2025 Guests of Honor
Guests of Honor are highlighted presenters and/or groups who have either an established profile in the wider Pagan/Witchcraft/Wiccan community (or sometimes just the local community) or are up-and-coming. They typically consist of teachers, authors, musicians and/or artisans and are sometimes referred to as "BNP" or "Big Name Pagans".
*Guests subject to change.
Mat Auryn
Mat Auryn is an accomplished and award-winning author known for his best-selling books, which have been translated into over thirteen languages. As a retired professional psychic and Bay Area-based Witch and Occult teacher with experience as an initiate of multiple Witchcraft traditions and esoteric orders, Mat's teachings draw on a wealth of knowledge and disciplines. He is the author of Psychic Witch (2020), Mastering Magick (2022), The Psychic Art of Tarot (2024) and co-author of Pisces Witch with Ivo Dominguez Jr. (2024).
Danielle Dionne
Danielle Dionne is a psychic medium, witch, herbalist, homesteader, and author. She is a High Priestess in the Temple of Witchcraft Tradition, serving as Ministerial Deputy for the Scorpio Ministry. Danielle runs Seed and Sickle, an online space offering sessions, mentorship, and consultation on death care support. She is the author of Magickal Mediumship (2020) and Chronically Magickal (2024).
Thumper Forge
Thumper (Horkos) Marjorie Splitfoot Forge is a Gardnerian High Priest, an initiate of the Minoan Brotherhood, an Episkopos of the Dorothy Clutterbuck Memorial Cabal of Laverna Discordia, a recovering alcoholic, and a notary public from Houston, TX. His first book, Virgo Witch, co-authored with Ivo Dominguez, Jr., is currently available at open-minded bookstores everywhere.
Alexis A.
Arredondo
Alexis A. Arredondo is an experienced practitioner of various magical traditions. Having grown up on the border of South Texas, he was fascinated by folklore and spiritual folk-practice from a very young age. He learned folk magic and traditional brujería (Mexican witchcraft) from a local bruja (witch) in his hometown, and later embarked on a journey in the sacred healing art of Curanderismo (Mexican folk-healing), inspired by famous healers like Don Pedrito Jaramillo. Alexis also dedicated himself into the cult of the Holy Death and several necromantic systems, including Tantric Aghor Yoga, Brazilian Kimbanda, and Palo Mayombe, in which he is now a Tata Nganga. He co-owns City Alchemist Witch Shop in downtown East Austin and has co-authored two books, "Magia Magia: Invoking Mexican Magic" and "Blood of Brujeria".