DATE: July 25, 2026
Shannon Taggart Symposium
Day 2 — Full Program
9:00 AM – 6:00 PM | Lily Dale Auditorium | $100 or included in 3-Day Package ($225)
Event Description
The Shannon Taggart Symposium is a program of immersive talks and live conversations that brings together creators and thinkers whose work engages the paranormal, the spiritual, and the unexplained. Day 2 continues with an exploration into the intersection of art and magic, a rare film screening featuring the most iconic figures in UFO history, Spiritualist philosophy, alien architecture, and a live presentation of podcast Weird Studies. For full descriptions please visit:
https://www.shannontaggart.com/events/2026
Schedule:
9:00 AM
Magic Maker: Artist as Magician, with Pam Grossman
10:00 AM
Bibliophantoms, with Asti Hustvedt
11:00 AM
Heathens of the Heavens: Filmmaker George Kuchar on John Keel, Whitley Streiber, and Jacques Vallée, with Andrew Lampert
12:00–2:00 PM — Break
2:00 PM
Listening to the Cosmos with Andrew Jackson Davis: Creative and Social Liberation through the Spiritual Spheres, with Matt Marble
3:00 PM
Electric Dreams: George Van Tassel, Solgonda, and Their Integratron, with Daniel Paul
4:00 PM
Weird Studies Live, with JF Martel & Phil Ford
Tickets are $100 for the day, or included with the 3-Day Symposium Package ($225).
Presenter Bio
Shannon Taggart is a photographer and writer whose work sits at the intersection of art, cultural history, and paranormal investigation. In 2001, she began photographing in Lily Dale, which led to her book Séance, named one of TIME Magazine’s ‘Best Photobooks of 2019.’ Her work has been exhibited internationally and featured by CNN, the New York Times, Le Monde, the Washington Post, and The Paris Review, among others. She has been hosting her annual Symposium in Lily Dale since 2014.
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