Mago Pilgrimage with Dr. Helen Hwang

Dr. Helen Hwang signed a contract for the second year as a visiting researcher with Sangsaeng (Symbiosis) Research Institute, Daejeon, Korea. She continues to work for the English translation project of the Hwandan Gogi (Old Records of Hwan and Dan), a modern compilation of ancient and medieval esoteric books of Korea.

Hwang has co-edited and administered the blog Return to Mago: Magoism, The Way of S/HE that she created last fall. Contributors she invited include well-recognized scholars, researchers, artists, and writers from around the world. As co-editor, she has written and published a number of essays on various topics including Mago, the Great Goddess, and the female symbolism of ancient East Asian/Korean bells, also contributing to Feminism and Religion and The Daily Dreamer.

Dr. Hwang has been featured in an online radio show Creatrix Media Live. She is now Executive Director of the 2013 Mago Pilgrimage to Korea and has organized a conference, symposium, and colloquium in Korea for a group of international participants. Among them is the Inte