Descriptions of Festival Events

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For 2026, we are proud and excited to host the following offerings:

Babalon Rising 2026

Class & Ritual Descriptions

alphabetical order

23/93 Chaos Magick and Thelema

Nia Ain

This class is an introduction to chaos magick through its thelemic roots. We'll trace various lineages from hints in Crowley through the surrealist magick of Austin Osman Spare and jumping off from there to touch on Kenneth Grant, Genesis P-Orridge and TOPY, then to the Illuminates of Thanateros, and current trends in chaos magick. The class will wrap up with a workshop on core practical chaos magick with Spare's sigil magick technique.

American Traditional Witchcraft

Brandy Williams

Traditional Witchcraft developed in Britain and Europe. Practices embedded in the magick of the land evolved into a form which could travel around the world. What happens when it moves to America? What stays the same, what changes? We’ll explore ideas about how American Witchcraft can evolve to become respectful of indigenous American rights and knowledge, set down roots in the places we live, and develop rituals adapted to where and how we practice today.

BABALON: Her Many Faces

Natalie Long

She's been called The Mother of Abominations, The Great Whore, and the passage to the City of Pyramids. But who, and what exactly is Babalon? Come learn about this Goddess of the New Aeon in a talk by Natalie Long, an ordained Priestess of the Gnostic Catholic Church, and an original co-founder of the Babalon Rising Festival.

Bhakti of BDSM, The

David Melton

In this discussion, we'll explore how BDSM and other body mortification techniques can be used for spiritual growth. We'll explore cross-cultural historical examples, including devotional work with Babalon.

Blessing of Baphomet Ritual, The

Rev Bill Duvendack

The Blessings of Baphomet

Brooms Magick and Lore

Sonja Daggett

A description of brooms and their place in Magick and how to make and use them.

Consent is Sexy

Switchy

Consent 101 class to learn the necessary basics to ensure enthusiastic consent of all parties involved in your sensual exploration. PLEASE NOTE: This class is required for participation in some events!

Discover the art of Lingam Massage: A Practicum on Sacred Pleasure

Fynch & Kaa

In this delightfully intimate, hands on workshop, you will step beyond the ordinary and into the realm of tantric lingam massage. No previous experience is required. Just bring curiosity, consent, and a willingness to let pleasure unfold at its own luxurious pace. You will learn, and immediately practice, the core techniques of tantric lingam massage. Slow, oiled glides, caresses intended to build and experience sacred sexual energy, and masterful edging that turns fleeting urgency into waves of radiant bliss. This isn't a performance or race to the finish. It's an invitation to rediscover the male body as a temple of creative energy. Consent, communication and aftercare are sacred here always!

Drum Circle Etiquette & Rhythm Theory Workshop for Beginners

Kaleb

Come and learn the foundational elements to rhythm theory and grow to understand these concepts: Pulse, Subdivision, Ghost Notes, Density, & Gravity. We will learn how to understand rhythms so that you can be more confident about what you are playing. This will be a beginner workshop but will have concepts that are valuable for all skill levels.

Emanant Void Magick

Nia Ain

An introduction to Emanant Void Magick, an open framework for magick theory and practice. We'll explore the theory of emanation and self-organization of reality ex-nihilo through the narrative ontology of the growth of the tree of void emanation. We'll then show how this framework is used for eclectic and chaos magick systems building. We will wrap up with banishing and grounding exercises using Emanant Void Magick.

Emergent Magick 101

Katy Love

Emergent Magick is a new magickal philosophy focused on building inclusive, spiritual communities through ritual. Emergent Magick does not have grades and requires no initiation. This philosophy invites people from different paradigms and backgrounds to be in community together. This presentation will explore the history, the foundation and the practice of Emergent Magick. Attendees are invited to participate in the Emergent Ritual of the Pentagram, a banishing ritual unique to Emergent Magick.

Enochian Great Table

Scott Stenwick

The Great Table, also known as the four Enochian Watchtowers, is one of the most famous components of John Dee and Edward Kelley's system of Enochian magick. The Great Table is the second received portion of the Enochian system following the Heptarchia Mystica. This presentation will cover the basics of my method for working with this portion of the system as outlined in my book Mastering the Great Table, and will include an Enochian ritual calling on the Kings of the four Great Table quadrants.

