tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81880951280351516012024-03-17T20:02:58.089-07:00Necropolis NowCaroline Tullyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18295336008587199702noreply@blogger.comBlogger294125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8188095128035151601.post-23995582514809452002023-08-03T19:33:00.002-07:002023-08-03T19:33:57.701-07:00Upcoming Workshop: Diana, Aradia, and the Night Flying Tradition <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8_OG9wtVEpP5Tc2TuaQJYQWWhGC6QSXcy5n7VUkBjI6Toi2oOfgr_9kFT2zG_EuBwt_oj7LfIv-K5rBOK0vKa4P_lA2a-CRyT6fIwTpyWuUsyw6POJfzdoCVV-22H6V2-Qrtpi8IXWMiZh3vXsKnyM7Pka-4LE5lLaSaTbkzJxNNACW-NSto_Yr-VNcs/s1340/Moon%20Goddess.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1340" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8_OG9wtVEpP5Tc2TuaQJYQWWhGC6QSXcy5n7VUkBjI6Toi2oOfgr_9kFT2zG_EuBwt_oj7LfIv-K5rBOK0vKa4P_lA2a-CRyT6fIwTpyWuUsyw6POJfzdoCVV-22H6V2-Qrtpi8IXWMiZh3vXsKnyM7Pka-4LE5lLaSaTbkzJxNNACW-NSto_Yr-VNcs/w323-h400/Moon%20Goddess.jpg" width="323" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">The power of
the moon’s energies is undeniable, it affects the tides, our dreams, and our
bodily cycles. The moon has been associated with magic since the beginning of
time, across various cultures and traditions. It is connected to intuition,
change, fluidity, reflection, and the element of water. Diana is the Roman
goddess of the moon, patroness of the wilderness, hunters, crossroads, and
childbirth. She is often part of a triad, sometimes with two other Roman
deities: Egeria the water nymph, and Virbius, the woodland god; or with Luna,
the actual moon and Hekate, goddess of transitions. Aradia is the daughter of
Diana by her brother Lucifer, the god of light, who was sent to earth to teach
her followers magic. Best known from Charles G. Leland’s book, <i>Aradia, or
the Gospel of the Witches</i>, first published in 1899, Aradia is a central
figure in the modern witchcraft revival.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">This workshop
looks at the origins and histories of Diana and Aradia, their spheres of influence,
roles as patronesses of witchcraft, and the night-flying tradition of
shamanism. Participants will also experience a Full Moon ritual devoted to
Diana and Aradia in order to establish and strengthen their own relationship
with these goddesses.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">The
Presenter, Caroline Tully<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">Caroline has
a background in various traditions of witchcraft and magic and is also an archaeologist
who studies ancient Mediterranean Pagan religions and their manifestation in the
modern world. She has written many articles and chapters on these topics and is
the author of the book, The Cultic Life of Trees in the Prehistoric Aegean,
Levant, Egypt and Cyprus (Peeters 2018). Caroline reads Tarot and is a regular
workshop facilitator on a range of magical subjects at Muses of Mystery,
Melbourne’s finest metaphysical destination.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">When:
Saturday 26 August, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">Where: Muses
of Mystery (Melbourne) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">Time:
11.00-2.00<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">Fee: $ 80.00<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;"> </span></p></div><p><br /> </p>Caroline Tullyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18295336008587199702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8188095128035151601.post-19588017419501938282023-07-02T02:21:00.026-07:002023-07-03T02:37:09.643-07:00New antiquities exhibition - Amor et Mors: Vessels for the Beautiful Body in Life and Death<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpOYRdPa71Y6dEX398MAiwNmGpwigTcNhOzRNTad_3-H90oiciyiTlBRm1wj8VMIcd3lsD7p15EXMjm156PZB4G1O4Uafi3x8RIC8eEZeK0RKdcvqfQzlcP24Cndm1ZqaZU4w85QHVfgTWVAFx_robVhK8uDAmVmQce8WpJUtUR2ZVd3ntzOJ6qIw4qtM/s1024/Unguentaria%20brightened.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="683" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpOYRdPa71Y6dEX398MAiwNmGpwigTcNhOzRNTad_3-H90oiciyiTlBRm1wj8VMIcd3lsD7p15EXMjm156PZB4G1O4Uafi3x8RIC8eEZeK0RKdcvqfQzlcP24Cndm1ZqaZU4w85QHVfgTWVAFx_robVhK8uDAmVmQce8WpJUtUR2ZVd3ntzOJ6qIw4qtM/w426-h640/Unguentaria%20brightened.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt; margin: 6pt 0cm 0cm;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">This
glass unguentarium is one of the objects featuring in a new exhibition I am
curating of Greek and Roman perfumed oil and cosmetic vessels called ‘Amor et
Mors: Vessels for the Beautiful Body in Life and Death’. It will be in the
Treasury Gallery, in the Old Quad at the University of Melbourne, and will open
to the public on 17 July 2023 and continue until May 2024. My exhibition is
half of the larger exhibition, ‘Ancient Lives: Insights from the Classics and
Archaeology Collecton’. The other half of the exhibition is curated by Tamara
Lewit, focuses on wine, and is called ‘White, Tawny, Blood-Red, Black: Wine in
the Greek and Roman Worlds. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt; margin: 6pt 0cm 0cm;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt; margin: 6pt 0cm 0cm;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Image
credit: Unguentarium, 3rd century CE, Glass. Dimensions: 10.5cm (height) x
3.8cm (width) x 3.5cm (depth). The University of Melbourne Art Collection. Gift
of David and Marion Adams, 2009. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt; margin: 6pt 0cm 0cm;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt; margin: 6pt 0cm 0cm;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Accession
Number 2009.0257.000.000<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p><br /></p>Caroline Tullyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18295336008587199702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8188095128035151601.post-82542857772190280442023-01-07T20:40:00.001-08:002023-01-07T20:40:27.491-08:00Diana and Aradia Full Moon Workshop with Caroline Tully, 4 February<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_yu_bM6eqin4_p8rlLj9gDlNSUOM03zhv7Qzu2CvT2An2QNkid4LR0SLDgxaGUpJJdjikZjKUbMGqX2X7DB45emavTnlaWG7TaomwkX995hm5p4ZKsTU6SJPFVaCZX_CovRo2BkH1mYnNAX3ZTYioUTkMcrRWltb7cpVI9lbz21ZhzDbwuR9G78Hy/s640/Witch%20and%20Moon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="499" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_yu_bM6eqin4_p8rlLj9gDlNSUOM03zhv7Qzu2CvT2An2QNkid4LR0SLDgxaGUpJJdjikZjKUbMGqX2X7DB45emavTnlaWG7TaomwkX995hm5p4ZKsTU6SJPFVaCZX_CovRo2BkH1mYnNAX3ZTYioUTkMcrRWltb7cpVI9lbz21ZhzDbwuR9G78Hy/w313-h400/Witch%20and%20Moon.jpg" width="313" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The power of the moon’s energies is undeniable, it affects the tides,
our dreams, and our bodily cycles. The moon has been associated with magic
since the beginning of time, across various cultures and traditions. It is connected
to intuition, change, fluidity, reflection, and the element of water. Diana is
the Roman goddess of the moon, patroness of the wilderness, hunters,
crossroads, and childbirth. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">She is often
part of a triad, sometimes with two other Roman deities: Egeria the water
nymph, and Virbius, the woodland god; or with Luna, the actual moon and Hekate,
goddess of transitions. Aradia is the daughter of Diana by her brother Lucifer,
the god of light, who was sent to earth to teach her followers magic. Best
known from Charles G. Leland's book, </span><i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Aradia, or the Gospel of the Witches</i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">,
first published in 1899, Aradia is a central figure in the modern witchcraft
revival.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 6pt 0cm 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This workshop looks at the origins and
histories of <a name="_Hlk123896605">Diana and Aradia</a>, their spheres of
influence, sacred animals, relationships with other gods, and roles as
patronesses of witchcraft. Participants will also experience a Full Moon ritual
devoted to Diana and Aradia in order to establish and strengthen their own
relationship with these goddesses.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 6pt 0cm 0cm; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 6pt 0cm 0cm; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The
Presenter, Caroline Tully </span></b><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Caroline has a background in various traditions of
witchcraft and magic and is also an archaeologist who studies ancient
Mediterranean Pagan religions and their manifestation in the modern world. She
has written many articles and chapters on these topics and is the author of the
book, <i>The Cultic Life of Trees in the
Prehistoric Aegean, Levant, Egypt and Cyprus</i> (Peeters 2018). Caroline reads
Tarot and is a regular workshop facilitator on a range of magical subjects at
<a href="https://musesofmystery.com.au/collections/workshops/products/feb-4-diana-and-aradia-with-dr-caroline-tully-melbourne-store" target="_blank">Muses of Mystery</a>, Melbourne’s finest metaphysical destination.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Book <a href="https://musesofmystery.com.au/collections/workshops/products/feb-4-diana-and-aradia-with-dr-caroline-tully-melbourne-store" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></p></div><p><br /> </p>Caroline Tullyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18295336008587199702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8188095128035151601.post-32935508788675868632022-07-19T01:20:00.003-07:002022-07-19T01:47:09.215-07:00Dr Caroline Tully CV<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbNcwV7A48YYfb3yHMoFHa3bjlz-LN6lTNtMiNrdx9JR0fj9CQu3eiRvLSDNJixgOZdIPBtrfm3hdyRglUjDbUSZL1ld-9u1QyPiu_A4nW6JKH9SD_7YjQ3e92R87f2cub0DgI2D2niQ3v33TF9a5N7RPAvYq71u2Ul2ZuPXmG4ccvQ9uIQD64NFeN/s1080/Gaze%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbNcwV7A48YYfb3yHMoFHa3bjlz-LN6lTNtMiNrdx9JR0fj9CQu3eiRvLSDNJixgOZdIPBtrfm3hdyRglUjDbUSZL1ld-9u1QyPiu_A4nW6JKH9SD_7YjQ3e92R87f2cub0DgI2D2niQ3v33TF9a5N7RPAvYq71u2Ul2ZuPXmG4ccvQ9uIQD64NFeN/s320/Gaze%202.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p class="Caption1" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt -4pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0cm;"></p><p class="Caption1" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt -4pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0cm;"></p><p class="Caption1" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt -4pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0cm;"></p><p class="Caption1" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt -4pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0cm;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">CURRICULUM
VITAE</span></span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p class="Caption1" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 6pt -4pt 0.0001pt 0cm; text-align: center; text-indent: 0cm;"></p><p class="Caption1" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 6pt -4pt 0.0001pt 0cm; text-align: left; text-indent: 0cm;"></p><p class="Caption1" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 6pt -4pt 0.0001pt 0cm; text-align: left; text-indent: 0cm;">
</p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-top: 6pt; tab-stops: 54.0pt 306.0pt; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />CAROLINE
TULLY PhD.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoPlainText" style="line-height: 115%; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: center;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">E-mail:
tullyc@unimelb.edu.au<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<h2 style="line-height: 115%; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: center;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Web: unimelb.academia.edu/CarolineTully<o:p></o:p></span></span></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-top: 6pt;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<div style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .25pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: 115%; margin-top: 6pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm; tab-stops: 54.0pt 306.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">EDUCATION<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-top: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">2017</span></b><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>PhD.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aegean Bronze Age Art and Archaeology, University of Melbourne.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-top: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">2007–2009</span></b><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Postgraduate Diploma, Arts (Classics and
Archaeology), University of Melbourne.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-top: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">2005–2007</span></b><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Graduate Diploma, Arts (Classics and
Archaeology), University of Melbourne.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-top: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">2004</span></b><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Continuing Education, Arts (Classics and
Archaeology), University of Melbourne.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-top: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">1993–1995</span></b><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bachelor of Arts, Fine Art (Textiles and
Printmaking), Monash University. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-top: 6pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<div style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .25pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: 115%; margin-top: 6pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm; tab-stops: 54.0pt 306.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">AWARDS
and FELLOWSHIPS<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-top: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">2019<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The British School at
Athens,<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b>Richard Bradford McConnell
Fund for Landscape Studies. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-top: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">2018</span></b><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Honorary
Fellow, School of Historical and Philosophical Studies, University of
Melbourne; Nominee for the Chancellor’s Prize for Excellence in the PhD,
University of Melbourne.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-top: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">2015<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The Postgraduate Ancient World Award.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-top: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">2013</span></b><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Jessie
Webb Scholarship. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-top: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">2012</span></b><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Faculty
of Arts, University of Melbourne, Graduate Research in Arts Travel Scheme; </span><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The
School of Historical and Philosophical Studies, University of Melbourne, School
Research Allocation Grant; The School of Historical and Philosophical Studies,
University of Melbourne Graduate Grant.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-top: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">2011<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The Alma Hansen
Scholarship; The Norman Macgeorge Scholarship; The Prue Torney Memorial Prize;
The Australian Federation of University Women Victoria: William and Elizabeth
Fisher Scholarship and Bursaries in Memory of Feminist Fathers – Special Award;
The Melbourne Abroad Travelling Scholarship (MATS): Riady Travelling
Scholarship 2011; The Barrett Trust 2011; The School of Historical and Philosophical
Studies, University of Melbourne, School Research Allocation Grant.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<div style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0cm;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: 115%; margin-top: 6pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm; padding: 0cm; tab-stops: 36.0pt 72.0pt 108.0pt 144.0pt 180.0pt 216.0pt 252.0pt 288.0pt 310.5pt 324.0pt 360.0pt 396.0pt 432.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">2009</span></b><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Australian Postgraduate Award; The Biblical Archaeology
