PantheaCon 2019: Full Schedule

Join our huge and varied Pagan, Heathen, Wiccan, Reconstructionist, Indigenous, spiritual and magical groups in education and celebration February 2019 in San Jose, CA. More information can be found about the conference at www.pantheacon.com

The schedule is complete as of November 12, 2018 - 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 AKST

Building Consent Culture

Rape culture is the problem; a culture of consent is the answer. With dominant culture as the backdrop, rape culture is nearly comprehensively a feature of developing sexual identity. Coming from the shadow of dominant culture conditioning, we aren't told how to ask for, or offer, clear consent. In this workshop we will talk about consent; how to give it, how to ask for it, and how to play with the process of consenting in a fluid and integrated way. Workshop will be closed 10 minutes after start. Ages 13 and up welcome. Younger kids welcome with parent.

Speakers

Lasara Firefox Allen

Lasara Firefox Allen is the author of Jailbreaking the Goddess: A Radical Revisioning of Feminist Spirituality (2016), and Sexy Witch (2005), both published by Llewellyn Worldwide. Lasara is currently pursuing a degree in social work, and is working in the field. Lasara lives with... Read More →

Friday February 15, 2019 1:30pm - 3:00pm AKST
Carmel/ Monterey

General Pagan, Workshop

3:30pm AKST

Sacred circle dance: simple meaningful dances done in a circle

In our 10th visit here, we'll offer old favorites ("Burning Times," "Hex" and powerful new dances from many countries. Each dance is taught first, and no dance experience (0r partners) required.

Speakers

Bay Area Circle Dancers

We've been dancing in the Bay Area for 28 years. We offer a participative workshop in Circle, or Sacred Dance: a means of experiencing and celebrating our connection to the rhythms of the earth, to each other, and to our sources. No dance experience necessary. We teach simple meaningful... Read More →

Friday February 15, 2019 3:30pm - 5:00pm AKST
Carmel/ Monterey

General Pagan, Workshop

5:15pm AKST

Furious Revels

In communities throughout Europe, stretching back as far as 2500 years or more, folks have gathered during the dark season, donned grotesque masks and bestial costumes, and wildly cavorted through their towns to drive out evil spirits and the doldrums of winter. Let’s prepare the Doubletree for PantheaCon properly with a good, thorough and time-tested European cleansing tradition. Bring your furs, antlers, horns, masks, grotesque costumes, rattles, drums, bells, and brooms. Join the Furious Revels for a wild cavort, and let’s spiritually cleanse the hotel the old fashioned way!

Speakers

River Devora

River Devora is a multi-trad spirit worker and clergyperson. She initiated as a community priestess with Waxing Muse Coven in 1996, initiated to Ochun in 2011, and carries oaths to the Matronae and a number of other deities and beings. She teaches a monthly class series on living... Read More →

Friday February 15, 2019 5:15pm - 6:00pm AKST
Carmel/ Monterey

General Pagan, Ritual

7:00pm AKST

Holly Tannen in Concert

THE ANCIENT MATRIARCH MEETS THE MESSENGER OF THE GODS

Speakers

Holly Tannen

In song and story, Holly will regale you with her travels on the Half-Astral Plane, and the shocking new tale of her encounter with “A Dybbuk Named Fred.” Come ready to sing along!

Friday February 15, 2019 7:00pm - 8:30pm AKST
Carmel/ Monterey

General Pagan, Performance

9:00pm AKST

CONCERT with R J STEWART and Friends

R J Stewart is a Scottish musician, songwriter, and composer. He is the author of many books and has created numerous recordings. Join RJ and friends for a concert of music and song, including Magical Ballads, hard hitting and humorous songs with Celtic and original instrumental music. R J plays 70 string psaltery, flute, and guitar.

Speakers

R J Stewart

R J Stewart is known worldwide as the author of 45 books on magic, mythology, tarot, Celtic tradition, translated into many languages. He is also a composer for film theater and television and has made numerous recordings of music and original songs.

Friday February 15, 2019 9:00pm - 10:30pm AKST
Carmel/ Monterey

General Pagan, Performance

9:00am AKST

Poppets, Doll Babies, Voodoo Dolls – what’s the story

These dolls go by many names and are a part of many cultures. The most familiar image is the one that Hollywood created, but there is so much more to the story. Contrary to Hollywood’s depiction of them, Doll Babies are not just used for causing an individual harm. Poppets/Voodoo Dolls can also be used to heal or cure your intended target. This class presents the whole story and how to use these dolls in your spell work. Come learn why practitioners of magic have been using these effigies for centuries.

