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Have you ever wondered if you’ve been hexed?

Never fear, The Faculty of Lesser-Known Arts & Sciences is here to unearth all the secrets behind hexes, hoaxes and magic spells at a special gathering exploring everything marvelous and mysterious.

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Faculty founder Claudia Bustos said the event, An Evening of Hexes and Hoaxes, is the third gathering since the group’s inception last year. Interested in fringe topics and pseudoscience, Bustos said the public gatherings held at the Royal Canadian Legion No. 1 have been quite popular, seeing more than 100 attendees each event.

“There’s definitely a niche for this kind of opportunity in the Calgary community,” Bustos said. “A lot of talks are about innovation and creativity, but there isn’t anybody taking a comical approach at the pseudoscience world.”

The faculty’s upcoming event will be host to 847-year-old wizard Fardwar Smellmud, who will talk about different types of hexes and what to do if you’ve been cursed. Bustos will be exploring the history of the Canadian Criminal Code and real-life people who have been charged with crimes involving claims of witchcraft.