Feast of the Beast Ritual

An annual tradition at the Babalon Rising Festival is the Feast of the Beast! This is a ritual drama enacted to bring forth the Goddess Babalon. Dress in your finest ritual gear, as your higher self, a favorite Godform, or in nothing at all! The Feast of the Beast encompasses the Feast of Food, the Feast of Flesh, and the Qabalah Bar. This year’s Feast of the Beast will include the nuptials of Jade and Jakha! Please bring a temple safe (non-sharpened!) sword to participate!

Feast of Food

An annual tradition at the Babalon Rising Festival is the Feast of Food! The Feast of Food is part of the Feast of the Beast ritual. This year we will be sharing a potluck meal, so bring your favorite camp meal to share to the Gnostic Mass Pavilion after the dinner break on Saturday night. Light snacks, beverages, and dinnerware are provided. We are so pleased to announce that our food vendor Potluck Gypsy will be also be catering our Feast of Food! It will be middle eastern themed finger foods. There will also be a surprise decadent dessert for your enjoyment as well.

Feast of Flesh

An annual tradition at the Babalon Rising Festival is the Feast of Flesh! The Feast of Flesh is part of the Feast of the Beast ritual. This year the Scarlet Temple will be decked out for adventurous solos, couples, and more to explore their sensual and kinky desires.

requires consent wristband for entry

Gender and Sexuality Refresher Course

Katerina Elaine

When it comes to topics like gender and sexuality information is vital! Our understanding of human identity continues to evolve and terminology frequently changes. This course by Katarina Elaine is a safe space to voice questions, share experiences, and get up to date information.

Glamour of The Spheres - Timeless Eminence

G. Antra

Energetically reinforce the perception of refined, ageless sophistication, and impeccable composure. Invoke Saturn’s powers of structure, form, and elegance into your life. Join us as we discuss how to use makeup magick to harness the powers of Saturn in daily interactions. We will go over the ritual, timing, and application. Let’s open our planetary toolbox & discuss a powerful yet underused tool.  (bring a chair)

Glamour of The Spheres - Voice of Renown

G. Antra

Embody Mercury’s shimmering intellect, eloquence, wit, and magnetism. Learn to craft a glamour that radiates mental sharpness and elegant poise. Join us as we discuss how to use makeup magick to harness the powers of Mercury in daily interactions. We will go over the ritual, timing, and application. Let’s open our planetary toolbox & discuss a powerful yet underused tool.  (bring a chair)

Gnostic Mass Performance

Blue Equinox Oasis

The Blue Equinox Oasis Mass Team presents Liber XV (The Gnostic Mass). The central activity of the Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica (E.G.C.) is the celebration of the Gnostic Mass, as set forth in Liber XV, written by Aleister Crowley for Ordo Templi Orientis (O.T.O.) and E.G.C. in 1913. E.C.G. is an inseparable part of the O.T.O., and so the Gnostic Mass is also a central rite of the O.T.O. No formal affiliation is required to attend this performance of the Gnostic Mass.

Guided Meditation: Journey Through the Self

G. Antra

Step beyond surface relaxation and explore the layers of your being in this immersive guided meditation. You will move from grounding in the physical body into the energetic field, emotional landscape, thinking mind, and the spacious awareness of the spiritual self. This practice is designed to deepen self awareness, restore balance, and help you witness your inner world without judgment. Secure a firm foundation upon which to wield the forces of nature. Come as you are, leave feeling integrated, steady, and quietly expanded. (bring a chair/blanket/yoga mat)

Headless God, Bornless Rite, and Adapting Ancient Greco-Egyptian Magick

Phainolis

Aleister Crowley famously adapted an ancient Greco-Egyptian exorcism ritual for several purposes: as the preliminary invocation of the Goetia published in 1904; as the Bornless Rite, a ritual he used intensively in daily practice; and as Liber Samekh, first published as part of Magick in Theory and Practice in 1924. This session will examine the ancient text (PGM V.96-172, called the "Stele of Ieou" or the "Headless Rite"), discuss how Crowley adapted it, and use this as an instructive example of how to adapt other ancient ritual-texts for modern use. A free handout will include original translations, examples of adapted rites, and other resources.

