of being full of outward change and inward stillness. A deeply fun time! ***All ages welcome. This is permeable sacred 3:30 PM San Martin/San Simeon space, a dance ritual. No loud conversation on dance floor. Doors Group Dynamics for Pagan Organizations close then reopen at key points during ritual.*** Rev. Jessie Medb Olson 7:00 PM Oak Group dynamics is the study of groups and group processes. Oshun: The Daughter of Promise This workshop focuses on recognizing the stages of your group’s Chief Luisah Teish development and how to better facilitate those processes. We will This is a celebration of the Goddess Oshun. It includes stories, explore patterns of communication, role assumption, dominance, poems, music and movement, exercises and ritual to awaken the group efficacy, and conflict. We will also discuss diversity, how it power and beauty of Oshun, the Elegant Deity. Please bring small is important to group growth and how to use these differences to instruments,writing materials and the spirit of play with you. strengthen your group. 7:00 PM Riesling 3:30 PM Santa Clara Pagans in recovery Reclaiming the Warlock frank johnstone and Group Alexander James Adams We are a diverse group in Santa Cruz that share their experi- The perceived role of Warlock in pagan history receives new ence, strength and Hope that explores the mysteries of recovery in vtwists in Alec’s recent research that strongly suggest this role

18 FRIDAY Friday Evening at a Glance IMPORTANT NOTE: vindicates that entry is not allowed after event starts; ¡ indicates there are restrictions regarding admission. Check the program description for details. 7:00 PM - The Rosicrucian Vault: A Compendium of the Universal Unity...... Chic Cicero & Sandra Tabatha Cicero...... Carmel/ Monterey 7:00 PM ¡ Dance Elemental - Ecstatic Dance...... DevaGnosis...... Cedar/ Pine 7:00 PM - Oshun: The Daughter of Promise...... Chief Luisah Teish...... Oak 7:00 PM - Pagans in recovery...... frank johnstone and Group...... Riesling 7:00 PM - Earth, Folk, and Kin: Animism and Civil Dissent...... Chiron Armand...... San Jose 7:00 PM - Gerald Gardner - Into the Witch Cult...... Philip Heselton...... San Juan/ San Carlos 7:00 PM - Triple Shadow: The Shadow Of The Lower, Middle, & Higher Self...... Ivo Dominguez Jr...... San Martin/ San Simeon 7:00 PM - Sacred Embodiment: Breasts! and Streams of Essence...... Max Dashu...... Santa Clara 7:00 PM - Druid Ritual: Honoring our Ancestors...... Fellowship of Druidism (FoDLA)...... Silicon Valley 7:00 PM - Meet the Author...... S. P. Hendrick...... Mezzanine 9:00 PM - Leadership in the Community...... Patricia Lafayllve...... Carmel/ Monterey 9:00 PM - Intro to the Feri Tradition...... Anaar...... Oak 9:00 PM v Inanna and Dumuzi Devotional...... Temple of Inanna and Dumuzi...... Pine 9:00 PM v The Enchanting Sun...... Michael Smith...... San Jose 9:00 PM v Lifting the Veil: Exploring Our Own Gender Diversity...... Hayden Reynolds & Christine Brooks...... San Juan/ San Carlos 9:00 PM ¡ Conjurers, Root Women, Vodou Queens and Hoodoo Mamas...... The Iseum of Black Isis...... San Martin/ San Simeon 9:00 PM - Healing Ritual for the City of San Jose...... Daniel Foor...... Santa Clara 9:00 PM - Drum Circle 101...... Don Schulz...... Silicon Valley 11:00 PM - Celtic Reconstructionist Rituals: A Look at the Nuts and Bolts...... Erynn Laurie...... Carmel/ Monterey 11:00 PM ¡ Pomba Gira Devotional...... American Magic Umbanda House...... Cedar/ Pine 11:00 PM ¡ The Many Faces of the God...... CAYA Coven’s Brotherhood of the Moon.... Oak 11:00 PM - Calling In The Spirits...... John Carosella...... San Jose/ Santa Clara 11:00 PM ¡ Enhancing evocation with Sacred sexuality and BSDM...... Athena Wallinder...... San Juan/ San Carlos 11:00 PM ¡ The Magical Land Of Egypt...... Epic Journeys...... San Martin/ San Simeon 11:00 PM - Bardic Circle!...... Palo Alto Area Pagan Meetup Group...... Silicon Valley the traditional 12 step format in comparison to our pagan beliefs. ing details of the members of the group into which he was initiated. We hold traditional 12 step meetings every Sunday night, and dis- It includes illustrations never before seen in public. cuss in ways of our particular spiritual beliefs as Pagans. 7:00 PM San Martin/San Simeon 7:00 PM San Jose Triple Shadow: The Shadow Of The Lower, Middle, & Higher Earth, Folk, and Kin: Animism and Civil Dissent Self Chiron Armand Ivo Dominguez Jr This workshop explores the historical links between witchcraft, There are many traditional systems for describing the various shamanism, and social justice. What role has the witch /bruj@ / parts of the Self. In this workshop we will explore the three-fold di- diviner /shaman played in both modern and ancient political land- vision of self. Although understood and labeled in many ways from scapes? How does an animistic worldview function within and different perspectives, this is the triple self connected to the lower, through the bounds of capitalism? How can the tools of magick, middle, and upper worlds. A portion of our conscious and being is prophecy, shamanism, and necromancy be wielded in our current present in each of these worlds and wherever there is light there is day climate of civil dissent to further just causes and bring about shadow. Commonly, the focus is on the shadow of the Lower Self, change? How are modern day followers of Earth-based traditions in this class we will explore it as well as the Shadow of the Middle especially equipped to dismantle systems of oppression? and Upper Selves. 7:00 PM San Juan/San Carlos 7:00 PM Santa Clara Gerald Gardner - Into the Witch Cult Sacred Embodiment: Breasts! and Streams of Essence Philip Heselton Max Dashu Many will know Gerald Gardner as having publicized the exis- Forget “essentialism!” We’re talking about divine Essence in tence of what he called ‘the witch cult’ in England. But what do we embodied, immanent form, and how its symbolic power translates know of his life before his initiation? This talk reveals details of this to both ritual and everyday objects. First we’ll look at images of early life which shed light on his character. It also reveals fascinat- breastpots from East Asia, the Mediterranean, the Americas, cen-

FRIDAY 19 tral Europe, Nigeria and Iraq; also breasted drums, mortars, fur- naces, houses, doors and ladders; gold breastplates, votive plaques, Luxnoir Kundalini Yoga figurines and megalithic statues. Then a special treat: little-known as taught by Yogi Bhajan rock paintings in Zimbabwe depict ancestral women with streams Join us in celebrating our 10th year at of blood /vital power flowing from their vulvas, and some of these Great Mothers emanate entire lineages of tiny people. And with The LGBT Community Center shamanic attributes... 1800 Market St, Rm 302, San Francisco

7:00 PM Silicon Valley Druid Ritual: Honoring our Ancestors Every Thursday 7:00 to 8:30 PM www.facebook.com/gurutera Fellowship of Druidism for the Latter Age (FoDLA) Come join the Fellowiship of Druidism for the Latter Age (FoD- www.luxnoir.com LA) as we share a ritual honoring our Ancestors. This is a great chance to learn about FoDLA, and see how our rituals are performed. Every- one has Ancestors, so please consider joining us as we take time to 9:00 PM San Jose give them some special focus and offerings. We will supply offerings The Enchanting Sun that can be shared, and you can bring your own as well. Michael Smith 7:00 PM Mezzanine In this ritual we take upon ourselves the Solar Power to Meet the Author vspread Enchantment throughout our lives and in our times S. P. Hendrick—author with Pendraig Publishing and places we pass. Open yourself to becoming an agent of Re-En- chantment. We fill to the brim with the power to bring the Realms 9:00 PM Carmel/Monterey closer, to open the Gates, to rebuild that which was lost. Leadership in the Community 9:00 PM San Juan/San Carlos Patricia Lafayllve Lifting the Veil: Exploring Our Own Gender Diversity Just who are our pagan leaders? How do we recognize them? Are there any ërealí pagan leaders at all? This seminar, led as an open Hayden Reynolds, Ph.D. and Christine Brooks, Ph.D. discussion, presents concepts of leadership, authority, and ways What does it mean to be a man or a woman dedicated to a path to recognize the actual leaders in oneís community as opposed to vof spiritual development? What defines masculine and femi- those who may claim it. We discuss the role of leaders in various nine qualities of such development? What is the lived experience for aspects of the pagan movement ñ from the local head of household those who live in between these assumed binary states? Through the to the organizational leaders to sacral leadership and what it means exploration of current research, contemporary movements in the arts not only in terms of our history, but in terms of today. and pop culture, as well as time in the session devoted to exercises designed to examine our own personal gendered experience, we will 9:00 PM Oak collectively explore the ways in which gender can be understood as a Intro to the Feri Tradition critical force in our own psychospiritual development. Anaar 9:00 PM San Martin/San Simeon This is an introductory presentation on the Feri Tradition from Conjurers, Root Women, Vodou Queens and Hoodoo Mamas the Victor and Cora Anderson line. I will present a general over- view of the core principles and practices of the tradition. We will Szmeralda Shanel and The Iseum of Black Isis begin with a meditation on the Star Goddess and move on to a brief ¡Women healers of Africa and the Diaspora have been known telling of the key myths in the tradition. There will be time at the by many names. Join The Isuem of Black Isis in song, dance end for a short Q&A session. and ritual in honor and celebration of these ancestral mothers of the spirit. Women will be cleansed, anointed and crowned. As we 9:00 PM Pine are all descendants of the African Dark Mother, ALL women who Inanna and Dumuzi Devotional identify as women are welcome. Women only. Temple of Inanna and Dumuzi 9:00 PM Santa Clara Inanna/Ishtar and Dumuzi/Tammuz are among the oldest Healing Ritual for the City of San Jose vDeities we have documented in ancient writing. Mesopota- mian in origin, Inanna is a Goddess of civilization and all its arts Daniel Foor as well as human sexuality and fertility of the land. Her consort, Cities, like humans, are also sentient beings woven of elemental Dumuzi, is a God of herding, agriculture and male potency (When energies who benefit from sacred care and engagement. Between Inanna emerged from Her marriage bed, She declared that He “did the mountain elders of Mt Hamilton and Mt Umunhum, the City so 50 times!”). We will make offerings of prayer, hymn, beer, sweet of San Jose rests entirely in traditional Ohlone territory and di- cream and sweet cakes to Them, and trance out to hymns, both rectly over waterways that nourish the southern end of the San ancient and modern. We will then receive Their blessings in our Francisco Estuary. With an inclusive shamanic approach that en- lives as we partake in a token feast of sweet cakes and honeyed courages participants’ unique ritual strengths, we’ll work as a team (non-dairy) cream. to energize prayers for the elevation and vitality of the spirit of San Jose and its inhabitants (human and otherwise).

20 FRIDAY 9:00 PM Silicon Valley Drum Circle 101 Don Schulz Introduction to the drum circle for beginners and newbies. In- cludes basic etiquette, rhythm, and improvisational ideas. Bring something to play and an adventurous attitude. Some drums and LithaMid-Winter Psychic Faire & Craft Faire rhythm toys will be provided. 11:00 PM Carmel/Monterey Celtic Reconstructionist Rituals: A Look at the Nuts and Bolts Erynn Laurie We will examine rituals used by the Seattle CR community as examples of ritual construction for vigils and shorter rites. With scripts in hand, we’ll deconstruct these texts and the elements in- volved, and discuss how and why these rituals were created and how they evolved. These living examples can provide inspiration for creation of rituals for other local groups or individuals. 11:00 PM Cedar/Pine Pomba Gira Devotional American Magic Umbanda House The annual Devotional to Pomba Gira is a celebration of Sunday February 26, 2012 ¡the power and hard-earned wisdom of Pomba Gira. Pomba teaches self-confidence, love of the body and mind, and how to  make sure the bills get paid. Dress in your best red and black, ready 120 W. Main Street Los Gatos, CA 95030 11:30am-6:00pm to dance. Remember: Street-legal cover through the halls, beach- Admission $7.00 - Children Under 12 FREE legal coverage on the dance floor. Trance is entirely optional - there are many ways to enjoy the favors of the Orixa. The environment will be sensual, but the rating for this ritual is PG-13. No-one un- der 21 admitted. No Photography!

11:00 PM Oak discuss how to perform these activities in a safe and sacred man- The Many Faces of the God ner. Such techniques can be used for inner work and self-transfor- CAYA Coven’s Brotherhood of the Moon mation, sacred offerings and to move oneself beyond that of the Come As You Are Coven’s Brotherhood of the Moon returns physical. Profound states of consciousness and awareness can be ¡to Pantheacon offering a ritual to all self-identified men who achieved easily using these methods. Otherworld travel through wish to explore the vast and numerous faces of The God. We strive BDSM and Divine sex will also be discussed. Adults only. to see Him in the eyes of our brothers and to feel His warmth radi- 11:00 PM San Martin/San Simeon ate from their hearts. It is just as important for us each to recognize Him in the face we see reflected in the mirror each day. Let us stand The Magical Land Of Egypt tall and proud alongside one another with mutual respect, fidelity, Epic Journeys camaraderie and devotion as we each reveal to one another the face Sail on the Nile River and commune with the Gods and of the God within. This ritual is open to all self-identified men ¡Goddess of Egypt. Be protected by Nekhbet as you stroll the desert lands as she shares her wisdom with you. Feel the wings of 11:00 PM San Jose/Santa Clara Isis around you, as she speaks to you of love. Enter the Sphinx and Calling In The Spirits download elements of her cosmic library. Expect other celestial en- John Carosella ergies appear as you journey in the magical land of Egypt. *Presen- Calling upon the many and diverse Compassionate Spirits is a tation and journey to the sacred sites*. Adults Only. joyful expression of life and of humble trust in Divine grace. Join us 11:00 PM Silicon Valley as we drum, sing, and dance our spirit guides, teachers, and power animals. A great way to kick off PantheaCon. Bring a drum or rattle Bardic Circle! if you have one. Palo Alto Area Pagan Meetup Group Love to lift your voice in song about that good Old Time Re- 11:00 PM San Juan/San Carlos ligion? Want to learn more songs or sacred chants? Don’t want to Enhancing evocation with Sacred sexuality and BSDM sing, but want to recite poetry, or dance, or listen? Come share your Athena Wallinder performing art, or enjoy the performing gifts of your fellow Pagans. BSDM and/or Sex Magic can be affectively used to both Format will be Pick, Pass, or Play: pick a song (or singer); pass (that ¡empower the magician, as well as power the ritual. We will is, skip your turn); or play—that is, perform! Come share the fun.

FRIDAY 21 Saturday Morning at a Glance IMPORTANT NOTE: vindicates that entry is not allowed after event starts; ¡ indicates there are restrictions regarding admission. Check the program description for details. 9:00 AM - Through Magickal Eyes...... Amber K and Azrael Arynn K...... Carmel 9:00 AM - Shades of Faith; Minority Voices in Paganism Panel...... Shades of Faith Panel...... Cedar 9:00 AM - Dark Demeter, Women and Harvest...... Sarah Iles Johnston & Sabina Magliocco..Fir 9:00 AM - Gaulish Polytheism...... Llyne Foy...... Monterey 9:00 AM v Creating & Leading Life Passage Rites: Leadership Intensive...... Selena Fox...... Oak 9:00 AM - Wake Up to Spirit Ritual...... Come As You Are Coven...... Pine 9:00 AM - Animating the Sacred Image in Ancient Egypt and Today...... Richard Reidy...... San Carlos 9:00 AM - Tarot--Prophecy, Catastrophe, and Rebirth...... Rachel Pollack...... San Jose 9:00 AM - Village Witchery 102...... Hexeba Theaux...... San Juan 9:00 AM - Yoga for Every Body...... Holly Allender Kraig...... San Martin/ San Simeon 9:00 AM v Synergistic Meditative Flows...... Jason Newcomb...... Santa Clara 9:00 AM - Beyond the Pagan Top 40: Learn New Chants...... Turning Earth Singers...... Silicon Valley 11:00 AM - Thoth Hermes Mercury: Gathering the Priest-Folk...... Sam Webster...... Carmel 11:00 AM - THE HOLY GUARDIAN ANGEL: Isn’t it Romantic?...... Lon Milo DuQuette...... Cedar 11:00 AM - The Magic of Co-Creation: Making Our Circles Work...... Starhawk...... Fir 11:00 AM - Making Peace in the War on Drugs and the War on Terror...... Ralph Metzner & Friends...... Monterey 11:00 AM v Bast: The Great Cat Goddess...... Avia Moore & Priestesses of Stone City..... Oak 11:00 AM v Reading the Stones and Bones...... Thena MacArthur...... Pine 11:00 AM - How to Find a British Traditional Wicca Coven...... New Wiccan Church...... Riesling 11:00 AM - The Holy Queer: Shamans, Healers, Dancers, & Ritualists...... Abel R. Gomez...... San Carlos 11:00 AM - Permaculture Track: Beekeeping part 1 - practicalities...... West/FFRASS...... San Jose 11:00 AM - Mother and Child Goddess Tea Party...... Bonni Cardoza...... San Juan 11:00 AM - ADF Ritual: Bringing Unity Among the Many Diverse Pantheons...... ADF...... San Martin/ San Simeon 11:00 AM - Reclaiming the Divine Feminine in Recovery...... JoAnna Silverwitch...... Santa Clara 11:00 AM ¡ Introduction to the drum for children...... Don Schulz...... Silicon Valley 11:00 AM - Knitting/Handicrafts Meet & Greet...... Mezzanine 12:30 PM - Longsword Dancing...... Emperor Norton’s Guard...... Quietbar foyer

many faces within our community, this panel will discuss some of Saturday Morning Schedule the beautiful and challenging aspects of embracing racial diversity 9:00 AM Carmel in the overall Pagan community. Panel will include Crystal Blan- Through Magickal Eyes ton, Luisah Teish, Heaven Walker, Luna Pantera, Nadirah Adeye, Szmeralda Shanel and many others. Amber K and Azrael Arynn K How many ways are there to see and understand the world? Join 9:00 AM Fir Amber and Azrael in exploring the different ways we see, and how Dark Demeter, Women and Harvest this changes our lives and realities. The workshop will include op- Sarah Iles Johnston & Sabina Magliocco tional eye makeup as a symbolic act, and experiential exercises to In this interactive lecture-discussion, discover how ancient learn and practice new ways of visioning your world. If you can see Greek women in the town of Hermione celebrated the festival of it—you can create it! Demeter Chthonia every summer, while helping scholars of an- 9:00 AM Cedar cient religion better understand how pagans experienced ritual. Shades of Faith; Minority Voices in Paganism Panel The highpoint of the festival was a ritual in which four old women used sickles to sacrifice four heifers in the temple of Demeter. Shades of Faith Panel This ritual not only was understood to sustain agriculture, as an- Come and join the authors of the new Shades of Faith anthol- cient sources claim, but also won Demeter’s support in ensuring ogy, from Immanion/Megalithic Press, as we discuss diversity that the young women of the town safely reached the age of mar- within our community and the experiences of those who are of mi- riage and reproduction. nority decent within the Pagan community. In honoring all of the

22 SATURDAY 9:00 AM Monterey even catastrophic times. This workshop is based on Rachel’s new Gaulish Polytheism book, Tarot In Magical Times (written with Johannes Fiebig). Llyne Foy Along with learning to see the Tarot in this new way we will try out The art and archaeology of the Continental Celts powerfully spreads from the book. evokes the relationships between the Gauls and their gods, and of- 9:00 AM San Juan fers rich material for the modern spiritual seeker. Come learn the Village Witchery 102 core tenets of Gaulish polytheism, how it compares with its Insular Hexeba Theaux and Brythonic cousins, and explore its connections to other Indo- This class presents further principles and techniques for European cultural traditions. We will present a review of some of Witches who may find themselves needed as community practi- the key resources and inspirations that we call upon in developing tioners in a mostly non-Pagan community. We will also discuss our personal practices, and conclude with a brief votive ritual suit- the most common problems that clients bring to Witches, and able for everyday use. ways to approach solutions. We’ll also consider some issues in 9:00 AM Oak community relations, including several related to the fact that Creating & Leading Life Passage Rites: Leadership Intensive many of us live in multicultural neighborhoods. Bring your ques- Selena Fox tions, and a notebook if you like. PREREQUISITE: VILLAGE Diversity converges yet Community emerges in a well-de- WITCHERY 101 OR EQUIVALENT. PREREQUISITE FOR VIL- vsigned & conducted wedding, funeral, baby blessing, & other LAGE WITCHERY 201 AND 202. life passage ritual. Learn ways of working with words & phrasing, 9:00 AM San Martin/San Simeon gestures & body language, ceremonial sounds, symbols, setting ar- Yoga for Every Body rangements, and other approaches. This Leadership Intensive is Holly Allender Kraig open for Pagan ministers of many paths & those seeking to develop Increase the flexibility and strength of your body, mind and skills in small & group ritual leadership. spirit with Hatha Yoga. Holly will show you how asanas and vin- 9:00 AM Pine yasas as well as meditation are powerful tools that can be used to Wake Up to Spirit Ritual affect change in your life. Take these techniques with you into your Come As You Are Coven home, work and ritual practice. Please bring a mat or towel. All are welcome to join the Clergy of Come As You Are Coven 9:00 AM Santa Clara for a fun, lively, family-and-child-friendly morning ritual to start Synergistic Meditative Flows your day on the right foot at PCon. This popular rite involves sing- Jason Newcomb ing original circle songs, dancing, gentle stretching and movement This workshop teaches a practice which combines the basic to get the blood flowing, heartfelt connection between all partici- vmeditative foci of all mystical traditions, leading your con- pants as unique manifestations of the Divine, and a wholesome sciousness toward enlightenment along three distinct pathways sense of community sharing. Individuals of all abilities welcome- synergistically, as well as giving you a practical approach to sys- all activities can be modified so that those who need to sit for the tematically developing focus, bio-energetic power and visualiza- duration of the ritual may comfortably do so and still enjoy full tion prowess. This practice allows you to combine insight, breath- participation. Come as you are, and see what we’re really all about! work, subtle energy exploration and experiencing visionary states 9:00 AM San Carlos into a single practice. Animating the Sacred Image in Ancient Egypt and Today 9:00 AM Silicon Valley Richard Reidy Beyond the Pagan Top 40: Learn New Chants The Opening of the Mouth ritual was and is used to effect the Turning Earth Singers indwelling of a god or goddess in statues crafted by human hands. Looking for new and different music to use in ritual? We’ll teach The Kemetic Reconstructionist sees the sacred image as more than you some of our favorite new and undiscovered Pagan chants, an artistic reminder of a deity, but as an actual vessel for an abid- songs, and rounds, including a few original pieces by our members. ing divine presence. We will examine the ritual used throughout We’ll create a loosely structured ritual space, in which we can sing Egyptian history to enflesh deity on the material plane, while com- each song at length, improvise, and harmonize, allowing ourselves paring it with similar rituals found in other ancient Mediterranean to sink deeply into each piece and let the magic flow. (Note: Chants cultures. We also will discuss the special care required for the en- will be different from previous years!) livened image of a god or goddess. 11:00 AM Carmel 9:00 AM San Jose Thoth Hermes Mercury: Gathering the Priest-Folk Tarot—Prophecy, Catastrophe, and Rebirth Sam Webster Rachel Pollack Do you work with Thoth, Hermes or Mercury? Come and con- The Tarot forms a prophecy of global change and spiritual re- tribute to a conversation on the nature and practice of priesthood birth, with the Major Arcana a blueprint for transformation, and serving the archetypal Deity of Magick! What are we doing and what the Minor Arcana four models of how to create a new world. more can we do to develop the worship of our Deity and spread the Through readings the Tarot can guide us through dangerous or benefits of His Divine Blessing in our community? What are we

SATURDAY 23 doing on our own, and want more could we do together? Are there 11:00 AM Pine theurgic practices we can develop? Come an join this conversation Reading the Stones and Bones with an eye to the present and hope for the future. Thena MacArthur 11:00 AM Cedar Using the Shamanic Technique of Journeying, you will learn THE HOLY GUARDIAN ANGEL: Isn’t it Romantic? vto develop a divination style wholly your own using items in your possession (or soon to be found.) Please know the basics of Lon Milo DuQuette Shamanic Journeying and bring physical objects (small for now, we Each of us has a Secret Lover who lives within our erotic imagina- have only so much space) you believe will become your personal tion; a lover who disguises as the people with whom we fall in love; set of “stones” and “bones” for divination. Also bring a journal, a perfect lover who has always loved us and who needs our love in pen, and willingness to try something new. Everyone welcome. return. It is The Holy Guardian Angel, and sooner or later you and your Angel are going to get married. Lon Milo DuQuette has wed 11:00 AM Riesling his HGA and is only happy to share the experience ... an experience How to Find a British Traditional Wicca Coven he describes as “everything that was advertised, yet nothing like he New Wiccan Church expected.” This is truly a once in a life time presentation. Seekers who are drawn to the British traditions of Wicca — Gard- 11:00 AM Fir nerian, Alexandrian, Central Valley Wicca, and their related lineages The Magic of Co-Creation: Making Our Circles Work — sometimes find it challenging to make that first contact that leads to training, initiation, and coven membership. British Traditional Starhawk Wicca covens rarely proclaim their presence, and their elders are of- Our Pagan circles and Witches’ covens can be places of perfect ten “in the broom closet” — so what’s a seeker to do? In this panel love and trust, creative and empowering. They can also be frus- discussion elders of British Traditional Wicca covens will offer their trating, exasperating, even sources of pain, betrayal and heart- advice and an overview of their teaching and initiation process. break when our group process breaks down. Yet when they work well, circles liberate our imagination and change the world. In this 11:00 AM San Carlos workshop, Starhawk draws on four decades of experience in circles The Holy Queer: Shamans, Healers, Dancers, & Ritualists and collectives to show us how to foster connection, clear commu- Abel R. Gomez nication and positive power in ourselves and our groups. Examin- From the hijra ritual dancers of India and the two-spirit sha- ing our group norms and coming to shared agreements can help mans of indigenous North America to queers in the priesthood of us shift our group structures to foster positive behaviors. Based on modern witchcraft, queer people have been spiritual leaders from material from Starhawk’s new book, The Empowerment Manual, A the beginning. In this workshop, we will explore sacred images of Guide for Collaborative Groups. queer people in the mythology and ritual of the ancient peoples and 11:00 AM Monterey the reemergence of queer people as spiritual functionaries today. Making Peace in the War on Drugs and the War on Terror 11:00 AM San Jose Ralph Metzner & Friends Permaculture Track: Beekeeping part 1 - practicalities Ralph Metzner will discuss the parallels between the war on West/FFRASS drugs and the war on terror as fear-based social control programs Description: Are you curious about the lifecycle of honeybees, that restrict civil liberties and increase inequality, poverty, crime and or what it means to tend them? In this class we’ll talk about organic conflict. Pat Winters will address the role psychiatry has played in home beekeeping, answer questions as best we can,and share how contributing to and perpetuating the misuse and abuse of psychiat- you can include The Melissa as part of your home worship. Last ric and psychoactive drugs. Jeff Winters will present a brief history year this class overflowed in both attendance and time! I’ve revised of the failed wars waged on drugs, including absinthe, cocaine, her- the discussion based on feedback given last year, dividing the mate- oin, marijuana and psychedelics ñ and their disastrous social con- rial into two portions: Practicalities of home beekeeping, and Dru- sequences. Diane Darling will discuss the effects on the individual idry of worshipping Artemis/Melissa. of societal condemnation of drug use, including the fear and scape- goating of users, and reduced access to healing and pain relief. 11:00 AM San Juan 11:00 AM Oak Mother and Child Goddess Tea Party Bast: The Great Cat Goddess Bonni Cardoza This year the mother and daughter tea party is going to diver- Avia Moore and Priestesses of Stone City sify! We are opening are doors to the boys at well. Being the mother In this devotional ritual, we will use rhythm and trance to en- of a three year old boy, I have learned the importance of helping to vter the realm of the Gods through the gateway of the senses. guide him toward an honoring of the feminine. So this year, Moth- We will invoke the Lady of Pleasure, Bast, and offer Her our de- ers and children of all ages are welcome to enjoy tea and share sto- votion, joy and passion. We will invite Her to join us in play and ries about the great mother and their own great mothers. We will ecstatic communion and ask Her blessing on our lives. This ritual sip tea, snack on delicious cookies, sing songs and enjoy a puppet is appropriate for both newcomers who would like to establish a show. Come dressed in costume! connection with Bast as well as those who wish to deepen their relationship with Her.

