Convergence 2026 welcomes the following presenters:

Radical Ritual

Caveat Magister

Inspired by conversations with primary Burning Man founder Larry Harvey and informed by the phenomenological approach to ritual cultivated in the “San Francisco school” of psychomagic, we will explore the development of a common experiential language between naturalists and supernaturalists.

The Artist as an Agent of Systems Change

Scout Rainer Wiley

Delving into creative ritual as a collective liberation practice.

CultPunk and Poetic Faiths

Tony Wolf

CultPunk/Poetic Faiths are new, deeply personal religions and rituals that take naturalism and anti-authoritarianism for granted, then ask “now what?” and find their answers in mythopoetic meaning-making. Join us for a multimedia exploration of this underground cultural phenomenon, from often surprising historical precedents through to the cutting edge of contemporary practices.

Epicureanism

Hiram Crespo

An introduction to the philosophy of Epicureanism “on its own terms”, and as a way to evaluate the huge body of interdisciplinary research that vindicates the teachings of Epicurus, calling for an update as to how they’re presented.

Religious Naturalist Orientation

Ursula Goodenough

Religious naturalism is a perspective that finds spiritual meaning, awe, and reverence within the natural world, relying on science rather than supernatural beliefs. It acknowledges nature as the ultimate reality and often adopts the “epic of evolution” as its core narrative to foster wonder and ethical responsibility.

Introduction to Pyrrhonism

Douglas C. Bates

Pyrrhonism is one of the ancient Greek eudaimonic philosophies of life. Pyrrho, a philosopher in the court of Alexander the Great, accompanied Alexander on his conquest of India, an experience which led him to fuse elements of Buddhist and Greek philosophies to form Pyrrhonism.

Naturalism

Tom Clark

The spiritual possibilities of seeing that there is no assignable meaning to existence as a whole, the implications of determinism (“causal perfection”) for our existential situation, and how a materialist, naturalistic view of consciousness suggests what to anticipate at death.

Current Challenges in Secular Mindfulness

Ted Meissner + Rick Heller

As mindfulness has become mainstream with the advent of programs like Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), they have increasingly become secularized to fit into non-spiritual contexts like healthcare. This conversation will explore current challenges faced in secular mindfulness programs, the organizations built around them, and the needs of their participants.

Make Belief: Weaving Hypersigils to Hack the Overcode

[M] Dudeck + Tony Wolf

In this interview, artist [M]Dudeck will introduce RELIGIONVIRUS, their 16-year hypersigil, wherein they have invented their own queer sci-fi religion as art, and discuss their development of the hypersigil model as a transmedial artwork, and its effects in altering the source code of reality.

The Future of Spiritual Naturalism

Daniel Strain

The founder of the Spiritual Naturalist Society will present on the essential core of SN and what it could mean for an individual and society. Then he will cover how SN began, how it has developed in recent years, and share thoughts about how we might develop SN thought, practice, and community into the future. The presentation will be followed by a Q&A.

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