Heart Songs

Z.C. Boogie Boogfield

HeartSongs is a facilitated coming together of voices to engage communal singing ala the style of Bobby McPherrin. It includes vocal toning, improv games, and circle singing. Somatic exercises to get embodied in your voice will be part of the process so if you've ever been told "you can't sing" you are exactly who the container is for. A voice that feels good singing is one that will sound good singing.

Honoring the False Paths of Baphomet

Rose Sharon

Taking inspiration from their experience channeling various spirits and deities, author and Solomonic magician Rose Sharon (they/them) will be giving a presentation on what they have learned from loving Baphomet and once mistaking them for the Creator of the Universe. Unlike those who consider Truth and Falsity to be irreconcilable opposites, Rose instead argues that Baphomet's most adept and instructive power as a deity is providing the illusions, misperceptions, fool's errands, and labyrinthine heartaches that lead to both destitution and enlightenment. By acknowledging Baphomet's role as both trickster and teacher, Rose will express some of the various ways that conscience, discernment, and participatory knowing through paradox — present in the ecstatic visions of divine madness and the non-dual formlessness of negative theology — can make even Falsity into a high teacher of Wisdom on the path toward True Will. In addition, Rose’s latest book — Once Upon a Time in City Dis — will be available for purchase at the presentation and on their person for any who are interested. It is a literary meditation on the same topic, co-created with Baphomet and many others too numerous to name, filled with humor, horror, heresy, and other sacred blasphemies.

How to Succeed at Thelema Without Really Trying

Erika Moon

What precisely makes one a Thelemite? Do you need to join orders, such as the A∴A∴ or OTO? What do those letters even mean? How does someone Know and Do their Will? What about Feral Thelema? Attend this presentation to find out more and participate in a ceremonial ritual designed to empower you to do your will with a fun toy surprise at the end;)

How to Use Existential Kink to Inhabit True Will

Holly Hamel

In The Law is for All, his final commentary on the Book of the Law, Aleister Crowley made clear that he believed that our True Will is often our unconscious will.  All human beings have a soul-level, unconscious desire to experience the full range of life's possibilities - pleasure and pain, success and failure. Oftentimes, we experience repeating painful negative patterns in our life due to an unconscious, disowned, and denied desire for pain.  When we humble our egos, get willing to love the repulsive, and celebrate the fulfillment of our previously-unconscious desire for pain, we make that desire conscious and "get off on it" in a fun, kinky way. In doing so, we liberate that desire from the unconscious into the light of day and we can thereby end those repeating painful negative patterns. Babalon, who rides the Great Beast in ecstasy, is a patron Gnostic saint of this kind of vigorous Existential Kink willing embrace of the wholeness of life. Existential Kink is a sexy, rapid method of integrating the conscious will with the unconscious will, thereby coming to inhabit more of our True Will, and we will practice it in this workshop.

IllumiNaughty Nighty Pajama & Lingerie Party

Dress to impress, or undress in your favorite lacy, risque, fun gear for a dance and karaoke party before the official event begins!

Introduction to Sigil Magick: From Symbol to Manifestation

Matt Beste

Explore the history, theory, and practice of sigil magick—from ancient symbolic language and cave art to the revolutionary work of Austin Osman Spare, Peter Carroll, Grant Morrison, and modern chaos magicians. This class covers how sigils function as tools for influencing the subconscious, shaping probability, and opening pathways for change. Students will learn how to craft effective statements of intent, create sigils using multiple methods, work with gnosis and charging techniques, and explore advanced concepts such as shoaling, hypersigils, retroactive magick, and “kitchen sink” applications. Part history, part theory, and part practical workshop, this class provides both foundational understanding and hands-on techniques for beginners and experienced practitioners alike.

Invocation and the Imaginary Body: An Embodied Method of Magickal Transformation

Edmund Lingan

In this workshop, Dr. Edmund Lingan will lead participants through creative exercises that they can use to enrich the inner and outer power of their invocation practice. This exercise involves perceiving the “imaginary body” of the entity who is being invoked, entering that body during invocation, and using that point of intersection to create a new ritualized self through a process called "incorporation."  The exercises offered in this workshop blend methods of ceremonial magick with the techniques of acting teacher Michael Chekhov. This class is suitable for people of all levels of magickal experience.