Speakers

Hexeba Theaux

Hexeba Theaux is a Louisiana bred Cajun with a special interest in Hoodoo. She has been a Rootworker for more than 40 years. Her business “Cajun Conjure” was born of this passion. She began studying witchcraft and Wicca as a teenager, learning from wonderful teachers (and bad... Read More →

Saturday February 16, 2019 9:00am - 10:30am AKST
Carmel/ Monterey

General Pagan, Workshop

11:00am AKST

Tarot: A Spread For Walking In Beauty

Inspired by the Navajo tradition of walking in beauty, this spread may seem at first like putting a positive spin on every card, or just cheering when you get the "good" cards. Instead, it calls on us to look deeply into the beauty of all experience, whether joyous or painful.

Speakers

Rachel Pollack

Rachel Pollack is the author of 34 books of fiction and non-fiction, including three award winners. Her book 78 Degrees of Wisdom, continuously in print since 1980 (and recently #4 on Amazon's tarot best seller list) is described around the world as "the Bible of tarot readers." Rachel... Read More →

Saturday February 16, 2019 11:00am - 12:30pm AKST
Carmel/ Monterey

Divination, Discussion

1:30pm AKST

Apres Le Deluge - Tarot as Reclamation

In troubled times we turn to divination for guidance and direction. In fact, the Tarot was born of troubled times as a way to help negotiate them. Blending the old, the new, and our own unique perspectives we will look at Tarot as a personal - and perhaps political - reclamation tool. All levels of interest and enthusiasm are invited.

Speakers

Thalassa

Thalassa has been working with the Tarot, divination and the arts magickal for nearly 50 years. She is the producer of the San Francisco Bay Area Tarot Symposium (SF BATS), founder of Daughters of Divination, and publisher of The Flying Squirrel (an admittedly intermittent publication... Read More →

Saturday February 16, 2019 1:30pm - 3:00pm AKST
Carmel/ Monterey

Divination, Discussion

3:30pm AKST

1 in 8

One in eight women are diagnosed with breast cancer during their lifetime. In 2015, I became one of them. “1 in 8” is about grief & fear, love & determination, gratitude & resilience. It’s about shame & anger, hope & humor, community & compassion, mortality & survival. I tell this tale to encourage, inspire, comfort, educate and, yes, to entertain. Creative expression helped me find my way through the fears, ravages and anxieties of cancer treatment. Jazz guitarist Mimi Fox, a sister-survivor, joined me in collaborating on these songs, crafting them into beautiful expressions of each song’s true meaning.

Speakers

Deborah J. Hamouris

Deborah Hamouris ("DJ" to her friends) is a singer-songwriter with a long performance and recording history in the Pagan community. Musically versatile, she performs as both a jazz vocalist and (on her mountain dulcimer) as a traditionally-influenced songsmith. Deborah released "1... Read More →

Saturday February 16, 2019 3:30pm - 5:00pm AKST
Carmel/ Monterey

General Pagan, Performance

7:00pm AKST

Baba Lon Milo DuQuette in Concert

Award-winning singer-songwriter and PantheaCon elder trouble-maker, Lon Milo DuQuette, sings his whimsical songs of wit, wisdom, outrage, resistance, magick, mysticism, hope and LOVE. Come enjoy an evening of acoustic ear-worms.

Speakers

Lon Milo DuQuette

Lon Milo DuQuette is a singer-songwriter and best-selling author and lecturer. His books on Magick, Tarot, and the Western Mystery Traditions have been translated into 12 languages. He is currently U.S. Deputy Grand Master of Ordo Templi Orientis and he is on the faculty of the Omega... Read More →

Saturday February 16, 2019 7:00pm - 8:30pm AKST
Carmel/ Monterey

General Pagan, Performance

9:00pm AKST

Singing for the Defense of Mother Earth

Darryl Cherney performs songs old and new from the front lines of Earth First!, the Humboldt County Cannabis Culture and more.

Speakers

Darryl Cherney

Darryl Cherney is long standing Earth First! activist and a bard of the Church of All Worlds. He has been a leader in work to save ancient redwoods and along with Judi Bari, lived though a car bomb attempt on their lives which the FBI tried to frame them for. They sued for violations... Read More →

Saturday February 16, 2019 9:00pm - 10:30pm AKST
Carmel/ Monterey

Goddess Spirituality, Performance

9:00am AKST

How to Become a Witch

Are you a real Witch, or do you sometimes feel like you’re faking it? Sure, you’ve got a pentagram pendant the size of a dessert plate, but we know that doesn’t make a Witch. So what qualities of mind and heart and spirit, what perceptions and insights are at the core of Witchcraft? What does it mean to live with one foot in consensual reality and two in Other Realms? Come help chase the Magickal Marmot of Meaning to its lair. Amber and Azrael wrote several popular books on magick, including How to Become a Witch.

