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Skye Alexander -  Skye Alexander is a founding partner in the publishing cooperative Level Best Books. The author of numerous fiction and nonfiction books, she is best known for her work in the metaphysical field. 

An artist, astrologer, tarot reader, feng shui practitioner, drummer, and witch, she also appears in the Discovery Channel’s documentary “Secret Stonehenge.”

Ly De Angeles -  grew up by the coast in Sydney and began writing in earnest when I was 11 years old. That’s also when I first met my grandmother who introduced me to a life spent immersed in the occult arts and its accompanying ways of the sacred. I was initiated as a priestess of the Craft at 17 years old and have never looked back.

Barbara Ardinger - Barbara Ardinger, Ph.D., (Long Beach, California), is a Witch, teacher, and freelance writer. She holds a Ph.D. in English Renaissance literature.

Freya Aswynn - Freya has been involved with the runes for over seventeen years, and is offering Personal Rune Readings from her website

Ruth Barrett - Ruth Barrett is a Dianic high priestess, ritualist, educator, author,  and award winning recording artist of original Goddess songs. Ruth's numerous  recordings, beginning in 1980 with musical partner Cyntia Smith, have been  among the pioneering musical works in the Goddess Spirituality Movement. Ruth contributed a chapter on The Power of Ritual which was published  in Daughters of the Goddess (ed. Wendy Griffin, Alta Mira Pub, 2000),  and a chapter titled Lesbian Rituals and Dianic Tradition in Lesbian Rites:  Symbolic Acts and the Power of Community (ed. Ramona Faith Oswald,  Harrington Park Press, an imprint of The Haworth Press, Inc. 2003). Excerpts  from Ruth's book, Women's Rites, Women's Mysteries will be included in  Creating Circles & Ceremonies: Rituals for All Seasons and Reasons  by Oberon and Morning Glory Zell-Ravenheart (New Page, summer 2006). Ruth is a  featured writer for the holy days sections in the We'Moon 2007 date  book.

Kit Berry - UK Pagan fiction author and creator of the Stonewylde series of books.

 

Rae Beth  - This is a place for the solitary witch, treading the path of the wisewoman or wiseman. Welcome everybody, whether experienced or a beginner or just interested. I hope you will find something here that is helpful and interesting. The work of the hedge witch is to take the insights of the wildwood mystic and apply them in the service of life, through spells that help and heal the land, other people or creatures, or our own selves. 

Deborah Blake  - Deborah Blake is a Wiccan High Priestess who has been leading her current group, Blue Moon Circle, for three and a half years. She is the author of Circle, Coven and Grove: A Year of Magickal Practice, published by Llewellyn in 2007. Her second book, Everyday Witch A to Z: An Amusing, Inspiring & Informative Guide to the Wonderful World of Witchcraft,  will be coming out in September 2008. Deborah was also a finalist in the Pagan Fiction Award Contest and her short story, “Dead and (Mostly) Gone” will be included in the forthcoming Pagan Fiction Awards anthology.

Isaac Bonewits  -This website contains materials by and about Isaac Bonewits and his topics of expertise: Druidism, Paganism, Witchcraft, magic(k), liturgical design, polytheology, and polyamory.

 Raymond Buckland  -Known as "The Father of American Wicca," Ray Buckland was responsible for introducing Wicca to the United States. He was the author of the first American book on the Old Religion written by a witch - WITCHCRAFT FROM THE INSIDE - and has since written nearly sixty others, including the classic BUCKLAND'S COMPLETE BOOK OF WITCHCRAFT and the three encyclopedias: THE WITCH BOOK, THE FORTUNETELLING BOOK and THE SPIRIT BOOK.

Laurie Cabot Laurie Cabot, known as the “official Witch of Salem,” is an ordained high priestess descended from Celtic ancestry. Having practiced Witchcraft for over forty years, she founded the Cabot Tradition of the Science of Witchcraft and the Witches' League for Public Awareness (WLPA), an anti-defamation organization aimed at correcting the many misconceptions arbout Witchcraft. She is the author of Power of the Witch, Love Magic, Celebrate the Earth, and The Witch in Every Woman.

D.J. Conway   My quest for knowledge has covered every aspect of Paganism and Wicca to the New Age and Eastern philosophies, plus history, the magical arts, philosophy, customs, mythologies and folklore.

T. Thorn Coyle -  A Witch for more than 20 years, Thorn holds the Black Wand of Master and Sorcerer in the Anderson Feri Tradition. She was fortunate to study with the founder of Feri, Victor Anderson, in the years before his death. Also a Reclaiming Tradition priestess, Thorn has taught within that vital tradition for over 10 years. She is an activist committed to social justice, conflict resolution and creative non-violence.

Phyllis CurotIvy League attorney Phyllis Curott is also author of the internationally best-selling Book of Shadows (Broadway Books 1998), WitchCrafting: A Spiritual Guide to Making Magic (Braodway Books 2001) and the greatly anticipated sequel to her first memoir The Love Spell: An Erotic Memoir of Spiritual Awakening (Gotham Books/Penguin January 1, 2005 ).

Francesca De Grandis Author of "Be a Goddess! A Guide to Celtic Spells and Wisdom for Self-Healing, Prosperity and Great Sex," is a traditional spiritual healer, and the daughter of a Sicilian witch. Francesca graduated from New College of Ca. where she pursued Shamanic Studies. She completed a rigorous and rare seven year training to become a shaman in the Celtic or Faerie Tradition, then went on to earn the title "Master in the Faerie Faith." She is also an initiated Kahuna, as well as ordained in the F.O.I. Ms. De Grandis has been a Shamanic counselor since 1982

Stacey Demarco - Stacey Demarco (Australia) is a native of Sydney, born of Celtic and Native American ancestry.
Demarco has risen through the ranks of the corporate world to management level at the leading print media production company in Australia and New Zealand. A solitary Witch with a professional background in public relations and marketing, she is the founder and facilitator of the International Online Career Coven©, a source, support, and advice group for people of any faith who are seeking to become spiritually and materially rich. Demarco lives on Sydney's Northern beaches with her husband and furry companions.

Gerina Dunwich Gerina Dunwich is an American Witch, professional astrologer, and prolific author, best known for her books on Wicca and candle magick.

Lon Milo DuQuette  - DuQuette has authored numerous magical texts including The Magick of Aleister Crowley, Understanding Aleister Crowley's Thoth Tarot, and Angels, Demons, and Gods of the New Millennium, but without question his most popular work is the story of his own life as a practicing ceremonial magician, My Life with the Spirits. Futurist and best-selling author Robert Anton Wilson calls it “…the best all-around introduction to Western Occultism -- sane, sensible, down-to-earth and wonderfully witty.” My Life with the Spirits has been optioned for a feature film and is a required text for classes at DePaul University, Chicago. He is often called upon to appear on radio and television to comment authoritatively on matters pertaining to the Western Mystery traditions and matters of the occult.

Cassandra Eason - The main focus of Cassandra's work is on the effect that apparitions and strange experiences have on people and the way they live. She receives letters and emails every week from people who have read her books and found them very comforting.

Marguerite Elsbeth - The author of Crystal Medicine, The Grail Castle and The Silver Wheel and a featured writer for Llewellyn's Annual publications since 1997.

Arielle Ford author of Hot Chocolate For The Mystical Teenage Soul: 101 Stories of Angels, Miracles, and Healings. You can can submit stories for consideration for the next book by visiting her site.

Anna Franklin   Anna Franklin lives in a village in the English Midlands. She is the High Priestess of  the Hearth of Arianrhod and a Third Degree Witch. She has been a priestess of the British Pagan Tradition since the age of eighteen, initially training with a Gardnerian/Alexandrian coven, learning the craft of herbalism and healing, then with the Hearth of Brighid, a traditional coven of the Coranieid, under Sara and Phil Robinson. Anna founded The Hearth of Arianrhod, a coven of the Coranieid, in 1986. The Hearth runs training and teaching circles, discussion groups and postal networks for distant embers. It also publishes a Pagan magazine, founded in the mid-eighties, called Silver Wheel.

