Shannon Taggart Symposium!
Opening Event
WEIRD STUDIES Live, with JF Martel & Phil Ford
Thursday, July 24th, 2025, Auditorium, 8pm-10pm
3-Day Program Ticket, $225
1-Day Program Ticket $40 for 7/24 only; $100 for 7/25 or 7/26 only
Professor Phil Ford and writer J.F. Martel record a live episode of Weird Studies, an arts and philosophy podcast exploring ideas that are hard to think and art that opens up rifts in what we are pleased to call “reality.”
Symposium Day One:
Friday, July 25th, Lily Dale Auditorium, 9am – 6pm
$100 per person | $225 Full Program
9:00 am The Worlds of Eric Dingwall, with Christopher Josiffe
10:00 am The Paranormal Object, with Jack Hunter
11:00 am The Kindred of the Kibbo Kift, with Annebella Pollen
Break – 12:00pm – 2pm
2:00 pm The Cinematic Séance: A History of Spiritualism and Film, with Murray Leeder
3:00 pm Earth, Air, Fire, Water & Paper: The Pre-Internet Magick Network, with Stephen Intermill
4:00 pm The Art of Ectoplasm, with Serena Keshavjee
5:00 pm Brightness Visible: The Surprising Spirituality of the Twenty-First Century Gothic, with Victoria Nelson
For full presentation descriptions, and more, please visit: www.shannontaggart.com/events/2025
Symposium, Day Two:
Saturday, July 26th, Lily Dale Auditorium, 9am – 6pm
$100 per person | $225 Full Program
9:00 am Occult Zelig: Reflections on a Life of Esoteric Quest, with Leonard George
10:00 am Unveiling the Eileen J. Garrett Parapsychology Foundation Collection, with Beth Saunders
11:00 am The Mystery of Gef the Talking Mongoose, with Christopher Josiffe
Break – 12:00pm – 2pm
2:00 pm The Krotona Colony: Theosophical Architecture in Hollywood, with Amy Slonaker
3:00 pm Art of the Spirit: Visionary & Mediumistic Works from Webb Gallery, with Julie & Bruce Webb
4:00 pm Richard Shaver: A Mythology of Secret Caves and Ancient Rocks, with Doug Skinner
5:00 pm How to Build a Haunted House: An Introduction, with Robert Damon Schneck
For full presentation descriptions, and more, please visit: www.shannontaggart.com/events/2025
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