Speakers

Amber K

Wiccan priestess for 38 years, author of True Magick and several other books on Craft and magick, Executive Director of Ardantane Pagan Learning Center.

Sunday February 17, 2019 9:00am - 10:30am AKST
Carmel/ Monterey

Wicca, Discussion

11:00am AKST

The Life and Work of Pamela Colman Smith

Pixie Smith (1878-1951), the artist of the Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot deck, produced far more than that. I am one of the authors of the "Untold Story" depicting her life and works, recently published by U.S.Games. Through a slide presentation I show the exciting discoveries we made in our research over the past several years. We'll also discuss the current controversies regarding her race and sexual orientation.

Speakers

Mary Greer

Mary K. Greer specializes in using Tarot and Lenormand cards for guidance, personal insight and transformation. With 50 years experience in Tarot, she is the author of eleven books including Tarot for Your Self, Who Are You in the Tarot, and the biography, Women of the Golden Dawn... Read More →

Sunday February 17, 2019 11:00am - 12:30pm AKST
Carmel/ Monterey

Divination, Discussion

1:30pm AKST

Tarot As Spritual Psychology

Rache Pollack's book, 78 Degrees Of Wisdom, first published in 1980 and in print ever since, is described around the world as "the Bible of Tarot readers." In honor of the third edition, due out next year, Rachel will talk about what moved her to write the book, and its blend of psychology, spiritual and mythic symbolism, and esoteric traditions.

Speakers

Rachel Pollack

Sunday February 17, 2019 1:30pm - 3:00pm AKST
Carmel/ Monterey

Divination

3:30pm AKST

40 Years of Peace, Love and Dulcimers!

The DulciMates, Deborah "DJ" Hamouris & Buffalo, sing & play, on two mountain dulcimers, selections from an eclectic repertoire ranging from medieval & contemporary folk to traditional & original songs. Their 1986 recording, “Welcome to Annwfn” (with brother, Rick Hamouris), catapulted "We Are A Circle" to international acclaim. DJ went on to record 3 more Pagan classic albums & 2 of original songs, in partnership with legendary jazz guitarist Mimi Fox: "Snapshots", + "1 in 8", a musical reflection of DJ's journey through breast cancer. The DulciMates album, “The Green Man”, came out in 2012.

Speakers

The DulciMates

DJ & Buffalo have a 40 year history of music making, including musicals, cabaret, the Renaissance Pleasure Faire & the Dickens Christmas Fair. DJ teaches mountain dulcimer at the Freight & Salvage in Berkeley. Buffalo has a private psychotherapy practice. They have loved making beautiful... Read More →

Sunday February 17, 2019 3:30pm - 5:00pm AKST
Carmel/ Monterey

General Pagan, Performance

7:00pm AKST

Broceliande Celtic and Early Music Concert

Join Celtic/Early Music band Broceliande in a magical, evocative concert of Celtic music from the British Isles and Medieval and Renaissance music from the European courts and countrysides! Broceliande is Margaret Davis (soprano, Celtic harp, recorders, flute), Kristoph Klover (tenor, 12-string guitar, octave mandolin, whistle), and Kris Yenney (alto, cello, nyckelharpa).

Speakers

Broceliande

Broceliande plays Celtic music from the British Isles and the Medieval and Renaissance music, with an emphasis on music inspired by or traditionally performed during each of the four seasons. Their entrancing sound is built on the interweaving of up to 3-part vocals with Celtic harp... Read More →

Sunday February 17, 2019 7:00pm - 8:30pm AKST
Carmel/ Monterey

Celtic-Druid, Performance

9:00pm AKST

Pagan Humor 11: More Stuff Like Last Year But Different

Last Year I had so much fun 'Adapting' Pagan Humor #2 into #10 that this year I will 'Liberate' #3 into #11. Confused? Me too! But rest assured it will all make sense - or, at least as much sense as I normally make.

Speakers

Angus McMahan

Angus McMahan is a gregarious solitary who can usually be found playing strange drums strangely at various Community Seed rituals. He is a lego sculptor, a cross-country marcher, a crop circle inspiration, a breathtakingly slow triathlete and a writer of no great renown. www.patr... Read More →

Sunday February 17, 2019 9:00pm - 10:30pm AKST
Carmel/ Monterey

General Pagan, Performance