Angela’s Symposium

Dr. Angela Puca serves as the high-ranking academic diplomat between the “Ivory Tower” of the university and the practicing world of the Occult. Holding a PhD in the Anthropology of Religion, she created Angela’s Symposium to bridge a critical gap: bringing rigorous, peer-reviewed scholarship to topics that are usually dismissed by the mainstream as superstition or “woo.”

In a digital landscape often cluttered with unverified gnosis and TikTok witchcraft, Dr. Puca offers something rare: Citation. She approaches the study of Magic, Paganism, Witchcraft, and Shamanism with the surgical precision of a social scientist. She does not tell you what to believe; she explains why humans believe it, how the practices evolved, and what the historical texts actually say versus what modern pop culture thinks they say.

Her work covers a breathtaking range of the Western Esoteric Tradition—from the chaos magic of Austin Osman Spare and the Thelemic rituals of Aleister Crowley to the indigenous folk magic of her own Italian heritage (Stregheria). She deconstructs these complex systems, stripping away the “fluff” to reveal the structural mechanics of magical practice.

For the Revelucian viewer, Dr. Puca is the ultimate legitimizer. She proves that you do not have to check your brain at the door to study the Mysteries. By applying the scientific method to the study of the irrational, she grants the viewer permission to take these subjects seriously. She is an essential resource for the “skeptical mystic”—the seeker who demands historical accuracy alongside spiritual insight. Angela’s Symposium is where the library meets the altar.