ANGELA'S SYMPOSIUM 📖 Academic Study on Witchcraft, Paganism, esotericism, magick and the Occult

Join Maevius Lynn and me on Sunday, 28 December at 6 pm GMT and 1 pm EST for a fascinating conversation on all things Thelema.ABOUT OUR GUESTMaevius Lynn is a writer, artist, international lecturer, and ceremonial magician who currently resides in the Southern United States. Her work approaches Thelema as a living tradition from the perspective of both a solitary practitioner and an initiate of Ordo Templi Orientis and Temple of the Silver Star. She is particularly interested in getting people to practice magick and not leaving it as a niche interest relegated to history books. Her efforts inspire others to make Thelema and magick a purposeful part of their lives. Her work includes YouTube educational videos, online study groups, workshops, and lectures at pagan and occult conferences, books, magazine articles, and art. As part of this work, she especially enjoys collaborating with educators and content creators of various traditions, building bridges of understanding and inclusion around the living tradition of Thelema."Pre-order her upcoming book here: https://www.llewellyn.com/product.php?ean=9780738779355Links:https://www.youtube.com/@MaeviusLynnhttps://www.patreon.com/c/maeviuslynnhttps://www.instagram.com/maeviuslynn/https://bsky.app/profile/maeviuslynn.bsky.socialCONNECT & SUPPORT💖MY COURSES 👩🏻‍🎓 https://drangelapuca.com/courseWEBSITE & NEWSLETTER 💌 https://www.drangelapuca.com/#newsletterBOOK A TUTORING OR A LECTURE 📖https://drangelapuca.com/servicesBECOME MY PATRON! 🎩 / angelapuca SUPPORT ME ON KO-FI ☕️https://ko-fi.com/drangelapucaONE-OFF DONATIONS 💰 https://paypal.me/angelasymposiumJOIN MEMBERSHIPS 👥 / @drangelapuca MY PODCAST 🎙 https://open.spotify.com/show/2TKoWTG...MY MERCH 👕 https://drangelapuca.creator-spring.com/FOLLOW ME👣YouTube (@drangelapuca)🌟Instagram (@drangelapuca) 📸TikTok (@drangelapuca) 🎵Twitter (@angelapuca11) 🐦Facebook (Dr Angela Puca) 👥⚠️ Copyright of Dr Angela Puca, in all of its parts ⚠️Music by Erose MusicBand. Check them out!00:00:00 Introduction: Meet Maevius Lynn00:02:09 How Maevius Lynn chose Thelema as her Path00:06:51 Why did Lynn stay with Thelema as her chosen path?00:10:22 True Will and the Book of the Law00:15:56 Thelema and the Kabbalistic Tree of Life00:18:32 The Role of Magick in Thelema00:24:01 What are Lynn’s philosophical views as a Thelemite?00:28:44 The Role of Ritual in Thelema00:33:54 Can one be an Atheistic Thelemite?00:37:26 The Relationships between Thelema and Christianity.00:51:48 Can a Thelemite Trust Aleister Crowley?00:56:28 Why are the Thelemite Gods different from the Egyptian Ones?01:01:34 Maevius Lynn Explains the Role of Women in Thelema 01:07:03 Lynn’s New Book, "The Holy Year of Thelema."01:20:19 Support Angela’s Symposium Want to create live streams like this? Check out StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5768951004397568

Join me live on Sunday 21 December at 6 pm GMT, 1 pm EST, for a festive and thought provoking deep dive into the Winter Solstice. In the first half of the livestream we will journey through midwinter traditions from around the world, exploring fire, feasting, ancestors, rebirth, and the many ways humans have ritualised the longest night of the year. Expect myths, surprising historical details, and a clear distinction between what we know from the sources and what modern practitioners have creatively developed.In the second half, the floor is yours. Bring your questions, curiosities, and favourite solstice themes for a relaxed and lively Q&A. Whether you are interested in history, contemporary practice, or simply want to get into the solstice spirit, this is a perfect way to welcome the returning light together.CONNECT & SUPPORT💖MY COURSES 👩🏻‍🎓 https://drangelapuca.com/courseWEBSITE & NEWSLETTER 💌 https://www.drangelapuca.com/#newsletterBOOK A TUTORING OR A LECTURE 📖https://drangelapuca.com/servicesBECOME MY PATRON! 