24 SATURDAY 11:00 AM San Martin/San Simeon ADF Ritual: Bringing Unity Among the Many Diverse Panthe- ons ADF Ar’ nDraiocht Fe’in: A Druid Fellowship (ADF) is an interna- tional 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 ree- ocht 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 celebrates our Pagan Unity by bringing the diversity of the pan Indo-European pantheons togeth- er. 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. 11:00 AM Santa Clara Reclaiming the Divine Feminine in Recovery JoAnna Silverwitch Join us in The Sacred Circle of Maidens, Mothers & Crones to pass the rattle and discuss the importance of unity as well as di- versity for pagan women in recovery. JoAnna will share her ex- perience, strength and hope about the healing that comes when we recognize our conditioning in Patriarchy and our estrangement from Spirit and Nature as the root cause of our codependency, dy- functions and addictions, and why we must reclaim the Goddess and our own unique mysteries to recover from all seemingly hope- less states of mind and body. All are welcome. 11:00 AM Silicon Valley Introduction to the drum for children. Don Schulz Open to anyone 5-12 with parental supervision, 12-18 with- ¡out. Learn basic rhythm, unity drumming and minor impro- visation on one of my wonderful Mother Drums. Class size limited to 12 kids. Beginner’s only Please! 11:00 AM Mezzanine Knitting/Handcrafts meet and greet 12:30 PM Quietbar foyer Longsword Dancing Emperor Norton’s Guard Longsword Dancing is a Winter dance tradition from Northern England. It can be performed with a Mummers play or alone. We are presenting dances that have been performed for many years in England and other places. Come watch.

SATURDAY 25 Saturday Afternoon at a Glance IMPORTANT NOTE: vindicates that entry is not allowed after event starts; ¡ indicates there are restrictions regarding admission. Check the program description for details. 1:30 PM - The Tarot of the Darkside (We Have Cookies)...... Thalassa...... Carmel/ Monterey 1:30 PM ¡ Opening the Seven Sacred Directions...... T. Thorn Coyle...... Cedar 1:30 PM - Beginning Energy Healing...... Gus diZerega...... Fir 1:30 PM - Drawing Forth the Light: Creating Magical Talismans...... Chic Cicero & Sandra Tabatha Cicero...... Oak 1:30 PM - Ritual Chanting as A Seemless Ecstatic Experience...... Margot Adler...... Pine 1:30 PM - EMDR Magic...... Zoe Kunstenaar, MFT...... Riesling 1:30 PM ¡ Rune Sticks...... Goblin Crafting Triumverate...... San Carlos 1:30 PM - Hecate: Bright Maiden, Dark Crone, Queen and Mage...... Amber K and Azrael Arynn K...... San Jose/ Santa Clara 1:30 PM ¡ Magick Incense Making 101...... Carl Neal...... San Juan 1:30 PM - Prison Ministry & Pagan Prisoners...... Glenn Turner & Friends...... San Martin 1:30 PM - The Greek Vowels in Hellenistic Magic...... Tony Mierzwicki...... San Simeon 1:30 PM - Ritual Theater: What is it & How to Use It...... Robin LaSirena & DK Cowan...... Silicon Valley 1:30 PM - Meet with Programming (how to get on the schedule)...... Mezzanine 3:30 PM - Rethinking the History of Witchcraft...... Raven Grimassi...... Carmel/ Monterey 3:30 PM ¡ Awakening Living Memory: Magic and the Art of Conscious Ceation...... Orion Foxwood...... Cedar/ Pine 3:30 PM - Drawing Down the Moon: The Mechanics of Invoking Deity...... Jason W. Mankey...... Fir 3:30 PM v Ritual of the Green Devil...... Christopher Penczak...... Oak 3:30 PM - Permaculture Track: Organic Poultry Management...... West/FFRASS...... Riesling 3:30 PM - Trance, Shapeshifters, and Flight...... Max Dashu...... San Jose/ Santa Clara 3:30 PM - Introduction to Wheat Weaving...... Woven Circle...... San Juan/ San Carlos 3:30 PM ¡ Sisters of Seshat Moon Ritual...... Brandy Williams...... San Martin 3:30 PM - Tarot and the Path of Initiation...... Dr. David Shoemaker...... San Simeon 3:30 PM - Osiris, Set, Horus: The Eternal Cycle...... Michael Smith...... Silicon Valley 5:00 PM - Longsword Dancing...... Emperor Norton’s Guard...... Quietbar foyer 5:00 PM - Havdalah...... A Couple of Jews...... Riesling Saturday Afternoon Schedule 1:30 PM Fir Beginning Energy Healing 1:30 PM Carmel/Monterey Gus diZerega The Tarot of the Darkside (We Have Cookies) This workshop assumes no previous knowledge. Topics are flex- Thalassa ible, depending on questions, but as time allows include: what is Don’t be afraid of the Dark! Valuable information waits in the energy healing?, moving healing energy within your own body, shadowy places, and Tarot is a great tool for mining those rich the importance of motivation, ‘yin’ and ‘yang’ energy, auric cleans- lodes of the Dark. We will explore how to use the Tarot to find the ing, chakra stimulation, relieving energy coagulations that lead to riches that dwell in the dark and difficult places in our lives. Prob- physical symptoms such as pain and stiffness, and self-cleansing. lem cards will also be explored, and there may be cookies. This workshop integrates what I learned studying six years with a Brazilian shaman as well as twenty five years of healing work. 1:30 PM Cedar Opening the Seven Sacred Directions 1:30 PM Oak T. Thorn Coyle Drawing Forth the Light: Creating Magical Talismans We exist in the midst of all space and all time. Our bodies Chic Cicero & Sandra Tabatha Cicero ¡move with the dance of the seasons and the burning sun. Our A workshop on creating Golden Dawn style talismans and an lives flow with the rising waves descending winds. Come, orient exploration of the Magical Squares of the Planets. your life to the seven sacred directions, from the heart of the earth 1:30 PM Pine to the most distant of stars. Sing with us. Dance with us. Speak the holy names that call to forces within and without and help to form Ritual Chanting as A Seemless Ecstatic Experience the long process of creation, dissolution, and reforming. Salve et Margot Adler Coagula. The cosmos awaits. Come take your place. This event will Margot Adler brings her chanting workshop yet again to Panthea- be subject to Event Seating—please see the hand-out provided with con. In the past some 200 people have gathered for an hour and a half your Program Guide for more information. of non-stop chanting, familiar and new, formal and free-form, ec-

26 SATURDAY static, filled with harmonies. A time for joy, energy, community and 1:30 PM San Simeon ecstatic connection. This is ritual chanting, not performance, so the The Greek Vowels in Hellenistic Magic only requirements: your voice, your energy, and your ability to listen and to be attuned to what others do as well as what you do. Tony Mierzwicki Hellenistic Magic is characterized by the extensive use of voces 1:30 PM Riesling mysticaeñmystical/magical names and the seven Greek vowels EMDR Magic which often occur in long strings of various combinations. The Zoe Kunstenaar, MFT vowels were sometimes sung and had numerous associations, in- The stunning speed of transformation using EMDR (eye move- cluding the seven Chaldean planets and musical tones. The voces ment desensitization and reprocessing) seems like Magic because it mysticae were used by some theurgists to achieve Sustasis (contact) is Magic. It utilizes the same tools of visualization and guided will, with a deity or daimon is a necessary preliminary step in the libera- along with tapping into the brains’ powerful response to Rapid Eye tion of the soul from the bonds of fate. Movement. This has personal and ritual implications we will dis- 1:30 PM Silicon Valley cuss. EMDR will be both explained and demonstrated. Ritual Theater: What is it & How to Use It 1:30 PM San Carlos Robin LaSirena & DK Cowan Rune Sticks In this workshop we will explore how theatrical tools can en- Goblin Crafting Triumverate liven and deepen ritual experience. Through group improvisation Another Goblin Triumverate Magical Crafting Workshop. as well as exemplar performance we will unravel the web that binds ¡Come learn how to make and use Rune Sticks, useful for theatrical action and motivation to ritual intention and manifesta- your divination needs. Special Guest Angela Carlson will lead us tion, and then give some practical exercises and tips for you to take through an introduction to Runic lore. Materials provided; atten- back to your home ritual group. dance limited by room size. 1:30 PM Mezzanine 1:30 PM San Jose/Santa Clara Meet with Programming (how to get on the schedule) Hecate: Bright Maiden, Dark Crone, Queen and Mage 3:30 PM Carmel/Monterey Amber K and Azrael Arynn K Rethinking the History of Witchcraft Join Amber K and Azrael Arynn K to explore the many faces of Hecate: the guide, the midwife, the magician, the keyholder, Raven Grimassi the protector, the torchbearer, the guardian of the crossroads, the The “official” history of Witchcraft is not an ethnographic study Queen of Heaven, Earth, and the Underworld. She is also the es- of a people known as Witches. It is instead the view of non-Witches sence of the Liminal personified. This event is part lecture, part generated largely by imagination and superstition. By contrast the workshop, and part ritual. You will have the opportunity to meet Neo-Pagan “romantic” idea of Witchcraft is not supported by avail- the aspect of this goddess you most need at this point in your life, able documentation. This leaves a third history to examine, which and take home a small talisman as a reminder. is that of the hushed voices of the past. This presentation focuses on elements of suppressed subculture, old folklore,and fragments of 1:30 PM San Juan pagan elements absorbed into Christian culture. Come on a jour- Magick Incense Making 101 ney to uncover the hidden Witch. Carl Neal 3:30 PM Cedar/Pine Learn to make all-natural incense for your rituals or as gifts! Awakening Living Memory: Magic & the Art of Conscious Ceation ¡There are no synthetic fragrances here, only the gifts that Na- ture has given to us. Learn to combine herbs, resins, and woods Orion Foxwood with natural gum and wood binders to create your own sticks, ¡The primary soul wound in humanity that influences chron- cones, coils, and much more, that are infused with your own en- ic fear, feelings of isolation, the desire to exert toxic control, ergy. You will leave this workshop with natural incense you have resentment/fear of change and desire for absolutes (fundamental- crafted with your own hands. This event will be subject to Event ism) is the illusion of isolation. Yet, deep within our inner-being is Seating—please see the hand-out provided with your Program an ancient enduring memory of our alignment to the world-soul Guide for more information. through what I call “Living Memory”. In this workshop Orion will discuss soul-amnesia, spiritual sovereignty, life-force vitality and 1:30 PM San Martin alignment to the ancestral, universal and planetary mind. He will Prison Ministry and Pagan Prisoners lead participants in visions and techniques to work with Living Glenn Turner & friends Memory and heal the core soul-wound. This event will be subject Hear updates on our various efforts to help pagan prisoners. We to Event Seating—please see the hand-out provided with your Pro- welcome this exchange among those who are working in this field. gram Guide for more information. We can also discuss the possibilities for Pagan Halfway houses in 3:30 PM Fir the future. With budgets so tight it is likely that more prisoners will Drawing Down the Moon: The Mechanics of Invoking Deity need help connecting back to their communities. Jason W. Mankey Drawing Down the Moon: The Mechanics of Invoking Deity The ritual of “Drawing Down the Moon” has become one of the most im- SATURDAY 27 portant and essential parts of Modern Wicca, but how did the con- 3:30 PM San Martin cept and ritual develop, and what is really going on when you “draw Sisters of Seshat Moon Ritual down” deity? Mankey explores the history ofthe Drawing Down cer- emony, focusing on its alleged origins in Ancient Greece and how Brandy Williams the ceremony has developed in modern times. The differences be- ¡This group version of the Sisters of Seshat Moon Initiation tween invoking and evoking will also be discussed, and what types leads women participants through the gate of mystery along of energy are associated with each. This workshop also provides in- the road leading along the Tree of Life from the earth to the moon. formation for performing your own “drawing down” ceremonies. 3:30 PM San Simeon 3:30 PM Oak Tarot and the Path of Initiation Ritual of the Green Devil Dr. David Shoemaker Christopher Penczak In this entertaining presentation, Dr. Shoemaker will show Though most pagans do not subscribe to the concept of sin, how the Trumps of the Thoth Tarot illustrate the various tasks, vwe live in a society that does. To fully embrace a magickal life, challenges and transformative processes awaiting the aspirant we must heal ourselves of this first wound. Experience a ritual jour- on the path toward awakened spiritual consciousness, known in ney to evoke the Green Devil, the dark side of nature and the shad- Thelemic tradition as the Knowledge and Conversation of the ow of the Green Man to return to the Garden of the Gods. Invite the Holy Guardian Angel. gnosis of our green allies as we become free from the “deadly” sins. 3:30 PM Silicon Valley Enter the underworld and find the emerald heart. Renounce origi- Osiris, Set, Horus: The Eternal Cycle nal sin and find redemption in the Green God’s embrace. Michael Smith 3:30 PM Riesling Light vs. Dark, Order vs. Chaos. These themes are part of many Permaculture Track: Organic Poultry Management major religions of today and yesterday. We look at the ancient West/FFRASS Egyptian myths concerning these three Deities to help to under- West’s Permaculture Track: Organic Poultry Management De- stand the nature of both Egyptian philosophy and the cycles of civi- scription: This class will cover the basics of keeping home poul- lization old and new. try (chickens mainly), the symbiosis and the organic methods 5:00 PM Quietbar foyer that work effectively. Nature always farms with livestock: when we Longsword Dancing mimic this we gain a yield in both production and health. Keeping domestic beneficial animals is among the most ancient of ancestral Emperor Norton’s Guard practices. You may be able to use a chicken around the house! Longsword Dancing is a Winter dance tradition from Northern England. It can be performed with a Mummers play or alone. We 3:30 PM San Jose/Santa Clara are presenting dances that have been performed for many years in Trance, Shapeshifters, and Flight England and other places. Come watch. Max Dashu 5:00 PM Riesling We range across the planet looking at ancient images of ecstatic Havdalah dance, trance, shapeshifters, animal doubles, and shamanic steeds (dragons, stags, eagles, bears, chimeras); serpent power, bees, birds, A Couple of Jews wolves, and tigers. What can we learn from rock art, paintings, ce- Jew-friendly Pagans, Pagan-friendly Jews, and those who find ramics and sculptures about ancient shamans and what are some of ways to be Heathen and non-Heathen at the same time, please join the recurrent themes in their representations? We’ll look at oracu- us for the Havdalah service that marks the end of Shabbat and the lar women at Delphi, the Black Doves of Dodona, and the Makewa- beginning of the new week. There’ll be a short prayer service fol- na, rain shrine priestesses of Malawi, as well as female trancers in lowed by wine and bread and maybe something tasty to nosh upon. Zimbabwean rock art. This visual presentation offers a taste from Max’s new dvd, Woman Shaman: the Ancients. Saturday Evening Schedule 3:30 PM San Juan/San Carlos 7:00 PM Carmel/Monterey Introduction to Wheat Weaving A Concert of New Songs (and old favorites) Woven Circle Holly Tannen This class focuses on beginning weaving techniques along From “The Geek Shall Inherit The Earth” to “The Last Hippie,” with straw preparation and sources on books, materials, and local Holly addresses the perplexing paradoxes of post-modern life. Plus groups. In this class, each student will make at least two weaving: a favorite Pagan anthems and traditional ballads of magic and mys- Bridget’s Cross and Harvest Knot to bring home. Children must be tery. Come prepared to laugh and sing. Special guest: Ruth Bar- accompanied by an adult. All materials and supplies are provided. rett. “Holly Tannen sings to centuries-old melodies, and then you For an example of the projects go to www.paganhumanist.com notice she’s singing about the Internet, or Beavis and Butthead, or northern California marijuana growers. Tannen sings these songs as if the ancient ballads were always about things like that (and in a sense, they were).” - Dr. Demento

28 SATURDAY Saturday Evening at a Glance IMPORTANT NOTE: vindicates that entry is not allowed after event starts; ¡ indicates there are restrictions regarding admission. Check the program description for details. 7:00 PM - A Concert of New Songs (and old favorites)...... Holly Tannen...... Carmel/ Monterey 7:00 PM v Exorcism: A Rite of De-Possession and Re-Integration...... Anaar. Morpheus, Sharon, Thorn, Winter. Cedar/ Pine 7:00 PM - Elixir of Life: Alcohol as a Sacrament in Religion...... Jason W. Mankey...... Oak 7:00 PM - The Meaning of 2012 and the Blood Ballgame...... David Miller...... Riesling 7:00 PM - Why the LBRP Matters...... Donald Michael Kraig...... San Jose/ Santa Clara 7:00 PM - Druid Ritual with Danse Macabre...... House of Danu...... San Juan/ San Carlos 7:00 PM v Entering the Cauldron of Ceridwen: Walking the Path of Avalon...... Jhenah Telyndru...... San Martin/ San Simeon 7:00 PM - Days in Midgard...... Steven Thor Abell...... Silicon Valley 7:00 PM - Pyrate Magick...... Ed Fitch...... Mezzanine 9:00 PM - Concert: R J Stewart & Anastacia Nutt...... R J Stewart...... Carmel/ Monterey 9:00 PM - Avalon Rising Elbows and Antlers CD Dance Party...... Avalon Rising...... Cedar/ Pine 9:00 PM - The Ole Time Good Spell Feri Pagan Tent Revival...... Dustbunny Feri Initiates...... Oak 9:00 PM - Divine Embodiment: Assumption, Drawing Down, Aspecting, Possessi...... Ivo Dominguez Jr...... San Jose/ Santa Clara 9:00 PM v Oracular Seidh...... Diana Paxson...... San Juan/ San Carlos 9:00 PM ¡ Leather and Spirit...... Xochiquetzal Duti...... San Martin/ San Simeon 9:00 PM - Pagans, Culture War, and the Modern Crisis...... Gus diZerega...... Silicon Valley 11:00 PM ¡ The Seance Experience...... Donald Michael Kraig...... Carmel/ Monterey 11:00 PM v A Modern Dionysian Initiation...... Circle of Dionysos...... Fir 11:00 PM - Danbala Sevis - Honoring the Serpent & the Rainbow...... Mambo Chita Tann...... Oak 11:00 PM v Hekate: Witness and Ally...... Timotha Doane...... San Jose/ Santa Clara 11:00 PM - Ancient Discordian Temple Ceremony...... Ted Prodromou...... San Martin/ San Simeon 12:00 AM - Saturday Midnight night drum jam!...... Don Schulz...... Cedar

7:00 PM Cedar/Pine 7:00 PM Riesling Exorcism: A Rite of De-Possession and Re-Integration The Meaning of 2012 and the Blood Ballgame Anaar. Morpheus, Sharon, Thorn, Winter David Miller We are often possessed, and don’t realize it. As individuals With a story, a song, a dance, and discussion, we will see that vand collectively we can clear our bodies and souls of the in- Mayan shaman kings stole the heart of Blood Moon and the sacred fluences that keep us from our full beauty and power. This ritual is count of days of Grandmother Time to use in their Blood Ballgame based on ancient rites of cleansing, exorcism, and the re-integra- and rule their kingdoms. In a similar way, our modern ballgames tion with our own personal daimon or God spirit. Specific rhythms of creation (football, baseball, basketball)also enable men to rule and movements have been crafted to free us from the chains that through an aggressive militaristic mythology. 2012 (21 December bind us, calling upon our own divinity to walk with us through the 2012) is simply a turning point in the cosmic ballgame cycle that gates of change. Come liberate your soul! may offer us an opportunity for thoughtful change. 7:00 PM Oak 7:00 PM San Jose/Santa Clara Elixir of Life: Alcohol as a Sacrament in Religion Why the LBRP Matters Jason W. Mankey Donald Michael Kraig Elixir of Life: Alcohol as a Sacrament in Religion As long as The Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram is both one of people have practiced agriculture and worshiped the gods they have the most used rituals in modern magick and one of the most over- used alcohol in their rites and rituals. For thousands of years alcohol looked. It was the only practical magick ritual taught in the outer has been used as a religious sacrament, and remains so to this day. In degrees of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. It’s brief and this workshop we’ll trace the history of alcohol in religious worship seems easy. Underneath the usual brief descriptions are the basics and try to find the spirit in the spirits. We’ll survey the use of alcohol teachings for all magick. Here you’ll learn why every step is impor- in ancient and modern Paganism, and its use in monotheistic faiths. tant and how mastering it will improve your magick! Where deity has been worshipped, alcohol has generally been found. Sorry, no free samples during the workshop.

SATURDAY 29 7:00 PM San Juan/San Carlos 9:00 PM Oak Druid Ritual with Danse Macabre The Ole Time Good Spell Feri Pagan Tent Revival House of Danu Dustbunny Feri Initiates, Students and Guests The House of Danu presents their popular Druid ritual cele- Brothers and Sisters! The Revival is honored to be back, so come brated with the visual and performing arts. Join the grand proces- join us as we gather between the worlds for a syncretic celebration sion led by Danse Macabre with chanting, drumming, and props of love and laughter in this time honored tradition. Y’all know how that you help create. Bring drums you can carry, your creativity, it works: we sing, laugh, dance and pray in a mystical congregation and prepare to celebrate our diversity. Ritual is not something you where the Gods are called to come on in, kick off their shoes and watch. It’s something you do. set a spell. So bring out your Sunday best and come lift up your hearts and voices, as we make a Joyful Noise unto the Lord(s)(and 7:00 PM San Martin/San Simeon Ladies)! And yes, fans will be provided. Entering the Cauldron of Ceridwen: Walking the Path of Avalon Jhenah Telyndru 9:00 PM San Jose/Santa Clara A foundational overview of the Avalonian Tradition, we will Divine Embodiment: vdraw upon the rich heritage of Celtic British mythology and Assumption, Drawing Down, Aspecting, Possession the vibrant powers of its Sacred Landscape to explore the Avalo- Ivo Dominguez Jr nian Cycle of Healing — an effective paradigm of inner transfor- Most magickal traditions use some form of divine embodi- mation found encoded in the initiatory symbolism of the Cauldron ment in their rituals in which a priestess or a priest becomes for a of Ceridwen. Discover how to reclaim the Quest for the Holy Vessel time the vehicle for the presence of one of the Great Ones. When it of Wisdom and Inspiration and use it to enliven our Inner Land- works, it is awe-inspiring, and can act as a great catalyst for change. scapes with its healing power. When it fails, and is no more than role playing or ritual theater, it 7:00 PM Silicon Valley can encourage cynicism, disillusionment, and diminished expecta- tions of what is possible in ritual. The strengths and the weaknesses Days in Midgard of assumption of god forms, drawing down, aspecting, and divine Steven Thor Abell possession will be compared to each other. The Norse gods move into the next millennium. Steve Abell and his Story Warriors attack, holding you at wordpoint with 9:00 PM San Juan/San Carlos new stories presented in new ways. Since 2003, a classic Panthea- Oracular Seidh con entertainment. Diana Paxson 7:00 PM Mezzanine Now, as in the time of the Vikings, seers and seeresses jour- vney to the spirit world to find answers to your questions. This Pyrate Magick practice comes from the heathen tradition, but all are welcome as Ed Fitch we support each other with our energy and learn what wyrd has 9:00 PM Carmel/Monterey woven. This session is limited to 60 people. For more information Concert: R J Stewart & Anastacia Nutt about Seidh, see www.seidh.org R J Stewart 9:00 PM San Martin/San Simeon CONCERT with R J Stewart and Anastacia Nutt. Join us for Leather and Spirit new songs, satirical, lyrical, and intense, original music created Xochiquetzal Duti in the last two years, and for ancient Scottish magical ballads. R An exploratory discussion into how to incorporate our kinky J plays acoustic guitar, 73 stringed concert psaltery, flute and con- ¡leanings into our spiritual practices. Whether you are an ex- certina. Anastacia plays keyboards and percussion. R J Stewart has perienced Ordealist or interested in learning ways to get started made many recordings and created music for theater film and tele- this will be an opportunity to share all aspects of this work. There vision. Anastacia Nutt is a classically trained musician and singer. will be discussion of workings and the topics are not PG-rated. Re- Together they create a unique merging of British and American strictions: No one under the age of 18 will be admitted and there songwriting and traditional music. will be no entry once we have started. 9:00 PM Cedar/Pine 9:00 PM Silicon Valley Avalon Rising Elbows and Antlers CD Dance Party Pagans, Culture War, and the Modern Crisis Avalon Rising Gus diZerega A Pagan/Celtic rock dance party... Come celebrate our new al- How does Pagan religion fit into the modern world? Arguing from bum “Elbows and Antlers”. We dedicate this album to Pantheacon, his recently completed manuscript, Gus diZerega places modern Pa- since “Elbows and Antlers” was a phrase overheard at an Avalon gans in the context of the 60s, today’s culture war, and the deepest Rising show at Pantheacon with antler-wearing dancers. Bring changes modernity triggered in civilization, changes as deep as the your dancing feet, and shake your funky Pagan behind to Avalon transition from hunting and gathering to agriculture thousands of Rising - keep it light, and dance through the night! years ago. He will argue Paganism and the divine feminine address the spiritual needs of the modern world remarkably well, and that many mainstream religions are already influenced by it.

