Symposium Panels, April 10th at 3:15 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Panel 3 “Other ways of knowing and relating: Animal-Plant-Divine”
Panel 4 “Restoring Right Relationships with Sentient Beings”
See the 2022 Symposium page for registration and event information.
Choose from between these panels on the event site. Remember–all recordings will be available for attendees for 1 year following the event, so you don’t have to worry about missing anything!
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Panel 3 “Other ways of knowing and relating: Animal-Plant-Divine”
Monica Mody: “When Yoginis Appear with Animals: Animistic Relational Elements and the Non-dual Matrix”
Monica Mody is a writer, poet, and trans-disciplinary feminist scholar from India. Her doctoral dissertation, “Claiming Voice, Vitality, and Authority in Post-secular South Asian Borderlands,” was awarded ASWM’s 2020 Kore Award for best dissertation.
Emma Dymock: “The Living Cauldron: Transformative Landscapes in Celtic Mythology”
Emma Dymock teaches classes in Celtic Civilization and Literature at the University of Edinburgh. She has published books and articles on Celtic poetry, prose, and drama, and edited collections of poetry and academic essays in the field of Gaelic and Scottish studies.
Barbara Crescimanno: “Siciliian Nymphs. Animal, Human, Divine Creatures”
Barbara Crescimanno is a singer, percussionist and dancer, and researcher of practices of the sacred feminine in Sicily. She is founder and coordinator of the anthropological and ethnocoreutical research group TrizziRiDonna with whom she conducted research on the female repertoire of traditional songs in Sicily.
Reagan Wytsalucy: “The Land Still Bears Fruit: Restoring the Navajo Peach through Strengthened Community Traditions”
Reagan Wytsalucy, who holds a Master’s Degree in Plant Science, is an Assistant Professor at Utah State University Extension. She is currently working with community gardens in the Four Corners region to re-establish ancient food sources for Native communities.
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Panel 4 “Restoring Right Relationships with Sentient Beings”
Brenda Peterson: “Silkies in Myth and on the Beach”
Brenda Peterson is author of award-winning books including Wolf Nation and I Want To Be Left Behind: Finding Rapture Here on Earth. She is the co-founder of Seal Sitters, a citizen naturalist group that, as part of the Marine Mammal Stranding Network, does conservation and field work to protect and educate about marine animals.
Melissa Rosati:”The Horse: A Gallop through its Creation Myths and Agency as Visionary, Warrior, Savior, and Healer in Human Relationships”
Melissa Rosati, a horse enthusiast and former semi-professional barrel racer, is Creative Director at EcoCulture Productions LLC, in New York City. Previously, She served as editorial director of McGraw-Hill International. She has served on the boards of the International Women’s Writing Guild and The Women’s National Book Association.
Andrea Fleckinger: “Frau Holle: In the Footsteps of the Great Goddess: Recalling Europe’s Indigenous Roots”
Andrea Fleckinger is a sociologist, social worker, lecturer on Modern Matriarchal Studies, and founder of the MatriForum, which aims to encourage constructive dialogue regarding egalitarian forms of society supported by findings from matriarchal research, sociology and political science.
Judy Grahn: “Insects in Our Everyday Lives”
Judy Grahn is an internationally known poet, writer, and cultural theorist, whose works include Blood, Bread, and Roses: How Menstruation Created the World, Another Mother Tongue, and Eruptions of Inanna: Justice, Gender and Erotic Power. She has written about interactions with insects and others in her latest book,Touching Creatures, Touching Spirit: Living in a Sentient World.
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