🎩 / angelapuca SUPPORT ME ON KO-FI ☕️https://ko-fi.com/drangelapucaONE-OFF DONATIONS 💰 https://paypal.me/angelasymposiumJOIN MEMBERSHIPS 👥 / @drangelapuca MY PODCAST 🎙 https://open.spotify.com/show/2TKoWTG...MY MERCH 👕 https://drangelapuca.creator-spring.com/FOLLOW ME👣YouTube (@drangelapuca)🌟Instagram (@drangelapuca) 📸TikTok (@drangelapuca) 🎵Twitter (@angelapuca11) 🐦Facebook (Dr Angela Puca) 👥⚠️ Copyright of Dr Angela Puca, in all of its parts ⚠️Music by Erose MusicBand. Check them out!Want to create live streams like this? Check out StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5768951004397568

This livestream brings together Manon Hedenborg White and Henrik Bogdan to discuss their newly co-edited volume The Magical Diaries of Leah Hirsig, 1923 to 1925, published by Oxford University Press. The book presents, for the first time, a critical edition of Hirsig’s surviving diaries from the period when she served as Aleister Crowley’s Scarlet Woman and played a formative role within the development of Thelema. These documents reveal a complex portrait of Hirsig as practitioner, partner, and independent thinker while also illuminating the daily workings of Crowley’s magical system during a turbulent chapter of his life.You can buy the book here ➡️ https://amzn.to/48AL03NThe conversation will explore the challenges of editing primary sources in esotericism, the significance of Hirsig’s voice within a field long dominated by male figures, and the broader implications of her magical, emotional, and intellectual labour for understanding early twentieth-century occultism. We will examine how the diaries complicate established narratives around gender, authority, and the lived experience of Thelemic practice. The discussion will also consider the historiographical value of such material within contemporary scholarship on Western esotericism.Join us on Sunday, 7 December at 5 pm GMT or 12 pm EST for an in-depth conversation that opens new perspectives on a pivotal yet understudied figure in the history of modern magic.CONNECT & SUPPORT💖MY COURSES 👩🏻‍🎓 https://drangelapuca.com/courseWEBSITE & NEWSLETTER 💌 https://www.drangelapuca.com/#newsletterBOOK A TUTORING OR A LECTURE 📖https://drangelapuca.com/servicesBECOME MY PATRON! 🎩 / angelapuca SUPPORT ME ON KO-FI ☕️https://ko-fi.com/drangelapucaONE-OFF DONATIONS 💰 https://paypal.me/angelasymposiumJOIN MEMBERSHIPS 👥 / @drangelapuca MY PODCAST 🎙 https://open.spotify.com/show/2TKoWTG...MY MERCH 👕 https://drangelapuca.creator-spring.com/FOLLOW ME👣YouTube (@drangelapuca)🌟Instagram (@drangelapuca) 📸TikTok (@drangelapuca) 🎵Twitter (@angelapuca11) 🐦Facebook (Dr Angela Puca) 👥⚠️ Copyright of Dr Angela Puca, in all of its parts ⚠️Music by Erose MusicBand. Check them out!00:00:00 Introduction: Crowley’s Scarlet Woman, Leah Hirsig’s Diaries00:01:05 Meet Manon Hedenborg White and Henrik Bogdan00:01:47 Manon’s Academic Background00:02:25 Henrik’s Academic Background00:06:34 How the Book Came to Be and was Written00:19:25 Leah Hirsig’s Diaries00:11:44 Leah Hirsig’s Magick00:16:31 Purpose in Crowley’s and Hirsig’s Practice / Sex Magick00:22:35 Leah Hersig as the Scarlet Woman00:24:52 Decoding Leah’s Diaries00:31:41 Leah Hirsig and Aleister Crowley Break Up00:39:00 The Scarlet Woman and the Great Beast 66600:59:20 The Role of Menstruation in Hirsig’s Magick00:56:55 Money Magick in Thelema00:59:18 Why Some Cities are Breeding Grounds for Esoteric Movements01:03:33 Babalon and Ra-Hoor-Khuit01:06:56 Henrik and Manon’s Favourite Parts of the Diaries01:12:54 Contact Details for Dr Manon Hedenborg White and Dr Henrik Bogdan01:14:34 Support Angela’s SymposiumWant to create live streams like this? Check out StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5768951004397568