Society Dig Scholarship, for Tell es-Safi/Gath, Israel.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: 115%; margin-top: 6pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm; padding: 0cm; tab-stops: 36.0pt 72.0pt 108.0pt 144.0pt 180.0pt 216.0pt 252.0pt 288.0pt 310.5pt 324.0pt 360.0pt 396.0pt 432.0pt;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: 115%; margin-top: 6pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm; padding: 0cm; tab-stops: 36.0pt 72.0pt 108.0pt 144.0pt 180.0pt 216.0pt 252.0pt 288.0pt 310.5pt 324.0pt 360.0pt 396.0pt 432.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">EMPLOYMENT<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-top: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">2022<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Museums Victoria, Provenance Researcher and Consultant; editor <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Journal of Ancient Near Eastern Studies</i>,
Australian Tapestry Workshop, artisan/weaver<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-top: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">2021<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">University of
Melbourne, School of Historical and Philosophical Studies, Lecturer / Honours
Seminar Facilitator / Tutor<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-top: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">2020<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">University of
Melbourne, School of Historical and Philosophical Studies, Teaching Assistant /
Tutor/ Lecturer<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-top: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">2019<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">University of
Melbourne, School of Historical and Philosophical Studies, Teaching Assistant /
Tutor/ Lecturer; Archaeologist at Dr Vincent Clark and Associates | Archaeology
and Cultural Heritage.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-top: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">2018<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">University of Melbourne,
School of Historical and Philosophical Studies, Teaching Assistant / Tutor/
Lecturer; Research Assistant. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-top: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">2017</span></b><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>University of Melbourne, School of Historical
and Philosophical Studies, Teaching Assistant / Tutor/ Lecturer; Faculty of
Arts, Research Assistant and Antiquities Curator; Institut für Orientalische
und Europäische Archäologie (OREA), Sub-editor.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-top: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">2016</span></b><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>University of Melbourne, School of Historical
and Philosophical Studies, Teaching Assistant / Tutor; Hamilton Art Gallery,
Curator Mediterranean Antiquities Exhibition; Ian Potter Museum of Art,
Classics and Archaeology Gallery, Guest Lecturer.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-top: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">2015</span></b><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>La Trobe University, Centre for Mediterranean
Studies, Teaching Assistant / Tutor; University of Melbourne, Teaching
Assistant / Tutor/ Lecturer; University College, Parkville, Teaching Assistant
/ Tutor.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-top: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">2014</span></b><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ian Potter Museum of Art, Classics and
Archaeology Gallery, Presenter/facilitator for the Secondary Schools Program.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-top: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">2013</span></b><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ian Potter Museum of Art, Classics and
Archaeology Gallery, Presenter/facilitator within the Secondary Schools
Program; University of Melbourne, Teaching Assistant / Tutor/ Lecturer. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-top: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">2010–2012<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">University of
Melbourne, Teaching Assistant / Tutor/ Lecturer.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-top: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">1996–2010</span></b><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Australian Tapestry Workshop, Tapestry
Weaver/Artisan.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-top: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">1999–2005</span></b><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Federal Publishing Company, Feature Writer
and Reviewer for <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Witchcraft Magazine</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-top: 6pt;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<div style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .25pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: 115%; margin-top: 6pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm; tab-stops: 54.0pt 306.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">TEACHING
EXPERIENCE<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-top: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">2021<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Fourth Year/Honours
‘Problems in Greek Prehistory’, University of Melbourne.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-top: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">2016–2021, 2010–2013</span></b><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Third Year ‘Interpreting the Ancient World’,
University of Melbourne. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: -36.0pt; margin-top: 6.0pt; margin: 6pt -36pt 0cm 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">2016–2019</span></b><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Second Year ‘Ancient Greece: History and Archaeology’, University of
Melbourne. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-top: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">2017, 2015, 2010</span></b><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">First Year ‘Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia’,
University of Melbourne. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-top: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">2015</span></b><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>First Year ‘Ancient Greece: Myth, Art, War’,
La Trobe University; Second Year ‘Classical Mythology’, University College,
Parkville.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-top: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">2014</span></b><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Secondary Schools Program, Ian Potter Museum
of Art, Classics and Archaeology Gallery, University of Melbourne. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-top: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">2013</span></b><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Second Year ‘Egypt Under the Pharaohs’,
University of Melbourne; Secondary Schools Program, Ian Potter Museum of Art,
Classics and Archaeology Gallery, University of Melbourne. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<div style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0cm;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: 115%; margin-top: 6pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm; padding: 0cm; tab-stops: 36.0pt 72.0pt 108.0pt 144.0pt 180.0pt 216.0pt 252.0pt 288.0pt 310.5pt 324.0pt 360.0pt 396.0pt 432.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">2012–2013</span></b><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Second Year ‘Egyptian and Near Eastern Myth’,
University of Melbourne.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: 115%; margin-top: 6pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm; padding: 0cm; tab-stops: 36.0pt 72.0pt 108.0pt 144.0pt 180.0pt 216.0pt 252.0pt 288.0pt 310.5pt 324.0pt 360.0pt 396.0pt 432.0pt;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: 115%; margin-top: 6pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm; padding: 0cm; tab-stops: 36.0pt 72.0pt 108.0pt 144.0pt 180.0pt 216.0pt 252.0pt 288.0pt 310.5pt 324.0pt 360.0pt 396.0pt 432.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">CURATORIAL
AND MUSEUM CONSULTATION EXPERIENCE<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-top: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">2022<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Museums Victoria, Provenance Researcher and Consultant for the ‘Open
Horizons’ exhibition from the National Museum of Athens<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-top: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">2017</span></b><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Arts West Gallery, Faculty of Arts,
University of Melbourne, Curator for the ‘Decadence and Domesticity’ section of
The Arts of Engagement exhibition. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-top: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">2016<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Hamilton Art Gallery,
Curator for Mediterranean Antiquities Exhibition.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-top: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">2015–2016<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Ian Potter Museum of
Art, University of Melbourne, Assistant Curator, Mummymania Exhibition. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-top: 6pt;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<div style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0cm;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: 115%; margin-top: 6pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm; padding: 0cm; tab-stops: 36.0pt 72.0pt 108.0pt 144.0pt 180.0pt 216.0pt 252.0pt 288.0pt 310.5pt 324.0pt 360.0pt 396.0pt 432.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">ARCHAEOLOGICAL
FIELD EXPERIENCE<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-top: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">2019<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Archaeologist at
Koonwarra Salvage, Victoria, Australia.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-top: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">2009–2012</span></b><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Archaeologist at Tell es-Safi/Gath, Israel. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-top: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">2011</span></b><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Archaeologist at Caesarea Maritima, Israel.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-top: 6pt;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: 115%; margin-top: 6pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm; padding: 0cm; tab-stops: 36.0pt 72.0pt 108.0pt 144.0pt 180.0pt 216.0pt 252.0pt 288.0pt 310.5pt 324.0pt 360.0pt 396.0pt 432.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">BOOKS<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-top: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Minoan
Transcorporeality</span></i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">. Munich: Theion Publishing
(forthcoming).<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-top: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The Cultic Life of
Trees in the Prehistoric Aegean, Levant, Egypt and Cyprus</span></i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">.
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Aegaeum</i> 42. Peeters: Leuven, 2018.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-top: 6pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: 115%; margin-top: 6pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm; padding: 0cm; tab-stops: 36.0pt 72.0pt 108.0pt 144.0pt 180.0pt 216.0pt 252.0pt 288.0pt 310.5pt 324.0pt 360.0pt 396.0pt 432.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">SELECTED
ARTICLES AND CHAPTERS<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-top: 6pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">‘Lifting the Veil of Isis: Egyptian
Reception and the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn.” In <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Alternative Egyptology: Papers in Honour of Willem van Haarlem</i>,
edited by Ben van den Bercken. Allard Pierson Museum, Amsterdam.</span><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-top: 6pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">‘Against Nature: Tree-Shaking Action in
Minoan Glyptic Art as Agonistic Behaviour.’ In <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Gesture – Stance – Movement: Communicating Bodies in the Aegean Bronze
Age</i>, edited by </span><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">Ute Günkel-Maschek, Céline Murphy, Fritz Blakolmer and Diamantis
Panagiotopoulos. Heidelberg University Publishing (In Press).</span><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-top: 6pt;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>‘Agonistic Scenes.’ In <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Blackwell Companion to Aegean Art and
Architecture</i>, edited by Louise Hitchcock and Brent Davis. Oxford: Blackwell
(In Press).<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-top: 6pt;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: medium;">‘Introduction to <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Pomegranate</i>
special issue on Pagans and Museums.’ <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Pomegranate:
International Journal of Pagan Studies</i> 23: 1–2. 2022.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-top: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">‘Understanding
the language of trees: ecstatic experience and interspecies communication in
Late Bronze Age Crete.’ In <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Ecstatic
Experience in the Ancient World</i>, edited by Sarah Costello, Karen Foster and
Diana Stein. London: Routledge, 2021. </span><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-top: 6pt;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: medium;">‘Traces of places: sacred sites in miniature on Minoan gold rings.’ In <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Sacred Sites and Sacred Stories:
Transmission of Oral Tradition, Myth, and Religiosity</i>, edited by David Kim,
11–40. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2021.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-top: 6pt;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: medium;">‘Cockles, mussels, fishing nets and finery: the relationship between
cult, textiles and the sea depicted on a Minoan-style gold ring from Pylos.’ <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology
and Heritage Studies</i>. Special issue the ‘Entangled Sea’ edited by Ina Berg
and Louise Hitchcock. 8: 3-4. 2020. 365–378. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-top: 6pt;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: medium;">‘Enthroned Upon Mountains: Constructions of Power in the Aegean Bronze
Age.’ Co-authored with S. Crooks. In <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The
Ancient Throne. The Mediterranean, the Near East, and Beyond, 3<sup>rd</sup>
millennium BCE 0 14<sup>th</sup> Century CE. Proceedings of the Workshop held
at ICANNE in Vienna, April 2016</i>, edited by Liat Naeh and Dana Brostowsky
Gilboa, 37–59. Vienna: OREA, 2020.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-top: 6pt;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: medium;">‘Celtic Egyptians: Isis Priests of the Lineage of Scota.’ In <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Ancient Egypt in the Modern Imagination</i>,
edited by Eleanor Dobson and Nichola Tonks, 145–160. London: Bloomsbury, 2020.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-top: 6pt;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: medium;">‘Power Ranges: Identity and Terrain in Minoan Crete.’ Co-authored with
S. Crooks. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Journal for the Study of
Religion, Nature, and Culture</i> 13: 2. 2019. 130–156. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-top: 6pt;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: medium;">‘The Self Possessed: Framing Identity in Late Minoan Glyptic.’
