Recent and Upcoming Appearances

Art frequently gives presentations to scholarly and other audiences, and also gives interviews. His recent and upcoming appearances mostly focus on topics from his upcoming books about the mythology behind our holidays and the mythology of wine, as well as biblical mythology. Upcoming and recent appearances are listed below.
Upcoming Appearances​​ (in chronological order)​​
  • Presentation at Mythologium 2022 mythology conference (on Zoom), July 29-31, 2022. Title: "The Social and Psychological Origins of Myths Denying Climate Change."
Recent Appearances (in reverse chronological order)
  • Popular Culture Association 2022 National Conference, Mythology in Contemporary Culture Section, April 13, 2022. Topic: "The Emergence and Operation of New Myths and Symbols in American Society and Politics."
  • Interview on the Esoteric Thoughts YouTube channel, December 27, 2021. Topic: The Mythology of New Year's." Watch it on YouTube.
  • Interview on the Esoteric Thoughts YouTube channel, December 21, 2021. Topic: "The Mythology of Christmas." Watch it on YouTube.
  • Lecture at The Church of the Epiphany, Oak Park, California, October 16, 2021. Topic, "The Mythology of Wine in the Bible, with Comparisons to Egypt and Greece."
  • Presentation at Mythologium 2021 mythology conference (on Zoom). Title: "The Many Levels of Jesus's Healings: Medical, Theological, Spiritual, Psychological, Societal." July 30, 2021.
  • Presentation of paper at annual meeting of the Pacific Coast Region of the Society of Biblical Literature, March 2021. Topic "Toward Mythological Biblical Criticism."
  • Lecture at Krotona Institute, Ojai, California (on Zoom), December 22, 2020. Title: "The Mythology of Christmas." Watch it on YouTube.
  • Interview and discussion on YouTube, "The Punchdown" program of prominent wine figure Wes Hagen, November 20, 2020. Topic: "The Mythology of Wine."
  • Talk at Central Coast Home Vintners' Association, Santa Maria, California, November 7, 2020, at 2:00 p.m. Topic: "The Mythology of Wine."
  • Presentation at Joseph Campbell Foundation Mythological Roundtable, NY Mythology Group, October 8, 2020. Title: "The Mythology of Halloween."
  • Presentation at Mythologium 2020 mythology conference. Title: "The Mythology of Groundhog Day and the Film Groundhog Day." August 1, 2020.
  • Evening Lecture at Solvang, California, Public Library, 5:30 p.m., December 4, 2019. Topic: "The Mythology of Christmas."
  • Lecture before the Santa Ynez Valley Rotary Club at Firestone Walker Brewery and Restaurant in Buellton, California, October 23, 2019, 5:30-7:30. Topic: "The Mythology of Wine."
  • Presentation at Mythologium mythology conference in Morro Bay, California, August 2-4, 2019. Topic: "Depth Psychological Aspects of the Christian Myth." 
  • Talk at Casa Dumetz Wines in Los Alamos, California, Friday, April 19, 2019, Title: "The Mythology of Wine."
  • Talk at Solvang, California, Rotary Club, Alisal Ranch Course Clubhouse, Solvang, April 16, 2019. Title: "The Mythology of Wine."
  • ​Lecture at Carr Winery tasting room in Santa Ynez, California, March 13, 2019. Title: "The Mythology of Wine." 
  • Evening Lecture at Solvang, California, Public Library, October 24, 2018, 6:00 p.m. Topic: "The Mythology Underlying Halloween."​
  • Lecture at the Krotona Institute in Ojai, California, February 21, 2018. Title: "Gnosticism and Modern Spirituality: A Mythological and Depth Psychological Approach."
  • Taught Weekend Class at the Krotona Institute in Ojai, California, February 16-18, 2018, Title: "The Nature of Religious Truth: A Mythological and Depth Psychological Approach."
  • Lecture at the national headquarters of The Theosophical Society in America in Wheaton, Illinois, on October 29, 2015. Title: "Esoteric Christianity: The Meaning of the Garden of Eden Story." For the video on YourTube see here.
  • Lecture at the Mythinformation Conference in Milwaukee, September 27, 2015, organized by MythicistMilwaukee. Title: "What Really Happened in the Garden of Eden"?  For the video on YouTube, click here. 
  • Interview on the MythicistMilwaukee Show internet podcast, May 24, 2015, regarding the mythology in the Adam and Eve story.  To listen to interview on YouTube, click here.
  • Presentation of Paper at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion and the Society of Biblical Literature, San Diego, California, November 24, 2014. Title: "Finding the Self in the Garden of Eden: The Cosmic and Psychological Dimensions of the Knowledge of Good and Evil."
  • Lecture at the Adult Forum at St. Chrysostom's Epispocal Church, Chicago, Illinois, September 21, 2014.  Title: "The Reception and Meaning of the Eden Story in Early Christianity."
  • Lecture at Joseph Campbell Foundation Roundtable, Ojai, California, under the Teaching Tree at the Ojai Foundation, June 29, 2014, 5:30 p.m. Topic: Mythological, Historical, Metaphysical, and Psychological Dimensions of the Garden of Eden Story and their relevance for us today.​
  • Presentation of Paper at Pacific Coast Regional Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, Hope International University, Fullerton, California, March 30, 2014. Topic: "Seeing Through Godlike Eyes Opened in the Garden: The Cosmic and Human Dimensions of the Knowledge of Good and Evil."
  • Talk and discussion at "Canoe" Book Discussion Group, Union League Club, Chicago, Illinois, January 16, 2014. Topic: Mythic Material and Authorial Intent in the Garden of Eden Story: Anti-Canannite and Anti-Goddess Polemic and the Cosmic Nature of the Knowledge of Good and Evil.
  • Presentation of Paper at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion and the Society of Biblical Literature, Baltimore, Maryland, November 23, 2013. Topic: "Yahweh's Divorce: The Hidden Goddess in the Garden of Eden."
  • Lecture at Pacific Northwest Regional Meeting of the American Schools of Oriental Research, the American Academy of Religion, and the Society of Biblical Literature, Seattle University, Seattle, Washington, May 5, 2013. Topic: Anti-Canannite and Anti-Goddess Polemic in the Garden of Eden Story.
  • Lecture at Upper Midwest Regional Meeting of the American Academy of Religion and the Society of Biblical Literature, Luther Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota, April 5, 2013. Topic: "Yahweh's Divorce: The Hidden Goddess in the Garden of Eden."
  • Presentation of Paper at Midwest Regional Meeting of the American Schools of Oriental Research, The American Oriental Society, and the Society of Biblical Literature, Olivet Nazarene University, Bourbonnais, Illinois, February 9, 2013. Topic: The Goddess and Yahweh in the Garden of Eden Story.