Have you ever lit a candle, whispered an incantation, and watched something uncannily fitting happen days later? Was it magic, or just a well-timed coincidence? In the world of esoteric practice, we are trained to notice patterns, to read signs, to find meaning where others see randomness. But what if some of those connections aren’t what they seem? What if we’re mistaking correlation for causation, and calling it magic?In this video, we’re diving into the most seductive illusion in both magic and conspiracy thinking: the leap from “this happened” to “I caused it.” Drawing on philosophy, psychology, and the history of occult thought, we’ll explore why our brains are wired to see patterns, how magical fallacies take root, and how to practise with both conviction and discernment. If you want to refine your craft, sharpen your thinking, and avoid the traps that turn meaningful magic into wishful thinking, stay with me. This might just be the most important spell you ever learn.CONNECT & SUPPORT💖MY COURSES 👩🏻‍🎓 https://drangelapuca.com/coursesWEBSITE & NEWSLETTER 💌 https://www.drangelapuca.com/#newsletterBOOK A TUTORING OR A LECTURE 📖https://drangelapuca.com/servicesBECOME MY PATRON! 🎩 https://www.patreon.com/angelapucaSUPPORT ME ON KO-FI ☕️https://ko-fi.com/drangelapucaONE-OFF DONATIONS 💰 https://paypal.me/angelasymposiumJOIN MEMBERSHIPS 👥 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPSbip_LX2AxbGeAQfLp-Ig/joinMY PODCAST 🎙 https://open.spotify.com/show/2TKoWTGe6OKRokHN2zUIxM?si=dd9f50a734b14f86MY MERCH 👕 https://drangelapuca.creator-spring.com/FOLLOW ME👣- YouTube (@drangelapuca)🌟- Instagram (@drangelapuca) 📸- TikTok (@drangelapuca) 🎵- Twitter (@angelapuca11) 🐦- Facebook (Dr Angela Puca) 👥RECOMMENDED READINGS 📖REFERENCES 📚Barkun, M. (2013). A culture of conspiracy: Apocalyptic visions in contemporary America (2nd ed.). University of California Press. Boyer, P. (2001). Religion explained: The evolutionary origins of religious thought. Basic Books. (Hachette Book Group)Bruno, G. (1986). De magia; De vinculis in genere (A. Biondi, Ed.). Biblioteca dell’Immagine. (Original work published 1590). (philpapers.org)Conrad, K. (1958). Die beginnende Schizophrenie: Versuch einer Gestaltanalyse des Wahns. Georg Thieme. (PubMed)Corbin, H. (1972). Mundus imaginalis, or the imaginary and the imaginal. Spring, 1972, 1–19. Spring Publications. (springpublications.com)Dukes, R. (2001). SSOTBME: An essay on magic (Rev. ed.). The Mouse That Spins. (splendorsolisbooks.com)Evans-Pritchard, E. E. (1937). Witchcraft, oracles and magic among the Azande. Clarendon Press. (Wikipedia)Hanegraaff, W. J. (2012). Esotericism and the academy: Rejected knowledge in Western culture. Cambridge University Press. (Cambridge Assets)Hui, Y. (2016). The question concerning technology in China: An essay in cosmotechnics. Urbanomic. (urbanomic.com)Hume, D. (1748). An enquiry concerning human understanding. A. Millar. (davidhume.org)Hutton, R. (1999). The triumph of the moon: A history of modern Pagan witchcraft. Oxford University Press. (cmc.marmot.org)Jung, C. G. (1960). Synchronicity: An acausal connecting principle (R. F. C. Hull, Trans.). Princeton University Press. (cmc.marmot.org)Kripal, J. J. (2006). The serpent’s gift: Gnostic reflections on the study of religion. University of Chicago Press. (University of Chicago Press)Latour, B. (1993). We have never been modern (C. Porter, Trans.). Harvard University Press. (Original work published 1991). (hup.harvard.edu)Midgley, M. (2001). Science and poetry. Routledge. (Routledge)Popper, K. (1959). The logic of scientific discovery. Hutchinson. (philotextes.info)Stenger, V. J. (2009). Quantum gods: Creation, chaos, and the search for cosmic consciousness. Prometheus Books. (Simon & Schuster)⚠️ Copyright of Dr Angela Puca, in all of its parts ⚠️Music by Erose MusicBand. Check them out!

