ELIZA SWANN aka EMERALD is a writer, artist, educator and alchemist based in New York.
UPCOMING
2025
Green Mary, Cosmic Dog House Press
3/1 + 3/8/25 Sophia: The Feminine Voice of God, PRS online
6/20/25 Sun Tongue, Potamia Gallery, Woodstock, NY
8/3/25 Poems From the Deep: Scrying 101, Philosophical Research Society, Los Angeles, CA
8/5/25 Alchemy and the Art of Failure, Philosophical Research Society, Los Angeles, CA
8/17/25 PSYCHIC SAUCE: Alchemical Distillation, Le Petit Versailles, New York, NY
9/14/25 The Alchemical Imagination, Online, 9 sessions, recordings available, Emerald School
10/11/25 The Star Inside: Alchemy and the Power of Plants, O+ Festival, Kingston, NY
10/18/25 Tarot Initiates, Online, 3 sessions, recordings available, Emerald School
12/6 + 12/13 These Are Strange Teachings: The Magic of Mary Magdalene, PRS Online
2024
Green Mary, Cosmic Dog House Press
2/11/24 - 4/7 The Alchemical Imagination, Golden Dome School
3/5/24 Return to the Root: The Magic of Mary Magdalene, PRS
3/13/24 Museum of Scent with Mandy Aftel, Philosophical Research Society
3/17/24 Energy Carwash with Angel Favorite, Philosophical Research Society
5/18/24 Return to the Root: The Magic of Mary Magdalene, Golden Dome School
10/21/24 Poems From the Deep: Scrying 101, Atlas Obscura
11/2/24 A Queer Light: The Art of Alchemy, Modern Witches Confluence
11/12/24 The Resurrection of Care, Philosophical Research Society
11/18/24 Poems from the Deep: Scrying 101, Emily Carr University
2023
Lecturer-in-Residence, Philosophical Research Society
Community in Mysticism, Hyperallergic
They Made Him Gray: Harry Smith at the Whitney, Momus
Failures in Infinitives: Bernadette Mayer, Momus
Interview in Canvas
1/21/23 Moons in Mirrors: Divination, Golden Dome School
2/7/23 Nature Charms Nature: Alchemy, Honey’s
2/19/23 The Alchemical Imagination, Golden Dome School
3/7/23 Visions of Zosimos, Honey’s
4/20/23 A Psychic Tour of the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens
5/13/23 Nature Charms Nature: Alchemy, PRS
5/27/23 Visions of Zosimos, PRS
7/18/23 Invocation of Mercury + Tarot-thon for Trans Rights, Honey’s
9/2/23 33, Philosophical Research Society
9/19/23 Resurrection of Care, Honey’s
10/31/23 Witchfest, Honey’s
12/2/23 The Vessel and the Void: Scrying 101, Urban Glass
2022
6/5/22 A Psychic Tour of Salem, Now Age Tours
6/22/22 A Psychic Tour of the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens
7/7/22 A Psychic Tour of the Brooklyn Museum
7/10/22 Psychic Workers Unite, Golden Dome School
9/17/22 Boiling and Divine, Philosophical Research Society
9/22/22 The Stars Give and the Flowers Recieve: Alchemy and Perfume Making, Philosophical Research Society
10/8/22 Visions of Zosimos: Art and Alchemy, Philosophical Research Society
10/30/22 Cosmic Dispatch Radio with Cory Nakasue and JM Hamade
10/31/22 Night of the Living Death: Alchemy and Fermentation, Honey’s
11/3/22 A Psychic Tour of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden
2021
3/20/21 The Alchemical Imagination, Golden Dome School
5/15/21 Tarot Initiates, Golden Dome School
8/5/21 A Psychic Tour of Nikki De Saint Phalle, MOMA PS1
8/24/21 Toxic/Tonic, BUSHEL
9/11/21 Other Places Art Fair, Angel’s Gate Cultural Center
9/19/21 The Resurrection of Care, Los Angeles
9/25/21 The Work of the Sun, Flower Head
11/6/21 The Time is Now, ZOOM, Golden Dome School
12/26/21 The Cosmic Dispatch, Radio Kingston
