Enrollment is now open for: Our ‘Tarot Initiates’ Certification Program in Los Angeles June 23rd

The Golden Dome School is pleased to offer a “Tarot Initiates” certification program. In the last 15 years of reading Tarot cards for herself and her community, Eliza Swann has developed a system of intuitive Tarot study based on combined practices of energy healing, hypnosis, alchemy, and ceremonial magic. During this course, you will learn…

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The Golden Dome School has a booth at the Other Places Art Fair, March 16th & 17th 2019

Please join The Golden Dome School at the Other Places Art Fair. The booth features ceramics by Laura Stinger, fairy photos by Eliza Swann, custom flower essences by Saewon Oh and tinctures, teas and cathartic remedies by Patrick Mansfield and Kwonyin. Fairy, Eliza Swann, 2018 Kwonyin, by Lexi Tsien, 2018 Ceramics by Laura Stinger Season…

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Shape Changing, World Changing

“Shape Changing, World Changing: A Magician’s Guide to Movement” Joshua Tree, CA January 5th and 6th, 2019 Led by Eliza Swann, Laura Stinger and Patrick Mansfield The Magician can traverse many worlds at will, moving through and mapping a multiverse of realities and dimensions. During this two day intensive, Eliza Swann and Laura Stinger will…

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JUSTICE, Artist Residency, Wurtsboro, NY, 2018

“Justice”, Wurtsboro, NY, Oct 1st – 7th, 2018 Facilitated by: Chiron Armand, Mireya Lucio, Linda Montano, Lavender Suarez, Eliza Swann For our ninth artist-in-residence session we are working with the Tarot card “Justice” where we are introduced to the mysteries of law, order, balance, and equilibrium. The figure pictured as “Justice” on most Tarot decks…

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THE RESURRECTION OF CARE, Performance, Maiden LA, Echo Park Lake, 2018

The Golden Dome School has begun the tradition of performing “The Resurrection of Care” ritual each year in response to Bohemian Grove’s “Cremation of Care” ceremony (please see below for the history and meaning of this action). This “Resurrection of Care” invites Los Angeles artists and mystics to respond to our culture’s violence, ecocide, caustic…

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THE CHARIOT, Artist Residency, 29 Palms, CA, 2018

  “The Chariot: Wherever You Go, There You Are” March 11th – 18th, 2018 29 Palms, California “Know that the Self is the rider, and the body the chariot; that the intellect is the charioteer, and the mind the reins / The senses, say the wise, are the horses; the roads they travel are the…

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SHE HAS RISEN, Performance, Art in Odd Places, with support from The Foundation For Contemporary Arts, New York, NY, 2017

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The Resurrection of Care, Performance, Los Angeles, CA, 2017

“The Resurrection of Care” 2017at the Gaylord Apartments SWIMMING POOL3355 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90010 The Golden Dome School has begun the tradition of performing “The Resurrection of Care” ritual each year – a short performance that invites Los Angeles artists and mystics to respond to our culture’s violence, ecocide, caustic hierarchies, and exploitative…

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The Lovers, Artist Residency, 2017

The Lovers: The Entasy and the Ecstasy Wurtsboro, NY September 17th – September 24th, 2017 The faculty members for The Lovers program are: Lily Benson, Brendan Landis, Mandana, Linda Montano, Mollie McKinley, Ariana Reines, and Eliza Swann. “The important thing is not to think much but to love much; and so do that which best…

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The Hierophant, Artist Residency, Joshua Tree, CA, 2017

The Hierophant: Liberation! Movement! Joshua Tree, CA March 19th – March 26th, 2017 Facilitated by: Asher Hartman, Edgar Fabian Frias, Madre Jaguar, Laura Berlin Stinger, Eliza Swann For our sixth artist-in-residence session we will be working with the Hierophant archetype where we are introduced to concepts of liberation, spirit, revolution – and the opposite polarity –…

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Queer Ancestors Rite

October 21st, 7pm – 9pm Los Angeles, Pieter Performance Space SIGN UP HERE Queer Ancestors Rite is open to everyone and this time, will call forth to the altar Xochipilli and Xochiquetzal the Mexica goddex of medicines, flowers, lovers, sex workers, two spirits, art, music, dance and sex. The two goddex are twins and parallels.…

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The Emperor Artist Residency, teaching artist Saewon Oh, Joshua Tree, CA, 2016

Saewon Oh is an herbalist, medicine maker, artist, teacher and founder of Sun Song, a line of handmade herbal remedies designed for meditative and earth-based healing practices. Her work engages creative collaboration with plant consciousness. She teaches workshops, leads tea ceremonies and offers herbal consultations in Los Angeles.

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The Emperor Artist Residency, Joshua Tree, 2016

“The Emperor: Songs for the Arch-Preposterous” Joshua Tree, CA February 28th – March 6th, 2016 Maja D’Aoust, Diva, Asher Hartman, Grace Kredell, Matthewdavid’s Mindflight, Saewon Oh, Eliza Swann “Divine sound is the cause of all manifestation. The knower of the mystery of sound knows the mystery of the whole universe.” ― Hazrat Inayat Khan For…

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The Empress, Artist Residency,Woodstock, NY, 2015

The Empress: Magic is the Science of Love Woodstock, New York Duration: September 20th – 27th Facilitated by: Frank Haines, Dr. Neil Goldsmith, Zeljko McMullen, Linda Montano, Eliza Swann, Christian Toscano “Yes the miraculous does exist, for life is a series of miracles, if we understand by miracle not the absence of cause, but rather…

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The High Priestess, Artist Residency, Joshua Tree, 2015

        THE HIGH PRIESTESS: “The School For Psychic and Water Based Mediumship” Joshua Tree, CA March 27th – April 2nd Facilitated by: Liz Armstrong, Genevieve Belleveau, Maja D’Aoust, Ryan Ingersol, Ron Rege, Eliza Swann, and Laurie Weeks “She alone dares and wishes to know from within, where she, the outcast, has never ceased to…

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Guadalupe Maravilla, The Magician, Artist Residency, Woodstock, NY, 2014

Guadalupe Maravilla (formerly Irvin Morazan) is a multidisciplinary artist  born in EL Salvador and moved to New York city area in the 1980’s as part of the Salvadoran civil war diaspora. Guadalupe currently lives in Richmond VA  where he is a Tenure-Track professor at VCU. He received his BFA from SVA and his MFA from Hunter College. Guadalupe has performed and presented his work extensively…

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The Magician, Artist Residency, Woodstock, NY, 2014

The Magician Artist Residency, Woodstock, NY September 21st – September 28th, 2014 Facilitated by Frank Haines, Brendan Landis, Guadalupe Maravilla, Mollie McKinley, Zeljko McMullen, Linda Montano, Eliza Swann Program Description THE MAGICIAN: BECOMING AWARE OF GENUINE BEING-DUTY“Life is real only then, when “I am”.”― G.I. Gurdjieff Observe the Magician’s gesture. The Magician’s hands act as a…

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The Fool, Artist Residency, Marin County, 2014

The Fool: Performing the Fool’s Planetary Rites July 21st – August 1st, 2014 Raven’s Crossing, Marin County, CA – Krowswork Gallery, Oakland, CA This program is facilitated by: Robert Bier, Ayden Bremner, Machine, Jasmine Moorhead, Laura Berlin Stinger, Eliza Swann, Laura Zuspan The first incarnation of The Golden Dome School will have a performance based…

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