PORTALS PANEL a discussion with Marcella Kroll and special guests (LIBRARY)
About this Event
Following the opening reception of PIECES AS PORTALS featuring new works by Marcella Kroll, we will meet in the PRS Library for Portals Panel - a discussion with Marcella Kroll, Lourdes Leiner, and Alysa Conger, and moderated by Naha Armády.
About the exhibition:
Pieces as Portals explores the intersection of the magical and the mundane. Through symbols, objects, and intention, the exhibition invites viewers into a space of transformation, expanded awareness, and the art of transmutation.
Marcella Kroll creates art that blurs the line between ritual and reality. Each work forms a threshold, turning everyday objects into tools for reflection, alchemy, and altered perception.
Opening Reception Schedule
- 6–9pm — Reception in the Hansel Gallery
- 6:40–7pm — Power of the Sphinx Ritual with Naha Armády
- 7:40–8:30pm — Portals Panel in the Library
Moderated by Naha Armády with Marcella Kroll, Lourdes Leiner, and Alysa Conger
Ticket price:
Library Panel Event: Sliding scale, $15-25
Please email [email protected] or phone 323-663-2167 with any questions.
Marcella Kroll is an autistic artist, psychic medium, occult practitioner, and spiritual counselor with over 25 years of experience. Her work bridges art and the esoteric, rooted in ethical engagement with the unseen, cultural memory, and the reclamation of intuitive knowledge. Known for making mysticism accessible and inclusive, she fosters personal empowerment and transformation for diverse audiences, especially those who have long felt outside the margins or without a place to land.
Her artwork is held in the permanent collections of the Rhode Island School of Design Museum and Beth DeWoody’s Bunker Artspace, and she has presented at institutions including the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles, the Lucas Museum, the Philosophical Research Society, and the Los Angeles Public Library’s long-running Tarot for Teens program. Her clients include notable figures and brands such as Versace.
Marcella is the author of Healing the Liminal, Priestess, and Magical Shielding (forthcoming 2027), coauthor of Tarot in Taschen’s Library of Esoterica series, and creator of multiple tarot and oracle decks, including Sacred Symbols Oracle, Nature Nurture Oracle, The Dreamers Tarot, The Roast Iconic Oracle, and The Initiates Oracle.
Lourdes Leiner is a Tucson, Arizona based author of four poetry collections, Stitches, Spit It Out, Spider's Silk, and Sabotage, and two novels, Sequence and In Vitro. Inspired by the Sonoran Desert, her work explores the intersections of place, culture, and community.
A featured Southwestern poet at the NYC Poetry Festival, Lourdes was the inaugural Writer in Residence at Catalyst Studios (2025) and a fellow of the University of Arizona Poetry Center. She is the founder of the Writing as Humanitarian Aid Anthology and works to expand access to literary arts through teaching, mentorship, and community engagement.
Official Website: https://www.feralghoulfriend.com/
Instagram: @feralghoulfriend
Alysa Conger is an Intuition Guide and Psychic Medium based in Los Angeles. She believes intuition, spirit communication and the unseen world are accessible to everyone, we just have been conditioned out of it. Through intuitive embodiment mentorship and classic psychic/mediumship sessions, Alysa guides people to live more in tune with their core compass.
Her practice is, of course, Spirit led and supported by her certifications in somatic therapies, grief processing, reiki, and fitness instruction.
website: www.hellowhosaidthat.com
ig: @alysamconger
Naha Armády is the founder and head of faculty at 22 Teachings School of Hermetic Science and Magical Arts where she teaches alongside her mentor of over 20 years, William Kiesel of Ouroboros Press, supplying a yearly curriculum in Tarot, Ceremonial High Magic and Hermetic Qabalah. She writes and performs long format ritual workings with the Tree of Life, Archangelic Invocation, Scrying in the Spirit Vision, Astrology and Alchemy.
Naha is also the founder and officiant of the Arboretum Mysticum, an occult Lodge and theurgic order in the Western Mystery Tradition. She has traveled the world in pilgrimage as an ambassador of the light, and takes her students on initiatory journeys overseas to the historical and sacred sites of Egypt and Czech Republic. Naha is well regarded as an authority of ritual magic as a scholar-practitioner, a professional reader, an author, and keynote speaker.
www.22teachings.com
IG @22teachings and @naha99
CONTENT DISCLAIMER
The views, opinions, and thoughts expressed by the presenters are solely those of the presenter and may not represent those of the Philosophical Research Society (PRS), its affiliates, or any individuals associated with PRS. Presentations are intended for informational and entertainment purposes.
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