Invocation of Hekate

Blue Equinox Oasis

Join Us for a Ritual Invocation of Hekate. Presented by Blue Equinox Oasis, this ritual draws inspiration from Aleister Crowley’s invocation of Hekate, the Orphic Hymn, and the writings of Jack Parsons. Through sacred words and symbolic action, we seek to honor and connect with the energies of Hekate. This immersive experience will include active participation from attendees, inviting all present to contribute their energy and intention as we invoke and explore the mysteries of the Goddess - the Goddess of Crossroads and Transformation.

Iron Ritualist Competition

David Melton

Here's the scenario: you are hosting a public ritual, but at the last minute the person leading the ritual flakes out. You have 15 minutes to write and rehearse a ritual using only the items you find in the back seat and trunk of your car. Participants in this contest will be divided into teams of 4-6 people. Each team will be given an assortment of mundane and esoteric items, assigned a theme, and given 15 minutes to write a short original ritual. Teams will then perform their rituals, and a winner will be chosen by a panel of judges. Prizes will be awarded to the top team.

Know what I'm Zayin?

Rev Bill Duvendack

Aptly named, this is the year of Zayin, of the Lovers, and major astrological changes that go into effect. Zayin is the Hebrew letter that corresponds to the “Z” (or “Zed”) sound, has a numerical value of 7, and means a sword, bladed weapon, or crown, depending on context and intent. Besides being the Hebrew letter activated for the upcoming year through Babalon Rising, Zayin is a major influence on the planet, astrologically speaking, because later this year, Jupiter enters Gemini; Gemini is the lovers card in the tarot, and corresponds to Zayin, through extension. Join me as we discuss what is coming up, astrologically speaking. We will specifically look at outer planet cycles that have begun this year, and will look at other astrological features of the year, such as the Mercury retrograde.

POC and Me: Understanding Being a POC in the Community

Sir Synister Tokin

Let’s talk truth. This discussion digs into the unique experiences of People of Color in the kink and leather scenes — from visibility and representation to navigating spaces that weren’t built with us in mind. Open to everyone ready to learn, listen, and grow together in real, unapologetic conversation.

Possession, Invocation, and Channeling

Panel Discussion

Join in dialogue with practitioners from a variety of traditions, who have experience in direct communication with spirits. If you're interested in being a conduit for communication yourself, or you want to know what to expect when working with someone else as a conduit, join in this discussion to learn more about how to do it safely and effectively.

Practical Thelema: Discovering True Will in Everyday Life

Matt Beste

What does “Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law” actually mean in practice?

This class explores Thelema not as ceremonial magick or occult ritual, but as a practical philosophy for living deliberately, discovering authentic purpose, and aligning everyday choices with deeper fulfillment. Drawing from the teachings of Aleister Crowley while engaging a modern, reflective, and even secular approach, we will examine core Thelemic ideas such as True Will, love under will, initiation, ordeals, and the Great Work as tools for self-discovery and transformation. Through guided discussion and practical exercises, participants will explore personal values, distinguish ego from authentic purpose, examine how life circumstances shape possibility, and consider how obstacles themselves may become part of the path.

Programming the Universe

Scott Stenwick

Using new technologies as metaphors for magick has a long history, from electricity in the early twentieth century to computer technology today. Computer programming, in particular, involves symbolic representations, sequences, and structures that give it much in common with the design of magical rituals. Building on my 2024 talk on Thelemic Thaumaturgy, this presentation will explore various advanced concepts that I have found as effective in magical ritual as in software design. As a professional software developer for more than thirty years and a magical practitioner for even longer, I have found that this overlap is especially useful for designing powerful practical operations.

Qabalah Bar

An annual tradition at the Babalon Rising Festival is the Qabalah Bar! The Qabalah Bar is part of the Feast of the Beast ritual. Come to the bar with a magical intention and our talented barstaff will whip you up a cocktail based on correspondences from the Qabalistic Tree of Life and charged by a willing volunteer. Even if you aren’t familiar with the Qabalah, the bartender can help you decide what to imbibe!

