Lifting the Veil 2025 Conference

Schedule

Sat Oct 25 2025 at 10:00 am to 11:00 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Pleasance Theatre Edinburgh | Edinburgh, SC

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Our conference theme this year is Lifting the Veil. Our theme will explore Samhain, death, dying, ancestors, grief, divination, and the associated deities and psychopomps such as Hekate, Hel, Gywn ap Nudd, and the Valkyries!

A Hybrid Conference
Our conference will again be a hybrid offering for both in-person and virtual attendees. Our hybrid conference style allows Pagans across the whole of Scotland, and beyond, to join us. Some talks will be live-streamed on the day, whilst the talks from the other rooms will be recorded and added to SPF’s website as soon as possible for ticket holders.

Accessibility
The Pleasance is in the heart of Edinburgh and we have ensured that all the spaces we have booked are accessible for our guests. There will be a quiet room at the Conference for anyone to use for quiet contemplation or for if you need space on the day. We will also have volunteers with badges on that you can approach with any questions or if you need a bit of support.

Our SPF Conference Team are committed to ensuring that our conference, and all events and spaces, are as accessible for as many attendees as possible. If you do have additional needs, please tell us – in confidence – at the time of purchasing your tickets, so that we can help you to be able to attend and participate as fully and in as much comfort as possible. SPF will do everything we reasonably can to make adaptations or provide assistance in a sensitive manner. This includes making provision for tickets so that essential companions or assistance dogs can attend – please email us to request this.

Our In-Person Presenters
Sorita D’Este – talking about Hekate, title to be confirmed
Graham Harvey – talk: Ancestors, animists and being better kin
Marian Green – talk title to be confirmed
Scott Richardson-Read and Eileen Budd – talk: Echoes of the Glen: The Aos Sìthe, the Dead, and Ancestral Customs
Sif Brookes – talk: Maidens of Slaughter, Maidens of Wisdom – The Valkyries and their Role in the Pre-Christian Nordic World
Alice Tarbuck – talk title to be confirmed
Cerri Lee – talk: The Path of Memory
Thea Prothero – talk: Dark Pilgrimage: Divination, Death and the Road to Hel
Neil Pitchford – talk: Interfaith – my personal transformative Druid journey
Potia – participative singing workshop: Singing for, and to, our ancestors
John Macintyre – talk: Dionysian Religion and its Ritual Techniques
Kitty Macintyre – participative chant workshop

Evening Entertainment
This year we will be having evening entertainment at The Pleasance!
Amarynthia
Damh the Bard

Our Online Exclusive Speakers
Kristopher Hughes – talk: Death, Dying and Bereavement
Moss Mathey – talking about Tarot
Cyndi Brannen – talking about Hekate
Mhara Starling – talk: Gwyn ap Nudd
Mark and Helen Woodsford-Dean – a seasonal reflective guided meditation (from Orkney)

Tickets Available from Summer Solstice!
This year SPF will be offering day tickets, evening tickets, and combined day and evening tickets. There will also be on-line tickets for those who cannot attend in person. SPF members receive a discount.
Prices:
Day only, including on-line access £25
Evening only £15
Day and evening combined, including on-line access £30
On-line access only £10
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Where is it happening?

Pleasance Theatre Edinburgh, Pleasance Courtyard 60 Pleasance Edinburgh,Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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