Co-authored with S. Crooks. In <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">ΜΝΗΜΗ /
Mneme: Past and Memory in the Aegean Bronze Age</i>, Aegaeum 43, edited by
Elisabetta Borgna, Ilaria Caloi, Filippo Carinci and Robert Laffineur, 749–752.
Peeters: Leuven, 2019.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="line-height: 115%; margin-top: 6pt;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">‘The artifice of Daidalos: Modern
Minoica as religious focus in contemporary Paganism.’ In <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">New Antiquities: Transformations of Ancient Religion in the New Age and
Beyond</i>, edited by Dylan Burns and Almut-Barbara Renger, 76–102. Sheffield:
Equinox, 2019.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="line-height: 115%; margin-top: 6pt;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">‘Introduction to <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Pomegranate</i> special issue on Paganism, Art, and Fashion.’ <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Pomegranate: International Journal of
Pagan Studies</i> 21:2. 2019. 141–145.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="line-height: 115%; margin-top: 6pt;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">‘The artifice of Daidalos: Modern
Minoica as religious focus in contemporary Paganism.’ <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The International Journal for the Study of New Religions</i> 8: 2.
2018. 183–212.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="line-height: 115%; margin-top: 6pt;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">‘Thalassocratic Charms: Trees, Boats,
Women and the Sea in Minoan Glyptic Art.’ <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Proceedings
of the 12th International Congress of Cretan Studies, 24th September 2016,
Heraklion, Crete</i>. 2018. 1–12.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-top: 6pt;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: medium;">‘Egyptosophy in the British Museum: Florence Farr, the Egyptian Adept
and the Ka.’ In <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Occult Imagination in
Britain, 1875–1947</i>, edited by Christine Ferguson and Andrew Radford,
131–145. London: Routledge, 2018.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="line-height: 115%; margin-top: 6pt;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">‘Virtual Reality: Tree Cult and
Epiphanic Ritual in Aegean Glyptic Iconography.’ <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Journal of Prehistoric Religion</i>. Robin Hägg memorial issue. Vol.
XXV: 19–30. 2016. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="line-height: 115%; margin-top: 6pt;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">‘Numinous tree and stone: re-animating
the Minoan landscape.’ Co-authored with S. Crooks and L. Hitchcock. In <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">METAPHYSIS: Ritual Myth and Symbolism in the
Aegean Bronze Age.</i> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Aegaeum</i> 39. E.
Alram-Stern, F. Blakolmer, S. Deger-Jalkotzy, R. Laffineur and J. Weilhartner
(eds), 157–164. Leuven: Peeters, 2016.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="line-height: 115%; margin-top: 6pt;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">‘Dropping Ecstasy? Minoan Cult and the
Tropes of Shamanism.’ Co-authored with Sam Crooks. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Time and Mind: The Journal for Archaeology Consciousness and Culture</i>.
8.2: 129–158. 2015.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-top: 6pt;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">‘Museums
of Israel.’ In <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Encyclopedia of Global
Archaeology</i>. Claire Smith (Ed.) Springer: New York, 2014.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-top: 6pt;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">‘The
British Museum’. In <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Encyclopedia of
Global Archaeology</i>. Claire Smith (Ed.) Springer:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>New York, 2014.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-top: 6pt;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">‘The
Sacred Life of Trees: What trees say about people in the prehistoric Aegean and
Near East.’ In <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Proceedings of the 33<sup>rd</sup>
Australian Society for Classical Studies Conference</i>. 2012. Available online
at http://www.ascs.org.au/news/ascs33/index.html<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-top: 6pt;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">‘Walk
Like an Egyptian: Egypt as Authority in Aleister Crowley’s Reception of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Book of the Law</i>.’ <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Pomegranate: International Journal of
Pagan Studies</i> 12:1. 2010. 20–47.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-top: 6pt;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Report
on the excavation at Tell es-Safi/Gath, Israel, 2009. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Biblical Archaeology Review</i> 36: 1. (Jan/Feb 2010). Available online
at http://www.bib-arch.org/e-features/scholarship-recipient-report.asp<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: justify;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<div style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0cm;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: 115%; margin-top: 6pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm; padding: 0cm; tab-stops: 36.0pt 72.0pt 108.0pt 144.0pt 180.0pt 216.0pt 252.0pt 288.0pt 310.5pt 324.0pt 360.0pt 396.0pt 432.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">REFEREES
<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-top: 6pt;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Professor
Louise Hitchcock<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Room 674, Level 6, Arts
West, University of Melbourne. Ph: 8344 7033, Email: l.hitchcock@unimelb.edu.au<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-top: 6pt;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Associate
Professor Andrew Jamieson<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Room 673,
Level 6 Arts West, University of Melbourne. Ph: 8344 3403, Email:
asj@unimelb.edu.au<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.academia.edu/39280620/Caroline_Tully_CV" target="_blank">Downloadable version</a> of my CV.</span></o:p></span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p>Caroline Tullyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18295336008587199702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8188095128035151601.post-1142793066973889002022-06-16T23:40:00.001-07:002022-06-17T01:39:36.625-07:00Find Out Why I'm So Fascinating!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1-1iJMTpDLgFlm3BBMtPXWNuB2I7qFzI84m3W6jm-MH68OErw1ZQumfngaW_ctuRh2R6jYuhlE_v0JdILq1ohWEr0MWDJp81k9im5culhWdJRZVyChpOjLb81fjCcvdyQz8VLDzpuzmU__jtpmzrDAACWdtCAxAfu0Ektc7A7xAUsuOxpqYZOI7PS/s1620/c%20tully%20graphic.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1620" data-original-width="1620" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1-1iJMTpDLgFlm3BBMtPXWNuB2I7qFzI84m3W6jm-MH68OErw1ZQumfngaW_ctuRh2R6jYuhlE_v0JdILq1ohWEr0MWDJp81k9im5culhWdJRZVyChpOjLb81fjCcvdyQz8VLDzpuzmU__jtpmzrDAACWdtCAxAfu0Ektc7A7xAUsuOxpqYZOI7PS/w400-h400/c%20tully%20graphic.png" width="400" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Thanks to <a href="https://www.facebook.com/escher11" target="_blank">E.V. Escher</a> for interviewing me on the 100th episode of <a href="https://disembodiedpodcast.com/episode-100-interview-with-caroline-tully/" target="_blank">The Disembodied Podcast</a>: a non-religious tour of spiritual topics. I love talking about my favourite topics, ancient and contemporary Pagan religions, magic, and modern witchcraft. I've titled this post somewhat blatantly, because the internet is just getting so full of people competing for attention, I've had to up the ante for attention seeking. Listen to me rather than those internet poseurs! I'm actually knowledgeable. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p></p>Caroline Tullyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18295336008587199702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8188095128035151601.post-35766792711231203382022-04-10T01:44:00.001-07:002022-04-10T01:44:52.106-07:00Tarot at Muses of Mystery<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB4igJhnHTF8Q5bpG9fCCSnmSdYwy7wYZOpMwF0vjqcetcJOt4M5g6h7XWStuKhz2nLxtxiwAZg3oDPcIM-B22p6CElk4EAWWRFDL1wZueQqvvcKSV53dtD5FQSUDIhGFJ38V429l61I6apNqHN_txjdf7AhI6whCuo8ZDPfOiJoW8df0qqU6E6JgY/s800/Crowley-Thoth-Tarot-Deck-Small-1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB4igJhnHTF8Q5bpG9fCCSnmSdYwy7wYZOpMwF0vjqcetcJOt4M5g6h7XWStuKhz2nLxtxiwAZg3oDPcIM-B22p6CElk4EAWWRFDL1wZueQqvvcKSV53dtD5FQSUDIhGFJ38V429l61I6apNqHN_txjdf7AhI6whCuo8ZDPfOiJoW8df0qqU6E6JgY/w400-h400/Crowley-Thoth-Tarot-Deck-Small-1.png" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">I am a modern witch who studies ancient pagan religions.