30 SATURDAY 11:00 PM Carmel/Monterey clothing. Women need a white kerchief, scarf, or hat to cover their The Seance Experience heads. For Danbala, participants may not be bleeding (including menstruation) but may observe. Donald Michael Kraig A century ago, attending seances and contacting the dead was a 11:00 PM San Jose/Santa Clara ¡worldwide phenomenon. In this presentation you’ll experience Hekate: Witness and Ally what it was like, combined with modern ghost-hunting phenomena. Timotha Doane Prepare for an experience that will make you scream...and laugh! You To be frozen by inaction can all too often lead to ourselves will experience strange, ghostly phenomena. Attendance limited by vor others suffering at the hands of others. You are invited to size of room and the door will be closed at the start of the presentation. emulate the goddess Hecate, by standing up to become an ally in This event will be subject to Event Seating—please see the hand-out situations of class, race, gender, sexual orientation or economic in- provided with your Program Guide for more information. justice. In this ritual we find our voice in order to move out of the 11:00 PM Fir bonds of silence into that courageous place of fierce compassion, A Modern Dionysian Initiation and in strength return to the safety and power of Hecate’s cave. Circle of Dionysos 11:00 PM San Martin/San Simeon The folks who have brought you Yes They Are! Meeting and Ancient Discordian Temple Ceremony vGreeting the Queerest of the Gods for the last 3 years are Ted Prodromou bringing something new this year. Through this initiatory rite we Newly-created traditional Discordian ceremony to fashion your will give you back stage access into what goes on during a Diony- own ancient temple! This ceremony has been passed down from sian initiation. Replete with myth, humor, sex and song it will be an master to apprentice in secret for seven thousand years (give or take a experience not to be missed. Seriously. You know what we do. Be few orders of magnitude.) Create sacred space wherever you go! Play there! Costuming strongly encouraged. with random crafts objects and bric-a-brac! Open your third, fifth, 11:00 PM Oak or twenty-third eye! Divine the past and present and from them infer Danbala Sevis - Honoring the Serpent & the Rainbow the future! All ages and genders welcome! Wear more shoes than you have feet! Enlightenment guaranteed. Different every time. Mambo Chita Tann Mambo T and Sosyete Fos Fe Yo We welcome you to a ceremo- 12:00 AM Cedar ny (sevis) in honor of Danbala-Wedo, the world-serpent, and Ay- Saturday Midnight night drum jam! ida-Wedo, his wife, the rainbow. This will be a formal Rada rite of Don Schulz Haitian Vodou. Respectful non-participating observers and partic- It’s back! The Saturday Midnight Drum/Dance Jam. Bring ipating guests are welcome! Participants will be expected to dance something to play, or come dance the night away! and are required (mandatory) to wear all white, non-suggestive

SATURDAY 31 Sunday Morning at a Glance IMPORTANT NOTE: vindicates that entry is not allowed after event starts; ¡ indicates there are restrictions regarding admission. Check the program description for details. 9:00 AM - Pagan Libraries of the Ancient & Modern World...... Don Frew & Michael Smith...... Carmel/ Monterey 9:00 AM - Sustaining through Conflict; Restorative Justice in Action...... Crystal Blanton...... Cedar 9:00 AM - Pagans and Hindus Together: One Billion Strong...... McCollum, Coyle, Meghani, Khanna, Amadea.. Fir 9:00 AM - Dance Magick...... SIWA...... Oak 9:00 AM - Unified Field Theory of Magic(k)...... Jason Newcomb...... Pine 9:00 AM - Tablet Weaving : Global Roots...... Ruth Temple...... San Carlos 9:00 AM - Scottish Fairy Lore...... Ellen Evert Hopman...... San Jose 9:00 AM - Psychic and Magickal Development for Kids...... Melanie Marquis...... San Juan 9:00 AM v Offerings to Osiris: Sharing with the Dead...... Tamara L. Siuda...... San Martin/ San Simeon 9:00 AM - Introduction to Elder Futhark Runes...... Drew Ward...... Santa Clara 9:00 AM v The Behenian Fixed Stars: 15 Celestial Archetypes...... Damian Murphy...... Silicon Valley 11:00 AM - Queer Rites: Making Meaning for and from Sexual/Gender Diversity...... Circle of Dionysos...... Carmel/ Monterey 11:00 AM ¡ Tantric Shamanism Breathwork Ceremony...... Sylvia Brallier...... Cedar 11:00 AM - Greenwood Magic...... Raven Grimassi & Stephanie Taylor...... Fir 11:00 AM v The Sanctuary of Avalon,The hidden Fire Temple...... R J Stewart...... Oak 11:00 AM - Are YOU a Pagan? Are we?...... Possibly Pagan Llewellyn Authors...... Pine 11:00 AM - Beekeeping part 2: Artemis Worship...... West/FFRASS...... Riesling 11:00 AM - Intermediate Wheat Weaving...... Woven Circle...... San Carlos 11:00 AM ¡ People of Color Caucus...... Xochiquetzal Duti...... San Jose 11:00 AM v Recreating the Rainbow...... Mark ‘Moss’ Magill...... San Juan 11:00 AM v Golden Dawn Prosperity Ritual...... Open Source Order of the Golden Dawn... San Martin/ San Simeon 11:00 AM - Gerald Gardner - From Witch Cult to Wicca...... Philip Heselton...... Santa Clara 11:00 AM - Power Animals for Kids of All Ages...... Melanie Marquis...... Silicon Valley

portive, healing, celebratory, empathetic and community building. Sunday Morning Schedule While we are learning more about restorative practices that help to 9:00 AM Carmel/Monterey build and create cohesive community; learn some of the practical Pagan Libraries of the Ancient & Modern World applications by being a part of the process. Don Frew & Michael Smith 9:00 AM Fir While some religions are called “People of the Book”, Pagans Pagans and Hindus Together: One Billion Strong have been called “People of the Library”. This presentation will Patrick McCollum, T Thorn Coyle, M. Meghani, R. Khanna, Amadea explore the proud history of Pagan libraries, stretching from the This panel will discuss ideals held in common by Pagans and libraries of ancient Alexandria, Ephesus, & Pergamum, to the New Hindus. Panelists will include Patrick McCollum, T. Thorn Coyle, Alexandrian Library and Adocentyn Research Library of today. Mihir Meghani and Raman Khanna. Moderated by Amadea. Top- While not a “Pagan” library, we will include information about the ics will include: The Sacredness of Nature, The Divine Mother, Ad- reborn Library of Alexandria in Egypt. We will also address the vancing Pluralism, and Shared Social Action. critical need for Pagan libraries at this point in our history. Come learn about this proud heritage and how you can be a part of it. 9:00 AM Oak Dance Magick 9:00 AM Cedar Sustaining through Conflict; Restorative Justice in Action SIWA Not just for women, this workshop is about the magickal aspects Crystal Blanton of belly dance, how it started, migrated and current interpretations Recent years have shown a need for continued discussions of the most ancient dance art form. Attendees will come away with around conflict and sustainability within the Pagan community a dance choreography usable in ritual and performance. Children through discord and turmoil. Adding onto last year’s Circle Restore welcome. Please bring something to wear around hips. Additional workshop, this year we will review restorative methods for com- drummers (able to take cues/direction) also welcome. munity and participate in a Restorative Justice Circle that is about community and solidarity. Come together in celebration of spiri- tual community and be a part of re-creating elements that are sup-

32 SUNDAY 9:00 AM Pine uses in daily life, and shows how the runes relate to the religion of Unified Field Theory of Magic(k) Asatru. Comprehensive take-home handout and demonstration of reading the runes are included in this workshop. Jason Newcomb There are a vast number of conflicting magical systems, meta- 9:00 AM Silicon Valley physical descriptions of the world and theories about the cause The Behenian Fixed Stars: 15 Celestial Archetypes and function of magical results. One of the biggest debates these Damian Murphy days is about the “psychologization” of magick. In this lecture Ja- The magical properties of the 15 Behenian, or ‘root’, stars son Augustus will explore the history and theories about magical vwere frequently utilized by medieval magicians and astrolo- processes around the world and offer the beginnings of a universal gers throughout Europe and the Arab world. Heinrich Cornelius model for magical experience that is all-inclusive. Agrippa attributed them to Hermes Trismegistus, though their true 9:00 AM San Carlos origins remain unknown. This lecture, based in a series of vision- Tablet Weaving : Global Roots ary workings, reveals a personal approach to these stars as celestial archetypes or divine intelligences, capable of facilitating profound Ruth Temple transformations in the psyche of the magician. Each star will be Come learn about this ancient, global form of weaving that covered in detail, including symbolic correspondences, excerpts uses some of the simplest tools, yet creates wonderfully complex from personal visions, and techniques whereby communion with patterns, and weave a bookmark sized project to take away with the stellar intelligence may be achieved. you. Presenter Ruth Temple will give some history, show examples, speak about potential sacred uses for these narrow ware bands. 11:00 AM Carmel/Monterey Weaving of this type is best suitable for ages 9 and up. Queer Rites: Making Meaning for & from Sexual/Gender Diversity 9:00 AM San Jose Circle of Dionysos Scottish Fairy Lore Coming off of Walking It Out, Gay Paganism’s Second Wave last year, we want to keep the discussion going, but this time highlight- Ellen Evert Hopman ing those whose magical and ritual work is focused on honoring the An overview of some of the beliefs and practices of Scottish entirety of experience on the “color wheels” of gender and sexual- Fairy lore. Includes ways to attract and honor the Fey Folk as well ity. How do people with divergent identities and orientations come as ways to protect yourself from their tricks. There will be a hands- together to find and enact unified intent? What in their experiences on component and everyone will leave with a wee charm. Ellen are the benefits and limitations of this work? Join Hayden Reynolds is the author of the new book SCOTTISH HERBS AND FAIRY PhD, joi wolfwomyn, T. Thorn Coyle, and P Sufenas Virius Lupus LORE (Pendraig Publishing, 2011) for a lively panel discussion facilitated by Sarah Astarte PhD. 9:00 AM San Juan 11:00 AM Cedar Psychic and Magickal Development for Kids Tantric Shamanism Breathwork Ceremony Melanie Marquis Sylvia Brallier Discover fun and effective ways to boost psychic skills and fos- Ecstasy is a divine gift that lifts us out of ordinary reality ter magickal development in this interactive workshop for kids and ¡and into a direct experience of the sacred. The transforma- their families. Through games, activities, and exercises, kids and tive fires of ecstasy burn away the blocked energy held within us, grown ups can enhance natural abilities together while building transmuting it into pure energy that to be used for manifesting the comraderie and unity within the family. highest outcome for the Earth and all beings. This form of Tantric 9:00 AM San Martin/San Simeon breath work is done within the context of a circle. It is a profound Offerings to Osiris: Sharing with the Dead opportunity to drop away what has been holding you back and move forward towards your bliss. 18+ Tamara L. Siuda Osiris (Wesir in the ancient language), Lord of the Blessed 11:00 AM Fir vDead, oversees the Unseen World and its people. Join us for Greenwood Magic a Kemetic Orthodox ritual of singing, dancing, drumming, and in- Raven Grimassi & Stephanie Taylor vocation of the Blessed Dead in His honor, and feel Their presence Witches have long been associated with herbal magic and lore. more fully in your lives. Feel free to bring drums or other musical in- In addition to a physical relationship with plants there’s also a mys- struments, offerings of food and drink to share, and any photographs tical one. Come and learn about the spiritual lineage of witches as or tokens of your own blessed ancestors to place upon the altar. the “plant people” of Old Europe. Look into the ways of Old World 9:00 AM Santa Clara Magic. Featured in this program is the mortar & pestle as the pri- Introduction to Elder Futhark Runes mary tool of Old World Witchcraft. Working with plant spirits, and connecting with the organic memory of the earth is also discussed. Drew Ward The presentation isn’t a talk on herbs, but is instead about working Runes are the elements of an ancient alphabet, used in the Vi- with them in magical and mystical ways. king Age for divination as well as communication. This workshop gives an overview of the 24 runes in the Elder Futhark, outlines

SUNDAY 33 11:00 AM Oak 11:00 AM San Juan The Sanctuary of Avalon,The hidden Fire Temple Recreating the Rainbow R J Stewart Mark ‘Moss’ Magill The Sanctuary of Avalon and the hidden Fire Temple: R J Stew- Creating ceremony as catalyst for transformation using origi- vart and Anastacia Nutt. In the 1950’s a spiritual network and vnal poetry and diversified spiritual traditions. Explore ritual dedicated Sanctuary of Avalon was started by Ronald Heaver, one of through the writing of original poetry using imagery from a multi- R J Stewart’s spiritual and magical mentors, “to counter the threat of tude of spiritual paths as well as other arcane axioms for inspiration nuclear Armageddon”. Today we are still living with that threat, from and as keys to unlock the wisdom and feeling that we all inherently both civil and military nuclear sources. R J will reveal some of the possess. We will also be discussing the basics of ritual design and esoteric methods used in the Sanctuary of Avalon, including a pow- how poetry can be used effectively as a liturgical tool. By the end of erful UnderWorld group ritual of Bridge Making used for healing this workshop, you will have written a sacred poem, chant or other imbalances and rifts within the Earth. This is not about a romantic composition to be included in a culminating ceremony reflecting “Arthurian” Avalon, but the primal land and planet, moving always divergent pathways. towards merging with the ever-present earthly paradise. The subtle 11:00 AM San Martin/San Simeon energies involved are those of spiritual Fire, transforming the un- hallowed fires of nuclear technology and pollution. Ritual robes are Golden Dawn Prosperity Ritual welcome, as you will be representing your tradition. Open Source Order of the Golden Dawn These days everyone could use a little help in the prosperity 11:00 AM Pine vdepartment. The classical Golden Dawn developed a power- Are YOU a Pagan? Are we? ful method for using the rites of the Neophyte Hall to do practical Possibly Pagan Llewellyn Authors magick including talisman consecration, which we will apply to in- When Oberon Zell-Ravenheart started using the term ìPaganî creasing prosperity for every one in the Hall. The Z-formula, as the for what the Church of All Worlds was doing in the ë60s, it was method was called, was a re-writing of the rites for a single person, very distinct from Wicca. Yet nowadays it has become an umbrella but the OSOGD reverse-engineered them back into a beautiful group term for all kinds of spiritual paths: Wicca, Druidry, Asatru, and ritual. Since the ritual is participatory, everyone will have something many more. Some people donít identify with the term anymore, to do, if you wish, or you can just sit back and enjoy the spectacle. and some never have. Join this lively discussion on labeling and 11:00 AM Santa Clara semantics. Do differing definitions of Pagan interfere with our re- claiming of it? Are reconstructionists, Hindus, Native Americans Gerald Gardner - From Witch Cult to Wicca or Vodouisants Pagan, too? Is the word a help or a hindrance? Philip Heselton Please see bio for panel participants. Following his initiation, Gerald Gardner spent the rest of his life trying to ensure that the ‘witch cult’ did not die out. This talk tells 11:00 AM Riesling how he achieved that aim, by giving newspaper interviews, writing Beekeeping part 2: Artemis Worship books and running a museum. It tells of some of the interesting West/FFRASS people he met and initiated and how he finally achieved his aims. It Description: Based on feedback from last year, we’ll expand this includes illustrations never before seen in public. portion to focus on the Druidry/Worship of Artemis (aka The Me- 11:00 AM Silicon Valley lissa) in pagan and neopagan eras. Last year this class overflowed in both attendance and time! Power Animals for Kids of All Ages Melanie Marquis 11:00 AM San Carlos Let your wild side shine in this playful workshop where we’ll ex- Intermediate Wheat Weaving plore personal power animals and discover fun ways to harness these Woven Circle energies for specific benefits like relaxation and stress relief, increas- For those of you who have taken wheat weaving classes or ad- ing creativity, and improving focus. We’ll make animal masks and vance hand crafters. This class focuses on intermediate weaving maybe even roar a bit! Kids of all ages are welcome at this event! techniques. In this class, each student will make a Welsh Harp us- ing a locking technique. All materials and supplies are provided. Sunday Afternoon Schedule For an example of the project go to www.paganhumanist.com 1:30 PM Carmel/Monterey 11:00 AM San Jose Introduction to Haitian Vodou People of Color Caucus Mambo Chita Tann Xochiquetzal Duti Join Mambo T, Vodou priestess and author of “Haitian Vodou: As people of color in the greater pagan community, this is An Introduction to Haiti’s Indigenous Spiritual Tradition,” for an ¡our chance to get together in a space for us and to discuss, introduction to Haitian Vodou and how it is practiced in Haiti support, and network. We may all have very different paths, but we and the Haitian Diaspora. We will discuss Haitian history, along also have a need to talk and have space. This is that opportunity. with components of Haitian Vodou including the spirits (or Lwa) Restrictions: Please, only PoC and allies, the doors will close and and how they are served; wanga or Vodou magic; and how Haitian stay closed once we have started. Vodou differs from other kinds of Vodou, including West African

34 SUNDAY Sunday Afternoon at a Glance IMPORTANT NOTE: vindicates that entry is not allowed after event starts; ¡ indicates there are restrictions regarding admission. Check the program description for details. 1:30 PM - Introduction to Haitian Vodou...... Mambo Chita Tann...... Carmel/ Monterey 1:30 PM v Feraferia - A Dance for the Goddess...... Jo Carson...... Cedar 1:30 PM - Mahal {EthnoTribalFusion Music}...... Evelie Delfino Sales Posch...... Club Max 1:30 PM - Vampires R Us: Our Struggle To Be Moral Predators...... Margot Adler...... Fir 1:30 PM - Occupy this Panel: new models...... Glenn Turner & friends...... Oak 1:30 PM v The Three Rays of Witchcraft...... Christopher Penczak...... Pine 1:30 PM - Growing Up Pagan...... Ryn Serenity...... Riesling 1:30 PM v Making Art: Manifesting Magic...... Holly DeFount...... San Carlos 1:30 PM ¡ Grandmothers as our first goddesses...... Victoria Slind-Flor...... San Jose 1:30 PM ¡ DIY Magical Cords - Blessed Be The Ties That Bind...... Goblin Crafting Triumverate...... San Juan 1:30 PM ¡ Queen of Hearts...... Amazon Priestess Tribe...... San Martin/ San Simeon 1:30 PM - Clever, Compassionate, Cruel: Ancient Queens...... Jehon Grist, Ph.D...... Santa Clara 1:30 PM - CircleSinging: Improvisational Group Singing/Instant Choir...... Deborah J. Hamouris...... Silicon Valley 3:30 PM - La Befana: the Italian Winter Witch...... Sabina Magliocco...... Carmel/ Monterey 3:30 PM v Entering the Luminous Landscape...... Orion Foxwood...... Cedar/ Pine 3:30 PM - The Provisions Tour...... Lon Milo DuQuette...... Club Max 3:30 PM v Pagans in the Media: A Panel on Modern Pagan Leadership...... Devin Hunter...... Fir 3:30 PM v Brigid Circle of Healing Ritual...... Selena Fox...... Oak 3:30 PM - East Meets West...... William Gordon...... Riesling 3:30 PM - Cannanite Mythology and Spirituality : an Introduction...... David Myriad...... San Carlos 3:30 PM - Meet the Authors and Book Launch Party...... Tarot Media Company...... San Jose 3:30 PM ¡ Make a Pocket Shrine...... Autumn Damiana...... San Juan 3:30 PM - Heart of the Sun: A Ritual in Exaltation of Sekhmet...... Sekhmet Sisters...... San Martin/ San Simeon 3:30 PM - Open Discussion of Gender and Transgender in Paganism...... Circle of Cerridwen...... Santa Clara 3:30 PM - Gods and Ancestors and the 21st Century Crafter...... Peter Paddon...... Silicon Valley

Vodun and New Orleans Voodoo. We will also explore controver- in the instrumentation are powerful and beautiful vocals by Evelie sial topics including spirit possession, animal sacrifice, and the who sings in 30 languages; two-stringed lutes; bronze gongs; hand presence of non-Haitians in Haitian Vodou tradition. drums; bamboo percussion; jaw’s harps; flutes; didgeridoos; tabla; guitars; bass; and keyboard. Recognizing the wonderful diversity 1:30 PM Cedar in the world and cosmos, Mahal offers an experience of also rec- Feraferia - A Dance for the Goddess ognizing how the world also shares similar rhythms, melodies for Jo Carson hamony and peace. Feraferia is nature oriented, poetic tribal Folk and Faerie vLore, festival forms, magic, esoteric religions, erotic systems 1:30 PM Fir of spiritual development, ecstasy and vision quest, divinations, en- Vampires R Us: Our Struggle To Be Moral Predators chantments, seasonal and regional nature communion, wild-food Margot Adler gathering information, organic horticulture, nature blending arts Starting as a meditation on mortality after the illness and death and crafts, research into communication between all forms of life of my late husband, I’ve now read some 200 vampire novels - from and nature, golden feast diet and paradisal life styles. Join Feraferia teen to adult, from detective, to romance, from gothic to modern. as we invite the Fay to dance with us in the endless wedding pro- Every society creates the vampire it needs. Our society has created cession of Ouvrania and Kronos, of alpine peaks and cone forests, the struggling to be moral vampire: Spike, Angel, Bill Compton, at it winds through mazes of starlight in the nuptial night of the Eric Northman, the Cullens, Mick St. John, Henry Fitzroy - they nameless bride! are all struggling to be moral despite being predators. As are we. Our blood is oil; our prey is the planet. An obsession with power 1:30 PM Club Max and the fate of the planet gives vampires their current traction. Mahal {EthnoTribalFusion Music} Evelie Delfino Sales Posch Mahal is a musical ensemble with up to 13 performers blending voices and sacred instruments from all over the world. Included

SUNDAY 35 1:30 PM Oak 1:30 PM San Juan Occupy this Panel: new models DIY Magical Cords—Blessed Be The Ties That Bind Glenn Turner & friends Goblin Crafting Triumverate I hear complaints that the Occupy movement doesn’t have a Tired of buying your cords from the craft store and doing “demand”. I can think of 100 things wrong with the country, and ¡an after-market blessing? Come to this interactive, hands-on you can think of 100 things and if all of our demands were added workshop and learn to make/imbue your own. Featuring multiple together it would reach from coast to coast. What we need instead modalities, participants will walk away with the ability to craft rit- of demands are role models. What I see in the Occupy movement ual cords for all their magical needs. Materials provided. Not suit- is a model of co-operation and community spirit. What I see is the able for the under 12 set. warp and weft of a new fabric for our inner cities. These are people 1:30 PM San Martin/San Simeon helping each other and talking to each other in ways I’ve never seen since the 60s. This new fabric is what we will need to wear in the Queen of Hearts coming hard times. Amazon Priestess Tribe To you, we sing, O Goddess of Love! For you we dance, 1:30 PM Pine ¡stripped bare to the bosom! O how our hearts radiate with The Three Rays of Witchcraft your golden light! O how we rejoice in your tenderness. With you, Christopher Penczak Goddess, we are always loved. With you, Goddess, we stand tall in Explore the three primal powers form many different angles: our beauty and full hearts. For you, Goddess, we dream and weep vWicca, Qabalah, Theosophy and folklore. How can modern and laugh and compose poetry. If you can comfortably stand in practitioners work with these three powers for magick, evolu- this circle naked as a woman, please join us in a revelry and de- tion and transformation? Explore new views of the three powers votional, in a healing and sacred service dedicated to the Cyprian of Awen as three road to enlightenment, as they manifest in three Aphrodite. SKY CLAD WOMEN ONLY. races - Angels, Faeries and the ancestral creatures; three healers 1:30 PM Santa Clara - Stones, Plants and Animals; and three threads of wisdom - per- sonal revelation, ancestral teachings and the ordeal. Use energetic Clever, Compassionate, Cruel: Ancient Queens meditations to invoke the three rays within you and communicate Jehon Grist, Ph.D with their spirits. Work with a model of magickal evolution. History books are littered with the names of kings, but what about their queens? Ancient myth sometimes has goddesses start- 1:30 PM Riesling ing out life as earthly queens whose deeds made them worthy of Growing Up Pagan immortality. Several extraordinary queens became kings them- Ryn Serenity selves, and dressed the part! Queen mothers could and did make Growing Up Pagan is a discussion group aimed at teens and or break the futures of aspiring princes. And at least once, a queen pre-teens to give them space to talk about their experiences who became king may have groomed her daughter for the throne. growing up with a non-mainstream religion. While the group Discover a world where queens could and did save kingdoms, was created with teenagers in mind, all are welcome to come butcher enemies and impart the wisdom of the divine feminine. and share their stories. 1:30 PM Silicon Valley 1:30 PM San Carlos CircleSinging: Improvisational Group Singing/Instant Choir Making Art: Manifesting Magic Deborah J. Hamouris Holly DeFount CircleSinging can be described lots of ways: vocal improvisation, This workshop will discuss techniques for manifesting magic vocal “jamming”, add-a-part/change-a-part, vocal orchestra, “voic- vand prosperity through the making of visual art. A brief talk estra”, a “drum circle” for singers, or just plain “make it up” singing. on the history of art-making as a spiritual channel will be followed Starting with simple vocal warm-ups Deborah will begin creating by a hands-on workshop making a magical art-ifact for medita- improvised choral parts for all. Once there’s a groove going, singers tion, divination or manifestation. Participants may bring personal are invited into the middle of the circle to solo or just experience the imagery or effects for collage purposes (magazines, clipart from sound from the center of the community of voices. It is not unusual the web, sketchbook pages or original art, small stones, amulets, to find yourself moving to the groove, too. CircleSinging is highly herbs or other magical elements). Other materials and tools will be participatory and a “mistake-free zone.” Fun for everybody. provided. Space is limited to 18 participants. 3:30 PM Carmel/Monterey 1:30 PM San Jose La Befana: the Italian Winter Witch Grandmothers as our first goddesses Sabina Magliocco Victoria Slind-Flor La Befana, the friendly witch who comes down the chimney to We will celebrate our first experience of unconditional love leave candy and presents for good children on the eve of the Epipha- ¡by making poppets of our grandmothers, “sitting out’’ with ny, is one of the best-loved characters in Italian folklore. But what are them, and thanking them for all they have been for us. This is open the historical roots of this mysterious figure? This presentation traces to men and women and kids over 12 years old. This workshop has her origins through various incarnations to a pre-Roman goddess, a strong arts and crafts component. explaining how she came to be the Italian female equivalent of Santa

36 SUNDAY Claus and the only positive witch figure in European folklore. We will 3:30 PM San Carlos end with a rite honoring La Befana, celebrating the end of winter. Cannanite Mythology and Spirituality : an Introduction 3:30 PM Cedar/Pine David Myriad Entering the Luminous Landscape The Canaanites were the indigenous people of the Ancient Near Orion Foxwood East—modern Israel, Lebanon, Transjordan, and Syria. They pre- A landscape of light exists within our physical world fill- ceded, coexisted with, and influenced the Ancient Hebrews. This ving and influencing it akin to honey in a honey-comb. It is workshop presents an overview of their goddesses, gods, spiritu- filled with ancestral, Faery, deep planetary, threshold and fate- ality and mythology. The spiritual practice of modern Canaanites influencing beings. Our ancestors knew this and maintained ritu- will also be discussed. The ways in which this ancient pantheon can als, blessing techniques and encountering processes to be in right be welcomed into your life will be revealed. Learn how to create relationship with them. In this workshop, Orion will discuss these and consecrate votive images. Craft materials will be provided so spirit-neighbors, their roles, our relationship to them and his life you can make and take home your own sacred image. with his Faery spirit-wife, Brigh, and how that has changed his life. 3:30 PM San Jose He and Brigh will lead participants in visionary contact focused on Meet the Authors and Book Launch Party unity, partnership, co-creation and healing focused on addressing humanity’s illusions of isolation and resulting abandonment pain. Tarot Media Company Join us as we launch the new works from Kooch Daniels - “Theatre 3:30 PM Club Max of Karma”—and Susa Black—“Tarot and Ritual”. Other authors with The Provisions Tour recent releases including Rachel Pollack with “Forest of Souls”, James Lon Milo DuQuette Wanless with the “Sustain Yourself Cards”, and Joseph Martin and his A magickal, musical journey for pagan unity. Come and enjoy new DVDs will be on hand to sign their work and answer questions. a concert from author and songwriter Lon Milo DuQuette who is 3:30 PM San Juan on a constant whirlwind tour as he has made no other provisions Make a Pocket Shrine for his family. Autumn Damiana 3:30 PM Fir This is a craft workshop that involves making a pocket-sized, Pagans in the Media: A Panel on Modern Pagan Leadership ¡portable matchbox shrine that can go with you anywhere. Devin Hunter Shrines can be dedicated to a deity or element, hold tiny ritual Join Hosts of the Modern Witch Devin Hunter and Rowan items, be empowered with a specific purpose or goal, or serve as vPendragon for the second installment of Pagans in the Me- a mobile mini altar. Craft materials will be provided, but you are dia. Guest panelists Jason Pitzl-Waters of the Wild Hunt Blog, Lady encouraged to bring your own supplies as well- anything small Yeshe Rabbit of CAYA, Margot Adler, and Storm Faerywolf will enough to fit in a matchbox, including photos, clip art, charms, discuss gender issues, ageism in the craft, and diversity within pa- stones or crystals, beads, fortune cookie fortunes, stickers, etc. ganism. This panel will be recorded in HD video for later distribu- LIMITED SPACE AVAILABLE. tion. You saw us on You Tube, See us live! 3:30 PM San Martin/San Simeon 3:30 PM Oak Heart of the Sun: A Ritual in Exaltation of Sekhmet Brigid Circle of Healing Ritual Sekhmet Sisters Selena Fox A ritual to honor and celebrate the ancient Egyptian Goddess Invoke & work with Brigid for healing others, self, and the Sekhmet and to empower the participants to connect with Her en- vplanet. Attune to the healing powers of Brigid through some ergy through chant, song, guided meditation, visualization, invo- of Her diverse forms, symbols, and images across time, cultures, cation and offering. and spiritual traditions. And, experience Brigid as a multifaceted 3:30 PM Santa Clara Unity - healing body, mind, feelings, actions, spirit. If you wish, Open Discussion of Gender and Transgender in Paganism bring items to be energized on the altar. Circle of Cerridwen 3:30 PM Riesling To encourage open communication on the issue of gender and East Meets West transgender in Paganism, and to continue the discussion we started William Gordon at last year’s Pantheacon, the Circle of Cerridwen is facilitating this Certainly one area of our craft that is frequently overlooked is open discussion. All people, regardless of gender identity, are wel- a gift from our brothers and sisters of the East. No, not Boston and come to attend. This moderated discussion will be held in sacred New York, but China. The I Ching serves as the repository of Chi- space and will use a talking stick. nese culture, mythology, craft and thought. As familiar as we may be 3:30 PM Silicon Valley of yin and yang there are wellsprings of wisdom and knowledge to be Gods and Ancestors and the 21st Century Crafter gained from the trigrams that form the basis of Feng Shui, and pro- found divination when you put them together to form hexagrams. Peter Paddon Come, read what Confucius really said, and learn how to consult the Extended families living together are a thing of the past, and I Ching to read the fortune cookies of your heart’s desire! we often find ourselves separated from both our relatives and