Qadishti Sacred Touch Ritual

Natalie Long

Qadishti Sacred Touch is a modality of sacred sexuality in which each participant has the opportunity to give and receive sensual touch as they feel comfortable to do so. Sacred Touch invites the participants to clearly name their sensual boundaries and preferences and to receive those preferences in a safe, consensual group environment. Each person only gives and receives at the level they feel comfortable with. Come clothed or nude with something comfortable to be seated on the floor on.

requires consent wristband for entry

Revisiting the Equations of Magick

Scott Stenwick

Peter J. Carroll first published his magical equations in the 1992 book Liber Kaos. At the time, those equations offered an innovating approach to the understanding of practical magical effects. The chaos magick system is built around the ideas represented by those equations, and views magical results as arising from the manipulation of probability. As a Thelemite, my work is heavily influenced by several key chaos magick concepts, particularly in terms of calculating probability shifts and testing results. To that effect, I have spent the last thirty years or so refining Carroll's equations based on my own results. This presentation will review Carroll's equations as published and then present my own updates and reinterpretations of its factors for audience consideration.

Sacred Union: Tantric Partner Meditation for Deep Energetic Connection

Fynch

Join this heart-centered, clothing-optional guided meditation to explore sacred intimacy through tantric principles, chakra alignment, and Reiki-inspired energy flow. In a nested Yab-Yum-inspired position, you'll synchronize breath, gaze deeply, circulate life force energy, and optionally share mindful touch or affectionate kissing—all with layered consent. This interactive meditation practice honors the divine feminine and masculine energies within all of us, fostering presence, vulnerability, and harmonious union while treating arousal as sacred energy to observe and integrate. Ideal for beginners or experienced practitioners seeking to deepen emotional and energetic bonds in a safe, reverent space. Please bring a towel or blanket with you to be comfortable on the floor and to contain any fluids. This guided meditation is sex positive.

Scarlet Temple Q&A

Panel Discussion

Come meet with current and former priestesses and sacred madames from Babalon Rising and learn about the customs and goals of the temple. Whether you are just looking to convene with a diety in the temple later or have other questions there will be answers and community here. 

Scarlet Temple Ritual

The Scarlet Temple has been a place for people to commune and seek answers or boons from Our Mother of Abominations, Babalon the Great, (and sometimes other various dieties) on and off for several years at Babalon Rising. Bring a gift or offering, if you like, and good intentions and sit with the Goddess. 

requires consent wristband for entry

Scrying the HGA, a group workshop

Raue Ra Ravus

In many traditions the laying on of hands and the reception of encouragement from the divine for another is practiced. In this workshop, Frater RRR examines the charismatic practice of ""praying over"" another in the context of Thelema, adapting the practice for the new Aeon. Includes a practical workshop where participants attempt to receive communication from one another's HGA.

Sensory Play: Our Sense of Touch is Divine

Soror Khelone

Sensory Play is often considered the "nice" version of BDSM, but it can be just as intense for those who practice it and lends itself to safe power dynamics. This presentation will discuss what Sensory Play is, have examples of tools and toys popular and unique, and offer demonstrations for audience members who are interested. Nudity is not required to participate in demonstrations.

Sex with Gods, the Sex Magick of Witchcraft, Thelema, Theurgy and the Western Magical Tradition

Brandy Williams

Witches practice the Great Rite, magicians practice sex magick, tantrics practice kundalini yoga, and these rites are all incorporated into the Western Magical Tradition. What happens when we combine them with theurgy, connecting with the gods? This presentation will survey techniques that exist today as well as exploring emerging magical experiences. Sexual energy invokes divine energy to indwell and transform us.

Star Ruby Ritual

Jade Coen

The Babalon Rising Festival officially opens and closes with this ritual, an adaptation of the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram by Aleister Crowley. The Star Ruby creates a magical container in which the festival becomes an ongoing ritual. The energy of this 20-year ritual is then put forth as a magical bud-will at the closing Star Ruby.

