Forbidden Keys Conference 2026

Course Description

16 of the world's greatest, and most exciting practitioners and researchers gather to bring fresh insights into uncommon areas of praxis for your inspiration, instruction, curiosity, and delight. (Timing subject to change - Timezone shown here is CET - Paris, Berlin, Warsaw) SATURDAY 3rd OCTOBER 3pm: Denis Poisson - Host Opening 4pm: Jason Miller - Making Research and Revelation Rhyme 5pm: Joseph H. Peterson - Zoroastrian magic 6pm: Maria Alviz Hernando - Exvoto Magic: History and Creation of Magical Offerings 7pm: Matthew Venus - Imitatio Dei: On the Audacity of Animation 8pm: Giulia Turolla - In Pieces - Dismemberment as a Magical Act in the Ancient World 9pm: David Rankine - Rolling Back the Years - an early 13th century source for Pentacles 10pm: Benebell Wen - The Taoist Grimoire Tradition: On the Book of Methods, Celestial Script, and the Primordial Language 11pm: Mat Auryn - The Many-Souled Self: Exploring the World's Multidimensional Models of the Soul Midnight: Close of day 1 SUNDAY 4th OCTOBER 3pm: Peter Mark Adams - The Origins of the Cult of Mithras - Entheogens & Esoteric Ritual 4pm: BJ Swain - How to Conjure Friends and Resurrect People: A Beginner’s Guide to Necromancy 5pm: TBA - TBA 6pm: Erin Kalashnikova - The Spirit Within Words: Kotodama and the Magic of Premodern Japan 7pm: Aidan Wachter - Using the Black Book hypersigil as a tool to write the future and counter the current world narrative. 8pm: Dr Alexander Cummins - Stars & Shades: On Necromancy and Planetary Magic 9pm: P.T. Mistlberger - The Angel and the Devil in the Gurdjieff Work 10pm: Kaitlin Coppock - Taprooting the Stars: The Talismanic Ritual Process 11pm: Lon Milo DuQuette - Aleister Crowley – The Beast 666 as a Fantasy Fiction Anti-Hero Midnight: Close of day 2 and Conference Farewell The Forbidden Keys Conference will be held via Zoom Timing: LA: 6am - 3pm Chicago: 8am - 5pm New York: 9am - 6pm London: 2pm - 11pm Berlin: 3pm - midnight Dubai: 5pm - 2am Beijing: 9pm - 6am Melbourne: 11pm - 8am Video recordings of all talks will be accessible to anyone with a ticket within 48 hours of the event* Early Bird Tickets available for 48 hours, (until Sunday 16 August midnight CET) *a non-downloadable link to stream the video files in Google Drive will be sent out to attendees within 48 hours of the event's end. SPONSORED BY: