“Not your ordinary pagan conference”

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As some may know, last year a new organisation came into being. APT was set up to spread information about polytheism and to help polytheists to network with each other.

This May, APT is having its first conference. This will be held on May 13th at the University of Central Lancashire in Preston.

At the heart of the conference will be panels where authors, academics, and pagan practitioners present short ... talks giving different perspectives on a central topic, followed by audience discussion. The aim is to get people from a variety of backgrounds talking to each other and sharing their knowledge, wisdom, and insights. APT aims to make this a conference where everyone who attends will be inspired with new ideas to explore.

Panel topics include:

• Polytheism and Animism - with keynote speakers for the conference
  
• On the fringes of Europe: reconstructed polytheism in Russia and Malta
  
• Sacred Landscapes: perceptions and taboos
  
• Less Well-known Polytheist Traditions (e.g. polytheism in Russia)
  
• Trickster deities and ‘The Loki discussion’ (roundtable debate)

Participants include Graham Harvey, Kathryn Rountree, Andy Letcher, Anne Ferlat, Jenny Blain and many others; there will also be practical workshops and group discussions running throughout the day and performances by Gordon the Toad and others in the evening. Cost is £10 (£2 discount if booked before April 8th).

Comments

[tanngrisnir.livejournal.com]

Let’s hope so. :)

Incidentally (not specifically directed at you, but it seems an opportune moment to mention it), in case it isn’t clear from the web site (http://www.manygods.org.uk/), APT membership is not restricted to people who live in the UK. Polytheists anywhere are welcome to join.

(Incidentally, for anyone who is unclear about what polytheism means, the web site gives the definition APT works by. This is not a facetious comment; at one moot, almost 50% of people present had no idea what the word meant, and that included some people who had been practicing pagans for a long time.)