SUNDAY 37 Sunday Evening at a Glance IMPORTANT NOTE: vindicates that entry is not allowed after event starts;¡ indicates there are restrictions regarding admission. Check the program description for details. 7:00 PM - Israel Regardie: Man and Magician...... Chic Cicero & Sandra Tabatha Cicero...... Carmel/ Monterey 7:00 PM - Oracles from the Living Tarot 2012...... Aurea Arcana...... Cedar/ Pine 7:00 PM - Celtic Music Concert...... Alexander James Adams...... Club Max 7:00 PM - Modern Trance Techniques for All Paths and Traditions...... Gareth B...... Oak 7:00 PM - Village Witchery 201...... Valerie Voigt...... Riesling 7:00 PM - The Rise of the Phoenix; Family practice within the Pagan home...... Crystal Blanton and the Family of the Rising Phoenix San Jose 7:00 PM - Invocation and the Art of Ritual Possession...... Peter Paddon...... San Juan/ San Carlos 7:00 PM v Dance for the Dark God...... Hyperion...... San Martin/ San Simeon 7:00 PM - SongCraft: New Songs from Old...... Holly Tannen...... Santa Clara 7:00 PM - Brigid and Sarasvati: Goddesses of Poetry and Inspiration...... Erynn Laurie...... Silicon Valley 9:00 PM - A Journey of Discovery and Wow...... Greenheart Grove...... Carmel/ Monterey 9:00 PM - Sharon Knight Band - Concert...... Sharon Knight Band...... Cedar/ Pine 9:00 PM v Pagan Humor 4: A New Hope...... Angus McMahan...... Club Max 9:00 PM v Rite of the Bear Mother...... Temple of Diana & CAYA Grove...... Oak 9:00 PM - Magical Stones Workshop...... Kay Pannell...... San Jose 9:00 PM v Baldr’s Drama—a Heathen Ritual Play...... Diana Paxson and Hrafnar kindred...... San Juan/ San Carlos 9:00 PM ¡ The Sacred Body of Woman (Self-Blessing)...... Z Budapest...... San Martin/ San Simeon 9:00 PM ¡ Body Stress Ecstatic Practices Part 1...... Rev. Kirk Thomas...... Santa Clara 9:00 PM - Queer Celtic Mythology...... Phillip A. Bernhardt-House...... Silicon Valley 11:00 PM v A Different Kind of Seidhr...... Freyja’s Gift...... Carmel/ Monterey 11:00 PM - Songs and Dance of the Goddess...... Tribe...... Cedar/ Pine 11:00 PM - Basics of Bardic Magick...... Leslie Fish...... Club Max 11:00 PM v Spark Collective Fire Circle...... Spark Collective...... Oak 11:00 PM ¡ Imbibe and Divine...... jaymi elford...... San Jose 11:00 PM v Kali Puja: Mysteries of the Dark Goddess...... Chandra Alexandre & SHARANYA...... San Juan/ San Carlos 11:00 PM - Gender-Bending Ritual...... Melanie Marquis...... San Martin/ San Simeon their stories. When we do have family, the connection with more turns to helm this fantastic voyage of art, ritual, and divination ancient ancestors is no longer important to them, and it is dif- through the isles of Arcana. Fortuna smiles on the daring, does ficult to make a strong spiritual connection, but it is a vital task She smile for you? if we are to recover the lore and magick for ourselves. This work- 7:00 PM Club Max shop looks how to make that connection through the stories and myths of our culture’s Gods and heroes, in order to work power- Celtic Music Concert ful ancestral magick. Alexander James Adams Hailing from the land of Fae, Alexander James Adams is Heir Sunday Evening Schedule to the Heatherlands and music of Heather Alexander. His fiery fiddle and sometimes haunting Celtic-themed music will en- 7:00 PM Carmel/Monterey chant all ages! Israel Regardie: Man and Magician 7:00 PM Oak Chic Cicero & Sandra Tabatha Cicero This lecture will focus on Israel Regardie from the perspective of Modern Trance Techniques for All Paths and Traditions Chic Cicero, a close friend and magical colleague of Regardie. A brief Gareth B. history of the modern Golden Dawn in the U.S. will be included. Much published trance and guided meditation work is based on work from before the 1940s. There is a better way — as pi- 7:00 PM Cedar/Pine oneered by Milton Erickson from the 1950s to the 1980s. This Oracles from the Living Tarot 2012 presentation will include a trance experience followed by an in- Aurea Arcana depth discussion of the process, so you bring the information Take The Fool’s Journey with us through the Wheel of the back to your own circles. Year and find out what 2012 has in store for you! DK Cowan re-

38 SUNDAY 7:00 PM Riesling 7:00 PM Silicon Valley Village Witchery 201 Brigid and Sarasvati: Goddesses of Poetry and Inspiration Valerie Voigt Erynn Laurie Intermediate level issues and techniques in working with non- Imbas flows in many forms. Poetry, music and other creative Pagan clients who seek out the help of their local Witch. Solu- arts lie within the purview of Brigid of Ireland. India’s Sarasvati is tions to some of the most common problems people bring to a similar to her in many ways. Join Erynn Rowan Laurie in exploring Witch. Distinguishing different kinds of curses/hexes, and ways the mythic and poetic intersections between these two Goddesses of neutralizing them. Dealing with spirit entities. Some heuris- and their poetic gifts to their devotees. tic techniques will be included. PREREQUISITES: VILLAGE 9:00 PM Carmel/Monterey WITCHERY 101 AND 102 OR EQUIVALENT. PREREQUISITE FOR VILLAGE WITCHERY 202. A Journey of Discovery and Wow Greenheart Grove 7:00 PM San Jose It’s a concert! It’s a ritual!! It’s a Journey of Discovery and Wow! The Rise of the Phoenix; Family practice within the Pagan The Greenheart Grove Glee Club and Friends bring you reverence home and mirth at their most entertaining. Come prepared to let us tickle Crystal Blanton and the Family of the Rising Phoenix your funny bone, to sing along, and to be thoroughly inspired. This workshop will discuss the ongoing challenge of family 9:00 PM Cedar/Pine practice and sustaining spirituality within the Pagan home. Ex- ercises and tools will be shared for families to begin or enhance Sharon Knight Band— Concert how they build a culture of spirituality in the home with other Sharon Knight Band members of the family, children and even those who have dif- Nationally touring musician Sharon Knight is joined by long- ferent spiritual values. The Panel will share some of their own time collaborator Winter and her bandmates for this full-band struggles and triumphs with sustaining pagan spirituality within show based on her Celtic works. Sharon’s unique expression of a healthy family group dynamic and the trials of building and Celtic and Celtic-inspired music reflects her penchant for combin- creating spirituality in the home. ing fierce and gutsy bravado with ethereal beauty, a hearty dose of fantastical lyrics, and an obvious love of epic storytelling. Not 7:00 PM San Juan/San Carlos fitting neatly into a traditional framework, she has coined her own Invocation and the Art of Ritual Possession musical style, “Neofolk Romantique.” Sharon and her bandmates Peter Paddon regularly perform at Pantheacon as Pandemonaeon, and have de- Sounds much more dramatic than it is, but this class is devoted cided to mix it up this year. Driving, rollicking, and haunting, these to working with deity: how to invite them into our sacred space, Celtic tribal rhythms with get you where you want to go. how to interact with them, and finally, how to provide a living ves- 9:00 PM Club Max sel in which they can manifest among us. Not everyone will have the skill to do all of these - it takes time and practice, after all. But Pagan Humor 4: A New Hope by the end of the class, the techniques will be in place to help de- Angus McMahan velop that skill, and everyone will be able to recognize real invoca- Listen—I know this little blurb can’t compete with all the tions and possessions - and spot the “pretend” ones... vothers in this timeslot. Look at all those nationally recog- nized names, those intriguing and deftly worded titles and their 7:00 PM San Martin/San Simeon confident promises of exotic information and life-changing ritual. Dance for the Dark God I can’t give you that. But, I can provide a friendly, thought-free oa- Hyperion sis for an hour or so—a place where you can relax, recharge - and Join the members of the Unnamed Path as we summon the laugh till you pee your pants. So, yeah, I guess I do have something vAncestors of Men-who-love-men - shamans, magicians, to offer. Maybe I DO belong in this exalted timeslot! Wow. I feel healers and deathwalkers - to rise up, dance with us and stomp up much better now. Thanks for listening. the Dark God of the Unnamed Path. We dance as one people, we 9:00 PM Oak honor the ancestors, and we call upon The Master to make social justice ours. People of all genders, orientations or sexual natures Rite of the Bear Mother are welcome! If you are unable to dance, you can help us with your The Living Temple of Diana and the CAYA Grove of Artemis rhythm, energy and sound. All are welcome to this unprecedented pan-Dianic rite cel- vebrating the spirit of the Bear: fierce, protective, nurturing, 7:00 PM Santa Clara and wise. Ritual leaders Yeshe Rabbit, High Priestess of the Ama- SongCraft: New Songs from Old zon Priestess Tribe, and Devin Hunter, Head Priest of the Living Holly Tannen Temple of Diana, have collaborated in a ritual especially designed Holly will share her secrets for writing powerful songs and to create loving community and balance for all of those who revere chants. She will talk about songs as spells, the magic of rhythm Goddess as whole and complete unto herself. Members of both and rhyme, metaphor and figurative language. Then we’ll write a groups will co-facilitate this singing, dancing, shamanic ritual with song together. focus on healing the wounds we all carry, women and men alike, as the result of patriarchy and unhealthy gender dynamics.

SUNDAY 39 9:00 PM San Jose of modern Seidhr, with each seer(ess) using their own method for Magical Stones Workshop entering trance to answer questions for Oracular Seidhr. Kay Pannell 11:00 PM Cedar/Pine How stones work magically, which stones work best, or why Songs and Dance of the Goddess they don’t seem to work for you. Taught by a Wiccan geologist. Tribe 9:00 PM San Juan/San Carlos Tribe returns to Pantheacon with offerings of music and dance Baldr’s Drama—a Heathen Ritual Play to awaken the senses and enliven the soul! Come and dance with us - raise your voices in joyous celebration of the God and Goddess Diana Paxson & Hrafnar kindred Incarnate! In this participatory performance, we will celebrate our One of the most tragic stories in Norse mythology tells of divinity and all of the delicious expression that is this world called vthe death of Baldr, the brilliant son of Odin and Frigga. But earth and this life called human! the lore only tells us part of the story. How does Baldr’s fate in- volve us? What meaning does that story hold for us today? In this 11:00 PM Club Max dramatic ritual, share the drama of Baldr’s life and death with the Basics of Bardic Magick gods, and find hope. Leslie Fish 9:00 PM San Martin/San Simeon Knitting together poetry, music and psychic work The Sacred Body of Woman (Self-Blessing) 11:00 PM Oak Z Budapest Spark Collective Fire Circle This skyclad rite honors the body of each and every woman Spark Collective ¡present, the beauty and grace of the feminine form in all of Transform yourself! Enter the circle through the sacred por- her infinite variety. Allow yourself to be embraced by the glorious vtals: music, voice, movement, and nurturing. We invoke the love of your sisters, with voices raised in sacred song in this central directions before beginning our journey around the center. Then ritual of the Dianic Tradition. Genetic women only. the magic begins as we open ourselves to deep witnessing and sa- 9:00 PM Santa Clara cred play. The ritual is a cauldron of spontaneous motion, emotion, Body Stress Ecstatic Practices, Part 1 magic, and song—all serving to connect us more deeply with our personal intentions and our fellow travelers. Join us by listening to Rev. Kirk Thomas what the moment needs. This is a safe space to stretch your spirit One of the edgier types of ecstatic practice involves stress- and try new things. ¡ing the body in various ways in order to achieve ecstasy and an opening of the ‘door’ to the Otherworlds. This workshop will 11:00 PM San Jose explore some of these ideas as they are practiced around the world, Imbibe and Divine such as the Hindu Kavadi, the Plains Indian Sun Dance, and the jaymi elford practices of the western Modern Primitives movement. There will Imbibe and Divine is a multi-sensory experience where par- also be a short demonstration of a ‘hook pull’ and a rite dedicated ¡ticipants explore the tarot in culinary delights. Part wine- to the Goddess Brigit to allow us all to release our pain and fear. tasting and part discussion on the taboos surrounding tarot and This workshop will be limited to adults only. drinking, this class seeks to answer the question how can wine be 9:00 PM Silicon Valley like a tarot card. Jaymi Elford facilitates this class and also introduc- Queer Celtic Mythology es the “TIPPSY spread.” No prior knowledge or reading experience is necessary. You don’t have to memorize meanings or esoteric oc- Phillip A. Bernhardt-House cult lore either. Participation is encouraged but not a requirement. Come find out about a number of queer figures from the rich Class limited to persons 21 and over, IDs checked at the door. literary and mythological traditions of the Insular Celtic (mostly Irish and Welsh) cultures. Stories of Middle Irish lesbians having 11:00 PM San Juan/San Carlos sex and giving birth from it, warrior-lovers locked in mortal com- Kali Puja: Mysteries of the Dark Goddess bat over honor, and shape-and-sex-shifting brothers doing penance Chandra Alexandre & SHARANYA for sexual transgressions are just a few of the tales to be explored in Come worship in the Sha’can lineage tradition of Shakta Tan- this session. Working with these figures on a devotional level will vtra and journey through devotion to the realm of Goddess also be addressed. Kali, liberator and transformer of worlds. 11:00 PM Carmel/Monterey 11:00 PM San Martin/San Simeon A Different Kind of Seidhr Gender-Bending Ritual Freyja’s Gift Melanie Marquis Come and get your questions answered from the Gods of the Whatever your sexual orientation or physical “equipment,” we can vNorse, the Celts, and your lost loved ones. Freyja’s Gift Trance all benefit from learning to transcend the limits of traditional gender Team is a group of diverse members with trance training in differ- identity. In this ritual, you will challenge and expand your perceptions ent disciplines, such as a Welsh Family tradition, Norse practices, of who you are and what you can be. All are welcome to join in this and a Wiccan background. Together they create their own form highly customizable ritual suited to all paths and orientations.

40 SUNDAY Monday Morning at a Glance IMPORTANT NOTE: vindicates that entry is not allowed after event starts;¡ indicates there are restrictions regarding admission. Check the program description for details. 9:00 AM - Growing Pagan Elders...... M. Macha NightMare...... Carmel 9:00 AM - Belly Dance for Fun and Magick...... Jadzia DeForest...... Cedar 9:00 AM - The Price of Magic—Spirit and Matter...... George L. Hersh Ph.D...... Fir 9:00 AM ¡ The Cosmic Womb of the Goddess...... Thom Fowler...... Monterey 9:00 AM - Celtic Gods and Goddesses, an overview...... Linda Costello...... Oak 9:00 AM - In the Temple of the Mysteries ñ a Ritual of Communion...... Mysterium OM...... Pine 9:00 AM - FFRASS Presentation, Social & Seed Swap...... Ruth Temple...... San Jose 9:00 AM - Sacred Circle Dance Workshop (beginners welcome)...... Bay Area Circle Dancers...... San Juan/ San Carlos 9:00 AM - Animal Totems and Social Justice--Together At Last!...... Lupa...... San Martin/ San Simeon 9:00 AM - Building a Healthy Pagan Community...... Kimberly Kirner, PhD...... Santa Clara 11:00 AM ¡ Croning isn’t for sissies...... Victoria Slind-Flor...... Carmel 11:00 AM - Magickal Munitions...... Emily Carlin...... Fir 11:00 AM v Yeshe Tsogyal Devotional...... Rabbit...... Monterey 11:00 AM v Starting Small: A Short Course in Animal Medicine...... John Carosella...... Oak 11:00 AM - Introduction to home brewing Mead and Cider...... Joel Schonbrunn...... Pine 11:00 AM v Working with Awen...... Rev. David P. Smith...... San Jose 11:00 AM ¡ Men’s Spirituality...... Ivan Richmond...... San Juan/ San Carlos 11:00 AM - Steampunk Blot to the Dwarves...... Hrafn Skjoldr Kindred...... San Martin/ San Simeon 11:00 AM - The Missing Greek Goddess of the Sea...... Charles Stein...... Santa Clara 11:00 AM v The Mothers of Change...... Anastacia Nutt...... Silicon Valley

Monday Morning Schedule 9:00 AM Fir The Price of Magic - Spirit and Matter 9:00 AM Carmel George L. Hersh Ph.D. Growing Pagan Elders Magic comes at a price, we all know that. But what must be paid M. Macha NightMare and is magic worth the price? We will explore various beliefs about Explore the role of elders in creating sustainable community. obtaining magical power, including the curious belief that demons Examine attitudes towards elders in African-American and Native don’t read the grimoires that tell you how to cheat demons. American communities, how eldership manifests and functions in 9:00 AM Monterey indigenous, tribal and ancient societies, and in ethnic European cultures. Includes the results of survey contemporary American The Cosmic Womb of the Goddess Pagans, seeking to understand how the growth of reliable and Thom Fowler trustworthy eldership is necessary for the prospective health and A co-created multi-dimensional ritual journey. We, her chil- viability of the contemporary Pagan movement. ¡dren, priestesses and priests, will prepare ourselves and take a mytho-poetic trance journey to the inner crossroads - The Void 9:00 AM Cedar of Possibility - where we will seek a personal experience with the Belly Dance for Fun and Magick Goddess and explore ways to ground that experience into our dai- Jadzia DeForest ly living and personal practice. The format is suitable for teens to Learn some basic belly dance moves in this fun and active adult. workshop. Belly dance is originally from Egypt and has expanded 9:00 AM Oak greatly in the United States since the early 1900s. It builds body awareness, strength, flexibility, and is great for exercise and com- Celtic Gods and Goddesses, an overview munity building, and can add a dynamic element to rituals. Join Linda Costello us for some basic instruction, drills, and free dancing! Everyone Through the use of Powerpoint, we will explore many of the is welcome! This workshop is taught by Jadzia DeForest. She has popular gods and goddesses of the Celtic tradition and talk about been involved in belly dance for six years. Her dance style mixes their roles in our lives. We will also explore worship of certain gods Egyptian Cabaret, Serpentine, and Tribal. and goddesses throughout the wheel of the year.

MONDAY 41 9:00 AM Pine 11:00 AM Carmel In the Temple of the Mysteries— a Ritual of Communion Croning isn’t for sissies Mysterium OM Victoria Slind-Flor From ancient times the Mysteries have provided a living link We will explore issues facing us as crones, share stories, cel- with the eternal and Divine. Ever at the heart of the Western Eso- ¡ebrate our changing lives, and finish with a ritual in which we teric Tradition, though seemingly broken time and again, this will let go of those things we do not wish to take with us into the link has been magically reforged and continued in many forms. final third of our lives. This is an event for women. Theatre of the Word weaves together many religions and streams 11:00 AM Fir of thought into a golden chain of poetry and movement, evoking imagery and emotion, inspiring thought and initiatory realization. Magickal Munitions Art transcends belief, and may give birth to gnosis. Knowledge lec- Emily Carlin ture followed by participatory ritual. Magickal self-defense specifically for those of us who live or work in the city. Learn magickal methods to increase your aware- 9:00 AM San Jose ness, prevent being hassled in a crowd, improve your work area, and FFRASS Presentation, Social & Seed Swap safeguard your home. Weíll be looking at auric control, magickal Ruth Temple camoflauge, wards, witch bottles and more. This workshop is ap- The Flower Fruit Root and Seed Society (FFRASS) brings a spir- propriate for people of all levels of skill and experience, from any ited approach to gardening and our sacred relation with the places path. All youíll need is an open mind. on earth we dwell with most intimately. Come connect with other 11:00 AM Monterey pagan gardeners for presentations on diverse ways of getting your gardening on, and swap some seeds /plants. Yeshe Tsogyal Devotional Rabbit 9:00 AM San Juan/San Carlos Yeshe Tsogyal, consort of Padmasambhava, is also called Sacred Circle Dance Workshop (beginners welcome) v“The Speech of the Buddha” by practitioners of Vajrayana, or Bay Area Circle Dancers Tibetan Tantra. She is the origin of many sacred texts and rituals A workshop in Circle, or Sacred Dance: a means of experienc- enjoyed by modern practitioners today, and bears a timeless mes- ing and celebrating our connection to the rhythms of the earth, to sage about the gift of sexuality as a vehicle to spiritual liberation. each other, and to our sources. No dance experience necessary. We As a female Buddha, she occupies a unique role in Tibetan Tantra teach simple meaningful beautiful dances from Greece, Scotland, that meshes easily and beneficially with modern Goddess spiritu- Israel, the Incas, the Shakers, etc. all done to splendid music, hold- ality. Join Yeshe Rabbit, dedicant of Yeshe Tsogyal, for a chanting, ing hands in a circle. ecstatic, statue-anointing devotional to The Great Bliss Queen and the primordial wisdom of compassion She represents. “Howsoever 9:00 AM San Martin/San Simeon beings were tortured, I changed myself to shield them, and thus Animal Totems and Social Justice—Together At Last! became their joy.” Lupa Tired of quasi-Native books on animal totems haphazardly toss- 11:00 AM Oak ing around words like “medicine” and “power”? Come try on some Starting Small: A Short Course in Animal Medicine alternative models of totemism for size! Join Lupa as she weaves to- John Carosella gether psychology, bioregionalism, rural vs. urban animism, what Merlin turned Arthur into a fish to help him understand the your social location is (and why it matters), and how all these tie in vworld in a new way. We may have worked with power ani- with the unlikely combination of spirit critters and social justice. mals like Wolf and Raven and Bear, but what can we learn from, say, the Water Strider? What perspectives can the Salamander offer? 9:00 AM Santa Clara And, what if we could communicate with Mosquito? (like...”YEAH, Building a Healthy Pagan Community that would be handy!”). Join us for a journey into deep empathy and Kimberly Kirner, PhD communion with some of the smaller, simpler animal teachers. (And Presented at the American Public Health Association meeting if you’re very, very good, we might even turn you into a lichen!) in 2010, the Pagan Health Survey was the first national survey of Pagan health-related beliefs and practices. I begin with a brief talk 11:00 AM Pine describing the most pressing needs of our community, the chal- Introduction to home brewing Mead and Cider lenges we face, and the work that has happened since the survey Joel Schonbrunn to craft a response. We will then share experiences and brainstorm Many rituals and traditions make use of libations as offerings. solutions, concluding with a ritual that will bless our traditionsí Mead and Cider are easy to make at your own home, or with a healers and leaders and envision a healthy future community. Ev- group. We can show you the simple steps, and help start you on eryone is welcome, and I highly encourage healers, health care pro- your own brewing journey. No alcohol will be served at this ses- fessionals, and clergy to attend. sion, but participants will be invited for a special hospitality suite tasting afterwards (with ID).

