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9:00am EDT

Friday July 17, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am EDT

This class will explore the ways that Picatrix engages with Hermetic concepts and ties them to alchemy, astrology, herbalism and magical foods. We will examine a few specific passages that illustrate how to use microcosms/ macrocosm connections in your current practice.

Speakers

Meg Raphoon

Meg Raphoon grew up gazing at the ocean and climbing trees on the north shore of Long Island. She currently resides in Detroit Michigan with her amazing son and the cats who have adopted them. She is on the Board of Directors for the Magical Education Council and one of the Convention... Read More →

Friday July 17, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am EDT
Ashford

PAPERS

Take aways: A basic understanding of Alchemical concepts in Picatrix Strategies to use alchemical concepts in spellwork.

10:30am EDT

Matter-Reality in the Charge of the Goddess: Bodies, Objects, Places, and Sensations

Friday July 17, 2026 10:30am - 11:30am EDT

Ashford

Shelley Rabinovich and James Lewis called the Charge of the Goddess “perhaps the most important single theological document in the neo-Pagan movement". Knowing Paganism’s deep affinity with materiality, or matter-reality, such a foundational Wiccan document as the Charge would naturally incorporate bodies, objects, places, and sensations. Material aspects bring a sense of value, meaning, and order to Wicca, serve as symbols to be interpreted for religious meanings, build traditions over time, participate in assemblages along with Wiccans, and act on Wiccans and shape them. In this paper, I will compare five versions of the Charge dating from 1899 to 1979; and the short excerpt from the Charge which Gerald Brousseau Gardner included in his 1954 book Witchcraft Today, to understand what material aspects he and his initiators considered suitable and best to share with Wicca’s earliest public audience.

Speakers

Polly Springhorn

M.Div. student, Theology & Religious History, Cherry Hill Seminary

Polly Springhorn is an M.Div. student at Cherry Hill Seminary, in Theology and Religious History; and the Chair of the American Academy of Religion Western Region Pagan Studies Unit. She is also a Gardnerian High Priestess, musician, and visual artist based in Wonder Valley, Cali... Read More →

Friday July 17, 2026 10:30am - 11:30am EDT
Ashford

PAPERS

Take aways: I would like attendess to come away with a more detailed sense of the history of the Charge of the Goddess, and how the material aspects in the different versions have changed over time. I would also like for them to have a heightened awareness of how the bodies, objects, places, and sensations in the Charge have shaped Wicca as a religion, and the individual experiences of Witches.

12:30pm EDT

Practicing Ancient Ritual Magick: Techniques and Examples

Friday July 17, 2026 12:30pm - 2:00pm EDT

Ashford

How did ancient Pagans invoke gods and daimons to aid their magical work? You might think that these ritual techniques were forgotten or lost many centuries ago, but in fact we have a lot of information, if you know where to look and how to understand and adapt what you find. This workshop will provide an introduction to ancient Graeco-Egyptian magic and how it works, and it will teach several useful rituals. You will learn

Speakers

John Opsopaus

John Opsopaus, PhD, believes that ancient wisdom traditions have much to offer to our spiritual progress today. He has been practicing Hellanismos (the worship of the Greek gods) since the 1980s. He has more than forty publications in various magical and Neopagan magazines. He frequently... Read More →

Friday July 17, 2026 12:30pm - 2:00pm EDT
Ashford

PAPERS

Take aways: (1)an acquaintance with ancient Graeco-Egyptian magical techniques.(2)our sources for ancient magic.(3)a brief history of ancient magic.(4)the types of ancient magic.(5)how to adapt ancient magic for modern use. (6)how to perform several ancient spells and rituals for both spiritual and practical purposes.

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Mystic South 2026

9:00am EDT

Meg Raphoon

10:30am EDT

Polly Springhorn

12:30pm EDT

John Opsopaus

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