Yasmine Galenorn Welcome to Galenorn En/Visions, a web site combining the visions of Magic, Language and Science. Let author Yasmine Galenorn, creator of this site, and her husband Samwise, consultant for GE/V & computer wizard extraordinaire, lead you into the worlds of witchcraft, literature & writing, and science.

Raven Grimassi Welcome to author Raven Grimassi's Web Site on Italian Witchcraft, known also as Stregheria. Browse the following pages and learn about La Vecchia Religione; The Old Religion.

Rosemary Ellen Guiley - is an expert on visionary, mystical and paranormal topics. Her work is devoted to helping others achieve their goals and find fulfillment in life, creativity, work and spiritual understanding.

Judy Harrow - I began to study Witchcraft in 1976, and was initiated as a Priestess in September of 1977. Founded Inwood Study Group in June, 1980. After I received Third Degree (Gardnerian) in November, 1980, this group became Proteus Coven. Proteus affiliated with Covenant of the Goddess in August, 1981.

I am Chair of the Pastoral Counseling Department at Cherry Hill Seminary. I founded the Pagan Pastoral Counseling Network in 1982, and served as the first editor of the Network's publication. I co-created a workshop series on Basic Counseling Skills for Coven Leaders, which has successfully run many times. This grew into a series of intensive workshops for Pagan elders on a range of topics. I also founded the New York Area Coven Leaders' Peer Support Group. I served as Program Coordinator for the first Mid-Atlantic Pan Pagan Conference and Festival and for seven other Pagan gatherings.

Elen Hawke - Wiccan author Elen Hawke invites you to view her web site where you will see details of her books, some images from her digitally produced pagan tarot deck (plus links to her other artwork), forthcoming events, and photos of Elen.

Kelley Heckart - The author lives in Arizona with her husband and their two dogs. Though she resides on the earthly realm, she always has one foot firmly planted in the otherworldly realm of mystical creatures and magic. A psychic once told her she has an old soul and this comes across in her tales of long ago places. She has written numerous short stories and song lyrics. Of Water and Dragons is her first novel. Kelley has two more novels available from Awe-Struck--Ravenwolf, (a sequel to Of Water and Dragons) and White Rose of Avalon (a sensual re-telling of King Arthur). The first book in her Dark Goddess trilogy set in early medieval Scotland(Cat's Curse) is scheduled for release from Awe-Struck in early 2009. She is also finishing the prequel to Of Water and Dragons and Ravenwolf called Night's Daughter, a new twist on the conflict between the Titans and the Olympic gods. In addition to writing books, she also enjoys playing and writing music, and designing crosses out of driftwood.  

Eileen Holland This is a web site for Wicca, witchcraft, white magick, Pagan spirituality, spells, herbalism, folklore, mythology, poetry, and global pagan networking. It's also the cauldron where I brew my books.

Ellen Evert Hopman - Ellen Evert Hopman is a Master Herbalist and lay Homeopath who holds an M.Ed. in Mental Health Counseling.  Ellen is a founding member and a current Co-Chief of The Order of the WhiteOak (Ord na Darach Gile). She was Vice President of The Henge Of Keltria, an international Druid Fellowship, for nine years. She is a Bard of the Gorsedd of Caer Abiri, a Druidess of the Druid Clan of Dana and has been a member of The Order Of Bards Ovates and Druids and of ADF.

Fiona Horne   a Witch, author and journalist, successful recording artist and television personalityFiona has been a practising Witch for fourteen years. In March 1998 Fiona's first book Witch - A Personal Journey was published by Random House Australia and is now a bestseller, having been reprinted nine times. Fiona attracted enormous sales and media interest in the promotion of her book by discussing the controversial nature of her book, hosting performance-style nightclub and book shop events where she talked about the book, sang, conducted rituals and demonstrated spells whilst dispelling destructive myths about Witchcraft.