42 MONDAY Monday Afternoon at a Glance IMPORTANT NOTE: vindicates that entry is not allowed after event starts; ¡ indicates there are restrictions regarding admission. Check the program description for details. 1:30 PM - International Folk Dance Elements...... Annelise...... Fir 1:30 PM - Echtrai, Immrama, Aisling...... Michael Routery...... Monterey 1:30 PM - SUSTAIN YOURSELF CARDS...... james wanless...... Pine 1:30 PM - Village Witchery 202...... Valerie Voigt...... San Jose 1:30 PM - CHS Presents: Preventing Witch Wars - Managing Multiple Roles...... Christine Hoff Kraemer...... San Juan/ San Carlos 1:30 PM - Every Day Reiki - Magical & Mundane...... Francena Marie Hancock...... San Martin/ San Simeon 1:30 PM - Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Nubia...... Helena Domenic...... Santa Clara 1:30 PM - Super-Syncretism!: Creating Connection & Preserving Diversity...... Ekklesia Antinoou...... Silicon Valley 3:30 PM - Closing Ritual...... Glenn Turner...... Oak

which stands as an emblem for the very essence of human suffer- 11:00 AM San Jose ing. I will offer reflections in this vein, pay homage to Thetis, and Working with Awen read from my translation of The Iliad. Rev. David P. Smith The word Awen is historically used to describe the divine in- 11:00 AM Silicon Valley vspiration of bards in the Welsh poetic tradition. The symbol The Mothers of Change for Awen is the three rays used by many modern druidic groups. In Anastacia Nutt this workshop we will discuss Awen and how to tap into it. This will The Mothers of Change is a new book by Anastacia, who will include a discussion, guided meditation and some hands on work. vbe teaching a series of sacromagical workings that enable us This presentation is Kid Friendly. to discover and experiences the six Mother Goddesses that have inspired, uplifted and guided humankind through change since 11:00 AM San Juan/San Carlos the beginning of time. Now, when so much change is occurring all Men’s Spirituality around us every day, they are stepping forward again - we have but Ivan Richmond to open and receive. The Mothers Of Change are: Orchil, Athena, The women have their spirituality down. Now it’s our turn. Sekhmet, Inanna, Miryam, and Ananke. ¡In this talk, we’ll discuss men’s spirituality in a non-sexist way that affirms gender equality and all sexual orientations and gender Monday Afternoon Schedule identities. It will cover some common themes in rites of passage into manhood and what our experience shows is important in men’s spir- 1:30 PM Fir ituality rituals. This talk is for people who identify as male only. International Folk Dance Elements 11:00 AM San Martin/San Simeon Annelise Steampunk Blot to the Dwarves Come and dance some of the international folk dances that feel to me like the elements of Earth, Air, Fire, or Water. The dances in- Hrafn Skjoldr Kindred troduced are likely to include ones from Turkey, Greece, Romania, Join us in a Heathen style blot to the Dwarves (Svartalfar) hon- Israel, and Bulgaria. Dances will be taught, experience not neces- oring those who created great weapons, vehicles and treasure for sary, partners not necessary. The Bulgarian verb for dance is the the Norse Gods, Steampunk style. There will be cogs, gears, and same as the verb to play, so Come and play :) other assorted crafts, that would entice the workers of the forge. Steampunk is what happens when Goths discover the color brown. 1:30 PM Monterey So there will be browns, coppers, bronzes, and other fall colors. Our Echtrai, Immrama, Aisling ceremony celebrates the dwarves who inspired man to begin trade Michael Routery as a blacksmith. A serious but light-hearted ceremony created by Celtic traditions offer many resources and techniques for getting DJ Thorrfin Jenkins, Skald of Hrafn Skjoldr Kindred. Steampunk out of our mundane routines, and accessing wisdom from hidden re- attire encouraged, not required. alities, otherworlds and the heart of nature. In Gaelic tales, the echtra 11:00 AM Santa Clara is an adventure, the immram is a voyage, the aisling is dream/vision. The Missing Greek Goddess of the Sea They are also means of encountering the numinous. Our age of al- leged connectivity has led to a sense of increasing fragmentation; at Charles Stein times it’s beneficial to turn off all the devices and head out to where The Greeks did not have a great goddess of the sea; yet Thetis, we can hear the Voices of the Others. A talk and discussion of work- a minor sea nymph, is the mother of Achilles, the principle hero in ing with these mystical practices in a modern setting. The Iliad. In my view the absence of a great mothering goddess of the sea is a secret source of the tragic character of the Trojan War,

MONDAY 43 1:30 PM Pine SUSTAIN YOURSELF CARDS james wanless Experience the 101 eco-principles for self-sustainability using the green wisdom deck of nature cards. Get recharged and re-ener- gized by learning the ten “sustain abilities” of life. 1:30 PM San Jose Village Witchery 202 Valerie Voigt 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 103 OR EQUIVALENT. 1:30 PM San Juan/San Carlos CHS Presents: Preventing Witch Wars—Managing Multiple Roles Christine Hoff Kraemer Cherry Hill Seminary presents “Preventing Witch Wars: Man- aging Multiple Roles in Pagan Community.” Pagans love to create intimate community, and the same close-knit network of friends and lovers often does ritual, crisis counseling, and various kinds of business together. This intimacy can turn explosive, however, when we identify conflicts of interest between multiple roles too late. In this workshop, we will do risk assessments on various kinds of overlapping community roles and look at ethical guidelines for decision-making around multiple role relationships. Topics may 1:30 PM Silicon Valley include power differentials, projection, hot button issues, main- taining clear boundaries, peer consultation, and referral networks. Super-Syncretism!: Creating Connection & Preserving Diversity Ekklesia Antinoou 1:30 PM San Martin/San Simeon Syncretism (note, not eclecticism—they’re not the same!) often Every Day Reiki—Magical & Mundane occurs when religions come into contact with one another, par- Francena Marie Hancock ticularly during periods of increased intercultural communication. Based in Essential Reiki explore where working with the life This session will examine the historical cultus of several “super- force energies which are all around us are instantly and completely syncretistic” deities (including Serapis, Isis, Hekate, Mithras, Sa- available. Do You know Reiki? Probably more than you “think.” bazios, and Antinous), as well as the general theology of polytheis- Want to find out more about what it is to “live” with the access to tic syncretism, drawing on Edward Butler’s model of “polycentric the energies around us in a gentle yet powerfull way. What makes polytheism,” as well as other concepts. Reiki different than other “healing” modalities Why is Reik a tool 3:30 PM Oak for this time on the planet? I want to share with you the informa- tion about the “gift of Reiki.” See You here! Closing Ritual Glenn Turner 1:30 PM Santa Clara Join us as we gather together one last time to thank and say Gods & Goddesses of Ancient Nubia goodbye to the guardians and protectors of our event. We can also Helena Domenic share highlight of our gathering of the tribes. We often hear of Nubia in discussions of ancient Egypt, but we don’t often get to learn about Nubians and their beliefs. Although the Nubians and the Egyptians shared much in common, there are deities that are unique to the Nubian pantheon. In this workshop, we will explore Nubian deities along with Egyptian deities honored by the Nubians and how at least one or two Egyptian deities may have originated in Nubia.

44 MONDAY PantheaCon 2012 Presenters >ogam- Amber K and Azrael Arynn K >ogam- has been praying with beads in many configurations and Amber K and Azrael Arynn K are Wiccan priestesses, authors of languages for some three decades. He is a professional prayer bead True Magick, Ritualcraft, Covencraft, How to Become a Witch, and artisan specializing in one-of-a-kind and limited edition strands. other books. They are active with Ardantane in New Mexico. Ardan- • The World On A String tane, PO Box 307, Jemez Springs NM 87025. www.ardantane.org. Friday, 3:30 PM . Pine • Through Magickal Eyes A Couple of Jews Saturday, 9:00 AM...... Carmel • Hecate: Bright Maiden, Dark Crone, Queen and Mage Max Bernstein and Cruz Arellanes are pagan-friendly Jews on Saturday, 1:30 PM ...... San Jose/ Santa Clara the PanteaCon ops team. • Welcoming the Sabbath Bride American Magic Umbanda House Friday, 5:00 PM . Riesling The members of the amUH have been practicing our version of • Havdalah American Umbanda for over 18 years in the greater San Francisco Saturday, 5:00 PM ...... Riesling Bay Area. We are what is called a mixed house, meaning that we Abel R. Gomez have a variety of pantheons that we work with, but our primary pantheon is the Orixa of West Africa, and Brazil. In addition to Abel R. Gomez is a writer, performer, ritualist, and community the Pombagira Devotional, we will be having a hospitality suite - organizer. A Reclaiming witch and Sha’can Tradition initiate, he has come visit us! For more information, please contact Mama Maeva facilitated workshops in community, junior college, and university at: [email protected] settings and his work has been featured in various online and print • Pomba Gira Devotional publications. Friday, 11:00 PM...... Cedar/ Pine • The Holy Queer: Shamans, Healers, Dancers, & Ritualists Saturday, 11:00 AM ...... San Carlos Anaar ADF Anaar is a long time practicing witch in the Feri Tradition and brings to her performances a large body of dark lore and ritual. Her ADF provides a flexible structure for a Neopagan Druidic reli- body of work focuses on sensual ecstasy and expressionistic story- gion based on the practices of the ancient Indo-Europeans, adapted telling. She walks between the worlds, dancing between technique to the needs of a modern people. It’s a non-profit religious, scien- and passion. Every performance is an homage to her Triple Muse; tific, educational, artistic, and charitable corporation whose mem- Mystery, Power and Ritual. Fear not to step into the circle, Fear not bers practice the full range of activities practiced by most religious to dance with the Fey. organizations. We are dedicated to the preservation of our Holy • Intro to the Feri Tradition Mother Earth, the full achievement of human potential, the revival Friday, 9:00 PM . Oak of the worship of the Goddesses and the Gods in a modern context, and the creation of world peace, freedom, health, prosperity for all Anaar. Morpheus, Sharon, Thorn, Winter intelligent beings. T. Thorn Coyle, Sharon Knight, Morpheus, Winter and Anaar • ADF Ritual: Bringing Unity Among the Many Diverse Panthe- are all priests and priestesses with years of experience serving their ons Gods and communities. Artists, authors, dancers, musicians, and Saturday, 11:00 AM ...... San Martin/ San Simeon consummate ritualists, their rites are always vibrant, saturated with Alexander James Adams color, movement, and sound. • Exorcism: A Rite of De-Possession and Re-Integration Alexander James Adams is the Heir to the Heatherlands and mu- Saturday, 7:00 PM ...... Cedar/ Pine sic of Heather Alexander. As Faerietale Minstrel, he continues the legacy of Celtic music and cavorting with the Fae. His fiery fiddle Anastacia Nutt and story-telling enchant both the young and old! Anastacia Nutt is an author and teacher, co-founder of a long running • Reclaiming the Warlock residential and international spiritual program The Path of the Ceremo- Friday, 3:30 PM . Santa Clara nial Arts, and a minister with The Star House, a trans-denominational • Celtic Music Concert stellar temple (complete with stone circle!) situated outside Boulder CO. Sunday, 7:00 PM...... Club Max Anastacia is a classically trained singer, composer, and pianist. Amazon Priestess Tribe • The Mothers of Change Monday, 11:00 AM . Silicon Valley The Amazon Priestesses are a rowdy, intellectual, wily, beauti- ful, dangerous, sacred sisterhood of High Priestesses in the Ama- Angus McMahan zon Dianic Tradition. We celebrate our wild natures as well as our Angus McMahan is a gregarious solitary who can usually be poised propriety, we dance naked beneath the moon, sing in har- found playing strange drums strangely at various Community Seed mony and screech like banshees, and generally revel in the Myster- rituals. He is a lego sculptor, a cross-country marcher, a crop circle ies of the Goddess in each one of us...and in all women. Led by The inspiration, a breathtakingly slow triathlete and a writer of no great Lady Yeshe Rabbit, we are a Tribe of “Queens Among Queens.” renown. angus-land.blogspot.com • Queen of Hearts • Pagan Humor 4: A New Hope Sunday, 1:30 PM...... San Martin/ San Simeon Sunday, 9:00 PM...... Club Max

45 Annelise Bay Area Circle Dancers Annelise loves dancing of all types and is a regular and enthusi- A workshop in Circle, or Sacred Dance: a means of experienc- astic folk dancer. ing and celebrating our connection to the rhythms of the earth, to • International Folk Dance Elements each other, and to our sources. No dance experience necessary. We Monday, 1:30 PM. Fir teach simple meaningful beautiful dances from Greece, Scotland, Athena Wallinder Israel, the Incas, the Shakers, etc. all done to splendid music, hold- ing hands in a circle. Athena Wallinder, is the 73rd spirit of the booke Goetia. She is • Sacred Circle Dance Workshop (beginners welcome) a great and mightie Countesse, and hath the specialtie in the arte Monday, 9:00 AM ...... San Juan/ San Carlos magic; particularly that of Daemon work, Enochian, Abramelin, gri- moires, and necromancie. She hath made the studye and practice Bonni Cardoza daily over 20 years, while teacheth for 15 of these years. Athena has Bonni is a Drama therapist, MFTI working under MFT supervi- receiveth instruction from masters in these arts, as well as traveled to sion and a proud mother of two. She have led a number of womens Egypt and Haiti to further her studyes. Her office is the worketh of empowerment workshops and rituals in the bay area. Bonni is also magic professionally for clients, and the construction of tools magi- an active member of the Fellowship of the Spiral path and service cal at www.enochian.org. She also leadeth retreats in de arte’ magic. on the Spiral Board. • Enhancing evocation with Sacred sexuality and BSDM • Mother and Child Goddess Tea Party Friday, 11:00 PM...... San Juan/ San Carlos Saturday, 11:00 AM ...... San Juan Aurea Arcana Brandy Williams This revolving, roving group of witty and wry fools, magicians, Brandy Williams has been a teacher and organizer in the magical queens, and mathemagicians gather annually, as they have under communities for 30 years. She organizes Seattle Pagan Scholars and many names and directors, to present to you the divine mysteries is active in O.T.O. and Golden Dawn groups. She wrote “Practi- of Oracles from the Living Tarot. cal Magic for Beginners” and “Ecstatic Ritual, Practical Sex Magic”, • Oracles from the Living Tarot 2012 and edited the anthology “Women’s Voices in Magic.” Sunday, 7:00 PM...... Cedar/ Pine • Sisters of Seshat Moon Ritual Autumn Damiana Saturday, 3:30 PM ...... San Martin Autumn Damiana is an artist, writer, and mostly solitary Wic- Carl Neal can/Pagan who lives in San Jose, CA. She has been published in Carl Neal has been fascinated with incense since childhood. Years PanGaia, Circle Magazine, Llewellyn’s Witches’ Calendar and passed and he found his feet firmly on a Pagan path. He moved be- Llewellyn’s Magical Almanac. When she is not writing, she is usu- yond grocery store incense into the realms of natural incense. For ally involved in a ton of crafts projects, but she tries to get out in over 15 years he has researched and experimented to better under- nature as much as possible, too. Visit her metaphysical store on stand incense ñ a ritual object to which few of us pay attention. A Etsy or read her blog, “Sacred Survival in a Mundane World.” professional incense maker and seller of ritual items for many years, • Make a Pocket Shrine Carl brought his incense making knowledge to the greater commu- Sunday, 3:30 PM...... San Juan nity with his 2003 book Incense. In March 2012 he will bring incense Avalon Rising use to life in his new book Incense Magick (Llewellyn). • Magick Incense Making 101 To say they’re the world’s foremost practitioners of Celtic/Medi- Saturday, 1:30 PM ...... San Juan eval progressive rock could be meaningless, given the scanty mem- bership of the genre — until you factor in just how damn good they CAYA Coven’s Brotherhood of the Moon are. Hearing them perform, one is hard-put to say just what kind The Brotherhood of the Moon is a circle within Come As You of music they’re playing — just that it rocks, it screams, it soars, Are Coven. We are a full moon brotherhood open to all self-iden- it whispers. Elements of classical, Celtic folk, French Medieval, tified men, dedicated to the exploration of the mysteries of gods psychedelic jam band and funk interweave, conflict, and finally and men in a safe and non-judgmental space, open to all ideas and coalesce into a stunning, surprising whole. One hears echoes of paths. Join us for rites that support the ideal of masculinity in a Loreena McKennitt, Dead Can Dance, the Grateful Dead, Fairport strong, responsible, caring, and empowered ritual space. For more Convention, and the Pentangle. info, visit www.cayacoven.org • Avalon Rising Elbows and Antlers CD Dance Party • The Many Faces of the God Saturday, 9:00 PM ...... Cedar/ Pine Friday, 11:00 PM...... Oak Avia Moore & Priestesses of Stone City Chandra Alexandre & SHARANYA Avia Moore is the daughter of the Stone City founders and a third SHARANYA is home to (R)evolutionary Shakta Tantra. We are generation Pagan. She has been a lifelong student of magick and a federally-recognized devi mandir (goddess temple) based in San witchcraft as well as the mysteries of the Egyptian Gods, with a spe- Francisco working to facilitate the blossoming of radical truth, cial dedication to Bast since childhood. She will be joined for this healing and wholeness through individual sadhana (spiritual prac- ritual by Tori Powers, another talented second-generation witch, as tice), devotion, and the Dark Goddess. well as supporting priestesses Morpheus Ravenna and Tina Beachy. • Kali Puja: Mysteries of the Dark Goddess • Bast: The Great Cat Goddess Sunday, 11:00 PM ...... San Juan/ San Carlos Saturday, 11:00 AM ...... Oak 46 Charles Stein Circle of Cerridwen Poet/author of Persephone Unveiled: Seeing the Goddess and The Circle of Cerridwen is the founding coven of the Open Freeing your Soul—an in depth interpretation of The Elusinian Source Alexandrian tradition. The Open Source Alexandrian tra- Mysteries with applications to our times. Poetry on many subjects dition is an open and inclusive tradition based on the Alexandrian directly related to Pantheacon concerns. Witchcraft model. All seekers are welcome to our events regardless • The Missing Greek Goddess of the Sea of gender identity, sexual orientation, and magickal experience. Monday, 11:00 AM . Santa Clara Visit our website http://cerridwen.st4r.org for more information Chic Cicero & Sandra Tabatha Cicero and contact details. • Open Discussion of Gender and Transgender in Paganism Chic Cicero and Sandra Tabatha Cicero are Chief Adepts of the Sunday, 3:30 PM...... Santa Clara Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. Chic was a close personal friend and student of Israel Regardie, and he was one of the key Circle of Dionysos people to help Regardie resurrect the Golden Dawn in the United The Circle of Dionysos is dedicated to the exploration and cel- States in the early 1980s. The Ciceros have written numerous books ebration of spiritual traditions that honor gender fluidity and sex- on the Golden Dawn, tarot, and magic, including The Essential ual variance. We believe that universal diversity is purposeful, and Golden Dawn, Self-Initiation into the Golden Dawn Tradition, thus that members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Secrets of a Golden Dawn Temple, Tarot Talismans, The Golden Queer Community possess wisdom that is of vital importance to Dawn Magical Tarot, and the Babylonian Tarot. the community at large. Through public ritual performances, small • The Rosicrucian Vault: A Compendium of the Universal Unity study groups, and personal spiritual guidance, we seek to help both Friday, 7:00 PM . Carmel/ Monterey individuals and our community in discovering, developing, and • Drawing Forth the Light: Creating Magical Talismans expressing that wisdom. For More information about the Circle of Saturday, 1:30 PM ...... Oak Dionysos, please visit our website at http://circleofdionysos.org/. • Israel Regardie: Man and Magician • A Modern Dionysian Initiation Sunday, 7:00 PM...... Carmel/ Monterey Saturday, 11:00 PM. Fir Chief Luisah Teish • Queer Rites: Making Meaning for and from Sexual/Gender Diversity Luisah Teish is the Founding Mother of Ile Orunmila Oshun,the Sunday, 11:00 AM...... Carmel/ Monterey author of Jambalaya, a women’s spirituality instructor, and ritual design consultant. Come As You Are Coven • Oshun: The Daughter of Promise Come As You Are (CAYA) Coven is an eclectic, open, drop-in Friday, 7:00 PM . Oak coven with branches in the East Bay and South Bay. Our mission Chiron Armand is to create safe, loving, magical, celebratory, warm, family-friendly community rituals. All are offered opportunities to participate, Chiron Armand is an interdisciplinary artist and reluctant aca- and everyone’s talents and gifts are honored. Visit us in the East or demic. He is an initiated Priest in the Unnamed Path shamanic tradi- South Bay, or online at www.cayacoven.com tion and is associate editor of Hoodoo & Conjure Quarterly. His un- • Wake Up to Spirit Ritual dergraduate concentration at Hampshire College explored theatre, Saturday, 9:00 AM...... Pine ritual anthropology, and queer spirituality. He is currently pursuing a Masters in Performance Studies at New York University. Crystal Blanton • Earth, Folk, and Kin: Animism and Civil Dissent Ms. Blanton has worked in Social Services for 15 years, specializ- Friday, 7:00 PM . San Jose ing in addiction studies and counseling. She is a Registered Addic- Christine Hoff Kraemer tion Specialist and certified in Anger Management. She is a Wiccan High Priestess who has combined her experience in covens with Christine Hoff Kraemer is Chair of the Theology and Religious professional training. She continues to work as an AOD counselor History department at Cherry Hill Seminary. She holds a PhD in while maintaining family, mentoring, local coven and two tradi- Religious and Theological Studies from Boston University and writes tions. Her book Bridging the Gap; Working Within the Dynam- on issues of theology, sexuality, and contemporary Pagan culture. ics of Pagan Groups and Society and the Shades of Faith; Minority • CHS Presents: Preventing Witch Wars - Managing Multiple Voices in Paganism anthology are currently available through Im- Roles manion Press. www.crystalblanton.com Monday, 1:30 PM. San Juan/ San Carlos • Sustaining through Conflict; Restorative Justice in Action Christopher Penczak Sunday, 9:00 AM...... Cedar Christopher Penczak is a modern witch with a full time teaching Crystal Blanton & the Family of the Rising Phoenix and healing practice in New England. He is the cofounder of The Family of the Rising Phoenix is a part of the Rising Phoenix Tra- Temple of Witchcraft nonprofit and Copper Cauldron Publishing. dition that formed through the former Family Wiccan Tradition He is the author of many books, including the Temple of Witch- International. Members of this group are involved in facilitating craft series and The Plant Spirit Familiar. family tradition across several states within the U.S and inside of • Ritual of the Green Devil their own family. Saturday, 3:30 PM ...... Oak • The Rise of the Phoenix; Family practice within the Pagan home • The Three Rays of Witchcraft Sunday, 7:00 PM...... San Jose Sunday, 1:30 PM...... Pine 47 Damian Murphy exclusive to “Divine-Nature Spirituality.”ù Our focus is on personal Damian Murphy is the head of Temple Ignis Aeternus, a temple growth, healing, healthy living, deep exploration and epiphany. We are in Seattle, WA based in the work of the Golden Dawn. Has has here to empower tribe and community to raise the vibration of human- been actively practicing ceremonial magic for over 18 years and ity. We feel called to serve on the path towards Enlightenment, Center, has been teaching and lecturing for 9 years. This will be his second Source, Love, God, Goddess, Spirit, Inspiration, Grace, Peace and Awe presentation at PantheaCon. though events, classes & workshops, Ecstatic Dance, Seasonal Rituals, • The Behenian Fixed Stars: 15 Celestial Archetypes and more. Please visit: www.devagnosis.org for more information. Sunday, 9:00 AM...... Silicon Valley • Dance Elemental - Ecstatic Dance Friday, 7:00 PM . Cedar/ Pine Daniel Foor Devin Hunter Daniel Foor, Ph.D., has studied world religion for 15 years with an emphasis on shamanism and indigenous wisdom including the International spiritual teacher and priest Devin Hunter is the traditions of his Northern European ancestors. Daniel is an initiate Head Priest of The Living Temple of Diana, a shaman, Reiki prac- in Ifa/Orisha tradition and leads trainings and individual sessions titioner, and teacher. Devin is a journalist / writer and his work has focused on ancestral healing, ritual work in nature, and clarifying been featured in Moon Shadows Magazine, Witch eye, and is the personal destiny (www.ancestralmedicine.org). Daniel is passion- host of The Modern Witch Podcast. Devin is a professional psychic ate about embodying earth-honoring wisdom in non-dogmatic medium with over ten years experience offering services and magi- ways that emphasize our capacity for service and innate joy. He cal work to a wide range of clients, and is currently the House Me- is also the founder and executive director of the Earth Medicine dium at the Mystic Dream in Walnutcreek,Ca. Devin’s work spe- Alliance (www.earthmedicine.org), an interfaith, earth-honoring cializes in empowerment, non-gender based goddess worship,and non-profit based out of the San Francisco Bay Area. world pagan community awakening. • Healing Ritual for the City of San Jose • Pagans in the Media: A Panel on Modern Pagan Leadership Friday, 9:00 PM . Santa Clara Sunday, 3:30 PM...... Fir David Miller Diana Paxson David Miller has been a Reclaiming Teacher for twenty years. Diana L. Paxson and the “Seidhjallr” group have been presenting He was the “first” draft card burner in 1965 and served two years oracular seidh for the pagan community since 1990. She is also an in federal prison. His new book (Nov. ‘11) is: The Cosmic Ball- elder and former Steerswoman of the Troth, whose journal IDUN- game: What 2012 and Mayan Creation Mean For Us. He lives at NA, she edits. She is the author of many novels on pagan themes, Black Cat in San Francisco. and a number of popular non-fiction books, including TRANCE- • The Meaning of 2012 and the Blood Ballgame PORTATION, TAKING UP THE RUNES, and her new book on Saturday, 7:00 PM ...... Riesling Oracular practice, THE WAY OF THE ORACLE. • Oracular Seidh David Myriad Saturday, 9:00 PM ...... San Juan/ San Carlos An artist using mythic elements of the past, present, and future, Diana Paxson & Hrafnar kindred Myriad has embraced a variety of spiritual traditions. He is cur- rently a member of the Fellowship of the Spiral Path, as well as Baldr’s Drama was written by Diana L. Paxson, author of Taking several Masonic groups. His Tiny Tots Tarot Project seeks to evoke up the Runes and Essential Asatru, and is presented by Hrafnar kin- some well needed playfulness into the ancient tradition of the tar- dred, one of the oldest Heathen groups in the San Francisco area. ot. More details at www.tinytotstarot.com, and www.davidmyriad. • Baldr’s Drama - a Heathen Ritual Play com Contact: [email protected] Sunday, 9:00 PM...... San Juan/ San Carlos • Cannanite Mythology and Spirituality : an Introduction Dinnie McLaughlin Sunday, 3:30 PM...... San Carlos Dinnie is a professional astrologer for 20 years with focus in Deborah J. Hamouris synestry and transits. She has been a member of National Coun- Deborah “DJ” Hamouris is a performer, teacher, recording art- cil for GeoCosmic Research since 1984. She has an entertainment ist, choral director, community organizer and producer of musical company in the bay area called Mystical Entertainment that high- events. In any given week, she performs a house concert with The lights astrology, tarot, and palm readers. DulciMates and solo at a local senior residence or two; teaches a • Where oh where is my love?? Using Astrology to find the answers dulcimer class at the Freight & Salvage in Berkeley; directs Women Friday, 1:30 PM . San Martin/ San Simeon & Song; and leads”Not Your Momma’s Rounds” workshop. In the Don Frew & Michael Smith Pagan community Deborah is best known for her CDs “Welcome Don Frew is an Elder in the NROOGD & Gardnerian Tradi- to Annwfn,” “Moonrise: Songs of Love, Magic & Other Mysteries,” tions of Wicca. He is a Nat. Interfaith Rep. for the Covenant of the and “The Chorus of Life” with Gaia’s Voice. She is working on a Goddess and has been representing the Craft in interfaith work for new recording, “Snapshots.” www.djhamouris.com over 25 years. He is the founder & Director of the Lost & Endan- • CircleSinging: Improvisational Group Singing/Instant Choir gered Religions Project and a founder of the Adocentyn Research Sunday, 1:30 PM...... Silicon Valley Library. Michael Smith has been practicing various esoteric dis- DevaGnosis ciplines since 1989. He is an Elder of the Assembly of the Sacred DevaGnosis is a holistic spiritual fellowship whose home-base is Wheel and is involved with the ASW’s New Alexandrian Library. in Campbell, Ca. We create, host and promote events related but not He works extensively with the Egyptian deities, and is inspired & 48 sustained by his studies of Astrology, Qabalah, Ritual, & Natural Dustbunny Feri Initiates, Students and Guests Magick. He is a member of the American Academy of Religions The Dustbunnies are a working circle of Feri initiates and prac- and its Contemporary Pagan Studies Group. titioners that meet to work Magick and celebrate direct connection • Pagan Libraries of the Ancient & Modern World with the Gods. The Pagan Tent Revival celebrants include Valerie Sunday, 9:00 AM...... Carmel/ Monterey Walker (aka veedub), Ron Miller, Timothy E.M. Williams, Philip Don Schulz Wells, Maura Sipila, Jenya T. Beachy and beloved others. • The Ole Time Good Spell Feri Pagan Tent Revival Having been inspired to make drums starting in 2000, I took my Saturday, 9:00 PM ...... Oak “mid-life crisis” and quit a 20 year career to persue my passion as a full time lifestyle. I started The Different Drum in 2004 and im- Ed Fitch mediately found myself not only selling the drums I made but also Edward “Ed” Fitch is an occult author and a High Priest of the a kind of de-facto circle “leader” everywhere I showed up with one Gardnerian Wicca tradition. Fitch was initiated by Raymond Buck- of my mother drums. As a result, I’ve trained as a facilitator under land in 1967. He is one of the creators of “The Pagan Way” and one Arthur Hull and AM taking a new approach to the circle. You can of the editors of The Waxing Moon and the The Crystal Well. Fitch see more at www.thedifferentdrum.net. also helped to organize and chaired the Covenant of the Goddess • Drum Circle 101 (COG) as an international umbrella organization representing Pa- Friday, 9:00 PM . Silicon Valley gans. Fitch continues to perform as a Gardnerian High Priest and • Introduction to the drum for children. dabbles in the Faerie faith, Mohsian, the Order of Osiris, the Order Saturday, 11:00 AM ...... Silicon Valley of the Temple of Astarte, Norse, and Ceremonial Magick. • Saturday Midnight night drum jam! • Pyrate Magick Saturday, 11:00 PM. Cedar Saturday, 7:00 PM ...... Mezzanine Donald Michael Kraig Ekklesia Antinoou Donald Michael Kraig is a magickian, Tantric, hypnotist, and The Ekklesia Antinoou (“Citizenry of Antinous”) is a queer, author. He specializes in magick, Kabalah, Tarot, hypnosis, Tan- Graeco-Roman-Egyptian syncretist reconstructionist polytheist tra, and psychic development. His books include the revised and group dedicated to worship of Antinous, the deified lover of the expanded 3rd edition of Modern Magick, Modern Sex Magick, Roman Emperor Divus Hadrianus. This form of modern Antinoan Tarot & Magic and The Resurrection Murders. He has practiced practice has been functioning since 2002. P. Sufenas Virius Lupus many Western spiritual and magickal traditions and is an initi- will be conducting this session, with assistance from several other ated Tantric. He is a certified hypnosis instructor for the American Ekklesia Antinoou members and friends. Board of Hypnotherapy and Society for Experiential Trance, and a • The Ekklesia Antinoou and Queer Youth Spirituality Master Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming. His web- Friday, 3:30 PM . Carmel/ Monterey site is www.modernmagick.com. • Super-Syncretism!: Creating Connection & Preserving Diversity • Why the LBRP Matters Monday, 1:30 PM. Silicon Valley Saturday, 7:00 PM ...... San Jose/ Santa Clara Ellen Evert Hopman • The Seance Experience Saturday, 11:00 PM. Carmel/ Monterey Ellen Evert Hopman is a Master Herbalist and lay Homeopath who holds an M.Ed. in Mental Health Counseling. She is a found- Dr. David Shoemaker ing member of The Order of the White Oak and has presented on Dr. David Shoemaker is the Chancellor of the College of Thele- Druidism, herbal lore, tree lore, Paganism, and magic at confer- ma of Northern California, and the Prolocutor of its initiatory Or- ences, festivals, and events in Northern Ireland, Ireland, Scotland, der, The Temple of the Silver Star. He is also an initiate of Ordo Canada, and the United States. She has participated in numerous Templi Orientis, serving in various regional and national roles. He radio and television programs and is the author of a growing num- is a clinical psychologist in private practice, as well as a musician ber of books. Her newest novel, Priestess of the Fire Temple: A and composer. He has taught on many topics over the years, but his Druid’s Tale, will be launched at PantheaCon this year! Her newest specialties include Qabalistic Psychology, ritual design, Raja Yoga, book on magical herbalism is Scottish Herbs and Fairy Lore. and systems of initiation. His “Living Thelema” segments are fea- • Blessing and Cursing—An Overview of Scottish Folk Magic tured monthly on the “Speech in the Silence” podcast. Friday, 1:30 PM . Cedar • Tarot and the Path of Initiation • Scottish Fairy Lore Saturday, 3:30 PM ...... San Simeon Sunday, 9:00 AM...... San Jose Drew Ward Emily Carlin Drew Ward credits family tradition and hereditary gifts for the I AM a lifelong resident of the Pacific Northwest, living in the foundation of his psychic work and Heathen spirituality. He is a greater Seattle area. I have been a practicing witch for more than a member of Hammer of Thor Kindred, and serves as a Seer with the decade and have spent much of that time teaching magickal pro- Kindred’s Seidh team. Drew operates a “cottage industry” business, tection to people of various ages and skill levels. I AM a faculty Just Rewards, specializing in the finest Baltic amber. He and his member and graduate of the Grey School of Wizardry where I AM partner of 22 years, Jim, reside in Berkeley. the Dean of the Dark Arts department, specializing in defensive • Introduction to Elder Futhark Runes magick and creatures of the night. I have a Bachelor of Arts in phi- Sunday, 9:00 AM...... Santa Clara losophy from Wellesley College and a Juris Doctor from Seattle