Through my tarot readings I provide guidance from the realm of the invisibles
in order to help clients investigate their desires, make choices, create ways
to move forward, and embrace personal transformation. I am a regular workshop
facilitator on a range of magickal subjects, and also have a Doctor of
Philosophy with a background in archaeology.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I first learned tarot in 1984. In the early 1990s I
worked as a professional tarot reader at a shop called <a href="http://necropolisnow.blogspot.com/2021/06/taming-newspaper-photographer.html" target="_blank">Mythical Moon</a> in St
Kilda, Melbourne, Australia. Now I work as a reader at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/musesofmystery/" target="_blank">Muses of Mystery</a>, also
in Melbourne in the city. I'm there on Thursdays and Saturdays. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I own many decks but my deck of choice is the one I
learned on, the Crowley-Harris Thoth deck. I think it is the best tarot deck available. Recently I have become quite
interested in The <a href="http://kahnselesnick.biz/store/carnival-at-the-end-of-the-world-tarot-deck-commercial-edition" target="_blank">Carnival at the End of the World</a> deck and the <a href="http://kahnselesnick.biz/tarot-of-the-drowning-world" target="_blank">Tarot of theDrowning World</a>, both designed by Kahn and Selesnik, and with accompanying books
by <a href="http://sarahfalkner.com/" target="_blank">Sarah Falkner</a>, who channels Madame Lulu. I highly recommend them though, and the books
are excellent.<o:p></o:p></span></p><br /><p></p>Caroline Tullyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18295336008587199702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8188095128035151601.post-76460290588399222722022-03-17T15:46:00.003-07:002022-03-17T15:46:39.326-07:00The Eleusinian Mysteries and Aleister Crowley’s Rites of Eleusis Workshop<p></p><div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjzuSnML-A8w-Q9vPf48eUhfGwstMJnNADdsgkvEhpqfF9Zl0lTKVNErCAiK-1RTg58neH-CBstpGxIU1K6ZuGpGFrhMsb6hMYxfefn1CTproalhdE7u8uTHTry8z6h-XYxUsgX7swErgzRLng4GPo-IGVxnxrPctGrvrvDbNbnb48ko-FgOSsLVtY1=s1591" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1591" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjzuSnML-A8w-Q9vPf48eUhfGwstMJnNADdsgkvEhpqfF9Zl0lTKVNErCAiK-1RTg58neH-CBstpGxIU1K6ZuGpGFrhMsb6hMYxfefn1CTproalhdE7u8uTHTry8z6h-XYxUsgX7swErgzRLng4GPo-IGVxnxrPctGrvrvDbNbnb48ko-FgOSsLVtY1=w301-h400" width="301" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Of all the ancient Mediterranean Mystery Religions, those concerning
the grain goddess Demeter and her daughter Persephone were the oldest and most
famous. Celebrated for over one thousand years at the Greek city of Eleusis and
then suppressed during the Christian era, the Mysteries have again become the
focus of Pagan attention. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Occurring at both the Spring and Autumn
Equinoxes, these secret rites dedicated to the Two Goddesses and their roles in
the establishment of agriculture were an annual highlight of the ancient Greek
religious calendar. This workshop focuses on the influence of the Eleusinian
Mysteries on the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, and on their most notorious
initiate Aleister Crowley, and explains how these magical trail blazers were
inspired by the mysteries to design their own theatrical rituals. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Through images, discussion,
and practical exercises, contemporary approaches to dramatic ritual will be explored.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The presenter:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Caroline Tully is interested in the practical
side of magic and has been a modern Witch since 1985. She has written for many
Pagan and occult publications and was a feature writer for Australia’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Witchcraft Magazine</i> for six years. Caroline
is also an archaeologist who studies ancient Mediterranean Pagan religions and
their manifestation in the modern world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">Saturday 19th March, 11.00am - 3.00pm.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">At Muses of Mystery </span></span><span style="color: #202124; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;"><b><span class="LrzXr zdqRlf kno-fv"></span>Phone: 0488 139 435</b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><br /><p></p>Caroline Tullyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18295336008587199702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8188095128035151601.post-71169929645911881722022-02-17T00:05:00.004-08:002022-02-17T00:05:59.991-08:00Australian Wiccan Conference 2022 LOGO REVEAL!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg-qp3duMo60nA0jnHrTBbPIWuw9r1JqK4_NWDI-hBTdltxCNrwcmz9sIV8EiuOmAv735tQwmw4RhtGurf3qN7irzA9i2ZvTmHzHQnx2WJr7z1z1bsm91Rn2YWaQbUWyPYdO3RIzOQDNnHVIKzLPm4F5BLVbGLTMfnD8m9Wx8n057ACKKBZzbD2PsWh=s1080" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg-qp3duMo60nA0jnHrTBbPIWuw9r1JqK4_NWDI-hBTdltxCNrwcmz9sIV8EiuOmAv735tQwmw4RhtGurf3qN7irzA9i2ZvTmHzHQnx2WJr7z1z1bsm91Rn2YWaQbUWyPYdO3RIzOQDNnHVIKzLPm4F5BLVbGLTMfnD8m9Wx8n057ACKKBZzbD2PsWh=w400-h400" width="400" /></a></div><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">2022 LOGO REVEAL!</span><p></p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">We're so excited to share with you the logo for AWC 2022, designed by <a href="https://www.urbanfaun.com/" target="_blank">Urbanfaun</a>.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">The 38th annual Australian Wiccan Conference will take place on the 16th-18th of September on Victoria's Great Ocean Road. Tickets and more information available soon.</span>Caroline Tullyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18295336008587199702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8188095128035151601.post-11842620120249726802022-02-12T00:02:00.001-08:002022-02-12T00:04:00.021-08:00Australian Wiccan Conference 16th - 18th September 2022<p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg5r21rktN3UH4SHjnq15z5jbRYlUyVY9_OXI4zRzCT7vs8XhxYlgzKkymhKBosifLIAD1E6Vl8nijCMYJBxeeVGVKYFSbEmCDuz7Bjl1oqSFDH6T38GKsGUcOeY_E2yt_b43UrNFOQaUUaziFfDiU91NVtBQ3s2-m4IFw1Omc1Ch5n9s65wWCd8XK5=s1080" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg5r21rktN3UH4SHjnq15z5jbRYlUyVY9_OXI4zRzCT7vs8XhxYlgzKkymhKBosifLIAD1E6Vl8nijCMYJBxeeVGVKYFSbEmCDuz7Bjl1oqSFDH6T38GKsGUcOeY_E2yt_b43UrNFOQaUUaziFfDiU91NVtBQ3s2-m4IFw1Omc1Ch5n9s65wWCd8XK5=w400-h400" width="400" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="background: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic";">I'm one of the organisers of this year's conference! Save the
date! The 38th annual Australian Wiccan Conference will take place on the
16th-18th of September on Victoria's Great Ocean Road. Tickets and more
information available soon.</span><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p></p>Caroline Tullyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18295336008587199702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8188095128035151601.post-37530177698761189182021-11-19T23:34:00.004-08:002021-11-19T23:38:03.081-08:00I'm presenting at the 2021 American Academy of Religion<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibHL5ELazaP8Sn1VaKmCwbkaT-XqS_gbfhP4UvlMm95VqAUao0aCPPhDLLydThCra6RZeerd-jpeXV1uAMPgy6x-dABSg-7XK4dkJ9fd-hVCgIBB54GtlbMHs-XEFjE2Fny3ui5Ey_9TY/s679/skyclad-witch-nudity-wicca+BW.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="679" data-original-width="489" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibHL5ELazaP8Sn1VaKmCwbkaT-XqS_gbfhP4UvlMm95VqAUao0aCPPhDLLydThCra6RZeerd-jpeXV1uAMPgy6x-dABSg-7XK4dkJ9fd-hVCgIBB54GtlbMHs-XEFjE2Fny3ui5Ey_9TY/w288-h400/skyclad-witch-nudity-wicca+BW.jpg" width="288" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">I'm presenting at the <a href="https://aarweb.org/2021AARAnnualMeeting/Event_Home/2021AnnualMeeting/Home.aspx" target="_blank">American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting</a>, in the Theory and Method in the Study of Religion, Attire, and Adornment session on Sunday November 21st, 5.00 - 6.30pm (CST). This is what my paper will be about:</span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Power Un/Dressing: Revealing the Goddess in
Contemporary Occult Religion</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt; margin: 6pt 0cm 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">The Ordo Templi Orientis, Wicca, and the Church of
Satan are three new religious movements that are part of
the occultist stream of Western esotericism. Female nudity
features prominently in their most important rituals. Priestesses disrobe in
order to represent incarnate goddesses and become objects of worship. While
unclothed in these rituals, the priestesses are <i>not undressed</i>;
various supplements to the body are incorporated in their ritual costume such
as veils, belts, jewellery and tiaras, and objects are held and carried. The
adorned female body of the priestess situated within the ritual<i> mise en
scène</i> is laden with symbolism and functions as a visual didactic
assemblage that communicates essential tenets of the religions. Theories of
glamour are used as investigatory lenses to examine the effects on ritual
participants, and the wider public, of the occult priestess’s
nudity-as-dress. The priestesses’ glamour is a form of powerful magic that
enchants the viewer and an empowering feminist reclamation of the body as the
locus of an immanent deity, simultaneously juxtaposed with the phenomenon of
the glamour girl or pin-up and the objectification of women.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt; margin: 6pt 0cm 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt; margin: 6pt 0cm 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">I'm also on a panel on 'Magic and Museums: Scholars
and Practitioners' chaired by Amy Hale in the Contemporary Pagan Studies Unit
at the American Academy of Religion annual meeting, Monday 22 Nov, 9:00-11:00am
(CST).</span></p><br /><p></p>Caroline Tullyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18295336008587199702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8188095128035151601.post-73622164621750592372021-11-02T16:52:00.004-07:002021-11-02T16:53:47.932-07:00I'm presenting at the Aegean Gestures Conference 11 - 13 November 2021<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeVKiLI49uzi87xYt37q3VIm4fusXX2k8X0BkMlCLDsvut60mKldPR0tOHcUMi1k50BekjGpEkOkLLcuBG1z4qraGLPRtV5DXvmZte8gRepyriLCA4WiD9oSYEE2h0VdycyRsB4b5-5Ts/s2048/Poster_final.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1448" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeVKiLI49uzi87xYt37q3VIm4fusXX2k8X0BkMlCLDsvut60mKldPR0tOHcUMi1k50BekjGpEkOkLLcuBG1z4qraGLPRtV5DXvmZte8gRepyriLCA4WiD9oSYEE2h0VdycyRsB4b5-5Ts/w453-h640/Poster_final.jpg" width="453" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 6pt 0cm 0cm; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I’m presenting at the <a href="https://www.uni-heidelberg.de/fakultaeten/philosophie/zaw/klarch/AegeanBodies21/index_en.html" target="_blank">Aegean Gestures conference</a> on Saturday November 13<sup>th</sup>.
This is what my paper will be about:</span><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 6pt 0cm 0cm; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Against
Nature: Tree-Shaking Action in Minoan Glyptic Art as Agonistic Behaviour</span></b><b><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0cm; text-align: left;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Minoan gold signet
rings are well-known for their depiction of ritual events. Thirty-one ring
images depict ritual scenes in which human figures interact with trees. The majority
of figures approach the trees in a calm and seemingly reverential manner;
however, eight examples depict the ritual participant clasping and vigorously
shaking the tree. These appear on gold rings from Knossos, Archanes, Kalyvia,
and Poros on Crete (LM IB-III); Vapheio and Mycenae on mainland Greece (LH
II-III); as well as an unprovenienced stone seal in New York. The figures all
display a particular body posture: standing with bent knees, sometimes bearing
their weight on one leg at the front, while their back leg is both extended and
supplying thrust, or kicked back and upwards. The pose is suggestive of active
movement and is also seen in glyptic depictions of agonistic scenes such as
warrior combat, boxing, weapon use, men in combat with real and supernatural
animals, bull-leaping, running, men striding with captured women in tow, and
hybrid figures such as Minotaurs, bird-men and -women. These iconographic
parallels suggest that the tree-pulling pose indicates a coercive or even
violent activity. These scenes may depict the attempt to ritually control the
natural world through aggression and domination, and to promote the idea that the
elite owners of the rings were supremely capable of establishing and maintaining
order.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt; margin: 6pt 0cm 0cm;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p></div>Caroline Tullyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18295336008587199702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8188095128035151601.post-44949312584081783742021-09-06T19:10:00.001-07:002021-09-06T20:56:03.205-07:00Australian Wiccan Conference 2021 Online<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifdtzYkib3U0SjsE0Ta25Yyi3CJnL7v9WcaT2FnUwEKaRpOdUf23oPAJFWaPrTfRiTkDL5JR3HoaMuRdZbj51BCMKlvafVrv_kPrHLcTJc8zUHmbeZtxdWRKr0X4JHlDrot5uBIO2YKcM/s800/Pulp+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="600" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifdtzYkib3U0SjsE0Ta25Yyi3CJnL7v9WcaT2FnUwEKaRpOdUf23oPAJFWaPrTfRiTkDL5JR3HoaMuRdZbj51BCMKlvafVrv_kPrHLcTJc8zUHmbeZtxdWRKr0X4JHlDrot5uBIO2YKcM/w300-h400/Pulp+1.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">I’m presenting this at the
</span><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/australian-wiccan-conference-2021-online-event-tickets-167989269427?aff=ebdssbonlinesearch" style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;" target="_blank">Australian Wiccan Conference online</a><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;"> on 25 September:</span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt; margin: 6pt 0cm 0cm;"><b><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The Devil’s Mischief:
From the Book of Genesis to the Satanic Temple
</span></b><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt; margin: 6pt 0cm 0cm; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Who
is the Devil and what is his association with witchcraft? This illustrated
lecture will explain the history of the Devil and his relationship to ancient
Pagan gods, biblical angels, special humans, and his connection to witchcraft
today. It will also look </span><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">how to
</span><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">utilise
the Devil’s tools of glamour,</span><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> bedazzlement, wonderment, and </span><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">fascination</span><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> via
techniques of High and Low Magic.</span><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Through
discussion and guided visualisation, ancient and modern approaches to enchantment
will be revealed.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt; margin: 6pt 0cm 0cm; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt; margin: 6pt 0cm 0cm;"><b><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">AWC 2021 PROGRAM<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt; margin: 6pt 0cm 0cm;"><u><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">FRIDAY<o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt; margin: 6pt 0cm 0cm;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">6:30pm Julia Phillips: Witches, Fairies, and Familiars<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt; margin: 6pt 0cm 0cm;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">7:30pm Tamara Lampard: The Three Cycles of SoLuna Nemeton<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt; margin: 6pt 0cm 0cm;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">8:30pm Virtual fireside<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt; margin: 6pt 0cm 0cm;"><u><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">SATURDAY<o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt; margin: 6pt 0cm 0cm;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">10:00am David Garland: The Star Tarot Spread <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt; margin: 6pt 0cm 0cm;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">11:00am Break: Morning tea<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt; margin: 6pt 0cm 0cm;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">11:30am Priestess Panel (Jo, Gabby, Julie, Mellie, Josie)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt; margin: 6pt 0cm 0cm;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">12:30pm Break: Lunch<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt; margin: 6pt 0cm 0cm;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">1:00pm Queer Magic Panel (Dorian, Ryan, GL, Tamika, Bri, Rowan)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt; margin: 6pt 0cm 0cm;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">2:00pm Josephine Winter: Many paths up the mountain: visualization and
