MAGO ACADEMY

Creatrix Studies Learners Virtual Gathering
2026-03-07 11:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Mago Academy hosts Creatrix Studies Learners (Instructors and Students) Virtual Gatherings (60 min) on the first Saturday of the months of March, August, and November annually. It is open to the public, free of charge, with registration.
Time & Date: 11AM-12PM Pacific Time on March 7, 2026
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Theme: “Meet New Learners (Instructors and Students) and Join Upcoming Courses and Events”
Contents:
=Greet our new instructor learners as well as student learners who will introduce themselves briefly.
=Learn about the upcoming courses and events.
=Share who you are by saying your name, country of residence, and your interests in Creatrix Studies Programs and Events.
Registration: Please fill out the brief form below (copy and paste it in the body of your email) and email it to Dr. Helen Hwang (magoacademy@gmail.com). Indicate “Learners Gathering” in the subject line of your email. The Zoom info will be emailed to you 2-4 days prior to the event.

Name

Email Address

Country of Residence and Timezone

Organization or affiliation, if applicable

Personal Statement (What interests you to our gathering?)

Future Gatherings: July 4, 2026 (TBA), November 7, 2026 (TBA)

Creatrix Studies Learners Virtual Gatherings

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S/HE Forum #2
2026-02-14 10:00 - 12:00
Forum 2 (0.25 Credit)
Title: Inanna: Examples of Eros and Justice
Time: 10AM-12 PM on Feb 7 and Feb 21 2026 (two sessions of 2 hours per session)
Organizer/Instructor: Judy Grahn, Ph.D. in U.S.A.
Summary: Sumerian goddess Inanna is extremely complex, paradoxical, centered in the powers of a woman’s body, and immanent everywhere. Our forum will feature two of her qualities: her erotic love, and her concerns with justice. Feb 7 Dr. Grahn will read some of Inanna’s love poetry, and Dr. Jenett will bring in additional poetry from a civilization in the Indus Valley of north India, that both paralleled and directly traded with Sumer. The Sangam literature addresses the lush erotic powers of women, and the uniquely female quality of attractiveness known as ananku in the literature, and called kuzbu in ancient Sumerian literature. Then on Feb 21, Dr. Grenn will present on the Sumerian/Mesopotamian tradition of Lilith as a figure who resisted a patriarchal paradigm in choosing to flee the prison of “Paradise”, and Dr. Grahn will complete the Forum with her analysis of Inanna’s justice, and in particular her protection of the sexual autonomy of women.
Guest Presenters: Dianne E. Jenett, Ph.D. and D’vorah Grenn, Ph.D.
Registration is available below:
Registration Open: S/HE Forum Course Spring 2026

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S/HE Forum #1
2026-01-24 09:00 - 11:00
Forum 1 (0.25 Credit)
Title: The Great Goddess of the Winter Sky
Time: 9AM to 11AM PST on Jan 10 and Jan 24 (two sessions of 2 hours per session)
Organizer/Instructor: Helen Benigni Ph.D. in USA
Summary: The Forum Session “The Great Goddess of the Winter Sky” presents the attributes of the Goddess in her many forms. Vivien Gibbons introduces us to the Blood Mysteries of Womanhood in the Artemis, Hekate and Demeter trinity that embodies the sacred cycles of the feminine of which Artemis plays a vital role. By tracing Artemis’ roots to the Paleolithic Era with Her bear and bee associations, Carla Ionesco’s presentation follows Artemis’ evolution from cave to temple bridging her identity into the Classical world of ancient Greece. Drawing on archaeological and iconographic evidence, Carla Ionescu traces Artemis’ evolution from the cave to the temple, showing how Artemis’ identity as both wild and sovereign bridges Paleolithic ritual consciousness with the structured cults of the classical world. In an analysis of Artemis as both Creatrix and Goddess of Life, Death and Regeneration, Dr. Helen Benigni focuses on the constellations and lunar cycles associated with Artemis in the winter months of the night sky. Finally, in a discussion that follows the presentations, the archetype of The Great Goddess of the Winter Sky is explored in Celtic and Greek cultures in a comparison with Brigit in Celtic mythology.
Guest Presenters: Vivien Gibbons, Ph.D., Carla Ionescu, Ph.D.
Registration is available below:
Registration Open: S/HE Forum Course Spring 2026

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Course: Introduction to Creatrix Studies
2026-01-13 09:00 - 13:00
Mago Academy offers Introduction to Creatrix Studies, as a core course of the Creatrix Studies Programs (CSP). You may take it as 2 credit course toward your M.A. or Ph.D. in Creatrix Studies programs or audit it not for academic credit.
Introduction to Creatrix Studies (2 Credits)
Course no: 101
Instructor: Helen Hye-Sook Hwang, Ph.D.
Time: 9AM to 1PM PT Jan 13-March 3 (Tuesdays, 4 hour-long 8 weekly sessions)
Description: Creatrix Studies is born as a modern revival of the pre-patriarchally originated Ceto-Magoism (the Whale-guided Way of Mago, the Creatrix), which largely remains demonized as sea-monsters/dragons/serpents today. Chiseled by Goma better known as Ungnyeo (Bear/Head Woman) among Koreans, the Magoist Mudang Queen Mother in the early fourth millennium BCE, the matriversal (of maternally perceived universe) consciousness to be revived transforms feminist spirituality into its destination, Matriversal Soteriology. We restore the bond between the natural world headed by cetaceans/whales and the human world bequeathed by our matricentric ancestors across cultures. The core course topics (Magoist Cosmology, Ceto-ecofeminist Spirituality, Ceto-Magoist Soteriology & Patriarchy, Matriarchal Histories and Practices) will be discussed. (Continue to read for course summary.)

