The Virtual Symposium of Pagan Thought and Practice presents:
Dying and Death: Pagans Engaging End of Life Issues
July 23, 2022, 9:00 AM to 5:30 PM PT
Death is an experience we hold in common. Whether it be the passing of a loved one or our own departure from life, the inevitability of death brings with it equally inevitable challenges. For Pagans of all paths and traditions these challenges may present differently, with no easy or compatible solutions offered by the currently dominant over culture. How do we, as magical folk, prepare for death? Where are the priests and priestesses to tend our passing? How shall our families, or friends, the people of the community celebrate our lives or dance upon our graves? How is the body disposed of? How are we remembered? How do we sit with Death?
This year we are proud to feature presentation on dying and death from end-of-life preparations, through grief and interment, and the processes through which those left behind remember the lives of their beloved dead. Presenters include Selena Fox, Gordon Cooper, Ben Luoma, Frances Billinghurst, Griffin Ced, Carrie Wolf, Hauk, Rev. Kathleen Reeves, Herleena Hunt, Bettie Bune, Rev. Michael Brazell, Natasha Kirby, and Macha Nightmare. The schedule will be posted on the Commons of Modern Pagans and Spiritual Seekers website at https://www.pagancommons.org/.
Tickets for this one day virtual event are $16, and can be purchased at Stripe https://buy.stripe.com/7sIcNLcqcfuPbhScMM or through Venmo at COMPASS @Compass1313
The Virtual Symposium of Pagan Thought and Practice focuses on where ideas, beliefs, and practice meet. This annual virtual gathering holds space for the sharing of academic and philosophical ideas, spiritual and religious practices, and how they align and give life to Contemporary Pagan beliefs, ideas, and communities. The symposium's target audience includes both academics and practitioners from all pagan paths. For the purposes of The Virtual Symposium of Pagan Thought and Practice, Contemporary Paganisms encompass the widest range of spiritual and religious expressions, including but not limited, to Animists to Atheopagans, Druids to Wiccans, Witches to Heathens to Reconstructionists Pagans and indigenous spiritual practitioners to Contemporary Shamans.