Do you feel the call of your inner witch? This conversation seeks to explore why so many of us have felt drawn to the occult, herbalism, tarot, astrology, or other healing modalities.
With Ravenous Zine Founder Mallory Lance, Pam Grossman, Dianca London Potts, Kristen Sollée, and Staci Ivori
Tuesday, October 23th
7:00-8:30pm
Do you feel the call of your inner witch? Have you felt drawn to the occult, to herbalism, tarot, astrology, or other healing modalities but feel you are alone in your friend circle? Do you hope to do work that is more aligned with your world views but something is holding you back?
There are many solitary practitioners out there and while we do not seek to discredit their practice by any means, this event seeks to discuss the power in uniting, the power of mutual support. And to shed light on the idea that we all may benefit from creating more connections with one another.
The past couple of thousand years have born witness to many witch hunts across the globe. As we heal from generational trauma associated with this, it makes a ton of sense why it can be so daunting for us to unlearn our social conditioning and speak our truth. Conditioning that tells us we cannot or should not support other women. That if we're independent or different, we will be attacked by groups of other women.
This talk seeks to explore ways that we have been conditioned to be pitted against each other, and explores how we can overcome these fears. Practicing in their own coven, Pam Grossman of the Witch Wave, Dianca London Potts, Kristen Sollee of Slutist and Witches, Sluts, Feminists, and Staci Ivori will join Ravenous Zine founder and editor-in-chief Mallory Lance in this exploration into the Witch, covens, and all you need to know to start your own.
$30 advance
$35 at the door
tickets are non-refundable
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Mallory Lance is the founder, Editor-In-Chief and creative director of Ravenous Zine. She began her career working in the film industry in the programming department at the Tribeca Film Festival. After a brief period in lifestyle book publishing as a senior editor, she left the arts admin world to begin her own business. Driven by an innate need to reconnect with the wild, underground and fascinating worlds of discovery, she left office work to become an event producer and content creator, launching Ravenous Craft, a lifestyle destination for which she curated and conceptualized workshops, dinners, and tastings, partnering with Atlas Obscura and other organizations, dedicated to peeling back the layers and unearthing the history behind craft that goes into food, drink, and plant medicine. She continues to produce events and content that fit this ethos while working on volume III of Ravenous Zine, set for a December 2018 release.
Kristen J. Sollée is a writer, curator, and educator exploring the electric intersections between sex, feminism, and the occult. Sollée’s signature college course, "The Legacy of the Witch" follows the witch across history, pop culture, and politics, from the Venus of Willendorf to The Love Witch. Her critically-acclaimed book inspired by the course, Witches, Sluts, Feminists: Conjuring the Sex Positive, was published in 2017.
Pam Grossman is the author of Waking the Witch: Reflections on Women, Magic, and Power (Gallery Books, 2019) and What Is A Witch (Tin Can Forest Press), as well as the creator and host of The Witch Wave podcast. She is co-founder of the Occult Humanities Conference at NYU, and her art exhibitions and magical projects have been featured in The New York Times, Artforum, and The New Yorker. Her writing has appeared in such outlets as Sabat Magazine, HuffPost, and her occulture blog, Phantasmaphile. Her recently launched WitchEmoji sticker pack for iMessage became a #1 seller in the App Store. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and two feline familiars. You can find her at PamGrossman.com and @Phantasmaphile.
Dianca London earned her MFA in Fiction from The New School and her MA in English in addition to her MA in Humanities from Arcadia University. She is a 2015 Pushcart Prize Nominee and a Best Small Fictions finalist for 2016. She is a Kimbilio Fiction Fellow, a Callaloo Creative Writing Workshop participant, a VONA Voices alumna, the former prose editor of LIT Magazine, and the former online editor of Well-Read Black Girl. Her words have been featured in Shondaland, The A.V. Club, The Village Voice, Lenny Letter, and elsewhere. Her memoir, Planning for the Apocalypse: Meditations on Faith and Being the Only Black Girl at Your Party, is forthcoming from 37 Ink. She currently works and resides in Brooklyn. You can follower her musings on Twitter via @diancalondon.
Staci Ivori is an intuitive guide, tarot reader, Reiki practitioner, herbalist and maker. Since coming out of the “broom closet” as a Witch, and embracing an innate relationship with ritual, her mission has been to create safe sacred spaces that foster growth and re-connection with our true essence of self, through ancient traditions and new modern practices. She resides in Brooklyn, NY where she teaches workshops, leads moon ceremonies and various circles. After her own transformative initiation experience with Woman Within International, she regularly staffs on healing retreat weekends and is the Circle Coordinator for the NY-Metro area of Woman Within Eastern, placing women in circles who are seeking community and connection. Her skills for facilitating Women’s Work is paramount, for surviving her own intense traumas has gifted her the ability to connect with women on a profound level and guide them to their own inner knowing. We all have the ability to retrieve the gold within our shadows during deep transformations. Staci Ivori is purely here to facilitate and support you along your journey.
