Faculty Talk

“The Ethics of Blood Magic in Healing” – A Public Lecture by Dr. Anna Morris, Professor of Ethics and History, and Dr. Emma Batty, Professor of Healing Techniques

Profs. Morris and Batty explored the balance between consent, power, and the personal cost of using blood magic in medical contexts. 

Dr. Anna Morris, Professor of Ethics and History

Dr. Emma Batty, Professor of Healing Techniques

Student Project

Liquid Signals: An Installation by Mira Sanel (‘612)

Using enchanted mist and sound loops, Mira created an interactive piece capturing emotional memories in droplets suspended in midair. The exhibit is now on display in the lower gallery of the Inanna Museum. 

Student Research Presentations: Tidemaking & Water Memory

“The Art of Tide-making” by Isla Moren (‘615) and Kaito Ren (‘614)

• This presentation will explore using lunar enchantments to generate stable tidal currents. They used applications of coastal infrastructure, aquatic transportation systems, and flood-control enchantments. Students created tide chambers and demonstrated how emotions amplify or soothe tidal patterns.

“Echoes of Water: Tracing Memory in Magical Molecules” by Serin Valdros (‘613) and Mira Elwyn (‘613)

• Investigating water’s ability to retain emotional and magical imprints. This presentation examines how this memory could be used for healing and historic preservation. Students documented variations in memory retention across sources like rivers, springs, reservoirs, etc.