49 University School of Law, and AM a member of the Washington deepest truths and highest paths. Teaching Essential Reiki since State Bar. My book “Defense Against the Dark” is available at major 1996 and practicing Reiki since 1989, sharing the gift of Reiki is retailers including amazon.com. one of Francena Marie’s favorite activities. Traveling the paths of • Magickal Munitions transformation for more than 40 years she brings a lighthearted Monday, 11:00 AM . Fir approach to the magic and mystery that manifest in our lives. Emperor Norton’s Guard • Every Day Reiki - Magical & Mundane Monday, 1:30 PM. San Martin/ San Simeon Norton’s Guard is an English Ritual Longsword team doing tra- ditional winter sword dances from the British Isles. The team was frank johnstone and Group started in 1988. We are based in Oakland,Ca, & practice year round. I’ve been on this Pagan path since ‘04. I’m currently in a coven in we can be contacted at 510-653-5096 or acepernich@almemeda- Santa Cruz (Green Heart Grove) in the Celtic trad. I’ve also been in net.net or [email protected] recovery since April of ‘06. My e-mail address is [email protected] • Longsword Dancing for any other questions. Saturday, 12:30 PM. Quietbar foyer • Pagans in recovery • Longsword Dancing Friday, 7:00 PM . Riesling Saturday, 5:00 PM ...... Quietbar foyer Freyja’s Gift Epic Journeys Freyja’s Gift Trance Team is an eclectic group of Heathens, Wic- Leslie Ramirez is an energy intuitive vessel. She has been trained cans and Traditional Witches who do trance work for their com- in energy healing, including Reiki. She has been in private practice munity. Some do Seidhr, some have other practices. Freyja’s Gift for three years. Her passion for travel has led her to sacred sites in is led by Seidhkona Lisa Morgenstern, and is the Seidh team for Guatemala, Mexico, Taiwan, Tunisia and Egypt. The energetic pull Hrafn Skjoldr Kindred. she felt in Egypt during her initiation led her to develop a deeper • A Different Kind of Seidhr connection with the Egyptian Pantheon. Egypt is home to her and Sunday, 11:00 PM ...... Carmel/ Monterey she finds great pleasure and joy bringing people to this land. Gareth B. • The Magical Land Of Egypt Gareth B. is a certified, licensed initiate in the Asklepian Healing Friday, 11:00 PM...... San Martin/ San Simeon tradition — i.e. a physician. He is also a Third Degree Gardnerian Erynn Laurie High Priest. He has been studying the hypnotic techniques and Erynn Rowan Laurie is the author of “Ogam: Weaving Word therapies of Milton H. Erickson for over 15 years, and practices Wisdom” and “A Circle of Stones: Journeys & Meditations for Mod- this art in Tucson, Arizona. He is also a Feri student, bluesman, ern Celts”. She has 25 years of experience in the Pagan community author, and filmmaker. and has been developing a path of Filidecht or sacred poetry in the • Modern Trance Techniques for All Paths and Traditions Celtic tradition since 1988. Sunday, 7:00 PM...... Oak • Celtic Reconstructionist Rituals: A Look at the Nuts and Bolts George L. Hersh Ph.D. Friday, 11:00 PM...... Carmel/ Monterey Licensed Clinical Psychologist (Calif. PSY 17825) practice limit- • Brigid and Sarasvati: Goddesses of Poetry and Inspiration ed to adults, open to Witches, Pagans, Wiccans, Heathens, Ceremo- Sunday, 7:00 PM...... Silicon Valley nial Magicians, Kabbalists. etc.; Member: NROOGD, Fellowship of Evelie Delfino Sales Posch the Spiral Path, Covenant of the Goddess, ADF (life/inactive); 2 Evelie Delfino Sales Posch, Certified Sound Healer and Thera- earned Ph.D.s; Navy Unit Commendation; geomancer for Ursula pist, is a Babaylan/Catalonan (Philippine indigenous shamanistic K. LeGuin’s Always Coming Home; advisor and contributor for healing arts practitioner), Reclaiming Priestess & OBOD Bard and Diana Paxson’s Trance Portation; grandfather. office: 1760 Solano, Pranic Healing practitiioner. She is the founder of Mahal {ethnofu- Suite 200, Berkeley, California , 94707 - [email protected] sion music} & BEam: Babaylan Emerging: Apprenticeship & Men- (510)528-3524 toring Program teaching in person and online. She performs & • The Price of Magic - Spirit and Matter facilitates rituals and magical playshops blending her blood tradi- Monday, 9:00 AM ...... Fir tion with other earth-honoring spiritualities. Evelie is Reclaiming’s Glenn Turner & Friends SpiralDance Chorus & Band Heartistic Director. Glenn Turner—Glenn, and her available friends who can help, • Mahal {EthnoTribalFusion Music} will lead the group. Glenn Turner has been a witch since 1968 and a Sunday, 1:30 PM...... Club Max founder of NROOGD and Covenant of the Goddess. Current mas- Fellowship of Druidism for the Latter Age (FoDLA) ter of Sirius Encampment OTO and a member of the OTO since A celtic reconstructionist neo-pagan druidism church incorpo- 1983. She is the owner of Ancient Ways store in Oakland CA since rated in California with Groves in Los Angeles, SF Bay area, Phoe- 1988, originator and organizer of PantheaCon in February at the nix, AZ and New York. DoubleTree San Jose and TheurgiCon in July in Berkeley. She can • Druid Ritual: Honoring our Ancestors be reached at [email protected] Friday, 7:00 PM . Silicon Valley • Opening Ritual Francena Marie Hancock Friday, 1:00 PM . Oak • Prison Ministry and Pagan Prisoners Mage and Seer, Francena Marie, guides us towards finding our Saturday, 1:30 PM ...... San Martin 50 • Occupy this Panel: new models An accomplished artist, Helena’s art has been exhibited around Sunday, 1:30 PM...... Oak the United States and abroad. Her specialties are Tarot, Qabala, • Closing Ritual and Art and the Sacred, and African art. In day to day life, Hel- Monday, 3:30 PM. Oak ena is an Assistant Professor of Art and Art History at Cheyney Goblin Crafting Triumverate University. Helena has also taught at Sacred Space, Ecumenicon, Etheracon, Akashacon, Morgan’s Cauldron, Rutgers University, Manuela the Goblin Queen joins with hags from other Goblin The University of the Arts, and a variety of other venues. Hel- realms to pass on the crafting lore of their people. ena’s art can be seen at: www.helenadomenic.com and at www. • Rune Sticks mythandwonder.com. Saturday, 1:30 PM ...... San Carlos • The Sacred Arts of West Africa • DIY Magical Cords - Blessed Be The Ties That Bind Friday, 3:30 PM . San Jose Sunday, 1:30 PM...... San Juan • Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Nubia Greenheart Grove Monday, 1:30 PM. Santa Clara Greenheart Grove is a teaching coven in Santa Cruz, CA. The Hexeba Theaux coven has been together since 1998. Priestesses Neta Whitty and Hexeba Theaux has been studying witchcraft and Wicca since she Janus Laughingbear Blume love to teach and inspire through en- was a teenager, learning from several wonderful teachers (and a few tertainment. We have a deep devotion to the art of sacred theater. bad ones); reading everything she could get her hands on; working Performing for our Pagan community at Pantheacon is the high- solitary for many years; and working with groups for several more. light of our year. She has belonged to circles or covens in Spain and California, been • A Journey of Discovery and Wow initiated into two Central Valley Wicca Traditions, and is a Gard- Sunday, 9:00 PM...... Carmel/ Monterey nerian second degree. This is the beginning of her third year of ap- Gus diZerega prenticeship to Valerie Voigt. As a Cajun, Ms. Theaux has a special A Gardnerian Elder for over 20 years, Gus diZerega has con- interest in Hoodoo and in historical witchcraft as a whole. ducted workshops on healing, shamanism, ecology and politics at • Village Witchery 101 Pagan events in the US and Canada. His newest book (with Philip Friday, 1:30 PM . San Juan/ San Carlos Johnson) is Beyond the Burning Times: A Pagan and Christian in • Village Witchery 102 Dialogue. He has just completed a book on the 60s, the Culture Saturday, 9:00 AM...... San Juan War, and the Sacred Feminine. A political scientist in the outside Holly Allender Kraig world, he writes often on political topics. He is Beliefnet’s first Pa- Holly Allender Kraig, CMT, certified NLP Practitioner, yoga in- gan blogger: and also writes regularly for Patheos. structor and Reiki Practitioner. She has taught Hatha yoga across the • Beginning Energy Healing nation for the last 11 years. Using the tools of yoga, NLP, Reiki and Saturday, 1:30 PM ...... Fir massage therapy, Holly has shown people how to affect change in • Pagans, Culture War, and the Modern Crisis their lives, removes blockages and with confidence move forward. Saturday, 9:00 PM ...... Silicon Valley • Yoga for Every Body Hayden Reynolds, Ph.D. and Christine Brooks, Ph.D. Saturday, 9:00 AM...... San Martin/ San Simeon Christine Brooks is an Assistant Professor and Chair of the Resi- Holly DeFount dential MA and Ph.D. programs in Transpersonal Psychology at I AM an artist, author and a solitary practitioner of the Craft the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology. Dr. Brooks’ research is since 1990. I AM currently producing a Tarot deck and companion focused in three areas: intentional childlessness as a life path; ar- book called the Incidental Tarot. Magic, folklore, mythology and chetypal expressions of gendered identities; and the interface of history are intimately incorporated into my Art and my Craft. transpersonal psychology and transformational education scholar- • Making Art: Manifesting Magic ship. Hayden Reynolds is an adjunct professor at the Institute of Sunday, 1:30 PM...... San Carlos Transpersonal Psychology. Dr. Reynolds’ research has a strongly heuristic focus and centers on a few major themes: the expression Holly Tannen of self through performance, capturing the stories of marginalized Holly Tannen is a Reclaiming tradition priestess of Brighid, and populations, gender non-conformity, and spirituality as an experi- a folklorist specializing in humor, traditional ballads, and European ence of self. He co-founded, and is the board president for, The magical ritual. She is currently studying WikiLeaks and its revela- Circle of Dionysos, a ritual theater performance group based in tions about the growing US intelligence/surveillance community. San Francisco. Holly teaches workshops in SongCraft, traditional singing, and Ap- • Lifting the Veil: Exploring Our Own Gender Diversity palachian dulcimer. Her recordings include Between the Worlds, Friday, 9:00 PM . San Juan/ San Carlos Rime of the Ancient Matriarch, and Crazy Laughter. Helena Domenic • A Concert of New Songs (and old favorites) Saturday, 7:00 PM ...... Carmel/ Monterey Helena Domenic is an Elder in the Assembly of the Sacred • SongCraft: New Songs from Old Wheel. Helena has belonged to three covens within the Assembly Sunday, 7:00 PM...... Santa Clara previously, and served as High Priestess in two, Oak and Willow and Weavers of the Moonfire. She is now High Priestess of Chal- ice of the Living Stars, a coven in the Chester County, PA area.

51 House of Danu fessional astrologer who has studied astrology since 1980 and has The House of Danu is an alliance of California groves and seed been offering consultations and readings since 1988. He is the au- groups of the Order of Bards, Ovates, and Druids (OBOD) centered thor of Spirit Speak, Casting Sacred Space, and Beneath The Skins. in Sussex, England. This presentation includes Manannan Mac Lir in • Triple Shadow: The Shadow Of The Lower, Middle, & Higher Self San Francisco, Sacramento Grove of the Oak, Doire Bhrighid in the Friday, 7:00 PM . San Martin/ San Simeon East Bay, Croi na Gleann in the South Bay, the Taliesin in the North • Divine Embodiment: Assumption, Drawing Down, Bay, Llywn Swynedig in Fresno, Grand Yew Grove in Modesto, Star Aspecting, Possession and Stone Fellowship, Sleeping Dragon, both in Los Angeles, Draig Saturday, 9:00 PM ...... San Jose/ Santa Clara de Garran Sequoia in Santa Cruz, and the San Diego Seed Group. Jadzia DeForest • Druid Ritual with Danse Macabre Jadzia DeForest has many skills and talents. She is a professional Saturday, 7:00 PM ...... San Juan/ San Carlos Tarot Reader and Instructor in Portland, OR. She is also a belly Hrafn Skjoldr Kindred dancer, website designer, seamstress, writer, and entrepreneur. Hrafn Skjoldr (Raven Shield) Kindred, led by Nan Boyster, is a • Belly Dance for Fun and Magick tribal Asatru/Heathen group which honors the Norse Gods and of- Monday, 9:00 AM ...... Cedar fers public blots and ceremonies in the Antelope Valley of Southern james wanless California. James Wanless, Ph.D., author of Voyager Tarot, Intuition@Work, • Steampunk Blot to the Dwarves Little Stone, and Sustain Yourself Cards Monday, 11:00 AM . San Martin/ San Simeon • SUSTAIN YOURSELF CARDS Hyperion Monday, 1:30 PM. Pine Hyperion is the founder of The Unnamed Path, a shamanic path Jason Newcomb for Men-who-love-men. His experience includes over 15 years of Jason Augustus Newcomb is a magical teacher and author of teaching pagan and magical traditions including astrology, energy the books “21st Century Mage,” “The New Hermetics” and “Sexual healing, shamanism, meditation, spirit contact and possession, Sorcery.” He has been working with magical technologies for over magic, herbalism and divination. He is the host of “The Unnamed twenty years. Mr. Newcomb is an initiate of Ordo Templi Orientis Path Podcast” available on iTunes. and the NROOGD tradition of Witchcraft, as well as a creative art- • Dance for the Dark God ist and clinical hypnotherapist. Many thousands of people around Sunday, 7:00 PM...... San Martin/ San Simeon the world have enjoyed his books, sculptures and self-hypnosis Isa Gucciardi, Ph.D. tapes. Visit his website www.newhermetics.com This class is taught by Isa Gucciardi, Ph.D. who holds degrees in • Synergistic Meditative Flows Cultural Anthropology, Comparative Religion, and Transpersonal Saturday, 9:00 AM...... Santa Clara Psychology. She has received master-level training in Shamanism • Unified Field Theory of Magic(k) and has been a student of Buddhism for 30 years. She teaches class- Sunday, 9:00 AM...... Pine es in Depth Hypnosis, Integrated Energy Medicine, Huna, Bud- Jason W. Mankey dhist Psychology, Transpersonal Studies and Applied Shamanism Jason Mankey is an internationally acclaimed speaker and writer. through the Foundation of the Sacred Stream. She has a private As a recognized authority on the Horned God, Contemporary Pagan practice in San Francisco, Cal For more information see www.sa- History, and Led Zeppelin, Jason has given hundreds of talks on those credstream.org. subjects at various Pagan festivals across North America. Mankey is • Energy Medicine well known for mixing humor with a scholar’s attention to detail in all Friday, 1:30 PM . San Jose of his many and varied presentations. After living in Michigan for the Ivan Richmond past fifteen years he has recently relocated to the West Coast. He lives Ivan Richmond is an initiate of the Men’s Mysteries celebrated in Mountain View California with his wife Ari and two cats. by the Men’s Lodge of Thiasos Olympikos, a Hellenic Reconstruc- • Drawing Down the Moon: The Mechanics of Invoking Deity tionist organization that primarily has mixed-sex rituals, but also Saturday, 3:30 PM ...... Fir offers Men’s and Women’s Mysteries. He has been active in Hellenic • Elixir of Life: Alcohol as a Sacrament in Religion Reconstructionism and in other aspects of the Pagan community Saturday, 7:00 PM ...... Oak since 2001. During this time he has worked to explore men’s issues jaymi elford and men’s spirituality, with a view to strengthening the Pagan com- Jaymi (innowen) Elford is a creative spirit: part Muse and part munity’s ability to address issues related to men, and increasing Magic. Jaymi’s passionate about tarot, she loves to explore how the opportunities for Pagan men to find fellowship. cards integrate into one’s life. She’s especially fond of experimenting • Men’s Spirituality with the cards. As an author, Jaymi’s works have been featured in Monday, 11:00 AM . San Juan/ San Carlos Ravens in the Library, D*I*Y Planner, Megalithica Books antholo- Ivo Dominguez Jr gies, and Mage: the Ascension source books. Jaymi lives in the Pa- Ivo Dominguez, Jr. has been active in Wicca and Paganism since cific Northwest with her husband and three cats. Visit www.shade- 1978. Ivo was a founding member of Keepers of the Holly Chalice, sofmaybe.com and www.tarotinspiredlife.com to learn more. the first coven of The Assembly of the Sacred Wheel, a Wiccan Tra- • Imbibe and Divine dition where he now serves as one of its Elders. Ivo is also a pro- Sunday, 11:00 PM ...... San Jose 52 Jehon Grist, Ph.D ager Lodge in the Adirondacks. Currently, Joel works as a video Jehon Grist, Ph.D., is Executive Director of Lehrhaus Judaica. He compressionist at Netflix. Joel is also the founder of the FoDLA earned his doctorate in Near Eastern Studies from UC Berkeley, where Grove of the Bay, the 2nd Druid Grove of FoDLA. In his spare time, he was a Regents’ Fellow. He has conducted field research in Israel, the Joel is also trying to start a new business “the Oak, Ash & Thorn Gaza Strip, and the Valley of the Queens in southern Egypt. Brewing Company”, famous for its Apple Piety Cordials. • Clever, Compassionate, Cruel: Ancient Queens • Introduction to home brewing Mead and Cider Sunday, 1:30 PM...... Santa Clara Monday, 11:00 AM . Pine Jenya T. Beachy John Carosella Jenya is a Preacher, Writer, Teacher, Reader and Rootworker. She An engineer by training, John has been delving deep into the is the Originator of the Shapeshifter Line of Feri Tradition, where path of shamanism and metaphysics since 2003. He has studied we focus on: Engaging and aligning all our Parts; Keeping in right cross-cultural shamanism with Michael Harner and Celtic sha- relationship for self-healing and empowerment; Walking as ethical manism with Tom Cowan. After 25 years in high tech, he is now Warriors in all the Worlds. Jenya is dedicated to living in accordance living a life more in resonance with his spiritual path. He offers with her own Divine Will and helping others do the same. She loves shamanic healing and counseling, lectures, and workshops. He has the Twisted Path, the dark, wild passion of the Bard and the freedom developed two seminar series: Exploring Reality and Healing Per- of finding God in every molecule. And dancing; did we say? spectives, based on his travels, work, and research. You can find • Magick, Poetry, Wisdom: A Journey into Power some of his writing online at fireflywillows.blogspot.com. Friday, 3:30 PM . San Juan/ San Carlos • Calling In The Spirits Friday, 11:00 PM...... San Jose/ Santa Clara Jhenah Telyndru • Starting Small: A Short Course in Animal Medicine Jhenah Telyndru is the founder and Morgen of the Sisterhood of Monday, 11:00 AM . Oak Avalon, and Academic Dean of the Avalonian Thealogical Seminary. Kay Pannell She is the author of “Avalon Within: A Sacred Journey of Myth, Mys- tery, and Inner Wisdom” and creator of “Trancing the Inner Land- Kay Pannell is a practicing Witch and Garderian Elder, member scape: Avalonian Landscape Postures” DVD. She presents workshops of COG, and holds the front banner at the Pagan Pride Parades. across North America and facilitates pilgrimages to sacred sites in She is also a geologist in the environmental industry. the British Isles. Jhenah is a graduate student at the University of • Magical Stones Workshop Wales, Trinity St. David where she is earning a master’s degree in Sunday, 9:00 PM...... San Jose Celtic Studies. She welcomes your contact at www.ynysafallon.com. Kimberly Kirner, PhD • Entering the Cauldron of Ceridwen: Walking the Path of Avalon Kimberly Kirner is a cultural anthropologist at Cal State Uni- Saturday, 7:00 PM ...... San Martin/ San Simeon versity, Northridge specializing in applied cognitive anthropology, Jo Carson medical anthropology, and cultural ecology. She is interested in Filmmaker, former film camera-person, happy mom and wife. I understanding the interrelationships between cognition, emotion, think about nature and “the laughter of the gods”, love permacul- and decision-making; the construction of identity and community; ture and the idea of “food forests”, and AM an herbalist. As current and the way worldview and religious systems impact human be- head of the group “Feraferia”(which means Celebration of Wild- havior. Her research has primarily been focused on the political ness), I have built a library for the vast book collection and writings ecology of the American West rangelands and on the integration of Fred Adams, and AM editing the tome “The Book of Feraferia”. I of spirituality and action in the Pagan community. A Druid herself, love spending time looking for faeries in local wild places. she designed the Pagan Health Survey project to discover pressing • Feraferia - A Dance for the Goddess health-related needs among Pagans and better communicate Pagan Sunday, 1:30 PM...... Cedar worldviews, practices, and choices to health care professionals. • Building a Healthy Pagan Community JoAnna Silverwitch Monday, 9:00 AM ...... Santa Clara JoAnna is a Dianic High Priestess, Minister, Writer, Teacher and Leslie Fish ordained daughter of Z Budapest with 50 years in the mystical arts and 30 years in recovery. Founding Mother of The Sacred Circle of Born to dull respectable parents in a dull respectable suburb of Maidens, Mothers & Crones, she is author of 13 Steps to the God- dull respectable New Jersey, I swore as a child that I’d escape and dess, Reclaiming the power of the Divine Feminine in Recovery, lead an adventurous life. Well, I kept that promise! I’m a profes- and continues leading Women’s Spirituality Circles and Nature Re- sional musician and writer, have lived in five states and traveled treats in California and Nevada. Visit her website at: www.TheSa- from Austria to Australia. I believe I’m the world’s only profession- credCircle.net or www.TheRecoveringGoddess.com. al Filksinger — that is, a specialist in Science-Fiction folkmusic. I • Reclaiming the Divine Feminine in Recovery became a Pagan at an early age, and began studying Bardic Magic Saturday, 11:00 AM ...... Santa Clara — that is, the relationship between music and psychic phenomena. As a result, I composed the notorious Bardic Rain Ritual which has Joel Schonbrunn a long record of success in several states. For more information, A resident of Redwood City, California, Joel Schonbrunn is an please see my website: www.lesliefish.com. ordained Druid Minister in the FoDLA tradition, a Celtic recre- • Basics of Bardic Magick ationist neopagan druidism church. Additionally, Joel has spent Sunday, 11:00 PM ...... Club Max many years training as a member of the Woodcraft League at Tan- 53 Linda Costello • Growing Pagan Elders Rev. Linda Costello earned her clergy credentials from the Fel- Monday, 9:00 AM ...... Carmel lowship of Druidism in the Latter Age (FoDLA). Linda has been Mambo Chita Tann studying about the ancient Druids since 1991, and is a current Mambo Chita Tann (Mambo T, Tamara L. Siuda) has been member of OBOD, ADF, AODA, and RDNA in addition to FoD- priestess asogwe in Haitian Vodou for 10 years. She is the head of LA. Linda is dedicated to teaching others more about history, lore, Sosyete Fos Fe Yo We, with members in Haiti, the U.S., and other and application of this interesting and colorful culture, and to that countries. Her Vodou book, “Haitian Vodou: An Introduction to end, she founded EarthLove Fellowship: A Grove of FoDLA, in Haiti’s Indigenous Spiritual Tradition,” debuts in February 2012. Scottsdale, AZ, where, along with her partner, Avery Goodman, Internet: tamarasiuda.com, legba.biz, imamou.org. Twitter: tama- she presents public ritual and classes. rasiuda. Facebook: chitatann (Mambo T Chita Tann). • Celtic Gods and Goddesses, an overview • Danbala Sevis - Honoring the Serpent & the Rainbow Monday, 9:00 AM ...... Oak Saturday, 11:00 PM. Oak Llyne Foy • Introduction to Haitian Vodou Llyne is passionate about finding a way to responsibly balance per- Sunday, 1:30 PM...... Carmel/ Monterey sonal inspiration and historical accuracy in her religious practices, a Margot Adler methodology she terms “mystic reconstructionism”. She deeply values Margot Adler has been a Pagan and a Priestess of Wicca for more her experiences of exploring sacred and historic sites in Europe over some 40 years. The Author of “Drawing Down the Moon”, the clas- the past two decades, considering them the source of many of her sic study of contemporary Paganism and Goddess spirituality, she most significant spiritual insights. Llyne currently lives in the Pacific has also written “Heretic’s Heart, a Journey Through Spirit and Northwest and participates in the Seattle CR Schmooze, focusing on Revolution.” In her mundane life she is a correspondent for Nation- a Gaulish-Germanic personal path. More information is available on al Public Radio and is heard regularly on NPR’s news shows, All her blog The Presence of the Past, at http://disirdottir.wordpress.com. Things Considered and Morning Edition. She is currently working • Gaulish Polytheism on a pilot for a new radio show on ethics, and is writing a book Saturday, 9:00 AM...... Monterey about why vampires have such traction in our society. Lon Milo DuQuette • Ritual Chanting as A Seemless Ecstatic Experience Lon Milo DuQuette is a singer-songwriter and best-selling au- Saturday, 1:30 PM ...... Pine thor and lecturer. His books on Magick, Tarot, and the Western • Vampires R Us: Our Struggle To Be Moral Predators Mystery Traditions have been translated into 12 languages. He is Sunday, 1:30 PM...... Fir currently U.S. Deputy Grand Master of Ordo Templi Orientis and Mark ‘Moss’ Magill he is on the faculty of the Omega Institute in Reinbeck NY, and the Moss Magill is an award winning playwright and poet, as well as an Maybe Logic Academy. He lives in Costa Mesa, California with his Ovate student in the Order of Bards, Ovates, and Druids. He is also the wife Constance. [email protected] co-founder of and liturgist for the Circle of Coll Druidic Seed Group • THE HOLY GUARDIAN ANGEL: Isn’t it Romantic? in Seattle. Moss spends his time between Seattle and Port Townsend, Saturday, 11:00 AM ...... Cedar Washington where he is a professional trainer, writer, and artist. • The Provisions Tour • Recreating the Rainbow Sunday, 3:30 PM...... Club Max Sunday, 11:00 AM...... San Juan Lupa Mary Greer Lupa is a (neo)shaman, author, artist, and wannabe polymath Mary K. Greer is an author and teacher specializing in methods living in Portland, OR. Upon unlocking the “M.A. in Counsel- of self-exploration and transformation. With 45 years experience ing Psychology” achievement at Lewis and Clark College, she was in Tarot, she is the author of eleven books including Tarot for Your uniquely equipped for her next Herculean task: self-employment. Self, Who Are You in the Tarot?, and the biography, Women of the She spends ample time hiking, camping, and otherwise escaping Golden Dawn: Rebels and Priestesses. her home-workspace hybrid. She is the author of several interme- • Who Are You in the Tarot? diate to advanced books on totemism and related topics from Im- Friday, 3:30 PM . Fir manion Press/Megalithica Books, and her newest, Neopagan To- temism, is due from Llewellyn in 2012. Her ritual tools and other Max Dashu art are at http://thegreenwolf.etsy.com, and she may also be found Max Dashu has been researching and teaching global women’s at http://www.thegreenwolf.com, http://therioshamanism.com, history since 1970, through her Suppressed Histories Archives and http://paganbookreviews.com. (www.suppressedhistories.net). A foremother of the Goddess re- • Animal Totems and Social Justice—Together At Last! surgence, Max brings the Old Ways to life through her inspiring Monday, 9:00 AM ...... San Martin/ San Simeon visual talks on ancient iconography, global women’s history, witch- es and shamanic arts. Visit her booth at Pantheacon! for her new M. Macha NightMare dvd Woman Shaman: the Ancients, and posters, prints, cards, and M. Macha NightMare is an internationally published author, ritualist magnets of her art (www.maxdashu.net). She’s back at work on her and all-round Pagan webweaver. She currently serves on the Board of unpublished Secret History of the Witches, and is currently teach- Cherry Hill Seminary, the first and only seminary serving the Neopagan ing an online course, Spiritual Heritages of Ancient Europe (www. community. www.machanightmare.com, www.cherryhillseminary.org sourcememory.net). 54 • Sacred Embodiment: Breasts! and Streams of Essence for the National. Marie’s book, “Baby, You Are My Religion: the Friday, 7:00 PM . Santa Clara Emergence of Theelogy in Pre-Stonewall Butch-Femme Gay Wom- • Trance, Shapeshifters, and Flight en’s Butch Femme Culture and Community,” is forthcoming by Saturday, 3:30 PM ...... San Jose/ Santa Clara Equinox in 2013. Michael Smith, an Elder in the Assembly of the Melanie Marquis Sacred Wheel and a member of the Board of Directors of Cherry Hill Seminary, is a graduate student in Humanities and Religious Melanie Marquis is the author of The Witch’s Bag of Tricks Studies. He has been involved in gay male and leather scenes and (Llewellyn Publications, 2011) and the founder of United Witches the broader LGBTQ communities at a variety of levels. Ste Kin- global coven. She’s written for many Pagan publications including ney and Michelle Mueller (moderator) are Ph.D. students at the Circle Magazine, Pentacle Magazine, and Spellcraft, and she is a Graduate Theological Union. Ste is genderqueer and is writing a regular contributor to Llewellyn’s popular annuals series, writing dissertation on transgender issues and Paganism. Michelle is writ- for the Magical Almanac, Witches Companion, and other titles. ing a dissertation on polyamory and polygamy in faith commu- A freelance writer, folk artist, tarot reader, nature-lover, mother, nities and hopes to develop a handfasting ministry for queer and and eclectic witch, she’s passionate about finding the mystical in polyamorous families. the mundane through personalized magick and practical spiritual- • Queer Pagan Panel: Exploring Unity in Diversity ity. Visit her online at http://www.melaniemarquis.com or at http:// Friday, 1:30 PM . Carmel/ Monterey www.unitedwitches.org • Psychic and Magickal Development for Kids Mihir Meghani Sunday, 9:00 AM...... San Juan Mihir Meghani, M.D., is a Co-Founder & Board Member of the • Power Animals for Kids of All Ages Hindu American Foundation (HAF), an advocacy group providing Sunday, 11:00 AM...... Silicon Valley a voice for over two million Hindu Americans & 1 billion Hindus • Gender-Bending Ritual worldwide. The Foundation interacts with & educates leaders in Sunday, 11:00 PM ...... San Martin/ San Simeon public policy, academia, media & the public at large about Hindu- Michael Routery ism & global issues concerning Hindus, such as religious liberty, the portrayal of Hinduism, hate speech & human rights. By pro- Michael Routery is a poet, writer, environmentalist, and educa- moting the Hindu & American ideals of understanding, tolerance tor. A polytheist with over twenty-five years experience in various & pluralism, HAF stands firmly against hate, discrimination, defa- forms of paganism, he is a druid, and a practitioner of Celtic recon- mation & terror. Meghani’s work for HAF focuses on growing the structionist filidecht, the seer-poet tradition (and member of FoD- organization, strategic relations, fundraising, recruitment, & San LA, and Brigid’s Irregulars). He is also engaged in various Hellenic Francisco area coordination. practices. His pagan writings can be found in various anthologies, • Pagans and Hindus Together: One Billion Strong including Written In Wine, Unbound, Out of Arcadia, The Scrib- Sunday, 9:00 AM,. Fir ing Ibis, Datura, the upcoming Mandragora and also at Finchuill’s Mast online. Michael lives in San Francisco, and holds an MFA Mysterium OM from New College of California in Writing & Consciousness. Mysterium OM incorporates initiatory practice, metaphysical • Echtrai, Immrama, Aisling and transformational philosophy, unitive gnosis, theatre and magi- Monday, 1:30 PM. Monterey cal ritual. Participant members combine many decades of theat- Michael Smith rical and arcane experience, ranging over a wide variety of reli- gious teachings and spiritual paths, Eastern and Western. Directors Michael Smith has been practicing Wicca, Magick, and various Robert Young and Diana Young have been active in esoteric circles esoteric disciplines since 1989 and has been active in the pagan for four decades, and currently work both in the Bay Area and the community since 1993. He is an Elder of the Assembly of the Sacred United Kingdom. Contact: [email protected] Wheel and is involved with the ASW’s New Alexandrian Library. • In the Temple of the Mysteries ñ a Ritual of Communion He works extensively with the Egyptian deities, and is inspired and Monday, 9:00 AM ...... Pine sustained by his studies of Astrology, Qabalah, Ritual, and Natural Magick. He is trained as a Water Pourer and has led sweat lodge New Wiccan Church ceremonies since 1995. He is a member of the American Academy The New Wiccan Church, International is a professional orga- of Religions and its Contemporary Pagan Studies Group. nization of Wiccan clergy. Membership is open to initiates of all • The Enchanting Sun branches of British Traditional Wicca. NWC provides services and Friday, 9:00 PM . San Jose information to members and other Wiccan initiates, and serves • Osiris, Set, Horus: The Eternal Cycle as a voice for the Traditional Wiccan community. Established as Saturday, 3:30 PM ...... Silicon Valley a church in 1973, the NWC has a unique perspective and under- Michelle Mueller, Marie Cartier, standing of the BTW initiatory system. The New Wiccan Church is neither a tradition nor a coven, but is a professional and service Michael Smith & Ste Kinney organization by and for members of all branches of the Traditional Having received her Ph.D. in Religion from Claremont Graduate Craft. The goals of the New Wiccan Church are the preservation. University in 2010, Dr. Marie Cartier co-chairs the Queer Stud- protection and promotion of British Traditional Wica. ies in Religion Section for the Western Region of the American • How to Find a British Traditional Wicca Coven Academy of Religion, and the Lesbian Feminist Issues in Religion Saturday, 11:00 AM ...... Riesling