ritual techniques for neurodiverse people<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt; margin: 6pt 0cm 0cm;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">3:00pm Caroline Tully: The Devil's Mischief: from the Book of Genesis to
the Satanic Temple<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt; margin: 6pt 0cm 0cm;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">4:00pm Break: for individual ritual prep<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt; margin: 6pt 0cm 0cm;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">5:30pm In-person or at home rituals <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt; margin: 6pt 0cm 0cm;"><u><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">SUNDAY<o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt; margin: 6pt 0cm 0cm;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">10:00am Blake Liddell: Haunted: Discussing spirits and ghosts with a
Traditional Hedgewitch<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt; margin: 6pt 0cm 0cm;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">11:00am Break: Morning tea<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt; margin: 6pt 0cm 0cm;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">11:30am Julie: Invoking the Trickster <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt; margin: 6pt 0cm 0cm;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">12:30pm Break: Lunch<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt; margin: 6pt 0cm 0cm;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">1:00pm Ryan: Pinning down witchcraft: magic with nails, pins and thorns<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt; margin: 6pt 0cm 0cm;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">2:00pm Gabrielle Cleary: Weaving the Paths of Power: Layering Techniques
in Ritual<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt; margin: 6pt 0cm 0cm;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">3:00pm e-occultism panel (Eryk, Akira, Julie Brett, Mïss Ťëä)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt; margin: 6pt 0cm 0cm;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">4:00pm Official close, moot, 2022 hosts announced<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt; margin: 6pt 0cm 0cm;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt; margin: 6pt 0cm 0cm;"><br /></p>Caroline Tullyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18295336008587199702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8188095128035151601.post-44021943931923481622021-08-09T02:55:00.000-07:002021-08-09T02:55:12.992-07:00What I'm teaching right now<p></p><div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV5bE04iHHhrjuvidjbGgRsDCjw07q3sm6IjcqeU_lmHxy5Sx1QMqAjhAKpCDcsqk9W5IcVtlH7aad7YYLoD41llwM5T5N_cARxHlxQ-EyKVI3q7_OihXuUYk3N1yzR03rqRW50QN9eKY/s396/Akrotiri+Goddess.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="396" data-original-width="396" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV5bE04iHHhrjuvidjbGgRsDCjw07q3sm6IjcqeU_lmHxy5Sx1QMqAjhAKpCDcsqk9W5IcVtlH7aad7YYLoD41llwM5T5N_cARxHlxQ-EyKVI3q7_OihXuUYk3N1yzR03rqRW50QN9eKY/w400-h400/Akrotiri+Goddess.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">After spending the last year mainly teaching magical, or
at least Pagan, topics as workshops at places like Muses of Mystery or various
occult conferences via zoom, now I’m back teaching at the University of Melbourne.
I’m teaching the Honours (4<sup>th</sup> year) seminar ‘Problems in Greek
Prehistory’ and assistant teaching in the third year subject ‘Interpreting the
Ancient World’. I’m still doing magical, witchy and Pagan workshops, in between
these university classes. You can see the descriptions of the magical workshops
I do, below, in older blog posts. Here are the university course descriptions:<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0cm; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/2021/subjects/ancw40007" target="_blank">Problems in Greek Prehistory</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This is a 4th year undergraduate seminar that focuses on
the latest discoveries and debates as well as the history of those debates in
the archaeology of the Bronze Age Aegean (Greece, ca. 3000–1177 BCE). The
specific topics and readings vary from year to year, but focus weekly on
current controversies in the interpretation of archaeological remains for
Minoan Crete and Mycenaean Greece. Aegean Crete and the Mycenaean mainland are
one of the most intensively investigated archaeological regions in the world,
and have often captured the public imagination. Although these are Bronze Age
Aegean societies, they have been intimately connected with the feminist
rhetoric of a goddess-centered matriarchy, classical Greek and Homeric myths of
King Minos and his Labyrinth, the Heroes of the Trojan War, and tales of
Atlantis. This has been the case since Sir Arthur Evans and Heinrich Schliemann
excavated some of the most important Bronze Age Aegean sites more than a
century ago at Knossos, Troy, and Mycenae.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0cm; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/2021/subjects/ancw30017" target="_blank">Interpreting the Ancient World</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Ancient World Studies encourages a holistic approach to
the interpretation of the past, integrating both texts and archaeological
remains to understand past cultures, thinking, and behaviour. These consist of
the fragmentary archaeological remains, including the ordinary debris of daily
life, luxury items, art, architecture, and texts. Texts include the literary,
historical, political, economic, administrative, and religious documents of the
Classical world and the ancient Near East in translation. In many instances
these texts are fragmentary and/or only represent a small segment of the
population.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This subject will draw on students' previous academic
experience of these diverse categories of data, and it will proceed to
introduce you to appropriate methods and theories drawn from literary,
feminist, and social theory, anthropology, archaeology, history, and art
history required to promote an integrated and balanced approach to the combined
interpretation of textual and archaeological evidence in historic periods. It
will also teach the anthropological and art historical theories and methods
required to interpret the symbolism of cultures where texts are minimal or lacking.
While some modules will emphasize case studies drawn from textual evidence, and
others will emphasize case studies drawn from material culture, the subject is
unified by introducing you to the different methodological lenses and
categories of data that can be used to interpret the past. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p><br /></p>Caroline Tullyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18295336008587199702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8188095128035151601.post-28154116634937301152021-07-18T01:10:00.004-07:002021-07-18T01:21:12.285-07:00 Birthing Death<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDOkEa_x4hihXsYplShLdIRtCOBzHUFuENviAYKZZ21hMOQzpTc5JUp6JBRDTEYTFYZ4HUATOmucY1ZMc0X9Vyd-iTIuDa1677CiYDD6V4PfWVsMEFG8Dlmh13wMIxxy6aNn3518IR7XQ/s960/Diana+1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="639" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDOkEa_x4hihXsYplShLdIRtCOBzHUFuENviAYKZZ21hMOQzpTc5JUp6JBRDTEYTFYZ4HUATOmucY1ZMc0X9Vyd-iTIuDa1677CiYDD6V4PfWVsMEFG8Dlmh13wMIxxy6aNn3518IR7XQ/w266-h400/Diana+1.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0cm; text-align: left;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">I have given birth
twice, but I only have one living child. Before going through the process
myself, I had assumed that pregnancy and birth were uncomplicated Goddess-given
activities that women just “did”. I’d read all about Great Mother Goddesses,
fertility cults, and women’s mysteries – and lots of my friend had children –
so surely reproduction was as easy as falling off a log.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0cm; text-align: left;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Jasper was
conceived sometime near Yule 1999 and was born two weeks before Mabon 2000.
Being our first child, we were pretty excited, so we marked the stages of his
gestation at each of our Sabbat rites. The pregnancy seemed to be progressing
along fine and I planned to have a natural birth at a nearby hospital. The day
before my due date, however, I was diagnosed with preeclampsia – high blood
pressure, swollen feet and hands, and protein in the urine. This meant the end
of the “natural” birth. Labour was induced immediately. I recall during the
labour just hoping I would get through the process alive and in the end, after
a forceps delivery, I was lucky enough to be presented with a chubby, healthy
baby boy.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0cm; text-align: left;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">But the drama
didn’t stop there! Next my uterus refused to contract, so the midwives
literally had to pummel it, expelling lots of clotted blood each time, until it
started to shrink. The midwives estimated that I lost 1.6 litres of blood at
delivery, which apparently is quite a lot (the human body contains 5.6 litres).
In my rather dazed state, it began to dawn on me just how easy it would be to
die giving birth. My blood pressure, which had been skyrocketing during labour,
now became dangerously low, and as the nurses bustled around trying to revive
me with oxygen, I mentally withdrew into myself – I’d really had enough of the
whole birthing thing by that point. It was during this weird time that I had a
vision of the goddess kali, the Hindu Goddess of death and destruction.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0cm; text-align: left;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Kali appeared in
vivid Technicolour, rather like a slide image projected on the far wall of the
delivery room. Adorned with a skirt of severed arms, a necklace of freshly cut
heads, earrings made from children’s corpses, and wearing serpentine bracelets,
she was dancing at the end of the world under a blood-red sky. This was hardly
the nurturing, fecund image of deity that I associated with childbirth, but
then my labour had not exactly been straightforward and assured of success. Two
of Kali’s four arms held a sword and a severed head, while the other two made
the gestures of dispelling fear and offering boons – was she going to behead me
or grant me life?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0cm; text-align: left;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Without speaking,
the Goddess conveyed an understanding about blood equalling life – the bloody
uterine chalice, the precious liquid passed from parent to child, the river of
generation spewing out of the cosmic cauldron, the potent elixir of perpetuity
– I was a link in the chain of existence, a bead on the necklace of rebirth,
and a skull adorning Kali’s gruesome garland. I saw my body as a vessel: I had
given lifeblood, provided nourishment, and enabled new being to incarnate. Kali
showed me death but granted me life.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0cm; text-align: left;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">After the birth
drama was over and I lay in the hospital bed with my new baby, the Goddess
Artemis appeared. Hovering transparently in midair, she oscillated back and
forth between her human guise and the form of a big brown bear. Wordlessly, she expressed her nature as being
the one who grants or withholds success in childbirth, the Goddess who allows
mothers to live but who also kills them. I suppose she had come to see the
result of letting me live, making sure I knew who to thank. I was aware that in
the ancient world. One of Artemis’s roles was to oversee the transition from
girlhood to motherhood and although I was far from being a young girl, I as
nevertheless going through a rite of passage specifically sacred to her. I was
both bemused and pleased to be having another Goddess epiphany.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0cm; text-align: left;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I became pregnant
with my second baby around Lammas 2002. I felt very clever and mused about being an
alchemical instrument mixing male and female essences together to create
something new – I was the curcubit! The first two months were characterised by
a vile morning sickness, but after the beginning of the third month the nausea
stopped and not long afterward I thought I detected movement – always
comforting to a pregnant woman – but no sooner had I started to expect the
movement than it seemed to stop.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0cm; text-align: left;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">My confidence
waned, but I put it down to paranoia. One night, however, I had a vivid
nightmare: In the dream, I went into the bathroom and, after going to the
toilet, I began pulling on a large red membrane, which seemed to be emerging
from my vagina. It came right out and panicking, I called my partner. He held
up the sheet-like membrane and turned it around; as he did so we saw that stuck
to the other side was a little white skeleton. My heart sank, this was an ill
omen for sure. After waking, I chose to ignore the dream, but an apparent lack
of foetal movement did bug me.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0cm; text-align: left;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">At almost five
month’s gestation, I noticed an extremely heavy secretion of mucous, which is
not entirely unusual in pregnancy, but this seemed abnormal. At my next
hospital appointment, I was assured that there was nothing to worry about, but
I still felt concerned. The midwife also had trouble finding the foetal
heartbeat, eventually detecting it very low down on my abdomen, which seemed
strange to me. She didn’t think it was a problem, however, and after talking
with her for a while I was reassured that the baby was alive and the heartbeat
sounded normal. I went home feeling slightly more confident.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0cm; text-align: left;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The next day I
planned to do some leisurely book reading. In the past few weeks, I had developed
an intense interest in Goddess figurines from Ice Age art, specifically the
Venus of Willendorf, who had started to appear to me regularly in visions, and
I hoped that this might indicate some sort of connection or favour that boded
well for my pregnancy. I intended spending the day looking at photographs of
various figurines, gazing at and meditating on their ample forms. Before
getting down to it, I took a toilet break, and it was then that I felt a
strange pressure in my pelvic floor. Just on a whim, I stood up and inserted
one finger into my vagina – imagine my horror when I actually felt something
bulging downwards from my uterus. I checked again, confirming my worst fears,
something was definitely wrong, so my partner and I rushed to the hospital.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0cm; text-align: left;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">My cervix was
dilating and I would miscarry unless I had a cervical stitch. All that mucous
had been the cervical plug that keeps the womb sterile during pregnancy – it
had fallen out. There was a chance that a cervical stitch, like a drawstring,
might hold the womb closed, but it wasn’t guaranteed. If the cervix continued
to open, I would have to give birth to a baby who would die. (My baby was only
twenty weeks old; the earliest a premature baby can be saved is twenty-three
weeks). For the rest of the night I lay prone on the bed, hoping fervently that
my cervix would stay shut.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0cm; text-align: left;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A morning
ultrasound revealed that the baby was descending into the birth canal; it was
too late for the stitch. The worst part was that he was alive, vigorous and
perfectly healthy, but didn’t stand a chance outside the womb. I was
grief-stricken: it was so unjust, so wrong. I felt totally abandoned by the
Goddess. Was this some sort of horrible punishment? Hadn’t I appreciated the
gift of pregnancy enough? There was no alternative but to push him out. It
didn’t take long, a few strenuous pushes and I felt a jellylike mass emerge
from my vagina. I knew it was the baby in his amniotic bag, but I felt like I
had given birth to a frog, a bird, or a bat. He was a lovely looking baby, but
he died after about half an hour. We didn’t name him, it just didn’t seem
appropriate at the time.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0cm; text-align: left;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I felt cheated,
robbed, bitter, bewildered, and sadder than I have ever been – definitely the
worst experience in my life.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0cm; text-align: left;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For the next two
months I was desperate to begin another pregnancy. Then, all of a sudden, the
motherhood hormones dried up, disappeared, and a new strange “me” emerged.