Francesca Ciancimino Howell - A Greenpeace activist, Wiccan High Priestess, and proud Soccer Mom, Francesca Howell has been involved in magical traditions and wildlife preservation since childhood.

Judika Illes- is a spell collector, fortune teller, psychic practitioner and spirit worker, certified aromatherapy consultant, writer and teacher.

Sirona Knight   Home of Sirona Knight & Michael Starwyn Linking Creativity, Spirituality, and World Peace Together into One

Sandra Kynes - is an explorer of Celtic history, myth and magic, and a member of the England-based Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids. She serves as a lay-leader at a Unitarian Universalist congregation where her Samhain ritual has become a tradition. Sandra has lived in England, Germany and Massachusetts, but resided in New York City longer than any other place and considers it her "hometown". Her writings have been featured in Llewellyn's Magical Almanacs, Spell-a-Day and Witches Calendars under the name Sedwyn. Gemstone Feng Shui was her first book with Llewellyn, A Year of Ritual was published in September 2004.

Deborah Lipp - Magical Almanac, Pangaia, Green Egg, The Druid's  Progress, Converging Paths, and The Hidden Path, as well as Mothering Magazine. Look for her essay in 2005’s Llewellyn’s Witches’ Calendar. She has lectured at numerous Pagan festivals  on a variety of topics. As an active "out of the closet" member of the Pagancommunity, Deborah has appeared in various media discussing Wicca, most notably on the A&E documentary Ancient Mysteries: Witchcraft inAmerica. She has also appeared on MSNBC, in The New York Times, and in many smaller TV and print sources. 

In "real life" Deborah is a technical writer and has done page layout, web design, and a host of cool things. She lives inRockland County,New York, about 40 minutes northwest of New York City, with her son, Arthur, who tap dances, and her cat Watusi, who kisses on the lips. Deborah reads and teaches Tarot, designs wire-and-bead jewelry, solves and designs puzzles, watches old movies, hand-paints furniture, and dabbles in numerous handcrafts.

Lord Foxglove - is one of today's leading pioneers in the fields of advanced Witchcraft and eclectic magick. He is an ordained priest and cofounder of the LIve Oak Experiential Church and the Temple of Aradia. He has studied with, and taught for, a wide variety of covens and temples. He is also a well-known Pagan artist and musician.

Kristin Madden - Kristin Madden is a homeschooling mom, wildlife rehabilitator, and the director of the Ardantane School of Shamanic Arts, a division of The Ardantane Project. She is also a member of the governing Board of Silver Moon Health Services, a pagan non-profit organization. Kristin is a shamanic healer/deathwalker; a Druid/tutor in the Order of Bards, Ovates, and Druids; and a practicing astrologer.

Edain Mccoy - Edain became a self-initiated Witch in 1981 and has been an active part of the Pagan community since her formal initiation into a large San Antonio coven in 1983. Edain has researched alternative spiritualities since her teens, when she was first introduced to Kaballah, or Jewish mysticism. Since that time, she has studied a variety of magickal paths including Celtic, Appalachian folk magick, and Curanderismo, a Mexican-American folk tradition. Today, Edain is part of the Wittan Irish Pagan tradition, where she is a priestess of Brighid and an elder. An alumnus of the University of Texas with a BA in history, she is affiliated with several professional writer's organizations and occasionally presents workshops on magickal topics or works individually with students who wish to study Witchcraft.

This former woodwind player for the Lynchburg (VA) Symphony claims both the infamous feuding McCoy family of Kentucky and Sir Roger Williams, the seventeeth-century religious dissenter, as branches on her ethnically diverse family tree. In her "real life," Edain works as a licensed stockbroker. Edain is the author of fifteen books, including Bewitchments; Enchantments; and her most recent release, Ostara: Customs, Spells & Rituals for the Rites of Spring.