This lecture explores the provocative question: Can magic stop wars? Drawing on historical and cross-cultural sources, we examine how rituals and spells have been used not merely as private acts of devotion but as technologies of politics, resistance, and reconciliation. From the Assyrian Maqlû tablets and Egyptian execration rites, to the Wiccan “Cone of Power” against Hitler and the modern #MagicResistance movement, we uncover how ritual has been mobilised to defend rulers, resist tyranny, and shape the course of events.The lecture also turns to reconciliation practices such as the Acholi Mato Oput in Uganda, Hawaiian ho‘oponopono, and Arab-Islamic sulha, showing how communities have ritualised the difficult work of forgiveness and the transformation of enmity. By analysing these cases, we see how ritual externalises conflict into material or symbolic form, such as burned effigies, bitter drinks, and shared meals, so that violence can be reframed, managed, or dissolved.CONNECT & SUPPORT💖MY COURSES 👩🏻‍🎓 https://drangelapuca.com/coursesWEBSITE & NEWSLETTER 💌 https://www.drangelapuca.com/#newsletterBOOK A TUTORING OR A LECTURE 📖https://drangelapuca.com/servicesBECOME MY PATRON! 🎩 https://www.patreon.com/angelapucaSUPPORT ME ON KO-FI ☕️https://ko-fi.com/drangelapucaONE-OFF DONATIONS 💰 https://paypal.me/angelasymposiumJOIN MEMBERSHIPS 👥 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPSbip_LX2AxbGeAQfLp-Ig/joinMY PODCAST 🎙 https://open.spotify.com/show/2TKoWTGe6OKRokHN2zUIxM?si=dd9f50a734b14f86MY MERCH 👕 https://drangelapuca.creator-spring.com/FOLLOW ME👣- YouTube (@drangelapuca)🌟- Instagram (@drangelapuca) 📸- TikTok (@drangelapuca) 🎵- Twitter (@angelapuca11) 🐦- Facebook (Dr Angela Puca) 👥RECOMMENDED READINGS 📖REFERENCES 📚Baines, E. K. (2007). The Haunting of Alice: Local Approaches to Justice and Reconciliation in Northern Uganda. International journal of transitional justice, 1(1), 91–114. https://doi.org/10.1093/ijtj/ijm011Beard, M., North, J., & Price, S. (1998). Religions of Rome, Vol. 1: A History. Cambridge University Press.Bell, C. (1992). Ritual theory, ritual practice. Oxford University Press.Graf, F. (1997). Magic in the ancient world (F. Philip, Trans.). Harvard University Press.Hutton, R. (1999). The triumph of the moon: A history of modern Pagan witchcraft. Oxford University Press.Kemp, B. J. (2006). Ancient Egypt: anatomy of a civilization (2nd ed.). Routledge.Lang, F. (2002). Sulha Peacemaking and the Politics of Persuasion. Journal of Palestine studies, 31(3), 52–66. https://doi.org/10.1525/jps.2002.31.3.52Pukui, M. K., Haertig, E. W., & Lee, C. A. (1972). Nānā i ke kumu (Look to the source), Vol. 1. Hui Hānai. 39MY SET-UP 🛠️- Canon 90D camera 📸 https://amzn.to/3yQclh0- Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 📷 https://amzn.to/3JjU1BS- Teleprompter 🗒️ https://amzn.to/3linWCB- Shure SM7B Microphone 🎙️ https://amzn.to/3Jm5IYK- Microphone stand 🎤 https://amzn.to/3FueJOn- Lights 💡 https://amzn.to/3Zdk8k1- DJI Wireless microphones 📡 https://amzn.to/3NWAVVQ⚠️ Copyright of Dr Angela Puca, in all of its parts ⚠️Music by Erose MusicBand. Check them out!