Cynical and morbid, I immersed myself in thoughts about the Underworld,
spiritualism, poison, murder, and black magic. I was furious at the Venus of
Willendorf – she could go to Tartarus!!! Who did she think she was, appearing
to me in the weeks before my miscarriage like that? Why had she been hovering
semi-transparently in front of my eyes all that time? Wasn’t she supposed to
help pregnant women? Why had she been so awful to me?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0cm; text-align: left;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">As time passed, I
began to realise that perhaps I simply had not read the signs properly: I
hadn’t sought to clarify my apparent rapport with the Venus via divination, to
get another angle on what her appearances possibly meant, and had blithely
coasted along, believing that she was a benevolent manifestation of the Great
Mother. I now realise that I had been relying on popular assumptions about what
this particular Ice Age figurine actually represents, when in fact we don’t
really know much about her at all. We don’t know whether she was a Mother
Goddess, a fertility idol, or an Ice Age pin-up girl – she may even have had
something to do with limiting fertility because historically hunter-gatherer
groups have been more concerned with keeping their population down to a level
that their environment could support, rather than increasing their numbers
exponentially. Whatever she is, I should probably have realised from my
previous experiences with the liminal Goddesses, Kali and Artemis, that deities
can take as well as give. If the Venus is a great Mother, maybe she was taking
the baby back, facilitating a reverse birth into the world of the spirit? I am
reconciled with her now and, in hindsight, I think she was doing me a favour.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0cm; text-align: left;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0cm; text-align: left;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0cm; text-align: left;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">First published in: </span><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">In </span><i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">Celebrating the Pagan
Soul</i><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">. Ed. Laura Wildman. 226–230. New York: Citadel Press, 2005.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0cm; text-align: left;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0cm; text-align: left;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Image: </span><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">Procession of
children honouring a statue of the goddess Diana</span><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"> </span><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">Fresco, 3rd century CE, Ostia Antica.
Collection of the Vatican Museums.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0cm; text-align: left;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><br /></span></p></div>Caroline Tullyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18295336008587199702noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8188095128035151601.post-63999520238451320412021-06-14T00:15:00.004-07:002021-06-14T00:17:01.330-07:00Taming the Newspaper Photographer<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPK3PEnAK70-Jy3Lu7fgSrlpXXwQmTRetHglqEO37tvq98nB6De56rT8yOXXKYbs9a96ZM4ujbnbm_8IaY23OJrENYyTluVec9CRXihQFngs65HKuZWcsMZe5c6V3qgVuyeuT_aTTpUxk/s720/Tarot+Me.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="576" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPK3PEnAK70-Jy3Lu7fgSrlpXXwQmTRetHglqEO37tvq98nB6De56rT8yOXXKYbs9a96ZM4ujbnbm_8IaY23OJrENYyTluVec9CRXihQFngs65HKuZWcsMZe5c6V3qgVuyeuT_aTTpUxk/w320-h400/Tarot+Me.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCO6FqPt1HjgpmGP0gdzpus-t72v_cjmW1KbyHD2fDe93q4VJyQyzIg2dQFhZI1TfFNEV3AZTfxYUGMYkrJM_QETAhAaSYBiWx4Sgx-XC5FPGdHvFnwYvEk76OzMrENuhIbVFqcyQQkVQ/s604/Caroline+Greeny.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="415" data-original-width="604" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCO6FqPt1HjgpmGP0gdzpus-t72v_cjmW1KbyHD2fDe93q4VJyQyzIg2dQFhZI1TfFNEV3AZTfxYUGMYkrJM_QETAhAaSYBiWx4Sgx-XC5FPGdHvFnwYvEk76OzMrENuhIbVFqcyQQkVQ/w400-h275/Caroline+Greeny.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid3qCECkMOMhyE0-oSGGQZ1vvjYlV9IIBqbmEIbQLkaDAqTykARVuC0GWjrZZHwKmUX4fl7-GBViH-U8veusxLflHF72J3bmrD9Z8X44SdK3o7Vgblw4pshEBPf_OKQlRQPIMUCx2zrok/s337/Having+A+Spell+With+Witchcraft+Proves+Popular+For+Women.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="337" data-original-width="337" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid3qCECkMOMhyE0-oSGGQZ1vvjYlV9IIBqbmEIbQLkaDAqTykARVuC0GWjrZZHwKmUX4fl7-GBViH-U8veusxLflHF72J3bmrD9Z8X44SdK3o7Vgblw4pshEBPf_OKQlRQPIMUCx2zrok/s320/Having+A+Spell+With+Witchcraft+Proves+Popular+For+Women.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqpjGcqtRK_dNvFe_6rigtcwwCe22bni0xI4ZlzQyZ9S3-z8rlsaa-TTJoJosRIeIips23zO04cyDdLwVGev8NQK8mysDT7K7BlgOxO1h4BQPwqY8IPhQP1mwstlxukAUj-P_mMd7HxaU/s224/Media+2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="224" data-original-width="200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqpjGcqtRK_dNvFe_6rigtcwwCe22bni0xI4ZlzQyZ9S3-z8rlsaa-TTJoJosRIeIips23zO04cyDdLwVGev8NQK8mysDT7K7BlgOxO1h4BQPwqY8IPhQP1mwstlxukAUj-P_mMd7HxaU/w286-h320/Media+2.jpg" width="286" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs8XnYYUVlqG2x7o4xy2NuYrq8Fjz-bODFzT4HEUCjqfmH2uRKYuF3UBof02xubafi6RD5Fb9_d06KgG2uYdkepodZaa7gXcpB2T3arBbFn-IIB0VL5pIAf7vEsDFkPdNfZbZMXHMkCi8/s594/Life+1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="594" data-original-width="404" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs8XnYYUVlqG2x7o4xy2NuYrq8Fjz-bODFzT4HEUCjqfmH2uRKYuF3UBof02xubafi6RD5Fb9_d06KgG2uYdkepodZaa7gXcpB2T3arBbFn-IIB0VL5pIAf7vEsDFkPdNfZbZMXHMkCi8/w437-h640/Life+1.jpg" width="437" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Eventually I worked out how to get the photographer to
make me look good. Basically, ask them about their own work: “What have you
been photographing today? What do you like to photograph? How long have you
worked at the newspaper?” etc. And of course I’d try and explain Witchcraft so
that it didn’t seem too weird. But it’s the image that everyone looks at in the
paper. They don’t care so much about the text, although I would get grilled by
other Pagans when the articles came out: “Why’d you say that? Why didn’t you
say this?” And of course my family and relatives were wincing with discomfort
and embarrassment that I would shame them by being interviewed about such a kooky
topic. So again, there was more reason to feel tense about the resultant
article, but I just had to accept that I couldn’t please everyone.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Caroline Tullyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18295336008587199702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8188095128035151601.post-44482233544380030842021-06-13T23:55:00.003-07:002021-06-13T23:55:58.232-07:00When newspapers were actually made of paper<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit-5oj3EajNAVeaqVAUvBT76NJtWfIoFNsYdDaSbGrvnL_d8MNfDcyqTbsN7fmz_6-3RzfKd0ujneHilpMT9xboiYVTDlT0sQvJsksAsA3vJ_wnZRI3V5aEQgI3g8QfZeVOH6wfsvjxvk/s2048/Upload+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1185" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit-5oj3EajNAVeaqVAUvBT76NJtWfIoFNsYdDaSbGrvnL_d8MNfDcyqTbsN7fmz_6-3RzfKd0ujneHilpMT9xboiYVTDlT0sQvJsksAsA3vJ_wnZRI3V5aEQgI3g8QfZeVOH6wfsvjxvk/w370-h640/Upload+2.jpg" width="370" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxuDWO1RRdxNMNV-Hbtjpvfq9gW7cVww3bxWdymxau0gEoWErxbhR05VXsv3SjbzoXHW4EF5oDj1E-JszUgSsGztb91QthUiRwk96UjLEswww9x102ws4FexBZJke1KG0r5-H_eJwbUrA/s2048/Upload+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1747" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxuDWO1RRdxNMNV-Hbtjpvfq9gW7cVww3bxWdymxau0gEoWErxbhR05VXsv3SjbzoXHW4EF5oDj1E-JszUgSsGztb91QthUiRwk96UjLEswww9x102ws4FexBZJke1KG0r5-H_eJwbUrA/w546-h640/Upload+3.jpg" width="546" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheMLTrDRfCFJmkjeGnBNNu_E_voWr-vJrJNiOnmQePdFsgvhggqjk910_8dZp4Q6KuZLTS1yweCJZvCYJyW8D9RuabVo17igFGkXcW-bt6w-q-5Wh8t6tXb4NOwqEEkPLVZdepkDs1U14/s2048/Upload+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1568" data-original-width="2048" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheMLTrDRfCFJmkjeGnBNNu_E_voWr-vJrJNiOnmQePdFsgvhggqjk910_8dZp4Q6KuZLTS1yweCJZvCYJyW8D9RuabVo17igFGkXcW-bt6w-q-5Wh8t6tXb4NOwqEEkPLVZdepkDs1U14/w400-h306/Upload+1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Going through my Book of Shadows from the late 80s and
early 90s I came across these newspaper photos of myself from around 1996. Back
in the 1990s being interviewed in the newspaper about Witchcraft and Paganism was
a bit of a big deal, and it was a real gamble as to how the journalist and more
important, the photographer, were going to portray you. If they liked you they
might say nice things about you, but if they didn’t like you they would treat
the topic, and you, in a flippant manner. As a member of The Church of All
Worlds (CAW) back then, part of progressing through the Circles (degrees)
involved being able to talk about Paganism to the media. So you’d say yes to interview
requests and then wait on tenterhooks for the article to come out and hope you’d
come across as OK.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">When the article came out there’d be angry phone calls
from relatives about how you’d embarrassed them, and when you arrived at your
workplace people would stare at you with a mixture of reverence and contempt.
