Mago Academy offers the S/HE Forum Summer 2026 Course, a total of 2 forums, as an elective course of the Creatrix Studies Programs (CSP). You may take it as 0.5 credit course toward your M.A. or Ph.D. in Creatrix Studies programs or audit it not for academic credit.
S/HE Forums Summer 2026 (0.5 Credit, 0.25 credit for each forum section)
Course no: 901
Instructors: Helen Benigni Ph.D., Helen Hye-Sook Hwang Ph.D.
Time: January and February (Second and/or Fourth Sat of each month, 15 or 16 hours)
Description: The S/HE Forum is a collective teaching course prepared and facilitated by forum organizers (0.25 credit for each forum section). Each of forum organizers will lead 4 hours of either one or two sessions in a month for the duration of four months. Each facilitator/teacher leads a class focusing on the topic of her own expertise by inviting 2-4 guest speakers who will speak on the topic salient to the forum theme. For a degree program student, you are required to submit a research paper.
(For forum details, continue to read till the end.)
Registration Available Now!
Mago Academy accepts registration for Summer 2026 Courses.
If you want to register courses as your graduate degree program, go to Coursework Application Guides.
Fill out the form below and email to Dr. Helen Hye-Sook Hwang (magoacademy@gmail.com) with the payment (Copy and paste the form in the body of your email). For other methods of payment, email Dr. Hwang for instructions. A Zoom link will be provided to registered students 2-3 days prior to the first session of your course.
1. Your name and country of residence:
2. Your email:
3. Affiliation or organization, if applicable:
4. Course(s) you are taking by the Course Number: e.g. 101 (1 credit)
5. Questions or comments:
Fee for 0.5 credit course toward M.A. or Ph.D. degree program: $350 (if you register for a total of 1 unit course, choose 2 in product quantity).
Fee for 0.5 credit course Audit: $50 (if you register for a worth of 1.5 credit courses, e.g. one 1 credit course and 0.5 credit course, choose 3 in product quantity).
All inquires should be email to Dr. Hwang (magoacademy@gmail.com).
Forum 1 (0.25 Credit)
Title: The Goddesses of Prophecy
Time: 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM PST on May 9 and May 23 (two sessions of 2 hours per session)
Organizer/Instructor: Helen Benigni Ph.D. in USA
Summary: “The Goddesses of Prophecy” introduces the Goddesses as time-keepers, earth-keepers, and star-keepers of the knowledge of the prophecy and wisdom of regeneration. In order to communicate the knowledge of the unknown and perhaps the future of humankind, the Goddess as prophet gives and receives a communication with us in order that we may renew the cycles of time, the cycles of the earth, and the cycles of the cosmos. Prophecy of the coming year based on the harvest is ultimately important and renewal or replacement of the old ways is part of that process. The management of the earth’s forces is vital on all levels. On a pragmatic level, the garden must be blessed and fruits, vegetables and especially herbs are used or stored for their year-long use. On an erotic level, the passion of life is released in the summer months, and it too must be carefully tended. To the ancient people, the summer was the time to harvest the spirit as well. Eternal bliss is captured in the stars, the moon and the sun as the stories of the heavens unfold the nature of the inexhaustible, Great Mother. In Greek mythology, The Goddess of Prophecy is Hera, and in Celtic mythology, She is The Morrigu, Nemain, and the Badv. Sites for the Goddesses of Prophecy include the Oracle of Delphi and the Oracle of Dodona in Greece, and Newgrange, Stonehenge and Gavrinis in the Celtic nations. Her priestesses, Her rituals, Her dances and Her prophecies are all part of the textures woven into a sacred gown that The Goddess of Prophecy wears.
Biography: Helen Benigni (Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania) is a published author and Professor Emerita in Comparative Mythology at Davis and Elkins College in Elkins, West Virginia. For several decades, Helen has been teaching classes in Comparative Mythology with an emphasis on Goddess studies. Her books, The Myth of the Year (Mago Books, 2023), The Goddess and the Bull (University Press of America, 2007), and The Mythology of Venus (University Press of America, 2013) incorporate the research findings of archeoastronomers to determine the myths associated with the cycles found on the ancient calendars of the Greeks and the Celts. Identifying the Goddesses of the matri-local cultures of the ancients with the seasons represented by the lunar, solar and stellar bodies has been a major endeavor in the study of archetypes, with an emphasis on the feminine archetypes of the celestial realms. Helen’s research with the Hellenic Studies Center in Washington D.C., her many trips to ancient sites, and her collaborative efforts with scholars in mythology, astronomy, archeology, and art have led to her discovery of the presence of the Goddesses in the night sky and the continued renewal of the Goddesses in contemporary times.
Guest Presenters: TBA
Forum 2 (0.25 Credit)
Title: 2026 S/HE Conference: The Great Unity of ALL in the Cosmic Mother
Time: June 11-14 (take 3 sessions to qualify 0.25 credit)
Organizer/Instructor: Helen Hye-Sook Hwang, Ph.D. in U.S.A.
Summary: If you register for the conference, no need to pay the fee for this forum section. Simply attend a minimum of 3 sessions and email Dr. Hwang (magoacademy@gmail.com) the list of sessions that you attended. The 2026 S/HE Conference in every third year is dedicated to the topic of cross-cultural and intercultural collaborations. The conference opens a new trail of its tradition, celebrating the Great Unity of ALL (including inorganic entities) in the Cosmic Mother. The S/HE Conference may be participated as part of Creatrix Studies Programs offered by Mago Academy. Go to Registration of 2026 S/HE Conference.
Biography: Dr. Hwang is the founder of Mago Academy and the field of 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 at 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.