Pagan Phoenix SW Spring Conference – Online Event

The second Pagan Phoenix online conference concerns a subject of crucial importance: how the human race relates to the beings with whom it shares the planet. Wherever in the world you might be, the growing Pagan Phoenix community invites you for a day of talks and discussion on animism, magical beasts, art and working with animals spiritually.

The conference will take place online from 10.30 to 17.00 on Saturday 9 March 2024. Tickets for the day grant access to the conference, plus a recording of the event for up to 14 days afterwards, so you can join us even if in a completely different time zone. There will be plenty of opportunities for discussion and questions throughout the day.

The programme will include:

10:30 – Welcome

10:45-11:45 – Rufus Harrington, Senior Lecturer at University of Cumbria, discusses the God of the Witches (‘The Horned Flame’).

12:00-13:00 – Dr Merv Davey introduces the magical Cornish Guising Beasts who perform ritual dances in the streets of Cornwall.

exeter.academia.edu/MervDavey

13:45-14:45 – Rune Hjarnø Rasmussen explores Nordic animism and the ceremonial practice of 'magnar'.

nordicanimism.com 

15:00-16:00 – Susan Aberth, renowned art historian, examines spirit animals in the art of Leonora Carrington. bard.edu/faculty 

16:15-16:45 – Roundtable

16:45 – Thanks and closing

See the full programme.

Pagan Phoenix SW is an independent, not-for-profit company based in Devon and Cornwall, UK. Their annual conference, Pagan Phoenix, features a day of talks from prominent Pagan and magical speakers, artists and musicians. Their staff are unpaid volunteers and all profits go towards funding future events. If you would like to find out more about their work or get involved, contact the organisers through their website.