Dealing with the Devil: Shadow, Desire, and Liberation in Practice
Join us in Los Angeles - 11/15 at Philosophical Research Society
Los Angeles friends!
We are very excited to announce that we’re partnering with the wonderful folks at
for an intimate conversation about The Devil on stage at their beautiful headquarters.I’ll be moderating a panel with
, Maria Minnis, and where we’ll share how we’re working with The Devil archetype in liberatory ways.The Devil is one of the most erotic and alive cards in the Major Arcana, so we’ll discuss what it means to physically embody freedom in a world that so often demands conformity, obedience, and silence. Topics will span sexual liberation and kink, trans joy, living with chronic illness & disability, and the ongoing work of making art and living under authoritarianism.
We can’t wait to see you there!
When: Saturday, November 15th, 4pm (the panel will be ~1 hour)
Where: Philosophical Research Society — 3910 Los Feliz Blvd Los Angeles, California. (The Philosophical Research Society has been at the center of the city’s occult community since its inception in 1934! )
More info: This is a live event and will not be streaming. You’ll get a copy of our Devil issue with your ticket purchase!
About our speakers
Christopher Marmolejo, MA, is a Brown, queer, and trans writer, diviner, and educator. They are the author of Red Tarot: A Decolonial Guide to Divinatory Literacy. As a trained educator focused on cultivating classrooms of emancipatory possibility, they work with students around the world to plant and nurture the seed of a divinatory practice, finely weaving tarot, astrology, and curanderismo with decolonial, queer epistemologies and critical, feminist pedagogies. Follow Christopher at @the.red.read
Maria Minnis is a tarot reader of 20+ years who teaches people about blending their spirituality with magic, liberation work, and eroticism in their everyday lives. She believes that the end result of all magic should be to cultivate a more erotic, equitable, and empathetic planet. She is the host of the “Kinky Tarot” podcast and her highly acclaimed antiracism tarot workbook Tarot for the Hard Work is available online and in stores. Follow her work @feminnis
Rebecca ‘Bee’ Scolnick is a writer, witch, and weirdo, who wants to help make meaning out of mess. Her books The Witch’s Book of Numbers: Enhance Your Magic With Numerology and Marriage by the Numbers: Planning Your Wedding Using Numerology are out now, and she pens swimming in the soup on Substack. She is also one-third of “Call Your Coven: Practical Advice for Nonsensical Times,” a new podcast that blends numerology, astrology and the tarot into one monthly forecast. Bee lives in Los Angeles with the loves of her life: her wife and their pup. Follow her @beescolnick
Hannah Levy is a writer, poet, and editor-in-chief of The Rebis. Her writing has been published in Variant Literature, Sunday Mornings at the River, Rhizo Magazine, Humana Obscura, Luna Luna Magazine, and elsewhere. When she’s not reading or writing, she’s hiking in the redwoods, horseback riding, and playing extensive make-believe games with her daughter. Follow Hannah at @hnnhlvy