ESP Biography
VALERIE VOIGT, Lifelong student/teacher of history and folklore
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Major: Classical Languages College/Employer: Pantheon Foundation Year of Graduation: 1978 |
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Brief Biographical Sketch:
Valerie Voigt has been involved in the Pagan revival since the early 1970s, and has seen it grow from a few individuals scattered throughout the United States into a movement large enough to hold large festivals, conventions, and academic conferences. Ms. Voigt has been teaching the history, theory, ethics, and practice of Wicca and related subjects since 1981. She coordinated the Pagan/Occult/Witchcraft Special Interest Group of Mensa for 13 years. She is active in a number of Pagan organizations and holds ministerial credentials from the New Wiccan Church. She is a frequent guest speaker to college classes and community organizations. Ms. Voigt has also presented dozens of sessions at festivals and is a regular presenter at PantheaCon, the largest (2500-3000 members) annual Pagan conference in the world. In her free time, she enjoys ballroom dancing. Past Classes(Clicking a class title will bring you to the course's section of the corresponding course catalog)S4606: The Pagan Revival in the Western World in Splash Fall 2015 (Nov. 07 - 08, 2015)
Why is there a revival of Pagan religions in the USA and beyond? How did it start? When? Whose idea was it? What's a Pagan religion, anyway? This class will present an overview, with plenty of time for questions, and will include a bibliography for further study.
S4608: Masons and Bavarians and Conspirators, O My! in Splash Fall 2015 (Nov. 07 - 08, 2015)
For years we've been hearing conspiracy theories involving the Freemasons--that they're Satanists, that they secretly control the world through various shadowy front groups, that they're the Bavarian Illuminati in disguise... you name the wild story, and somebody has told it about the Freemasons.
Who are the Freemasons?
Who are the Bavarian Illuminati?
And what do they have to do with politics, a New World Order, and conspiracies?
Come learn about the Freemasons' important place in the history of mysticism--and the history of the world--what's fact, what's fantasy, and what's uncertain.
S4400: The Pagan Revival in the Western World in Splash Spring 2015 (Apr. 11 - 12, 2015)
Why is there a revival of Pagan religions in the USA and beyond? How did it start? When? Whose idea was it? What's a Pagan religion, anyway? This class will present an overview, with plenty of time for questions, and will include a bibliography for further study.
L2979: Cooking with sunlight in Splash! Spring 2013 (Apr. 13 - 14, 2013)
This class will cover the principles and design of solar cookers that use only sunlight as the source of energy to heat food.
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