Star Sapphire Class

Scott Stenwick

Most Thelemites are familiar with the Star Ruby, Aleister Crowley's "improved" version of the Lesser Ritual of the Pentagram. The Star Sapphire is the complementary hexagram ritual, corresponding to the Lesser Ritual of the Hexagram. Crowley's description of this ritual in The Book of Lies is short on stage directions and contains several points that are symbolic and require interpretation. This class will cover how to perform this ritual in a practical way and clarify Crowley's vague instructions.

Taboo Talks: Why Do We Shun the Extreme?

Sir Synister Tokin

What makes something “too far”? This candid, thought-provoking discussion challenges the edges of kink culture. From fear play to fetishes we rarely name out loud, we’ll explore why we label some acts as taboo — and what that says about us as a community. Come curious, leave with perspective.

The Whole of the Law? Consent-based governance for Occult Groups

Nia Ain

"As brothers fight ye!" is best not to be the only tool in your toolbox for running a secret society, coven, or even a book club. Techniques of consent-based governance provide an alternative that distributes power throughout an organization made up of people united under the banner of freedom in common purpose. Nia will present lessons learned in governance and conflict management in a variety of groups including the OTO and the IoT.

Timpani on Your Booty

Sir Synister Tokin

Your partner’s body is an instrument. In this rhythmic workshop, we combine impact play with musicality to create scenes that feel like live percussion. Learn how different tools produce different tones, how tempo affects intensity, and how to build crescendos safely. We’ll explore hand drumming, light implements, and syncing strikes with music to create immersive experiences. This class emphasizes body awareness, warm-ups, bruise prevention, and aftercare. Whether you’re a seasoned player or rhythm curious, you’ll leave knowing how to turn a scene into a symphony.

Thelema without Borders

Rev Bill Duvendack

As the Aeon of Horus continues to unfold, we find that we are currently in the middle of a period of expansion for Thelema. Technology and social media have opened the doors for more people to network, and there is no longer only one game in town, referring here to the OTO. More and more people are working independently, yet discussing Thelema with others, and more and more groups that are Thelemic in nature are forming, providing a variety of options for group work. In this round table discussion we will discuss solitary vs group Thelemic practices, as well as various groups, local, national, and international. This discussion is intended to serve as a collection point for groups, as well as an exchange of thoughts on individual practice vs group work in the context of Thelema. No experience required.

Unblocking the Sacral Chakra

Katarina Elaine

Learn to work with the energy center of the body that is typically our most repressed, the Sacral Chakra. In this class Katarina will share from experience as an energy healer and talk about what the Sacral Chakra is and represents, its relationship to our other energy centers, and an escalating list of methods to unblock it. Tap into this powerful aspect of your personal energy!

Understanding the Beauty of Grief: A Tribute to Mordecai Sova

Katy Love

One decade ago, in the year of Kether, Babalon Rising Festival was eclipsed by the sudden death of Mordecai Sova. This loss of the matriarch of Chaos Camp revealed profound perspectives that can emerge only in the grief of a significant loss. This presentation will review models of grief and magickal practices to support healing. A group ritual to honor the beauty of grief will conclude this presentation.

Unorthodox Kink: How to Kink Outside the Box

Sir Synister Tokin

You walk into a dungeon, you people using floggers, paddles, riding crops, handcuffs and so many other tools in their BDSM journey. Who’s to say you can’t use other objects to get the same effect. Ever thought about placing rice in a sock and using that for a thuddy impact? Ever use the handle of the flogger for a different sensation midscene? Textbooks and classes will teach you how to do things one way and people for years have been doing it the same way for years. Who’s to say you can’t change it up? Be creative? Take chances! Make mistakes! Get messy! Join Sir Tokin as he tries to help kinksters new and old to Kink Outside of the Box

Whores Grimoire

JD

The Zayin path runs from Binah — Babalon's sphere, the great sea that holds everything surrendered — to Tiphareth, the Heart, where your True Will lives. The sword that cuts this path doesn't fight what you carry; it feeds it. In this 90-minute full-sensory ritual working, you will meet your demon directly using the Chöd, the IAO formula, and the active imagination — asking what it wants, feeding it to full satisfaction, and receiving what opens in the space where the hunger used to be. Babalon receives what you bring. The HGA transmits what was always beneath it. Bring what you carry. She has been waiting for it.