Live Stream - Goddess-Makers 2026 - Oracles of the Creative in an Age of Collapse

August 29 - 30, 2026

The schedule for the Livestream can be found below. Please note that the Friday evening opening session will not be livestreamed.

Saturday, August 29
8:15 – 10:15 AM - Morning Keynotes: Emily Lord-Kambitsch, PhD & Elizabeth Éowyn Nelson, PhD - From Holy Rage to Fierce Compassion: Lessons from the Furies – Emily Lord-Kambitsch, PhD; Creativity, Commitment, and the Lasting Life: Insights from Hestia - Elizabeth Éowyn Nelson, PhD
10:20 – 11:20 AM - Goddess-Makers Learning Session I - Encountering Demeter: Guardian of Rebirth – Jennifer Degnan Smith, PhD
11:20 AM – 12:20 PM - Goddess-Makers Learning Session I - Evolution of the Image of the Sacred Feminine – Maureen Murdock, MFT, PhD
1:30 – 2:30 PM - Goddess-Makers Learning Session II - Panel Discussion
• The Devil, the Temptress, and the Trickster: Examining the Role of AI in Education through Archetypes – Olivia Happel-Block, PhD
• The Collapse of Memory in the Age of the Algorithm – John Valenzuela, PhD
• Staying with the Image: Consciousness, AI, and the Creative Unconscious in a time of collapse – Lois Wilkins, PhD, APRN
2:40 – 4:15 PM - Afternoon Keynotes: Kim Krans, MFA, MA followed by panel discussion w/ Kim led by Mary Wood, PhD, including Cheri Steinkellner, MA; Weeping in the War Room: A Study of Picasso’s Guernica and The Dominatrix of Tears – Kim Krans, MFA, MA
4:15 – 6:15 PM - Goddess-Makers Learning Session III - The Transformational Arc: A Framework for Strategic Action in a Time of Collapse – Dara Marks, PhD
7:30 - 8:30 PM - Stacy Hatsuye-Richardson, MA – Comedy - The Goddess Grievance Department: Kami Division - A Divine Comedy of Caves, Complaints, and the Underworld

Sunday, August 30
8:45 – 10:15 AM - Morning Keynotes: Cheri Steinkellner, MA - RAISE YOUR VOICE: Losing, Listening, and Reclaiming Voice in a Time of Collapse
10:30 – 11:30 AM - Goddess-Makers Learning Session IV - Panel Discussion
• Oracular Wisdom from the Great Below: Restoring Sacred Feminine Sovereignty through the Parallel Descents of Inanna and the Menstrual Cycle – Annalisa Derr, PhD
• Becoming Mother: A Heroine’s Journey of Longing, Love, and Transformation – Natasha Filippides, PhD
• At the Threshold of Internment: Miss Emma Buckmaster and the Oracular Call to Activism – Angela Gia Bennett, D.Th.
1:30 – 3:00 PM - Afternoon Keynotes: Dr. Thyonne Gordon, MBA, PhD & Dr. Ann Marie Klotz, PhD - Gangsta Goddess: From Streets to Suites
3:15 – 3:45 PM Closing Ritual & Farewells

For those unable to attend live, the events outlined above will be recorded and the recording links will be shared within a few months of the conference after our AV team compiles the videos.

Lifelong Learner Members are eligible for 20% off of the Livestream Conference Registration Rate for this event and current Pacifica Graduate Students enrolled in a full-time degree program are eligible for 40% off of the Livestream Conference Registration Rate for this event!

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Please note that Continuing Education Credits are only available for those who attend the conference in-person.