2023 Headliners

 

Jason Mankey

Jason Mankey is a third-degree High Priest, and prolific Witchcraft author (nine books and counting). A bit of a nomad in his younger years, Jason has lived in both the Midwest and the American South, and currently resides in California's Silicon Valley, where he helps run two local covens with his wife Ari. Jason has spent the last twenty-five years of his life researching the Horned God, Witchcraft & magickal history, and the occult influences in rock and roll music. Jason regularly lectures and leads rituals at Pagan and Witchcraft events in both North America and the United Kingdom. When not practicing, writing about, or studying the Craft Jason can be found spending time with his cats, whisky tasting, and watching way too many sports.

Find more information about Jason here: https://linktr.ee/jasonmankey

 

Yeshe Matthews

Yeshe Matthews is the Mandala Priestess of the Mt Shasta Goddess Temple, a goddess devotee, dharma practitioner, and licensed minister ordained and initiated in several different mystery traditions. Her vision for the Temple is to serve Mt Shasta spiritual pilgrims and worldwide goddess devotees with online and in-person divinations, classes, ceremonies, and retreats. Yeshe has dedicated her life to female mysteries, sacred healing practices and the ways of the Goddess, with ongoing study and practice in Tibetan Buddhism, Siberian/Mongolian Shamanism, Ifa, Mayan Cosmology, and Dianic Goddess Spirituality. A pathwalker of mystic wisdom, and an experienced oracle, she has performed over 10,000 divinations. Yeshe is the creatrix of the Goddess Temple App, a social networking and sharing site for women, by women, focused on keeping Goddess consciousness alive and magic afoot in our modern world. She is the co-editor of Lotus Heart: The Compassion of Kuan Yin (2022). With degrees in English and Women’s History, she also builds beautiful websites for individuals and businesses.

To learn more about Yeshe and the Mt Shasta Goddess Temple, please see https://priestessyeshe.com/

 

Stacey Williams-Ng

Stacey is an multidisciplinary artist and creator of The Southern Gothic Oracle and The Southern Botanic Oracle. A native Southerner from Memphis, Stacey takes great pride in researching the various traditions and legends of the South in order to add depth and meaning to her divination systems. She’s been interested in magic, symbolism, esoteric folklore and tarot for as long as she can remember. Stacey is also a mural painter, and has painted murals in several cities. “I like finding ways to make art accessible to everyone, rather than just being on a framed canvas in a room somewhere.” Stacey’s LinkedIn learning class, “Storytelling for Designers,” has been viewed by over 40,000 students in 17 countries. Stacey is a 10th-generation American Southerner, a mother of two, a dog person, a pretty decent cook, and a roller skater.

Find her at thesoutherngothicoracle.com and all social media.

 

Coby Michael

Coby Michael is an occult herbalist and plant medicine practitioner, specializing in poisonous and psychoactive plants, and the author of The Poison Path Herbal: Baneful Herbs, Medicinal Nightshades, and Ritual Entheogens (2021) along with three self-published booklets called The Poisoner’s Pocket Guides. Coby has a background in religious studies, traditional Witchcraft, American folk magic and phytochemistry and is the owner of The Poisoner’s Apothecary, a blog and online shop where he makes a wide array of formulas working with plants like deadly nightshade and fly agaric mushroom. Coby also creates ritual formulas and talismanic jewelry, inspired by poisonous plants and their use in Witchcraft and ceremony. He also is the founder of Botanica Obscura Conference, an annual gathering of magical plant practitioners from around the world sharing their plant spirit knowledge. He writes prolifically at Patheos Pagan and in other venues, and teaches workshops on The Poison Path, flying ointments and occult herbalism.

Find Coby on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook,@poisonpath @poisonerapothecary @apoisonaffair.

 

Melas Karn & Alexander Cabot

This Old Witch is a monthly organic podcast that focuses on various topics through roundtable discussions with some of the most well-known elders, authors, and respected individuals within the Occult, Witchcraft and Magickal Communities. Join Rev. Alexander Cabot, and special guest host James Jacob Pierri for one of the most celebrated and respected podcasts on Witchcraft, Magick, and the Occult.  This Old Witch streams live on Facebook, YouTube and Spreaker, and can be heard on iHeart Radio, Spotify, iTunes and every major podcast platform.  This Old Witch will be broadcasting LIVE from Summer Magick Fest!!

 

MUSICAL GUESTS

S. J. Tucker

Named a vanguard of the Mythpunk movement and even “the face of neo-tribal Paganism”, S. J. Tucker is the voice of lore at the campfire and the sharp laughter of modern myth. With one hand anchored in her art and the other held out to you, she is songs and stories, community and wit.
With over fourteen full-length releases to her name and several more currently in the works, Tucker has received awards for both songwriting and performance, and has traveled the United States, Canada, and Europe with her music. If you’re chasing your dreams and living your life in a way that keeps you happy and healthy, Sooj believes you’ve got it made. A dynamic live performer known for her willingness to follow an evocative ballad with a tune about sentient salad or fictional pirates, Tucker is never in danger of taking herself too seriously. Find her on Patreon, Facebook, and www.sjtucker.com.

Alexian

Alexian delivers the message of the Goddess in a modern electronic style. Whether it’s a big crowd or an intimate evening at a pagan bookstore, his performances run the gamut from deep messages of Earth-centered spirituality, to fun dance tunes. Raised on a farm in the Ozarks, Alexian felt a connection to nature from an early age. He is High Priest and founder of the Orlando-based Alexandrian Coven Twisted Oak and also a student of Qabala and the Golden Dawn System of Magick. Alexian lives in Florida with his husband and a backyard full of carefully nurtured orchids. He founded his own label, Earth Tones Studios. You can find all things Alexian, including his new online community Coven of Cool Kats, at AlexianMusic.com