Samhain Kispum: A Ritual for the Honored Dead on Oct 30, 2025
This Samhain, as the veil thins and shadows stir, join us in sacred remembrance.Step into the ancient rhythm of Kispum, a 5,000-year-old Mesopotamian ritual of ancestor veneration that bridges worlds. In this immersive rite, Silent, Pagan priest, student of Spiritual Direction at CHS, and end-of-life doula, will guide us through a ceremonial act of libation…Continue reading→
Coming to the Center Hosts Arnold Bustillo
Saturday, April 12, 2025 Click to register for this free livestream event Arnold Bustillo will share with us about his research and dedication to Santa Muerte, the Mexican folk saint whose name in English means Holy Death, as well as his publishing work. Arnold is also the founder of Santa Muerte Ministries, which allows members…Continue reading→
Coming to the Center Hosts Chas Clifton
Saturday, September 28, 2024 at 3:00 PM ET US Click to register for this free livestream event Chas Clifton, Pagan author of Her Hidden Children, editor of The Pomegranate peer-reviewed journal of Pagan studies, editor of many outstanding books, and all-around fascinating person who has observed, documented and been part of many years of the…Continue reading→
Coming to the Center Hosts Liz Williams
Liz Williams is a science fiction and fantasy writer living in Glastonbury, England, where she is co-director of a witchcraft supply business. She has been published by Bantam Spectra (US) and Tor Macmillan (UK), also Night Shade Press and appears regularly in Asimov’s and other magazines. She has been involved with the Milford SF Writers’…Continue reading→
Coming to the Center Hosts Padraic Fitzgerald
Saturday, March 16, 2024 at 3:00 PM ET US Click to register for this free livestream event Padraic Fitzgerald is an adjunct instructor at the College of Charleston in their Religious Studies department. He recently graduated from the University of Denver and Iliff School of Theology Joint Doctoral Program in Religious Studies (’23). His dissertation,…Continue reading→
Coming to the Center Hosts Jo Carson
Saturday, May 20 at 3:00 PM ET US Click to register for this free livestream event Pagan priestess Jo Carson seeks to create positive visions of the future through Feraferia, A Love Culture for Wilderness. She is Chair of the Board of Feraferia, which she joined in 1972. She also holds the rank of 7th…Continue reading→
Coming to the Center Hosts Ronald Hutton
Saturday, January 28 at 3:00 PM ET US Click to register for this free livestream event Professor Ronald Hutton is both esteemed and beloved far and wide in the international Pagan community. He was the keynoter for Cherry Hill Seminary’s first joint symposium with the University of South Carolina in 2013 (Sacred Lands Spiritual Landscapes)…Continue reading→
Coming to the Center Hosts Caroline Tully
Saturday October 22 at 7:00 PM ET US or Sunday October 23 at 10:00 AM in Australia Click to register for this free livestream event Nature, Shamanism and Psychoactive Drugs in Cretan Bronze Age Religion: What kind of religious activities were practised in the Bronze Age Aegean? Through examination of ancient Minoan visual art, objects and…Continue reading→
Coming to the Center Hosts Graham Harvey
Saturday, July 23, 2022 at 3:00 PM ET (US) Click to register for this free livestream event Dr Graham Harvey has been Reader in Religious Studies at the Open University since 1993, and is also the President of the British Association for the Study of Religions. In addition to Animism, his work has covered a…Continue reading→
Coming to the Center Hosts Giovanna Parmigiani
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: Coming to the Center with Dr. Giovanna Parmigiani is now rescheduled for Saturday, March 5 at 3:00 PM ET on Zoom. FREE EVENT – Registration Required. Giovanna Parmigiani, Ph.D., is Harvard Divinity School Lecturer in Religion and Cultural Anthropology. She is an anthropologist of religion and a scholar of Contemporary Paganisms. Her work…Continue reading→