Folklore of the Plants & Stars: A Panel Discussion

A panel discussion featuring the day's presenters - Kamden S. Cornell, Yona Glickman, & Jesse Hathaway Diaz - discussing the folklore of the Plants & Stars.

About the Presenter:

Kamden S. Cornell is a non-binary, queer author living in Albuquerque, New Mexico on Tewa land. They teach classes on witchcraft, occultism, herbalism, wortcunning, foraging, and invasive species wildcrafting in their region. They have written two self-published works: Ars Granorum: The Six Seed Arts of Witchcraft and On Needles and Pins: A Witches’ Book of Poppetry and Figure Magic. Their newest book, The Tameless Path: Unleashing the Power of Invasive Plants in Eitchcraft is due out Fall of 2024.They are a member of the Covenant of Hekate and are a columnist for the Covenant’s newsletter, Noumenia News, as well as a blogger for their website. They currently work as an apothecarist in Albuquerque Old Town and own a small, witchcraft-oriented business called Heart & Vine Apothecary that focuses on herbal remedies, ritual goods, and education.

Yona Glickman is a conjureman, cartomancer and teacher of Hoodoo & rootwork. Born in a family deeply rooted in spirituality and folk magic allowed him to nurture his natural “gift” & relationship with the spirit realm. Itis the diversity in his mentorship as well as his personal life experiences that gives him a well-rounded and practical perspective to his spiritual workings. As an approachable,“every day man” he prides himself on using the old time tradition of Hoodoo to find solutions for modern day problems. He is highly skilled and well-versed in candle rituals, biblical magic, herbs, curios and creating handcrafted spiritual products. As One ofthe legacy students of Professor Charles Porterfield, promoting strength in others and keeping the tradition alive is his mission.

Jesse Hathaway Diaz is a folklorist, artist and performer living in New  York City. With initiations in several forms of witchcraft from Europe  and the Americas, he is also a lifelong student of Mexican curanderismo,  an initiated olosha in Lucumí, and a Tatá Quimbanda. For the last  decade he has been a member of Theatre Group Dzieci, an experimental  ensemble based in NY dedicated to the search for the sacred through the  medium of theatre, and is a co-host on the Radio Free Golgotha podcast, and a co-editor on the Folk  Necromancy in Transmission Series through Revelore Press. www.serpentshod.com

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