Teresa Moorey - Teresa has written over 40 books on witchcraft, astrology and the occult. Teresa is the regular astrologer for Here's Health magazine and Mizz magazine.  She writes articles for More, Mother & Baby, Baby & You, Zest & 19. Her book 'Charmed Life' was one of Cosmopolitan Magazine's Books of the Month in January 2004 Teresa regularly gives talks and appears on TV and radio.  She is a qualified astrologer, hypnotherapist and counsellor, practising atTheGloucester Natural Therapies Centre

Ann Moura (Aoumiel) - Born in 1947 and raised in a family oral tradition of at least three generations, Ann Moura began writing about her heritage as a Green Witch in 1993 when her mother passed away. Her maternal heritage is Brazilian/Celtic-Iberian through her mother and grandmother. From them she learned folk magics and Craft concepts that included Rules of Conduct, spiritism, herbal spells, candle magics, reincarnation belief, calling upon the Elementals, and working with “The Power.”Ann holds both Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees in History and writes from the perspective of her personal experience and family training. Her books are sold internationally in English, Italian, French, German, Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch, and Russian. Ann is the author of Green Witchcraft: Folk Magic, Fairy Lore, & Herb Craft, Green Witchcraft II: Balancing Light & Shadow,  Green Witchcraft III: The Manual, Green Magic: The Sacred Connection to Nature, Grimoire for the Green Witch: A Complete Book of Shadows, and Tarot for the Green Witch.  She can be contacted through her website

Dolores Ashcroft-Nowicki - Dolores Ashcroft-Nowicki is one of the most respected and experienced esoteric practitioners currently at work in the British Isles. She teaches seminars on the topic all over the world, has published eighteen books on occult and spiritual subjects, and heads the correspondence school Servants of the Light School of Occult Science. This is her site.

Lisa McSherry - Site of author, Lisa Mc Sherry, who has written a book about exploring the internet from a Pagan perspective,as well as how to find and/or create a magickal group online. Site has a mailing list for updates and information about this project, as well as links to articles. At the most basic level, CyberCoven.Org provides the reader with the knowledge needed to go online and join the hundreds of thousands of pagans already in cyberspace, sharing information. But this book goes much further than that, allows the novice and the well-trained pagan to move to the next dimension in pagan evolution - the creation and continuation of a virtual coven.

Barbara Moore - The tarot has been a part of Barbara Moore’s personal and professional lives for over a decade. In college, the tarot intrigued her with its marvelous blending of mythology, psychology, art, and history. Later, she served as the tarot specialist for Llewellyn Publications. Over the years, she has been active in the American Tarot Association and has spoken at tarot conferences around the United States. Barbara’s articles on the tarot have appeared in several tarot publications and in Llewellyn Publications New Worlds of Mind and Spirit magazine. She has also sat on the Tarot Journal editorial board. Barbara’s own education in the tarot has been and continues to be broad and enlightening. She has studied under renowned tarot scholars Mary K. Greer and Rachel Pollack, and she has taught the tarot to all manner of would-be tarot readers.

Barbara enjoys the challenge of giving a voice to tarot cards and oracle decks.  She has had the good fortune to write books for several decks, including A Guide to Mystic Faerie Tarot, The Gilded Tarot Companion, The Hip Witch Tarot, Enchanted Oracle and The Mystic Dreamer Tarot.

Sally Morningstar - Hedgewitch, healer, writer, musician, spiritual facilitator, and nature photographer.

Dorothy Morrison Spells, rituals, incantations, a listing of titles written by Dorothy Morrison, and the Coven of the Crystal Garden are topics within this web site

Ann Moura  - Born in 1947 and raised in a family oral tradition of at least three generations, Ann Moura began writing about her heritage as a Green Witch in 1993 when her mother passed away. Her maternal heritage is Brazilian/Celtic-Iberian through her mother and grandmother. From them she learned folk magics and Craft concepts that included Rules of Conduct, spiritism, herbal spells, candle magics, reincarnation belief, calling upon the Elementals, and working with “The Power.”Ann holds both Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees in History and writes from the perspective of her personal experience and family training. Her books are sold internationally in English, Italian, French, German, Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch, and Russian. Ann is the author of Green Witchcraft: Folk Magic, Fairy Lore, & Herb Craft, Green Witchcraft II: Balancing Light & Shadow,  Green Witchcraft III: The Manual, Green Magic: The Sacred Connection to Nature, Grimoire for the Green Witch: A Complete Book of Shadows, and Tarot for the Green Witch.

