Preliminary Program 2024

(Main Program / Other Program /  Blocks and Languages / * short break )

Friday, October 25

OPENING CEREMONY
17:00 - The venue opens

17:30 - Ceremonial Tour of the Mahen Memorial (in Czech, Slovak, and English)

18:00 - Welcome & Introduction of Organizers (in Czech, Slovak, and English)
18:30 - Delivery of Greetings (in Czech, Slovak, and English)
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19:00 - Mgr. Jan Ševčík - Opening Lecture:
“Updates from Research on the Relationships between Nationalist, Nazi, and Occult Movements (1892-1945)” (in Czech, Slovak, and English)
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20:00 - Opening of the Exhibition of Artifacts from Pavel Langer’s Collection
“The World of Tarot" (in Czech, Slovak, and English)
20:15 - Opening of the Exhibition of Paintings and Sculptures by Lenka Jirková Táborská &
Opening of the Exhibition of Mystical Paintings by Šárka Kotásková (in Czech, Slovak, and English)
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20:30 - Welcome Reception with Buffet
Concert by the band “Klastracinski/project”

Saturday, October 26

MORNING SESSION (in Czech/Slovak)
9:00 - Tea Ceremony
9:30 - Mgr. Matouš Mokrý: “Prince of Darkness and Son of the Goddess Typhon: Antinomian Interpretations of Set in the Works of the Temple of Set and Kenneth Grant”
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10:15 - Mgr. David Plass: “Postmodern Hermeticism and its Others: A Case Study in Individual identity formation"
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11:00 - Martin Sarkyr Král: “O.T.O. and Thelema”
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11:45 - Mgr. Ivo Chmelař, Ph.D.: “SES, SAD Bhaí, Paragava, Continuity of Initiation”
12:30 - Group Lunch
14:30 - Book bazaar

 AFTERNOON INTERNATIONAL SESSION (in English)
15:00 - Friday Dancers: dance performance
15:15 - Prof. emer. György E. Szönyi: “Mephistophilis and Faustus”
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16:25 - Mgr. Marion Vrbicky, Ph.D.: “Eleusinian Mysteries, an Initiation Cult in Ancient Greece”
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17:35 - B.A. John Meek: “A Holistic Approach to Masonry”
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18:45 - Mgr. Gordan Djurdjevic, Ph.D.: „>I am One of a Concourse!< - Reading Aleister Crowley’s The Heart of the Master as a Thelemic Apocalypse“
20:30 - Group Dinner

Sunday, October 27

MORNING SESSION (in Czech/Slovak)
9:00 - Tea Ceremony
9:30 - Mgr. Alexandra Haratíková: “The History of Women in Astrology”
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10:15 - Mgr. Jan Krása, Ph.D.: “Children’s Play – On Hermetic Evolution”
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11:00 - PhDr. Mgr. Tomáš Kubisa, PhD.: “Activities of IVSE and the Occult Scene in Slovakia”
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11:45 - Pavel Langer: “Modern Magic and Occult Magic”
13:00 - Group Lunch
15:00 - Book bazaar

AFTERNOON SESSION (in Czech/Slovak)
15:30 - Klára Šiška: occut performance
16:00 - Mgr. Lenka Příplatová, Ph.D.: “Sleep Paralysis as a Source of Religious Experience”
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17:00 - Mgr. Veronika Šulcová: “Voodoo and Inner Practice”
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18:00 - Mgr. Olga Čejková: “Ritual Space in Hunting and its Transformational Function”
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19:00 - Mgr. Tancredi Marrone: „Allan D Couldt - Psychedelic Esotericist and Anthropologist“
20:30 - Group Dinner

Monday, October 28

THEMATIC CITY TOUR (in Czech, Slovak, and English)
9:00 - Tea Ceremony
9:30 – Virtual (i.e., screened) tour of the Romani Culture Museum in Brno, specifically the section dedicated to Romani magic.
The tour will be accompanied by commentary from educator Dana Kroková.
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11:00 – Tour of the Church of St. James, including newly accessible attics and the tower.
Entrance fee: approx. 300 CZK
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12:30 PM – Lunch
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13:30 – Guided tour of the city center with commentary by historian Mgr. Jan Ševčík.
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14:30 – Guided tour of the Cathedral of St. Peter and Paul and visit to the Diocesan Museum.
Entrance fee: 110 CZK + 30 CZK for the tower
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16:00 PM – End of the official program
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16:30 – Optional tour of Špilberk Castle, including its casemates and armory.