Presenters

A chaos magician with almost 30 years of experience in numerous paradigms, Yara has dedicated his life to the craft of magick and the occult. He is an active member of The Headless Society and former 3° Priest of Chaos of the Illuminates of Thanateros and has traveled the country providing lectures on a multitude of occult subjects.

Yara has co-hosted three podcasts relating to chaos magick: Faith Blind Council, Administrism, and most recently, Chaos Star Party. He currently focuses his energy on providing bespoke occult tools, co-organizing Operation Octarine, occult research, and teaching magickal practices to anyone who wants to learn, regardless of experience level.

Lara (they/them), also known as Lachan (לחן) in certain online and occult circles, is a multi-disciplinary visual artist, community organizer, and seasoned ritualist hailing from New England. Their magical practice is eclectic—drawing inspiration and technique from chaos and ceremonial magic, popular culture, and various folk traditions—and is inextricably linked to their identity as a queer anti-Zionist Jew. Lara has over a decade of experience leading chaos magic workshops and group rituals with their partner and co-organizer, Nia Ain, and they are passionate about projects that utilize consent-based governance and distributed authority to foster diverse magical practices and individual agency.

Nia started practicing chaos and thelemic magick in Chicago's occult scene of the late 90's. They have taught chaos magick for over a decade including classes at The Occult Bookstore in Chicago, workshops at the Babalon Rising festival at Midian with their partner, Lachan, as well as mentoring independently and as a member of the Illuminates of Thanateros.

Nia's recent work is developing Emanant Void Magick, a narrative onotology and open framework for magical systems building, and contributing to build magical community as an organizer of the Operation Octarine festival and member of the Society of the Headless.

Nia can be found on Bluesky and Tumblr.

Scifi writer turned Chaote enjoys sober living, spirit contact, and intense breathwork. Will talk about feelings. Hail Eris!

Skella has over 20 years of experience practicing magick and mysticism, and has been a member of numerous magickal groups and initiatory organizations including the Illuminates of Thanateros and The Society of the Headless.

Ur mage focused on plant, atypical work-arounds, and fundamental magic. Active member of The Society of the Headless. Cohost of Administrism and Camera Occulta.

Siddhartha Wetzel is an occult practitioner with over 35 years experience in doing magick. His practice has primarily been focused on Chaos Magick, Toxick Magick, Reality Engineering, Goetia, Qliphothic Magick & Lucid Dreaming along with too much else to be listed here. He is currently an active member of the Society of the Headless.

s.m. Kennedy is a working class chaos magician, occulture commentator and occasional gonzo journalist from the deep south. Their interests include the influence of philosophical pragmatism on occultism, embodiment in magical practice and making people laugh about the spooky things we're into. They have dedicated the last four years to their podcast Chaos Magick News, a comedic and sometimes insightful look at occultism and current events from an occult perspective, with their best friend, Cohost and a ragtag band of wonderful chaotes who put up with them. They also like sports, kitties and jazz.