Monday, August 24, 2020

2020: Life in Retrograde AWC Conference

Due to COVID-19 a lot of events scheduled for this year have had to be postponed, cancelled or move on line. The annual Australian Wiccan Conference (AWC), scheduled to be take place over the weekend of Friday, 11 to Sunday 13 September 2020, is one such event. Instead of cancelling the event altogether, this year's conference will be moving online and will consist of a selection of panels, workshops and debates that have taken place during the 35 years that the conference has been running.

I will be presenting a workshop on The Dark Gods on Sunday, 13 September 2020 at 12 noon (Australian Eastern Standard Time) that I originally presented at the 2011 conference that took place in Tasmania.

A breakdown of the weekends is (all times are at Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST))

Friday 11 September 2020
8.00pm Welcome
8.30pm The Great Debate: That Insular Practice is outdated

Saturday 12 September 2020
9.30am Truth and Tales about the Spring Equinox (AWC 2019) | Presenter: Josephine Winter
11.30am An introduction to Wand making (AWC 2006) | Presenter: Jo
1.00pm LUNCH BREAK
1.30pm Use of Voice in ritual (AWC 2012) | Presenter: Nicolas El Viejito
3.30pm Writing Guided Visualisations and Pathworkings (AWC 2006) | Presenter: Gabby Cleary
5.30pm The Minor Arcana of the Tarot (AWC 2002) | Presenter: Julia Phillips
7.30pm Panel: Use and Experience of ritual elements in languages other than Modern English (AWC 2017) | Facilitator: Damiana Fortune
9.30pm Concert: Spiral Dance

Sunday 13 September 2020
10:00am The Minoan Snake Goddess and Altered States of Consciousness (AWC 2019) | Presenter: Caroline Tully
12:00 The Dark Gods (AWC 2011) | Presenter: Frances Billinghurst
1.30pm LUNCH BREAK
2.00pm “I Can’t Tell You, It’s Oathbound”: The History & Use Of Secrecy In Magical Practices (AWC 2017) | Presenter: Reese
4.30pm By The Flame That Burneth Bright: Sigil Use In Candle Magic (AWC 2017) | Presenter: Adrianne
6.00pm Advanced Ritual Writing: Repurposing traditional Wiccan pieces (AWC 2008) | Presenter: Gabby Cleary

Timetable is subject to change.

Tickets to access the interactive zoom link are only $10 AUD for the entire weekend and are available from the Join Now page. The Zoom link will be sent free to active and new members of AWC Inc via email. (Money raised will go to the 2021 Australian Wiccan Conference).

I hope to see you there.