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Pan Pagan Gathering 2024
Aguust 9 - 11, 2024
Where: Bloomington-Normal Marriott Hotel & Conference Center
Bloomington-Normal, Illinois
2024 Guests
Nathan King
Nathan King is a Witch and performer, and author.
Nathan trained in historic Salem, Massachusetts, and is a Minos (3rd degree High Priest) of The Minoan Brotherhood Tradition, as well as an initiate of Traditional Witchcraft. Nathan has also Trained with the Official Witch of Salem, Laurie Cabot, featured on SYFY and Travel Channel while living on the East coast. He is trained in various systems of divination, such as cartomancy, scrying and mediumship. Utilizing his gifts, he has worked as a professional clairvoyant and medium with shops such as Enchanted and Pentagram Shoppe, and now reads throughout the country.
Nathan is also a practitioner of “Trad Craft” or what is best termed as Folkloric Witchcraft. He carries the inspired currents for traditional practices with a deep passion for spirituality as a living art form. Working as both a ritualist and workshop lecturer on occult and esoteric studies ranging from festivals, podcasts, conferences and shops.
He studied Theatrical Performance with Salem State University, and now resides in lovely Mid Michigan where he writes books and talks to the dead all day. He is very excited and grateful to be presenting at his first ever Pan Pagan!
Ginger Ackley
Currently living in Columbus, Ginger grew up surrounded by music. During the Great Folk Revival and folks like Peter, Paul and Mary, Simon and Garfunkel, Burl Ives, Pete Seeger and all the rest, became her teachers. When she acquired her first autoharp, it was love at first sound and she never looked back! It was the same with the pennywhistle, too.
Now she has several albums including, All Earth's Children, Elf King's Horn, Wee Folk Stomp and the latest, EnCHANTica, is a collection of chants and songs that come from Spirit.
In 2020, She was voted Best Female Artist by the International Pagan Music Association.
We welcome her with open arms to Pan Pagan Gathering.
Find more information on her Website
Sue Balaschak
Sue Balaschak is the creator of Primal Rhythm and a founding member of Burning Sage. She has produced and engineered many CDs and records. She owns her own record label, Fireband Records. Her first CD received rave reviews in national publications and is featured in the Cleveland documentary, "Return of the Cuyahoga" which aired on PBS.
Sue has been playing the drums professionally since the age of 12 and has taught drumming since she was 17. She has facilitated drum circles and drum workshops within the Pagan community for the past 20 years. She has taught accredited classes for Licensed Music Therapists. She has facilitated healing circles at Memory Care facilities and has performed journey work. Sue blends her professional musical career and her spiritual life.
She lives in Cleveland with three canines, one feline and a turtle, her totem. If she is not drumming, she can be found hiking in the National Parks or on the Appalachian Trail, with her backpack and her dogs. She hosts the show "Drumming Ceremony, " an internet radio show that airs on International Pagan Radio on Sundays.