Mystic South is a new (and awesome!) Pagan conference that was recently held earlier this summer in balmy, bustling Atlanta, Georgia. I’ve never been to a big Pagan festival or conference, and every year Southern and East Coast folks are tempted with stories of PantheaCon or Many Gods West, much to our consternation. Imagine how thrilled I was when friends sent me a link to a big event that was (mostly) local!
The Mystic South founders wrote on their website that when creating the conference they were focused on offering a “Southern-based conference – one that was not only [easy] to attend but also had a Southern flair and spoke of the mystic spirit of our own part of the country. Since there [was] no such event to meet that need, we decided to create it.” As a bona fide Southern Pagan, I was ecstatic for the chance to attend a conference that was local, affordable, and also spoke to my concerns as a Pagan practitioner and priestess living in the South. I was also intrigued by a key concept – these folks saw a genuine need in our community and decided to step up and fill that need. This is so, so incredibly impressive and inspiring to me! I am humbled by their work and dedication to such an undertaking!
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