Who are you to be getting media coverage, and for something so obviously weird?
I would often deeply regret not having done my best to get the journalist and
photographer on my side, but eventually learned how to do it (see next post).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">These days, now that control of your image is in your own
hands, you can make beautiful, professional-looking images with a phone camera,
and get international coverage through social media. We see images constantly
and are pretty blasé about them. It’s de rigueur to portray yourself in the
most glamorous manner possible, for reasons spanning promoting a business or
just your own perceived awesomeness. There is no need to sweet-talk a
journalist or photographer, hoping they won’t make you look like a clown, we
can simply bypass them – and of course media coverage is all really rather
ho-hum, it doesn’t have the power it used to. No one even cares about being on TV
because everyone’s got their own little YouTube show. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Sure, Witches have been getting media coverage since the
1950s, and much of it sensationalist. Now we have to fight the scrum of social
media to get any attention that lasts more than one day. Different times. </span></p></div><p> </p>Caroline Tullyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18295336008587199702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8188095128035151601.post-85316299317201816722021-06-08T22:53:00.005-07:002021-06-22T15:55:24.169-07:00The Goddess Hekate and Her Witches - workshop on 3rd July 2021<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1B03bmzAz3COxRADYFbWP8MmZARSUyqGVyPuskD5954zgxADjt1meUmwZ2JLqkbhPweEuOra0tm0pGMUeio5gRlxTC7c_onchpqq6a8f0pJO01qUeTQiVZP4rKwb_B9G92fmHFEMRd8M/s500/Anima+head+Hecate.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="357" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1B03bmzAz3COxRADYFbWP8MmZARSUyqGVyPuskD5954zgxADjt1meUmwZ2JLqkbhPweEuOra0tm0pGMUeio5gRlxTC7c_onchpqq6a8f0pJO01qUeTQiVZP4rKwb_B9G92fmHFEMRd8M/w285-h400/Anima+head+Hecate.jpg" width="285" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Of all the Goddesses of
Witchcraft, Hekate is the best known today. This workshop looks at the origins
and history of Hekate, her spheres of influence, sacred animals, relationships
with other gods, association with mystery religions, connection with the dead, and
her role in regard to famous witch-priestesses from antiquity such as Circe and
Medea. Through the examination of primary evidence including ancient religious
and magical texts, sculpture, visual art, magical gems, curse tablets, and
binding spells, the figure of Hekate will be illuminated. Participants will
also experience a ritual devoted to Hekate in order to establish and strengthen
their own relationship with the goddess. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="font-size: 12pt;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The
Presenter, Caroline Tully</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Caroline has a background in
various traditions of witchcraft and magick and is also an archaeologist who
studies ancient Mediterranean Pagan religions and their manifestation in the
modern world. She has written many articles and chapters on these topics and is
the author of the book, <i>The Cultic Life
of Trees in the Prehistoric Aegean, Levant, Egypt and Cyprus</i> (Peeters
2018). Caroline reads Tarot and is a regular workshop facilitator on a range of
magickal subjects at Muses of Mystery, Melbourne’s finest metaphysical
destination.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">This workshop will be held at <a href="https://musesofmystery.com/" target="_blank">Muses of Mystery</a> on the 3rd July 2021.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p></div>Caroline Tullyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18295336008587199702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8188095128035151601.post-83224916084419392792021-05-10T20:13:00.001-07:002021-05-10T20:13:28.571-07:00Presenting at the Hekate Symposium<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPNgaXWvSNXKkNkPsnFX3fSJkMfxS4H45dUSwxgxRnubpJvzb-0FKLZbpTMfqvXc_CwdIaahHB2j-JvitI2Ouo3gm_kGdxVBbTqIvhgFQNhFc6X3y1_cfi3E-SXv2w4vbKfl6LxfCv21c/s1284/Hekate+seal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1284" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPNgaXWvSNXKkNkPsnFX3fSJkMfxS4H45dUSwxgxRnubpJvzb-0FKLZbpTMfqvXc_CwdIaahHB2j-JvitI2Ouo3gm_kGdxVBbTqIvhgFQNhFc6X3y1_cfi3E-SXv2w4vbKfl6LxfCv21c/s320/Hekate+seal.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I’m presenting Magical Gems and Jewellery, Healing, and
the Stars at the <a href="https://theurgia.co.uk/" target="_blank">Hekate Symposium</a> on Thursday 20<sup>th</sup> May (night UK) Friday 21<sup>st</sup> May (morning Aus).
Then in person on Saturday 22 May at Muses of Mystery (see previous post,
below).<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p><br /> </p>Caroline Tullyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18295336008587199702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8188095128035151601.post-58932336641802431112021-04-11T16:25:00.002-07:002021-04-11T16:37:52.174-07:00Magical Gems and Jewellery, Healing, and the Stars Workshop 22nd May 2021 <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy7zTTwlpN-RV0N1KfxoxZ5u5K4ztYmnPB5weHOOFe78ziD5-GKPI-g_0Rs_yWWjC5FPulta4T8MeoTV8BqU3moX13XzKYdZSAqJKd994xlFH6QHSeAwIUlNR7WRGUUQzGi7dgUnlDglU/s1109/Minotaur+modern.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1109" data-original-width="934" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy7zTTwlpN-RV0N1KfxoxZ5u5K4ztYmnPB5weHOOFe78ziD5-GKPI-g_0Rs_yWWjC5FPulta4T8MeoTV8BqU3moX13XzKYdZSAqJKd994xlFH6QHSeAwIUlNR7WRGUUQzGi7dgUnlDglU/w338-h400/Minotaur+modern.jpg" width="338" /></a></div><p><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Witches regularly wear occult jewellery: pentagram
pendants, amber, jet, moonstone, coral, or even acorn necklaces; magical rings
with special stones or symbolic designs; and lots of silver, the metal of the
moon. Wearing jewellery is a form of communication: to the wearer to other
people, and to hidden forces attracted by certain colours, substances and
patterns. Join Dr Caroline Tully in a workshop about magical gems and jewellery
from ancient Greece, Rome and Egypt; ancient healing modalities and gods; and
healing astrology. Learn about the stone amulets, empowering talismans, and
protective jewellery of the Ancient World, and the spells used to activate
them. Through discussion and practical ritual, contemporary approaches to
healing magic will be revealed. Bring a piece of your own jewellery and through
ritual we will draw down the stars to consecrate it to a healing deity.
Participants will also take home their own moonstone amulet.</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Caroline has a background in various traditions of
witchcraft and magick. She has written for many Pagan and occult publications
and was a feature writer for Australia’s Witchcraft Magazine for six years.
Caroline is also an archaeologist who studies ancient Mediterranean Pagan
religions as well as their manifestation in the modern world. She has many
areas of interest including ancient religions, the Hermetic Order of the Golden
Dawn, Thelema and contemporary Paganisms, particularly Witchcraft and Pagan
Reconstructionism.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Held at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/467998021209641/" target="_blank">Muses of Mystery</a> </span></p><p>
</p>Caroline Tullyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18295336008587199702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8188095128035151601.post-39280020022609149042021-04-11T16:18:00.002-07:002021-04-11T16:37:18.206-07:00Thelemic Witchcraft for Beginners Workshop 8th May 2021<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx-v1__oWUSBDsZpOrpS2cAVFSjfCT5V23scAMf5BQWgJfsMfPYj_yV8FiV8I2jBXt9-_Vu6cqo1UwFF5D6DxxeZER0uO4CTHGRB8_WIcJEtTE5wzrBlmcYSds2MJwhRHMPsykEng3e0A/s1631/Priestess+large+use+this.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1631" data-original-width="1087" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx-v1__oWUSBDsZpOrpS2cAVFSjfCT5V23scAMf5BQWgJfsMfPYj_yV8FiV8I2jBXt9-_Vu6cqo1UwFF5D6DxxeZER0uO4CTHGRB8_WIcJEtTE5wzrBlmcYSds2MJwhRHMPsykEng3e0A/w266-h400/Priestess+large+use+this.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Thelema is a Greek word
meaning ‘will’ or ‘desire’. Join Dr Caroline Tully in a beginner’s workshop on
Thelemic Witchcraft, a form of New Aeon Witchcraft that focuses on methods for
causing change in accordance with your will. Through practical ritual and
discussion this old-but-new approach to Magick will be illuminated. Caroline
has a background in various traditions of Witchcraft and magick. She has
written for many Pagan and occult publications and was a feature writer for Australia’s
Witchcraft Magazine for six years. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Caroline is also an archaeologist who
studies ancient Mediterranean Pagan religions as well as their manifestation in
the modern world. She has many areas of interest including ancient religions,
the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, Thelema and contemporary Paganisms,
particularly Witchcraft and Pagan Reconstructionism.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt; margin: 6pt 0cm 0cm;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Held at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/290549752638947/" target="_blank">Muses of Mystery</a></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p><br /> </p>Caroline Tullyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18295336008587199702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8188095128035151601.post-65847739916576254342021-04-08T02:26:00.003-07:002021-04-11T20:37:36.300-07:00Gorgeous poem about me by Michele Mitrovitch<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuLbH0gVJZ4hsLyFofT50VG0YnPZPWYvkn21lBS0tP3rUgZ_khElVhcDfkWWW7mVAuSulT6VAccDJm7gDBzu-MIo9NsgpGvsP8nc3-67YF85z2eji5GMrZPrm5WVKAUec8JrvXKdFDr7g/s1024/Stare+Low+res+1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="683" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuLbH0gVJZ4hsLyFofT50VG0YnPZPWYvkn21lBS0tP3rUgZ_khElVhcDfkWWW7mVAuSulT6VAccDJm7gDBzu-MIo9NsgpGvsP8nc3-67YF85z2eji5GMrZPrm5WVKAUec8JrvXKdFDr7g/w266-h400/Stare+Low+res+1.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Caroline</span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Bewitching
Caroline, admirer of Holy Dionysus,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">But
not a mere Maenad - herself a goddess in the flesh,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Minoan
sister to the winged and protective Isis,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">She’s
an epiphany among the sacred rocks and trees, so dewy-fresh.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Her
copper-tinted, dark and wavy lengths of locks<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Are
crowned with a wreath bestowed on her by coven sisters<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">And
like Bulgakov’s Margarita on a vernal equinox,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Abandoning
her clothes, she flies, short-circuiting transistors.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">She
flies through inky-black and starry, moonlit skies<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">And
whispers very ancient, closely guarded incantations,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Her
skin aglow and fragrant with a secret potion’s spice,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">She’s
headed to a place of mysteries and pagan celebrations.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Her
Tarot cards are spread and pentagrams are dampened<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">By
drops of fresh and ruby-colored sacrificial blood,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">With
servant entities and spirits of ancestors honored, not abandoned,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Her
power can heal or punish, stir a whirlwind or a flood,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">But
that’s by night and in her sacramental, secret lair,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">But
in the daylight - she’s a scholar, razor-sharp, creative and quick-witted,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Her
learned colleagues hardly guess the source of her bewitching flair,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Only
some chosen few to take a glimpse into her mysteries are graciously permitted.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">This lovely poem was written by my friend, the Aegean archaeologist and all round multi-talented artist, Michele Mitrovitch. <a href="https://www.michelemitrovich.com/" target="_blank">See more of her work here</a>.</span></p></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <p></p>Caroline Tullyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18295336008587199702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8188095128035151601.post-36034739072764689412021-04-07T17:34:00.002-07:002021-04-07T17:34:56.502-07:00Minoan Snake Goddess and Altered States of Consciousness Workshop April 24 2021 (In Person and Online workshops) <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2N-Pb_QXwiEahD41mzX2oIzd3zdPwc_vbzFjlpo_3KTrFk6p-dTirJPu7yvW4IersQuRtG1uSJA4PZdnmOeITLmEJfRzGRvuFHPKCD66vbkhC14B9c7T-2I4LgSJWt55KxOaFuvbNCLk/s650/Snake+Goddess+Pic.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="650" data-original-width="414" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2N-Pb_QXwiEahD41mzX2oIzd3zdPwc_vbzFjlpo_3KTrFk6p-dTirJPu7yvW4IersQuRtG1uSJA4PZdnmOeITLmEJfRzGRvuFHPKCD66vbkhC14B9c7T-2I4LgSJWt55KxOaFuvbNCLk/w255-h400/Snake+Goddess+Pic.jpg" width="255" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">According to Goddess-Feminist history, the Great
