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Sunday May 4, 2025 12:00pm - 1:30pm PDT
Hans Dieter Betz, editor of the Greek Magical Papyri in Translation (PGM), proposes that “In its Hellenistic transformation, the Egyptian religion of the pre-Hellenistic era appears to have been reduced and simplified, no doubt to facilitate its assimilation into Hellenistic religion as the predominant cultural reference". I argue that in the contemporary Pagan paradigm, revival and reconstruction continues this process. In 1999, I was an experienced Wiccan ritualist and magic worker, but the Greek Magical Papyri in Translation opened my eyes to a faraway time, culture, and magical worldview. I was eager to try a PGM ritual for myself, and with the overconfidence of youth, I performed the copper cup divination rite from PDM XIV: 395-427 in public. Focusing on this case study, I will demonstrate that the rite was "reduced and simplified" in an attempt to "facilitate its assimilation" into the Neopagan framework of the early 21st century CE.
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Polly Springhorn

M.Div. student, Theology & Religious History, Cherry Hill Seminary
Polly Springhorn is an M.Div. student at Cherry Hill Seminary, studying Theology and Religious History. She is also a Gardnerian High Priestess, initiated in 1996, elevated to 3rd degree in 2002, and the leader of the Gardnerian Coven Daoine Sidhe (DEE-nah shee) in Oakland, California... Read More →
Sunday May 4, 2025 12:00pm - 1:30pm PDT
Queen Marie Ballroom

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