55 North Bay Reclaiming Patricia Lafayllve North Bay Reclaiming is a Cell of the larger Reclaiming Tradition Patricia Lafayllve published her first book, “Freyja, Lady, Vanadis: of Witchcraft. Reclaiming is a community of people working to unify An Introduction to the Goddess” in September 2006 and “Njal’s Saga: spirit and politics. Our vision is rooted in the religion and tradition Book One, Fanning the Embers” in 2008. She is a proud member of of the Goddess. For more info see www.northbayreclaiming.org Two Ravens Kindred, Bjornsal, and The Troth. She has been heathen • The Dance of Diversity and Unity: A Ritual for twelve years, a trance practitioner (shamanist and seidh/spae) for Friday, 1:30 PM . Silicon Valley sixteen, and has been active in her local heathen and pagan commu- Oberon Zell-Ravenheart nities for close to twenty years. She is a Troth-certified Godwoman, a Dean in The Troth’s Lore Program, and has served The Troth as a Oberon Zell-Ravenheart is a renowned elder in the worldwide Steward, High Steward, Provost, and former Steerswoman. magickal community. In 1962, he co-founded the Church of All • Ancestor Ritual Worlds, a Pagan church with a futuristic vision, and he has been Friday, 1:30 PM . Fir involved in the founding of several other major groups and allianc- • Leadership in the Community es. Through his publication of Green Egg (1968-present), Oberon Friday, 9:00 PM . Carmel/ Monterey was instrumental in the coalescence of the modern Pagan move- ment. He is the principal artist for the Mythic Images Collection, Patrick McCollum and author of Grimoire for the Apprentice Wizard, Companion for Patrick McCollum has taught workshops on Witchcraft, Magic, the Apprentice Wizard, Creating Circles & Ceremonies, A Wiz- & Herb Lore,internationally for 40 years. Patrick was the 2010 re- ard’s Bestiary, and Green Egg Omelette. He is also the Founder and cipient of the Mahatma Gandhi Award at the Capitol in Washing- Headmaster of the online Grey School of Wizardry. ton, DC, and was selected to address the leaders of 70 countries in • 2012: Year of The Awakening Astana, Kazakhstan this October. He is also on the Elder’s Council Friday, 1:30 PM . Santa Clara for the 2012 Convocation in Guatamala. He has advised the United Open Source Order of the Golden Dawn States Commission on Civil Rights and Congress. He’s Director of Chaplaincy at Cherry Hill Seminary, International Interfaith Am- The Open Source Order of the Golden Dawn is a group of Pa- bassador for Circle Sanctuary, & a National Coordinator for the gans who have come together since 2001 to study the Mysteries of Lady Liberty League. Patrick is author of: Courting The Lady, A Hermetic Magick. Our goal is to normalize adeptship: to make the Wiccan Journey, available at patrickmccollum.org art of magick more prevalent in the world. We are located in Rich- • Touching The Sacred, the Power of The Tangable mond CA. Contact us at: [email protected] Friday, 3:30 PM . Oak • Golden Dawn Prosperity Ritual Sunday, 11:00 AM...... San Martin/ San Simeon Patrick McCollum, T Thorn Coyle, M. Meghani, R. Orion Foxwood Khanna, Amadea • Pagans and Hindus Together: One Billion Strong Orion Foxwood is an author, witch, conjure-man and faery seer. Sunday, 9:00 AM...... Fir He is the author of “The Faery Teachings” (RJ Stewart Books), “The Tree of Echantments” (Weiser Books), a four DVD set (Penraig Peter Paddon Publications), a CD with RJ Stewart called “Faery Seership” and A Brit living in Los Angeles, Peter is the Magister of Briar Rose, another called “An Introducation to Southerrn Conjure” (Pend- a group of modern Cunningfolk. In addition to being an author raig Publications). He is the founder of the House of Brigh Faery and DVD creator (Craftwise series), he is the host of the Crooked Seership Institute, a con-founder of Conjure Crossroads and the Path podcast and owner of Pendraig Publishing. His books include founding Elder of Foxwood Temple, a coven dedicated to passing The Book of the Veil and Through the Veil (Capall Bann), both on on the traditional witchcraft of his Elders. He lectures throughout the Egyptian Mysteries, as well as the more recent The Crooked the United States and some locations in the U.K. teaching southern Path and A Grimoire For Modern Cunningfolk. His latest book, conjure and Faery Seership with his spirit-wife, Brigh. Visceral Magick, will be launched at PantheaCon. • Awakening Living Memory: Magic & the Art of Conscious Ceation • Gods and Ancestors and the 21st Century Crafter Saturday, 3:30 PM ...... Cedar/ Pine Sunday, 3:30 PM...... Silicon Valley • Entering the Luminous Landscape • Invocation and the Art of Ritual Possession Sunday, 3:30 PM...... Cedar/ Pine Sunday, 7:00 PM...... San Juan/ San Carlos Palo Alto Area Pagan Meetup Group Philip Heselton The Palo Alto Area Pagan Meetup Group is a local mixed-trads- Considered by many to be the world’s leading expert on the life and-paths group of Pagans who get together for social activities, of Gerald Gardner, Philip Heselton, born in England in 1946, has discussions, campouts, presentations, classes, rituals, videos, and written extensively on earth mysteries and themes centered on our whatever else we think up. We range from traditional elders to relationship with the landscape. His new biography of Gardner, complete newbies, and we welcome all persons of good will. “Witchfather”, is to be published this year. • Bardic Circle! • Gerald Gardner - Into the Witch Cult Friday, 11:00 PM...... Silicon Valley Friday, 7:00 PM . San Juan/ San Carlos • Gerald Gardner - From Witch Cult to Wicca Sunday, 11:00 AM...... Santa Clara

56 Phillip A. Bernhardt-House sacred and medicinal plants used by indigenous and contemporary Phillip holds a Ph.D. in Celtic Civilizations, and has published cultures. Diane Darling is an ordained Priestess of Brigid and on the work in many academic journals and anthologies, as well as a book path of Epona, continuing her lifelong explorations of inner space. called Werewolves, Magical Hounds, and Dog-headed Men in • Making Peace in the War on Drugs and the War on Terror Celtic Literature (2010). Phillip is involved in Celtic Reconstruc- Saturday, 11:00 AM ...... Monterey tionist paganism, and hails from the islands north and west of the Raman Khanna Seattle area in Washington state. Raman Khanna, M.D. is a member of the Hindu American • Queer Celtic Mythology Foundation (HAF) Northern California working group and works Sunday, 9:00 PM...... Silicon Valley to develop relations between HAF & scholars of religion. Born and Possibly Pagan Llewellyn Authors raised in the Midwestern U.S., Raman learned about his religion Are these authors Pagan? Come to the panel discussion and find from religious summer and weekend programs. He went on to ma- out: Lupa (Therioshamanism / Neoshamanism), Ken Biles (Witch), jor in Religious Studies before completing his medical degree and Ellen Evert Hopman (Druid), Kenny Klein (Wiccan), Donald Mi- residency - all at Northwestern University. Raman believes strongly chael Kraig (Magician), Patricia Lafayllve (Heathen), Carl Neal in the Hindu-Pagan shared value of pluralism. (Pagan), Mambo Chita Tann (Kemetic & Vodou), Jhenah Telyndru • Pagans and Hindus Together: One Billion Strong (Celtic/Women’s Mysteries), Brandy Williams (Magician & Wic- Sunday, 9:00 AM,. Fir can), and Oberon Zell-Ravenheart (Pagan). Moderated by Elysia Raven Grimassi & Stephanie Taylor Gallo (Pagan), Senior Acquisitions Editor at Llewellyn Worldwide. Raven Grimassi is an award-winning author of over fourteen • Are YOU a Pagan? Are we? books on Witchcraft and Wicca. He is also the co-founder and Sunday, 11:00 AM...... Pine co-director of The Fellowship of the Pentacle, which is a Mystery R J Stewart School dedicated to preserving and teaching the ancestral knowl- R J Stewart is a Scottish author and composer now living in the edge and wisdom of pre-Christian European religion and spiritual- USA and Britain. He is one of the leading writers and teachers of ity. Raven and his wife, author Stephanie Taylor, are the directing magical traditions, and author of 41 books on Magical Arts, Faery elders of Ash, Birch & Willow (a training system in the Old Ways and UnderWorld tradition, Music and consciousness, Celtic tradi- of Witchcraft for modern practitioners). tion, and has recorded many CDs of original music and song. • Greenwood Magic • Concert: R J Stewart & Anastacia Nutt Sunday, 11:00 AM...... Fir Saturday, 9:00 PM ...... Carmel/ Monterey • Rethinking the History of Witchcraft • The Sanctuary of Avalon,The hidden Fire Temple Saturday, 3:30 PM ...... Carmel/ Monterey Sunday, 11:00 AM...... Oak Rev. David P. Smith Rabbit Rev. David P. Smith was born in on November 3, 1977. He re- Yeshe Rabbit is blessed to be the founding High Priestess of ceived his bachelors degree in Psychology and Religious Studies in Come As You Are Coven (www.cayacoven.com), and its associated 1999 from Salve Regina University. He is a practicing Druid Priest, Wildflower and Amazon Dianic Traditions. She blissfully serves by spiritual person, and member of many Druidic Organizations in- day as co-owner of The Sacred Well, a metaphysical shop in Oak- cluding The Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids, The Ancient Order land (www.sacredwell.com) of Druids In America, and the Henge of Keltria. He has spent most • Yeshe Tsogyal Devotional of his life as a seeker to try to find himself and enhance his spiritual Monday, 11:00 AM . Monterey development. He is a very interested in all forms of religion and spirituality. When not working and studying he likes to travel to Rachel Pollack sacred places around the Earth and spend time with his loving wife Rachel Pollack is the author of 34 books of fiction and non-fic- and son. He currently resides in Rhode Island. tion, including three award winners. Her book 78 Degrees of Wis- • Working with Awen dom, continuously in print since 1980 (and recently #4 on Ama- Monday, 11:00 AM . San Jose zon’s tarot best seller list) is described around the world as “the Bible of tarot readers.” Rachel has taught classes and workshops in Rev. Jessie Medb Olson America, Canada, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand, and has Jessie is a Senior Priest of Ar nDraiocht Fein: A Druid Fellowship led spiritual journeys in Greece and Australia. (ADF) and a member of ADF’s Mother Grove (Board of Directors). • Tarot—Prophecy, Catastrophe, and Rebirth She has been a Pagan for more than 20 years. She holds a Masters Saturday, 9:00 AM...... San Jose degree in Psychology and is dedicated to improving the quality of pastoral counseling and leadership in the Pagan community. Ralph Metzner & Friends • Group Dynamics for Pagan Organizations Psychologist, Professor Emeritus at CIIS, Author of The Well of Friday, 3:30 PM . San Martin/ San Simeon Remembrance, Green Psychology, The Unfolding Self and other titles; and founder-president of the Green Earth Foundation. Patri- Rev. Kirk Thomas cia Winters, MD is a forensic psychiatrist working in the Sonoma Rev. Kirk S. Thomas is a Senior Priest and the Archdruid of Ar County jail system with a long-standing interest in societal issues. nDraiocht Fein, A Druid Fellowship. This summer he received his Jeffry Winters is a gardener, mycologist, and herbalist interested in Masters in Celtic Studies from the University of Wales Trinity St.

