PantheaCon2016: Full Schedule

Join our huge and varied Pagan, Heathen, Wiccan, Reconstructionist, Indigenous, spiritual and magical groups in education and celebration February 2016 in San Jose, CA. More information can be found about the conference at www.pantheacon.com

The schedule is complete as of October 21, 2015 - changes/cancellations will be entered as often as possible. If you sync a personal schedule with your phone it will auto update the next time you open the application.

1:30pm PST

Willful Bane: the History, Techniques and Ethics of Hexing

Willful Bane is about the ethics of banework, the history of it in Appalachian folk magic, plus lots of practical experience that includes dollies, sachets, vinegar, chicken feet, marshmallows etc. We'll dive into history, legend, techniques and--perhaps most important--ethics. Come learn about the joy of hex.

Speakers

Byron Ballard

H. Byron Ballard, BA, MFA, is a ritualist, teacher, speaker and writer. She has served as a featured speaker and teacher at Sacred Space Conference, Pagan Unity Festival, Pagan Spirit Gathering, Southeast Wise Women’s Herbal Conference, Glastonbury Goddess Conference and other gatherings... Read More →

Friday February 12, 2016 1:30pm - 3:00pm PST
San Jose

General Pagan, Workshop

Tags Magic-Psychic-Techniques, Introductory

3:30pm PST

Animal Transformation

An introduction to animal transformation, including choosing an animal (or letting it choose you), getting into and out of headspace, interactions with a guide, and practical applications. This class is about how to mentally shapeshift and how to care for a human animal. Physical shifting is often achieved through the use of costuming, which will also be discussed. Transformation will be demonstrated.

Speakers

Azalea

Sex educator and human animal trainer Azalea has been involved in the animal roleplay community since 2008. She has taught classes at the San Francisco Citadel, organized human animal events, trained an assortment of human pets and been a variety of animals, and recently served as... Read More →

Friday February 12, 2016 3:30pm - 5:00pm PST
San Jose

General Pagan, Workshop

Tags How-to, Meditation-Trance, Introductory, Other-Performance

7:00pm PST

Intro to La Santa Muerte: the Macabre Magic of Death & Mortality

With the aesthetic of a female grim reaper, La Santa Muerte is the patron saint of sinners, death, prostitutes, the LGBT community, and social outcasts. To some, she is the sensational symbol of drug cartels, assassins, and border violence. To others, she is a dark refuge of equality, self-acceptance, and personal empowerment. Regardless, the death devotional community of La Santa Muerte is becoming one of the fastest growing underground occult movements in the U.S. and Latin America. So, come explore the clandestine Latino mysticism of this feminine Spirit of Death and discover the macabre magic of your own mortality.

Speakers

Tomas Prower

Author of the Llewellyn 2015 book "La Santa Muerte: Unearthing the Magic & Mysticism of Death", Tomas Prower is a graduate of the University of California: Santa Barbara and hold two degrees: one in global socioeconomics and the other in Latin American & Iberian studies. While working... Read More →

Friday February 12, 2016 7:00pm - 8:30pm PST
San Jose

Tradition not listed, Discussion

Tags Female-deity-focused, LGBTQ, Introductory

9:00pm PST

Romuva - the Living BalticTradition

Prudence has been travelling to the Baltics since 1997. She owns a home and temple in Romuva Village just north of Vilnius, Lithuania, which was not converted to Christianity until 1387. She will cover basic tenets of Romuva (Baltic Heathenism),one of the last surviving indigenous European traditions, and their similarities and differences with other Northern European traditions, and will show a 16 minute DVD of a "traditional" wedding and other Romuva festivities. The DVD soundtrack features traditional 'dainos' [sacred songs] played on traditional instruments.

Speakers

Prudence Priest

Prudence is HPS (for over 45 years) of Amaranth Energies, CEO of Freya's Folk, Ambassadress of Romuva in the USA, Member of the European Congress of Ethnic Religions, Elder in Covenant of the Goddess and The Ring of Troth, Soror Glynda in the OTO and translator of "Demonographia... Read More →

Friday February 12, 2016 9:00pm - 10:30pm PST
San Jose

Asatru - Heathen, Workshop

Tags Scholarly-Lecture-Panel, Introductory

9:00am PST

Ancestor Worship

Ancestor reverence is the cornerstone of many sacromagickal traditions. This is certainly true of AfroDiasporic religions. We will discuss the significance and functions of the Ancestors in daily life and in ritual work, learn ways of fostering relationship with Ancestors of blood and spirit, and then participate in a brief 'misa espiritual' to acknowledge our Ancestors and receive their blessing. Doors will be closed once the misa begins. Attendees are encouraged to wear white and to bring something to cover your head.

