Philip Farber

author of Meta-Magick: The Book of Atem (Weiser Books, 2008) and has produced several DVD packages on magical topics, including Magick for the 21st Century, Essential Meta-Magick, and Meta-Magick Invocation. Phil’s articles on magick, hypnosis, and popular culture have appeared in The Journal of Hypnotism, Hypnosis Today, High Times, Mondo 2000, Paradigm Shift, and many other publications. He is an instructor for Maybe Logic Academy, a Certified Hypnotist and a Licensed Trainer of Neuro-linguistic Programming with a private practice in New York's Hudson Valley.

Visit Phil at www.hawkridgeproductions.com

Workshop: Gods, Demons and Imaginary Friends (Whether You Believe in Them or Not)

“Spirits,” non-corporeal entities of various kinds, have been an essential part of shamanism, ritual magick, and many other traditions since the dawn of history. Did you know that recent discoveries concerning human neurology suggest that the magical operation of evocation – contacting and communicating with spirits – has a biological basis? Our gods, demons, angels, loas, and imaginary friends are there for reasons beyond the obvious. Come and learn new, exciting, and practical ways to contact and learn from our less corporeal colleagues. Phil will offer discussion, demonstration and group participation to illustrate these important magical ideas.

Goal: To demonstrate that contact and communication with entities is a natural and inevitable component of human consciousness.

Learning Objectives:

• Learn how the concept of entities relates to neurology,
• Demonstrate basic principles of evocation via hypnotic phenomena and
  
• Learn and practice a simple technique for contacting entities, based in
  neurological concepts.