57 David. He is past President and current member of the Board of Sabina Magliocco Directors of Cherry Hill Seminary, a Pagan institution that exists Sabina Magliocco is Professor of Anthropology at California to train folks in the skills of Pagan Ministry. His present passions State University - Northridge. A priestess in the Gardnerian tradi- include the priesthood, Celtic studies, Indo-European cosmology tion who has also studied Reclaiming witchcraft, she has an eclectic and sacrifice, ADF liturgy (written and performed), primal ecstatic coven in the Los Angeles area. [email protected] trance work, magical healing, Harner Shamanism, singing, teach- • La Befana: the Italian Winter Witch ing, and Pagan festivals. Sunday, 3:30 PM...... Carmel/ Monterey • Body Stress Ecstatic Practices Part 1 Sunday, 9:00 PM...... Santa Clara Sam Webster Sam Webster, M. Div., Mage, has taught magick publicly since Richard Reidy 1984. He graduated from Starr King School for the Ministry at the Richard Reidy received his Master of Divinity degree in 1979 Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley in 1993. He is an Adept and is the author of Eternal Egypt: Ancient Rituals for the Mod- of the Golden Dawn and a cofounder of the Chthonic-Ouranian ern World (available thru amazon.com), the first comprehensive Templar order, and an initiate of Wiccan, Druidic, Buddhist, Hin- collection of key ritual texts performed throughout Egypt during du and Masonic traditions. He founded the Open Source Order the time of the pharaohs, complete with commentaries and back- of the Golden Dawn in 2001 (www.OSOGD.org), is the author of ground information on each ritual. For the past fourteen years “Tantric Thelema”, and serves the Pagan community principally as he has moderated the Temple of Ra in San Francisco, and, since a priest of Hermes. He is currently a PhD candidate in History at 2006 an Egyptian Reconstructionist temple in San Jose, CA, meet- the University of Bristol. ing monthly for ritual, study and fellowship. He can be reached by • Thoth Hermes Mercury: Gathering the Priest-Folk email at [email protected]. Saturday, 11:00 AM ...... Carmel • Animating the Sacred Image in Ancient Egypt and Today Saturday, 9:00 AM...... San Carlos San Francisco Pagan Parents and Families We are a group of Pagan families in San Francisco. Our goal is Robin LaSirena & DK Cowan to craft celebratory rituals that are designed specifically to be kid Robin was Co-Artistic Director of Magical Acts Ritual Theater friendly (particularly for kids 0-7 or so), while being satisfying (MART) and works professionally in theater. She’s a Reclaiming for the adults involved. We also hold non-ritual, nature-themed Teacher & Gardnerian, former Reclaiming Spiral Dance Chorus events, such as hikes and camp-outs for families. We aim to create Director & singer on many pagan recordings. She is Circle of Dio- a network of Pagan families in San Francisco and foster a sense of nysos Musical Director and directed Yes They Are!. DK Cowan is community. We welcome Pagans from all different traditions and Co-founder & Creative Director for the Circle of Dionysos, a for- are LGBTQA inclusive, Poly friendly and embrace all forms of con- mer company member of MART, and former High Priestess of the sensual freakatude. San Francisco Gay Men’s Open Wiccan Coven. At PantheaCon, he’s • Bay Area Pagan Families Meet and Greet directed ritual theater including Oracles from the Living Tarot and Friday, 3:30 PM . Silicon Valley Yes They Are! Meeting and Greeting the Queerest of the Gods. • Ritual Theater: What is it & How to Use It Sarah Iles Johnston & Sabina Magliocco Saturday, 1:30 PM ...... Silicon Valley Sarah Iles Johnston is Arts and Humanities Distinguished Pro- fessor of Religion and Professor of Greek and Latin at The Ohio Ruth Temple State University. She is the author of Hekate Soteira (1990), Rest- Ruth Temple traces a multi-generational background in fiber less Dead (1999), Ancient Greek Divination (2008) and, with Fritz arts, having learned to weave from her mother, and still wears her Graf, Ritual Texts for the Afterlife: Orpheus and the Bacchic Gold first scarf woven at age 10. Weaving guilds are a strong keeper of Tablets (2007). Sabina Magliocco is Professor of Anthropology at the flame of all the fiber arts craft alive; good contacts for finding Cal State Northridge, the author of various books and articles on your local fiberistas include: http://cnch.org in California, http:// Paganism, and leads a coven in the L.A. area. ravelry.com/ and http://weavolution.com for social media focused • Dark Demeter, Women and Harvest on fiber. An avid gardener, Ruth is a member of the Flower, Fruit, Saturday, 9:00 AM...... Fir Root, and Seed Society (FFRASS) found at FFRASS@yahoogroups. com with a widespread membership. Sekhmet Sisters • FFRASS Presentation, Social & Seed Swap Sekhmet Sisters is a group of women who have dedicated them- Monday, 9:00 AM ...... San Jose selves to the service of Sekhmet. They devote themselves to explor- • Tablet Weaving : Global Roots ing Sekhmet energy in all Her aspects. They may be contacted at Sunday, 9:00 AM...... San Carlos [email protected]. • Heart of the Sun: A Ritual in Exaltation of Sekhmet Ryn Serenity Sunday, 3:30 PM...... San Martin/ San Simeon Kathryn “Ryn Serenity” Bruce is a twentysomething member of the American Magical Umbanda House and one of those queer Selena Fox poly pagan gamer geeks you hear about sometimes. A member of Selena Fox is high priestess of Circle Sanctuary, a Shamanic Wic- the Tech staff, you might not recognize her without her radio on. can church which has been serving Pagans worldwide since 1974. • Growing Up Pagan Selena has a MS in counseling and is a spiritual healer & psycho- Sunday, 1:30 PM...... Riesling therapist, teacher, environmentalist, community leader, and inter- faith leader. She is a Pagan rights activist & executive director of 58 Lady Liberty League. Selena lives in Wisconsin where she directs Spark Collective Circle Sanctuary Nature Preserve, which includes Circle Cemetery, The Spark Collective is a magical community that meets month- a national Pagan cemetery and one of America’s first green cem- ly in Oakland. Our circles bring people together to inspire personal eteries. Selena also is founder of the Pagan Spirit Gathering, a na- transformation, foster community, and celebrate spirit. Our rituals tional & global celebration of Summer Solstice. More about Selena: are modeled on the diverse sacred fire circles that have sprung up www.selenafox.com around the country in the past 20 years. Come find a home in the • Triple Goddess Magic: Inner Guidance Quest Bay Area for your music, your dance, your poetry, your heartsong. Friday, 1:30 PM . Oak Start the journey at sparkcollective.org. • Creating & Leading Life Passage Rites: Leadership Intensive • Spark Collective Fire Circle Saturday, 9:00 AM...... Oak Sunday, 11:00 PM ...... Oak • Brigid Circle of Healing Ritual Sunday, 3:30 PM...... Oak Starhawk Starhawk is the author of twelve books on Goddess religion, Shades of Faith Panel earth based spirituality and activism, including The Spiral Dance, Panel of authors that contributed to the Shades of Faith; Minor- The Fifth Sacred Thing, The Earth Path and The Last Wild Witch, ity Voices in Paganism anthology. and her latest, The Empowerment Manual: A Guide for Collab- • Shades of Faith; Minority Voices in Paganism Panel orative Groups, on power and process for circles. She is one of the Saturday, 9:00 AM...... Cedar founders of Reclaiming. www.reclaiming.org. Starhawk also teach- Sharon Knight Band es workshops in earth-based and feminist spirituality and courses Nationally touring musical artist Sharon Knight and her co- in permaculture and regenerative design. www.earthactivisttrain- horts from Pandemonaeon bring us Celtic-inspired folktales that ing.org. She blogs at www.starhawksblog.org and her website is sound like they ran away with the Faeries at the turn of the cen- www.starhawk.org. tury and took cover in an old trunk bound for the circus, which • Magic in the Streets was then commandeered by pirates. Sharon’s Neofolk Romantique Friday, 3:30 PM . Cedar style combines a love of antiquity and romance with an affinity for • The Magic of Co-Creation: Making Our Circles Work the haunting and melancholy, adds a hearty dash of feistiness, and Saturday, 11:00 AM ...... Fir reminds us that we can all see the world through the eyes of en- Steven Thor Abell chantment. Sharon and band perform regularly at Pantheacon as Steve Abell is a writer, actor, and storyteller, with a lifelong in- Pandemonaeon, and they thought it’d be fun to mix things up by terest in Norse Mythology. He has performed for many years at offering a Celtic focus this year. Pantheacon, telling original stories from his book “Days in Mid- • Sharon Knight Band - Concert gard: A Thousand Years On”, and now from the upcoming “Days Sunday, 9:00 PM...... Cedar/ Pine in Midgard: Two Thousand Years On”. He can be reached at www. SIWA StevenAbell.com. SIWA, a many-time award winning lady of dance for over 30 • Days in Midgard years, enjoys bringing the people and stories of folkloric dance to Saturday, 7:00 PM ...... Silicon Valley life for all. Using steps and styles from a time and culture when Sylvia Brallier women owned the land and were the center of the community. Sylvia Brallier is the author of the award winning book, Dancing in Siwa strives to help each of her dancers find their own strength and the Eye of Transformation and the founder of the ShamaSoma Method voice through dance. Siwa began her dancing career in 1975 and for Shamanic Hypnotherapy. She has been teaching tantric shaman- turned her talents to teaching in 1981. Having performed all over ism workshops nationally and internationally for over 20 years. Her the United States, in England, Germany and Morocco, she current- work is based on her own experiences with both ancient and new tech- ly leads two troupes of dancers. niques for the evolution of consciousness. She has a deep commitment • Dance Magick to creating safe space for the deepest of transformations. Sunday, 9:00 AM...... Oak • Tantric Shamanism Breathwork Ceremony S. P. Hendrick Sunday, 11:00 AM...... Cedar S. P. Hendrick is the author of two acclaimed fantasy series, The Szmeralda Shanel and The Iseum of Black Isis Glastonbury Chronicles and Tales Of The Dearg-Sidhe which so Szmeralda Shanel. Ordained Priestess of Isis with the Fellowship far have six books in publication from Pendraig Publishing with of Isis and Temple of Isis. Founder of the Iseum of Black Isis, an release dates for another three this year.. A third companion series, Iseum dedicated to Goddess Spirituality and Sacred Arts. Hoodoo The Glastonbury Archives in the works, along with a deck of Tarot Lady. Feri Witch. cards based on Celtic mythology, British folklore, and the worlds • Conjurers, Root Women, Vodou Queens and Hoodoo Mamas and characters she has created. Friday, 9:00 PM . San Martin/ San Simeon Ms. Hendrick holds a degree in English and lives in the San Fer- nando Valley with her husband Jay T. Mayer, entirely too many T. Thorn Coyle cats, and thirty-two overflowing bookcases. T. Thorn Coyle is a magic worker. An internationally respected • Meet the Author teacher and mentor, she is the author of Kissing the Limitless and Friday, 7:00 PM . Mezzanine Evolutionary Witchcraft, hosts a podcast and video teaching se- ries - Elemental Castings and Fiat LVX! - writes a popular weblog 59 and has produced several CDs of sacred music. Her spiritual di- The Living Temple of Diana & the CAYA Grove of Artemis rection practice, workshops and classes reach people all over the Come As You Are Coven is an open, eclectic pagan Coven that of- world. Pagan, mystic, and activist, she is founder and head of Solar fers many circles. The Grove of Artemis is CAYA East Bay’s full moon Cross Temple and Morningstar Mystery School and lives by the circle for all self-identified women. The Living Temple of Diana is an San Francisco Bay. emerging tradition of Dianic witchcraft open to all genders, concen- • Opening the Seven Sacred Directions trated on helping pagans grow in relationship to the Goddess Diana Saturday, 1:30 PM ...... Cedar in all Her manifestations. For more information visit www.cayacoven. Tamara L. Siuda com and http://devinhunter.net/LivingTempleofDiana.htm Tamara L. Siuda is the Nisut (spiritual leader) of the Kemetic Or- • Rite of the Bear Mother thodox Faith. She is a professional Egyptologist (M.A. 2000 Univ. Sunday, 9:00 PM...... Oak of Chicago; M.A. 2008 Macquarie University, Ph.D in process) and Thena MacArthur author of numerous articles and books on ancient Egypt/Kemet in- Thena (T.E.) MacArthur is an author, artist, and historian living cluding “The Ancient Egyptian Prayerbook.” Rev. Tamara appeared in the San Francisco Bay Area with her constant companion, Mac in the History Channel documentary “Egyptian Book of the Dead” the cat. She has studied with several shamanic practioners from and lectures to academic and esoteric audiences. www.kemet.org - Siberia, the Himalayas, Tuva, and the Pacific Northwest. She has www.egyptianprayers.com - www.twitter.com/tamarasiuda written for several local and specialized publications and was even • Offerings to Osiris: Sharing with the Dead an accidental sports reporter for Reuters with three national bi- Sunday, 9:00 AM...... San Martin/ San Simeon lines. T.E. is the artist and author behind Shamanka: Oracale of Tarot Media Company the Shamaness (www.shamanka-oracle.com.) The Volcano Lady: Tarot Media Company was founded by Anastasia Haysler and A Fearful Storm Gathering is the first of two volumes to follow the Christophe Pettus to provide mainstream production and distri- adventures of Victorian lady scientist Lettie Gantry, and is her first bution of works by authors, artists, and scholars in the areas of novel in publication. Tarot, Divination, and Spirituality. We’re based in San Francisco, • Reading the Stones and Bones and we’re dedicated to the idea that the people who create the work Saturday, 11:00 AM ...... Pine should share equally in the rewards. Thom Fowler • Meet the Authors and Book Launch Party Thom Fowler has been practicing the Craft for 25 years. He has Sunday, 3:30 PM...... San Jose formally trained in and is an initiate of the Mystic Rose branch of Ted Prodromou The Third Road tradition of Faerie Witchcraft (A Goddess-focus, Ted Prodromou hopes to learn more and find answers. He had Shamanic, Celtic based derivation of Anderson Feri) and is also an a happy Episcopalian upbringing, is now perpetually unsure, likes initiate of Vicia a.k.a. Anderson Feri. He spent 20 years working on Pagans very much, and is fairly tall. his psychic development and spiritual growth with Tamara Diag- • Ancient Discordian Temple Ceremony hilev and Transformational Journeys and took the first three step Saturday, 11:00 PM. San Martin/ San Simeon classes at Psychic Horizons in San Francisco. For the past 10 years he has also been practicing in the Reclaiming community. Temple of Inanna and Dumuzi • The Cosmic Womb of the Goddess The Temple of Inanna and Dumuzi is a semi-reconstructionist, Monday, 9:00 AM ...... Monterey Mesopotamian temple dedicated to the ancient Sumerian Goddess Inanna (known to the Babylonians as Ishtar) and God Dumuzi Timotha Doane (known to the Babylonians as Tammuz). The rituals are based on Timotha is a life long torch bearer on Hekate’s path. She prac- the ancient Mesopotamian (primarily Sumerian and Akkadian) tices Vajrayana Budddhism and is a Chodpa. She is an abolitionist texts, with both inspiration and consultation with the Deities as working to abolish the death penalty, prisons and slavery. In the glue. All persons of good will are welcome. http://groups.yahoo. 60’s she worked with Kenneth Anger and appears in his film Invo- com/group/Temple_of_Inanna_and_Dumuzi/ cation of My Demon Brother. She has been, among many things, a • Inanna and Dumuzi Devotional sex worker and cook. She currently teaches English to Speakers of Friday, 9:00 PM . Pine Other Languages at CCSF. She is a poet and has published Baha- mian Journal and Taboo. She is queer. Thalassa • Hekate: Witness and Ally Thalassa has been working with the Tarot, divination and the Saturday, 11:00 PM. San Jose/ Santa Clara arts magickal for more than 40 years. She is the producer of the San Francisco Bay Area Tarot Symposium (SF BATS), founder of Tony Mierzwicki Daughters of Divination, and publisher of The Belfry. She speaks Tony Mierzwicki is the author of “Graeco-Egyptian Magick: Ev- widely on Tarot and Divination at events across the country. She is eryday Empowerment” and a forthcoming primer reconstructing also active in historical recreation and theatre. Visit www.dodivi- Classical Greek religion. He has contributed to various antholo- nation.com for more info and divinatory hijinks. She is currently gies and magazines. He has presented workshops recreating an- working on a book (on Tarot, of all things). cient magickal practices in the United States and the east coast of • The Tarot of the Darkside (We Have Cookies) Australia since 2001, drawing on his practice of ceremonial magick Saturday, 1:30 PM ...... Carmel/ Monterey which he began in 1990. Tony’s wife, Jo-Ann has been co-facili- tating his workshops since 2004. Tony completed three degrees at

60 the University of Sydney - MA, BE and BSc. He is on the Board of West/FFRASS Directors of Cherry Hill Seminary. West is a longtime organic gardener, biodynamic & spiritual • The Greek Vowels in Hellenistic Magic beekeeper, and certified Permaculture Designer. He is owner and Saturday, 1:30 PM ...... San Simeon permaculturist at DunMor, a newly developing organic orchard, Tribe forest garden, and pagan retreat space on the Mendocino coast. From the dark, from the deep, from the ancient, sacred keeps, He’s an initiated Bard in the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids. comes the primal pulse of drum and dance, and voices raised in jubi- This is his second year presenting at PantheaCon. lation: Tribe is here! The lovechild of Lady Oxannamoon and The In- • Permaculture Track: Beekeeping part 1 - practicalities ner Temple, Tribe is Southern California’s first all Pagan Bellydance Saturday, 11:00 AM ...... San Jose and Drum Troupe! Tribe is calling you home! And we invite you to • Permaculture Track: Organic Poultry Management join us, as we let our inner gods and goddesses out to sing, dance, Saturday, 3:30 PM ...... Riesling play, and embrace all the joys that this life affords us in an ecstatic • Beekeeping part 2: Artemis Worship celebration of life, love and community!! www.TheInnerTemple.org Sunday, 11:00 AM...... Riesling • Songs and Dance of the Goddess William Gordon Sunday, 11:00 PM ...... Cedar/ Pine Studied astrology with Isabel Hickey in Boston Past president, Turning Earth Singers New England Astrological Association, Star Rovers, Board mem- Turning Earth is a Bay-Area-based ensemble which sings regu- ber, Boston Chapter of NCGR Currently blogmaster of The Flow! larly at rituals and other Pagan events. by Skywatcher888, an a blog for all people intersted in the current • Beyond the Pagan Top 40: Learn New Chants flow of astrological energies. Author of The Cycle, the Path, and the Saturday, 9:00 AM...... Silicon Valley Journey, a guide to using the wisdom of Astrology as a guide to us- ing the zodiac as a path of personal evolution, growth, and under- Valerie Voigt standing (seeking publishers). Astrological researcher with over 35 Valerie Voigt has been active as a Pagan priestess and networker years of astrological experience. Presenter of the very well received for over 35 years. She studied with family tradition Witch “Grand- “The Cycle, Path and Journey” at Pantheacon 2010. ma Julie” Tower, was initiated into the Feri Tradition in the late 80’s, • East Meets West and is a third degree Gardnerian. She coordinated the Pagan/Oc- Sunday, 3:30 PM...... Riesling cult/Witchcraft Special Interest Group of Mensa for 13 years and has practiced as a village Witch for some decades. She is High Priestess of Woven Circle the Temple of Inanna and Dumuzi in Santa Clara, and also of a Wic- The Woven Circle with Angela, Carol and William is dedicated can coven in the South Bay. She runs Palo Alto Area Pagan Meetup to teaching arts and crafts as part of our service to the community. group in Palo Alto. Witchvox profile: http://snipurl.com/si1ec Angela is an eclectic Pagan writer and has taught crafts for 20 years. • Village Witchery 202 Carol is a bead and fiber artist, who has taught for crafts guilds, Monday, 1:30 PM. San Jose both local and regional. William is a Pagan Humanist and been • Village Witchery 201 part of the Pagan community for over 30 years and had been teach- Sunday, 7:00 PM...... Riesling ing wheat weaving for over 15 years. • Introduction to Wheat Weaving Victoria Slind-Flor Saturday, 3:30 PM ...... San Juan/ San Carlos Victoria Slind-Flor is a Dianic crone witch who lives and makes • Intermediate Wheat Weaving art in Oakland, California. In her mundane life, she’s a journalist spe- Sunday, 11:00 AM...... San Carlos cializing in intellectual property law. She is a member of the Coven of the Sacred Feminine and the Pagan Alliance. Victoria has presented Xochiquetzal Duti art and spirituality workshops for Gaia’s Womb, the Sacred Harvest New to the Bay Area but raised in SoCal, I AM a priestess in the Festival, and Pantheacon. Her Pagan-themed writings have appeared Lyceum of the Wayfarer and trained within the Treebridge tradi- in a number of publications including Circle Magazine and The Belt- tion, originated by Estara T’shirai. I have mixed kink and my per- ane Papers. She also contributed several chapters to Celebrating the sonal path from the very beginning for personal work and AM an Pagan Soul published by Citadel Press. Victoria’s blog, Driving Aud- essayist in Lee Harrington’s Spirit of Desire, the follow-up to Sacred mumla, can be found at http://vsf.blogs.com/driving_audhumla/ Kink: The Eightfold Path of BDSM. I AM a person of color, a bio- • Croning isn’t for sissies logically female genderqueer individual, and AM willing to speak Monday, 11:00 AM . Carmel to anyone about these and other topics. • Grandmothers as our first goddesses • Leather and Spirit Sunday, 1:30 PM...... San Jose Saturday, 9:00 PM ...... San Martin/ San Simeon • People of Color Caucus Weiser Books Sunday, 11:00 AM...... San Jose Weiser Books has a long history as one of America’s preeminent pub- lishers of esoteric and occult teachings from traditions all around the Z Budapest world and throughout time. Metaphysics and magick, Kabbalah, astrol- Founding mother of the Women’s Spirituality Movement and ogy, tarot, we publish serious books for students from all walks of life. the Dianic Tradition. Z Budapest (Lady Medea) is a dynamic lead- • A Witch, a Seer, and a Crowleyite Walk Into a Bar. er, author, teacher, and High Priestess who has served the Goddess Friday, 1:30 PM . Pine in women’s communities and circles for over 35 years. She serves

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23 XCENTRICITIES READINGS 1 HOUSE OF CORSETS 44 WORMWOOD 66 ELFIN FOREST 60 FANTASY ART TOMBO MYSTICAL 56 50 38 STUDIOS ENTERTAINMENT MAGICAL CELTIC ON CLOTH BOOK SIGNING 1 JOURNEY WASHBURN WOODCUTS 24 67 BLUE MOON 3 DESIGNS 45 37 WILLOWROOT 59 57 49 ANCIENT WAYS WANDS 68 69 58 48 46 47 36 RAVEN & ROSE 25 BLOSSOM MERZ ELSPETH’S DESIGNS PRACTICAL RABBIT MYTHIC IMAGES TAROT MEDIA DRAGON'S TREASURE WREN’S RUNES/ 2 FIREBIRD FAE HANDWEAVING COMPANY MYTH & MAGIC COUTURE READINGS 3 (MARY GREER & ARDANTANE PAGAN DAYLIGHT BEKAH’S NATURALS THE AMBER WOLF JUST REWARDS RACHEL POLLACK) COYOTE TALES READINGS 2 EYESCREAM LEARNING CENTER ARTWORKS READING 26 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 SIGN-UPS 1 SERPENT’S KISS VENDOR ROOM VENDOR ROOM •THALASSA PRIME• SECOND DOOR MAIN ENTRANCE VENDOR 27 COORDINATOR

LITERATURE LITERATURE LITERATURE OVERFLOW BOOK SIGNINGS FEELING GREAT NOW ISABELLA & READINGS (TABLES 4&5) PANTHEACON VENDOR ROOM THE DIFFERENT DRUM JEWELS BY OLIVIA BODYWORK UNKINKED MASSAGE HENNA DESIGNS GAIAN ALLUSIONS POTTERY ROMANTIC WEAR CELTICA REVISED 1/25/11 M9 M8 M7 M6 M5 M4 M3 M2 M1 Welcome to Vendor Land!

As long as there has been a Panthea- happy to assist with questions. Readings at PantheaCon Con, there has been a PantheaCon Vendor Welcome and bright blessings from Thal- Several of the PantheaCon presenters will Room. The artisans and vendors selected by assa, Vendor Coordinator/Onsite Hotel Liai- be available for readings in the Vendor Room. PantheaCon offer a unique and wondrous son, and the Vendor Room Staff There will be sign up sheets at the Vendor Co- array of wares reflecting the colour and cre- Vendor Room hours: ordination table (just inside the main entrance ativity of our Community. Clothing, books, Friday: 1:30 (approximately)–6:00 to the room, immediately to your right as you jewelry, art, ritual tools, and so much more Saturday & Sunday: 10:00–6:30 enter) noting readers and their time avail- are presented by an assortment of Pagan and Monday: 10:00–2:00 ability. Be aware that compensation must be Pagan-friendly Vendors from all over the Vendors in the area outside of the Ball- negotiated directly with the readers. We ask West Coast and beyond. Each year the mix room (listed as “Mezzanine Vendors”) may that this exchange of service and energy be is a little different, blending the familiar and have different hours. conducted respectfully. well-loved with the fresh and new. We are PLEASE NOTE THAT VENDING BY Booksigning by PantheaCon Presenters especially pleased that there are several won- PERSONS NOT SPECIFICALLY AUTHO- There are two Convention Booksigning derful choices for children and families. RIZED BY PANTHEACON, AND VEND- Tables, one in the Vendor Room (Bayshore All are welcome to peruse the delights of ING IN AREAS NOT AUTHORIZED BY Ballroom) and the other in the Bayshore this Enchanted Bazaar. PANTHEACON, ARE NOT PERMITTED. Foyer (across from the Information Area). The map of the Vendor Room is posted YOUR COOPERATION IS APPRECI- A schedule of presenters signed up to do in several locations, including just inside ATED booksigning is available at the Vendor Co- the main entrance to the Room. The Ven- With the exception of service dogs, we ordinator table. You may also find some of dor Room Staff (located at the Vendor Co- ask that no animals be brought into the the presenters’ books and CDs for sale at ordinator table, “Thalassa Prime,” just inside Vendor Room the Ancient Ways booth. the main entrance to Vendor Room) will be

65 PantheaCon 2012 VENDORS  Daylight Artworks  Mabie’s Farm  Amber Moon Nightlights, candleholders, bone pins Goat milk soaps & lotions, Tarot accessories Amber, jet & ivory art & jewelry www.daylightartworks.com www.mabiesfarm.com www.ambereva.com  DragonQuest Treasures  Magic Velvets  Ancient Ways Crystals, magical tools, drinking horns Velvet cloaks, fantasy clothing, accessories Books, magical tools [email protected] www.magicvelvets.com www.ancientways.com  Dragon’s Treasure  Magical Journey 510-653-3244 Handmade jewelry and sculpture Athames, chalices, magical tools  Ancient Circles www.dragont.com [email protected] Clothing, textiles [email protected]  Margaret Mannatt Fine Books www.ancientcircles.com  Elspeth’s Designs Books, collectibles 800-726-8032 Silver, copper, bronze jewelry [email protected]  Ardantane Pagan Learning Center www.elspethsdesigns.com  Mystical Entertainment Emblems, buttons, books, info  Enochian Accoutrements Glitter & Henna tattoos www.ardantane.org Tools, incense, oils, talismans [email protected] 505-469-7777 www.enochian.org  Myth & Magic/Wren’s Runes  Art by Max Dashu  Eyescream Runes, altar pieces, magical tools Art, prints, cards,magnets, t-shirts Jewelry, headpieces, cds www.wildnaturethemejewelry.com [email protected] www.eyescreamjewelry.com [email protected]  Barefoot Books  Feeling Great Now (Bayshore Foyer)  Mythic Images Children’s books, puppets, puzzles Therapeutic massage Statuary, books, jewelry [email protected] www.feelinggreatnow.biz www.mythicimages.com  Bekah’s Naturals  Firebird Fae Couture  Opera Scura Aromatherapy, herbal blends Clothing, fairy wings Hats, pouches, accessories www.bekahsnaturals.com www.firebirdfae.com www.operascura.com 916-721-6560 704-494-0207  Practical Rabbit  Blue Moon Designs  Gaean Allusions Pottery (Bayshore Foyer) Handmade adult & children’s clothing Fabric belts, hair accessories Stonewear, pottery www.practicalrabbit.com [email protected] www.gaeanallusions.com  Raven & Rose  Blue Star Creations [email protected] Block prints, art, cards, altar pieces Amber, jet jewelry, sculpture  Henna Designs (Bayshore Foyer) www.ravenandrosearts.com [email protected] Henna designs, Indian jewelry www.ravenandrosearts.etsy.com (510) 797-3486 www.hennadesigns.com  Rob Carter Inc  Blossom Merz Handweaving  Hoodoo Roots Non-ferrous knives, wooden objects Cloaks, shawls, altar cloths Traditonal hoodoo supplies [email protected] www.blossommerz.com www.hoodooroots.com  Royal Publishing/Celtic Jackalope  Brigid’s Well  House of Wormwood T-shirts,statuary, plaques & jewelry Batik adult & children’s clothing, fairy wings Soaps, lotions, candles, hats, scarves http://celticjackalope.com www.facebook.com/brigidswellbatik www.houseofworwood.com  Serpent’s Kiss  Celtic Daughter  Isabella Romantic Wear (Bayshore Foyer) Ritual supplies & tools. Jewelry Kilts, capes, men’s shirts Handmade clothing & accessories www.serpents-kiss.com [email protected] [email protected] (831) 423-5477  Celtic on Cloth/Washburn Woodcuts  Jewels by Olivia (Bayshore Foyer)  Sign of the Hawk Altar cloths, ritual tools Jewelry, accessories, crowns Leatherwork and masks [email protected] www.jewelsbyolivia.com [email protected]  Celtica (Mezzanine) (415) 412-9956 (650) 787-5066 Silver and gold jewelry  Just Rewards  Simply Salma’s Treasures www.celticajewelry.com Amber jewelry, gifts Handmade jewelry, henna work  Coyote Tales Symbol Makers www.4justrewards.com www.simplysalma.etsy.com Pagan & Metaphysical silver jewelry [email protected]  Spirit of the Goddess www.coyotesilver.com  L J Laubenheimer Crowns, adronments, staffs CDs, candles, handcrafted accessories http://www.etsy.com/shop/SpiritoftheGoddess [email protected] [email protected]

66  Stone Circle Studio Crstals, gemstones, talismans The DAUGHTERS [email protected] of DIVINATION  Tarot Media Company CLASSES • READINGS Tarot books, decks, accessories TAROT COACHING www.mediacompany.com by THALASSA  The Amber Wolf The SAN FRANCISCO Woodburned art, hair ornaments, &c BAY AREA TAROT http://theamberwolf.com SYMPOSIUM (209) 601-3085 www.dodivination.com  The Different Drum (Bayshore Foyer) Handmade drums and percussion www.thedifferentdrum.net [email protected]  The Elfin Forest Fantasy Art Fairy themed art, cards, accoutrements www.theelfinforest.com The  The Everday Goddess ay ree.net Clothing and accessories M T [email protected] ...get in touch with Nature  The Sacred Well Cloaks and Druid ceremonial robes Crystals, jewelry, ritual tools www.sacredwell.com  Tombo Studio Gothic & bellydancing jewelry, accessories www.tombostudio.com www.whitewand.com  Unkinked Massage (Bayshore Foyer) ars in Jar Therapeutic massage St s [email protected]  Wheat Goddeses essences Traditional woven wheat items, hats “i www.wheatgoddesses.com t’s le” mag bott  Willowroot Wands ic in a Wands, jewelry, statues Flower, Gem, Environmental & Cosmic Essences [email protected] www.StarsinJarsEssences.com  Wolfsisters Creations/Windwolf Studio Art, prints, shirts http://windwolf.com http://goldenwolfen.com  Xcentricities Corsets Corsets and related fashions www.corset.net (505) 459-8733

67 Celebrating 111 years of publishing for the mind and spirit

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68 EARTH MEDICINE ALLIANCE PRESENTS

CELEBRATING ANCESTRAL WISDOM

THIRD ANNUAL CONFERENCE OCTOBER 20TH-21ST, SAN FRANCISCO

Come join us for two full days of heart-centered workshops and ceremony with leaders from different earth-honoring ways of life.

The Earth Medicine Alliance is a 501(c)3 non-profit dedicated to interfaith dialogue among diverse traditions and ways of life. In 2012 we're offering regular community rituals in the San Francisco Bay Area and our third annual conference.

We’re also happy to share free online interviews with earth-spirit elders and wisdom-keepers from different traditions through our Voices of the Earth Project: www.earthmedicine.org/voicesoftheearth

Please visit the Earth Medicine Alliance hospitality suite during PantheaCon. We'll be offering scheduled events, relaxing chill space, and complementary oracle and tarot readings.

(650) 248-8917 • [email protected] www.earthmedicine.org

69 Coming July, 2012 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 appropri- iate 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 practitio- ners to exchange ideas and strategies for accomplishing the Great Work. For more information, visit the website: www.TheurgiCon.com or contact [email protected].

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