Goddess was the original, and only, deity of humankind from the dawn of time up
until around 3000 BCE, when Goddess-oriented cultures were conquered by
patriarchal, warlike worshippers of a sky god. Late Bronze Age Minoan Crete
(1750–1490 BCE) is considered to be the Goddess culture’s final flowering,
believed to exhibit the last gasp of the feminine values associated with
Goddess culture before it was wiped out by warlike, patriarchal Mycenaean
Greeks. Before this time Minoan Crete was peaceful, worshipped the Great
Goddess and her Dying and Rising Consort (who was also her son), and women and
nature were respected. Join Dr Caroline Tully in a workshop on ancient Minoan
religion, focussing on the Snake Goddess. Find out about the claim that on
Crete the snake appears in the worship of the female deity more repeatedly than
anywhere else in the Mediterranean. Focus will be on ancient artifacts that
depict female figures holding snakes in their hands or with them coiled about
their bodies, suggesting that they were an integral part of the religious
rituals. There will also be a practical component on methods to achieve altered
states of consciousness using techniques you can take away and practise at
home. Through images, discussion, and practical trance exercises, contemporary
approaches to Minoan religion will be revealed.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In person workshop at <a href="https://musesofmystery.com/" target="_blank">Muses of Mystery</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Online workshop at the <a href="https://www.magickalwomenconference.com/ancient-magic" target="_blank">Ancient Magic Symposium</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p><br /> </p>Caroline Tullyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18295336008587199702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8188095128035151601.post-37595950055574922032021-02-20T22:36:00.000-08:002021-02-20T22:36:23.260-08:00List of My PowerPoint Lecture Topics<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG94py9LcHqhMnBQiKeSgE_2oD6sWRqNhReoNBzDcxRmxFWZDgvzuCCWkZKZXIyCaO4eV9vEyDBRhyphenhyphenr5CvPnzpkR5FZEJDy4KEYnmZv87UD2OcIgyP9530EskVBhp0TIoUZ3fb8YY70do/s1024/Satyr+and+Nymph.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="760" data-original-width="1024" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG94py9LcHqhMnBQiKeSgE_2oD6sWRqNhReoNBzDcxRmxFWZDgvzuCCWkZKZXIyCaO4eV9vEyDBRhyphenhyphenr5CvPnzpkR5FZEJDy4KEYnmZv87UD2OcIgyP9530EskVBhp0TIoUZ3fb8YY70do/w400-h297/Satyr+and+Nymph.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Aegean<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Aegean
Archaeology<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Cockles,
Mussels, Fishing Nets and Finery<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Enthroned
Upon Mountains <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Metascape
and Power<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Minoan
Snake Goddess<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Minoan
Women’s Costume<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Numinous
Tree and Stone<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Thalassocratic
Charms<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
Artifice of Daidalos<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
Cultic Life of Trees<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
Sacred Life of Trees<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Traces
of Places<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Trance-former
Performer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Tree
Cult in Minoan Glyptic<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Understanding
the Language of Trees<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Within
You and Without You: Minoan Epiphany<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Egyptian<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Akhenaten<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Egypt
– the Basics<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Egyptomania<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Heka
Egyptian Magic <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Isis
of the North / Celtic Egyptians<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Nuit
Whence the Star Goddess<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Thelemic
Witchcraft <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Graeco-Roman<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Death
in Ancient Mythology<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Decadence
and Domesticity <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Graeco-Roman
Magic <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Isis
in Rome<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Magical
Gems and Jewellery<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mediterranean
Death <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mediterranean
Witchcraft<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
Suppression of the Bacchanalia<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Near East / Levant<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Gannôt
or Not<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Melbourne
Museum Pres<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">On
Every High Hill and Under Every Green Tree<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Orientalism<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
Bible and Archaeology: Who Were the Israelites? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Neo-Pagan / Historical / Modern
Witchcraft<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Researching
the Past is a Foreign Country<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
Devil’s Mischief<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Celts<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Celts:
Modern Politics and Controversies<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Image: </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">Pierre Le
Faguays, </span><i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">Faun and Nymph</i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"> (1925).</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p></div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p></p>Caroline Tullyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18295336008587199702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8188095128035151601.post-50744362751193739662021-02-13T18:12:00.001-08:002021-02-13T18:12:35.788-08:00Caroline Tully - About <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcNGDg34Gc0Wo2cwDawfxQIj_Lx71j5SuhEWsrqEnrcUzkrC-oobI98nst81MEj1izj6UyI1zFLJWEN90EV8dWqI1buK_n07-DHy0wjZhKzb73Oezm7gLHJBlJb0hrpvPtM-03cindfIM/s1024/30025998TUL_0461.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="683" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcNGDg34Gc0Wo2cwDawfxQIj_Lx71j5SuhEWsrqEnrcUzkrC-oobI98nst81MEj1izj6UyI1zFLJWEN90EV8dWqI1buK_n07-DHy0wjZhKzb73Oezm7gLHJBlJb0hrpvPtM-03cindfIM/w426-h640/30025998TUL_0461.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I am a Pagan and Witch who
is also an archaeologist. I have many areas of interest including ancient
Mediterranean religions, the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, Thelema and
contemporary Paganisms, particularly Witchcraft and Pagan Reconstructionism. I
am an expert on Egyptomania, as well as on tree worship in the Bronze Age
Aegean, Levant, Egypt and Cyprus. I also have strong interests in the
Environmental Humanities, nature, landscape, animism, ecology, ecofeminism, the
Anthropocene, and posthumanism. I have a background in fine art and worked as a
professional tapestry weaver at the Australian Tapestry Workshop for fourteen
years, and I maintain an interest in both contemporary and archaeological
textiles.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
am the author of </span><i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://necropolisnow.blogspot.com/2018/08/my-new-book.html" target="_blank">The Cultic Life of Trees</a> in the Prehistoric Aegean, Levant, Egypt and Cyprus</span></i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> (Peeters
2018), as well as many academic articles <a href="https://unimelb.academia.edu/CarolineTully" target="_blank">available here</a>. I am also passionate about
translating academic research on ancient religions for a popular audience. I
have curated exhibitions of <a href="https://necropolisnow.blogspot.com/2015/09/mummymania-exhibition-open_28.html" target="_blank">Egyptian</a>, <a href="https://necropolisnow.blogspot.com/2016/06/curating-new-exhibition-at-hamilton-art.html" target="_blank">Greek</a> and <a href="https://necropolisnow.blogspot.com/2017/08/decadence-and-domesticity-exhibition.html" target="_blank">Roman</a> antiquities, and I regularly
present <a href="https://necropolisnow.blogspot.com/2020/12/upcoming-workshops.html" target="_blank">lectures</a> and <a href="https://necropolisnow.blogspot.com/2020/03/workshops-offered-by-dr-caroline-tully.html" target="_blank">workshops</a> on ancient religion and magic.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p><br /> </p>Caroline Tullyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18295336008587199702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8188095128035151601.post-52097807028846153742021-02-09T20:19:00.000-08:002021-02-09T20:19:10.441-08:00I'm a Capricorn, right? More on the Precession of the Equinoxes<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUg74f9BFD4IBMhpNgQzcXb3fDc6uKXM0HG7Iti737L7gVVqicatxYcBsameIjm1f_-PvMHnHVvxh8gbDysqoHawmrsPliF4cSfBUfGukG2mcWd2VitG9Af2McX4vJwlkrcLlcF_wR1PI/s900/the-constellation-of-capricorn-malte-mueller.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="900" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUg74f9BFD4IBMhpNgQzcXb3fDc6uKXM0HG7Iti737L7gVVqicatxYcBsameIjm1f_-PvMHnHVvxh8gbDysqoHawmrsPliF4cSfBUfGukG2mcWd2VitG9Af2McX4vJwlkrcLlcF_wR1PI/w400-h400/the-constellation-of-capricorn-malte-mueller.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">The subject of the precession of the equinoxes and the
subsequent non-alignment of the Tropical Zodiac with the Sidereal Zodiac is a
topic that I am perpetually interested in.<a href="https://necropolisnow.blogspot.com/2011/02/precession-and-zodiac.html" target="_blank"> I have written about it previously here.</a> Yes, I would say that Tropical
Zodiac astrology is physically inaccurate in regards to the actual
constellations. People say "Oh, well it's not about the
constellations" its about dividing the sky into 12 portions and aligning
them with the seasons (Tropical Zodiac), but it isn't, otherwise it'd be called
'seasonology' rather than ASTROlogy. The Tropical Zodiac is 23 degrees 'out'
from the Sidereal Zodiac - the actual positions of the stars. I personnaly
cannot understand why western astrologers persist with the tropical Zodiac,
except that it is _so ingrained_ in our history that they just can't give it up
and keep making excuses for why it is innaccurate. Yes, about 2000+ years ago
the Tropical and Sidereal Zodiacs aligned, and they would still if people
bothered to pay attention, as it is, the Tropical Zodiac is now only a conceptual
system. The equinoctal point moves backwards through the Zodiac at the rate of
about 1 degree every 72 years. Now, the positions of planets in Houses and
their Aspects, their relation to each other, doesn't change, it is accurate,
the thing that is not accurate is the Signs they are in. They are all 'out' by
23 degrees, you need to move their positions backwards 23 degrees. So, for
example, my sun is 23 degrees Capricorn according to the Tropical Zodiac, but
according to the Sidereal zodiac, it is 1 degree Capricorn. This also makes
what people are calling "The Age of Aquarius" utterly inaccurate, we
are still within the tail of one of the Pisces fishes, apparently the equinox
won't be moving into Aquarius until something like 2600. I get really tired
talking about this because people just are so wrapped up in Tropical astrology
that they simply don't believe you. I have a Certificate in Natal Astrology and
have studied Astrology for years, I'm not simply making this up to be annoying.
Plus yes, the signs in the sky are upside down in the southern hemisphere as
well as occurring in the opposite signs to that in the northern hemisphere. I
believe the meanings of the signs were characterised to an extent by the season
in which they occurred and so their characteristics, I believe, are inaccurate
in the southern hemisphere. To be accurate, one would first, move the degree
back 23 degrees, and then flip the meaning of the sign, so really I'd be 1
degree Cancer instead of 1 degree Capricorn. I think if Tropical astrologers
actually looked into this they'd agree with me. And now I await the shouting...</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Image by Malte Mueller.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>Caroline Tullyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18295336008587199702noreply@blogger.com0