Registration is available below:
Registration Open: Introduction to Creatrix Studies

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Virtual Open House
2026-01-03 10:00 - 11:00
Mago Academy invites you to the virtual Open House for Creatrix Studies Graduate and Continuing Education Programs. Come and learn about what Creatrix Studies is all about. Meet our faculty members who will teach their courses and prospective students. Find out Spring 2026 Courses here. When: 10AM-11 PM on Jan 3 (Sat) PT (60 min)

Free and open to the public.

Registration: Fill out this form below (copy paste the following questions in your registration email). You will be emailed the Zoom information in a timely manner.

Registration Questions

=Your Name

=Which country are you residing?

=What makes you interested in Creatrix Studies?

=Have you ever taken courses that Mago Academy offers? If yes, please list the courses

=Do you have questions? *

Session Contents

=Introduction to Creatrix Studies: Dr. Helen Hye-Sook Hwang

= Spring 2026 for Creatrix Studies (including faculty members)

=Meet Founding Faculty Members: Dr. Judy Grahn, Dr. Nane Jordan, Dr. Helen Benigni, Dr. Kaarina Kailo =Questions and Answers =Meet Prospective Students We look forward to seeing you!

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Whale-bell Ringing New Year/Solstice Celebration
2025-12-17 12:00 - 13:30
Mago Academy invites you to come and celebrate our planetary community at the time of transition to the New Year and Solstice! The Welcoming Ceremony (20 min) will be followed by a special one hour session about the Magoist Calendar of the 13 Months and 28 Days. We are holding an annual whale bell striking ceremony at the Moon-lit Rock Garden of the Mago Academy Center, Lytle Creek CA (Zoom and actual participation).
When: Dec. 17, 2025 (Wednesday) at 12 Noon – 1:30 PM PT
Why December 17th? Because Dec. 17th is the New Year’s Eve or the Day outside the grid, according to Mago Almanac, the 13 month 28 day calendar! See below for the Wheel of Mago Almanac (coming soon).
How: Welcoming Ceremony (20min). During the Welcoming Ceremony, we play a record of the Whale Bell. Immediately after the whale bell ringing (28 times), each participant will say out the names of our loved ones, the living and the dead, in the spirit of gratitude.
After the Whale-bell ringing ceremony, one hour session (12: 30 PM to 1:30 PM) follows as:
1. (40 min) Dr. Hwang’s presentation, “Our Tongue since the Neolithic, the Ceto-Magoist Language”
2. (20 min) Open discussion with questions and answers by all participants.
Registration free but required: Email Dr. Hwang (magoacademy@gmail.com) with the info below to receive the Zoom link with the password. 1. Your name, 2. Country of residence, 3. “I would like to join because….(complete the sentence on your own).”
Donation is appreciated:

Happy New Year and Solstice! Mago Almanac Year 9 has arrived!

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S/HE Forum Course #4 Fall 2025
2025-12-13 08:00 - 12:00
Forum 4
Registration Here
Title: Introduction to the Bear/Shaman Queen Mother, Goma, and Her Manifestations
Time: 8AM to Noon PT December 13 (one session with 15 min break)
Organizer/Instructor: Helen Hye-Sook Hwang, Ph.D. in USA
Biography: Dr. Hwang is the founder of Mago Academy and the programs of Graduate and Continuing Programs in Creatrix Studies. She is a born poet, student, and advocate for Life of ALL and has encountered Ceto-Magoism (the Whale-guided Way of the Creatrix) through her doctoral research on Mago, the Cosmic Mother/Creatrix. Dr. Hwang received an M.A. and a Ph.D. degrees in Religion with the emphasis on Women’s Studies. To support her research on Magoism (the Way of the Creatrix), she enrolled in an M.A. program in East Asian Studies and specialized in Korean Buddhism in UCLA. Authored, edited, and published many books and essays by Mago Books and the peer-reviewed academic journal, S/HE: An International Journal of Goddess Studies, and Return to Mago E-Magazine.
Summary: This forum offers a deeper understanding about Goma, the Bear/Mudang Queen Mother. Goma, popularly known as Ungnyeo (Bear/Head Woman), stands for one of the original triad divine together with Mago, the Creatrix, and Gorae (Cetaceans), the terrestrial divine. Goma in the 4th millennium BCE foresaw the arrival of patriarchy and carved out the matriversal consciousness of the Cosmic Mother or the Nine Mago Creatrix as a means of salvation for humans to come in the patriarchal era. Founding the nine-state confederacy of Danguk (State of the Living Tree), Goma implanted the Ninefold Cosmic Music, the creative force of the Matriverse, in her socio-politico-religious institutions, which we moderns inherited. It is not accidental that we have the legacies of Nine Mothers, Nine Muses, Nine Mountains, Navratri, and Novena etc. across cultures. Hwang hypothesizes that Goma is the originator of Ceto-Magoism (the Whale-guided Way of Mago, the Creatrix), which remains demonized in major patriarchal myths and religions in the form of the sea-monster/dragon/serpent. Major themes to be discussed include: The cave initiation (the Goma Myth), parthenogenesis, the living tree (axis mundi), the color black, the bear constellations, the Ceto-Magoist Mudang lineage, and/or the Ninefold Cosmic Music.
Guest Presenters: Judy Grahn Ph.D. Kaarina Kalio Ph.D., Kirsten Brunsgaard Clausen (Independent Scholar)
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