Jason Winslade
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Jason Winslade, Ph.D.
Jason Lawton Winslade has studied the Western Mystery Traditions as both an academic and initiated practitioner since 1992. His PhD is in Performance Studies from Northwestern University, where his research focused on occult initiation and performance theory. He has taught courses at several universities on esotericism, rites of passage, mythology, folklore, occultism in media and popular culture, comic books, performance of literature, gender studies, and writing. He has presented and published on these topics for several journals and anthologies, including a chapter on Pagan festivals and fire circles for Brill’s Handbook of Contemporary Paganism. He is also an active fire drummer and musician, performing most recently as a member of the festival band, Faebotica. jwinslade@cherryhillseminary.org