Speakers

Leni Hester

Leni Hester is a devotee of Ochun, a Priestess and Witch, who serves the Orisas and the Ancestors in Denver CO. A student of the occult, theatre arts and yoga since childhood, she holds a Gardnerian 3rd degree and can write about herself in the third person with reasonable detachment... Read More →

Saturday February 13, 2016 9:00am - 10:30am PST
San Jose

African Diaspora, Ritual

Tags Magic-Psychic-Techniques, Meditation-Trance

11:00am PST

Men's Mysteries

Ivan Richmond is a veteran of and leader in the Thiasos Olympikos Men's Mysteries. This talk will be on the rudiments of men's mysteries and mysticism. It will cover finding balance in the soul through worshipping a variety of male Gods, rolling with and accepting imbalance when it hits with the help of wild Deities, and the dark unknown as being the true goal of the warrior in the hero's journey. Finally, it will discuss why Men's Mysteries are critical to men respecting women as equals. For men only.

Speakers

Ivan Richmond

Ivan Richmond is an initiate of the Men's Mysteries celebrated by the Men's Lodge of Thiasos Olympikos, a Hellenic Reconstructionist organization that primarily has mixed-sex rituals, but also offers Men's and Women's Mysteries. He has been active in Hellenic Reconstructionism and... Read More →

Saturday February 13, 2016 11:00am - 12:30pm PST
San Jose

General Pagan, Ritual

Tags Male-deity-focused

9:00am PST

The Magic Pomegranate: A Story of Competition and Cooperation

Actively working with the images and story of myths, folktales, and fairy tales can yield new perspectives on our own lived experiences, open up new directions for the interpretations of our lives and the events of the world, and sometimes offer healing of old wounds. This workshop will use the Jewish folktale The Magic Pomegranate as a vehicle to introduce techniques pulled from the works of C. G. Jung, James Hillman, and Robert Johnson, and include both individual and group activities.

Speakers

Jeffrey Albaugh

Jeffrey Albaugh holds BA in theatre, MA in depth psychology, and is a PhD candidate in Depth Psychology at Pacifica Graduate Institute. He has worked as an educator in primary grades and special education in the public school system, and currently serves as the lead case manager for... Read More →

Sunday February 14, 2016 9:00am - 10:30am PST
San Jose

General Pagan, Workshop

Tags How-to, Magic-Psychic-Techniques, Audience-Participation

11:00am PST

Inanna and Dumuzi Devotional

The Temple of Inanna and Dumuzi will lead the worship of two of the most ancient Deities of civilization from ancient Sumer. Come celebrate the Queen and King of civilization, agriculture, herding, love, war and sexuality with the Goddess Who received the Me (powers) of civilization from the drunken God of Wisdom and Who shared those powers with Her sexy husband: the dying and reborn Shepard Dumuzi, a great God in His own right.

Speakers

Temple of Inanna and Dumuzi

The Temple of Inanna and Dumuzi is a semi-reconstructionist, Mesopotamian temple dedicated to the ancient Sumerian Goddess Inanna (known to the Babylonians as Ishtar) and God Dumuzi (known to the Babylonians as Tammuz). The rituals are based on the ancient Mesopotamian (primarily... Read More →

Sunday February 14, 2016 11:00am - 12:30pm PST
San Jose

Indigenous Non-European, Ritual

Tags Audience-Participation, Introductory

9:00am PST

Reiki for Change

Reiki is a powerful force for healing in our lives. It can help us heal ourselves and the world. Anyone who is attuned to Reiki can direct this energy toward changing situations for the better. In this workshop you will learn methods to use Reiki to heal situations, people, the world and ourselves.

Speakers

Adam Sartwell

Adam Sartwell is one of the three founders of the Temple of Witchcraft as well as a lead minister and board member. He Is a Reiki Master and author of 21 Days of Reiki. He is a professional tarot reader and psychic healer.

Monday February 15, 2016 9:00am - 10:30am PST
San Jose

Tradition not listed, Workshop

Tags How-to, Magic-Psychic-Techniques, Meditation-Trance

11:00am PST

Speed Reiki Techniques

ALREADY a Reiki practitioner or have lots of healing energy in your hands this class is for you!.. Learn & practice techniques developed during my 20 years of Reiki innovation to lift out headaches, improve circulation in extremities, reducing pain issues, and much more [til we run out of class time]

Speakers

Jessica Reiki Miller

Jessica first learned Reiki at Free Spirit Gathering in Maryland in 1992, and went on to train with multiple teachers here and in the Japan, and has been teaching Reiki full time for the last 15 years. A Reiki historian and technique innovator, her pagan give a much broader perspective... Read More →

Monday February 15, 2016 11:00am - 12:30pm PST
San Jose

General Pagan, Workshop

Tags How-to, Magic-Psychic-Techniques