Arin Murphy-Hiscock - Arin Murphy-Hiscock (Montreal, Canada) is the author of Power Spellcraft for Life, as well as serving as the series consultant of the For Life line of books, a series aimed specifically at intermediate practitioners. She is also the general New Age editorial consultant associated with Provenance Press, an imprint of Adams Media. Arin is a third degree Wiccan High Priestess in the Black Forest Clan, and has been studying alternative spirituality for over ten years. Her areas of focus include green witchcraft, Wicca, spellcraft, shamanism, runes, European and world mythology, Goddess spirituality, and more.

M. Macha NightMare   Priestess and Witch, is a Pagan organizer, ritualist and writer who co-created, with Starhawk, The Pagan Book of Living and Dying: Practical Rituals, Prayers, Blessings, and Meditations on Crossing Over, HarperSan Francisco, 1997

Lora O'Brien -     Lora has done much in the way of public appearance, not the least of which was her experience of public speaking, debating competitions and acting/directing while at school and college! Early on in her 'Witch career' she was picked to represent the Irish Goddess Tailtiu for a demonstration and protest at the attempted ruination of one ofIreland's primary mythological sites. This was filmed by an Irish television crew and shown on a popular programme "Nationwide", which runs on the Irish station RTE1. The workshops and training sessions she runs have a very natural flow - very easy going, entertaining, and approachable; which is mirrored in both Lora's personality and her style of writing and speaking. Her first book, Irish Witchcraft from an Irish Witch, is available from New page Books in October 2004.

Ashleen O'Gaea - We're O'Gaea and Canyondancer. We've been active in theTucson area since 1987, when we were among the founders of the Tucson Area Wiccan Pagan Network. We're writers and educators, and in our leadership of Campsight Coven and other work, we're pastoral clergy as well. We also consider ourselves ambassadors and scouts for our local community.

Poppy Palin - is a qualified and experienced artist and teacher who uses her trained illustrative skills to enhance her own work and that of others. She has written and illustrated four non-fiction books on her life as a natural psychic, all of which are published by Capall Bann. She combines magical fiction and enchanting artwork in the Wild Spirit Tarot (Llewellyn 2002) and in her "Wild Spirit Trilogy" of novels which begins with The Greening.

Christopher Penczak - Christopher Penczak is an eclectic witch, writer, and healing practitioner. His practice draws upon the foundation of modern Witchcraft blended with the wisdom of mystical traditions from across the globe.
Formerly based in the music industry, Christopher was empowered by his spiritual experiences to live a magickal life, and began a full-time practice of teaching, writing, and seeing clients. He has written two other titles in addition to The Inner Temple of Witchcraft.

Rachel Pollack - is considered one of the World's foremost authorities on the modern interpretation of the Tarot. She is also a poet, an award-winning novelist, and a Tarot card and comic book artist. She has published 12 books on the Tarot, including 78 Degrees of Wisdom (Thorsons, 1998), considered a modern classic and the Bible of Tarot reading. Its marriage of common sense, wide-ranging knowledge, and esoteric awareness have inspired many tens of thousands of readers worldwide to a deeper knowledge of the Tarot.

Willow Polson - Looking for Pagan arts and crafts? Want a comfy family-friendly Pagan place to hang out and surf for a while? Want more information about Willow Polson and her books? Willow's Place is her official website, where you can: Shop for books, videos, music and other goodies; Get free craft patterns; Enjoy some fun things like "This Week in Pagan History" and a webcam; Get complete contact information for Willow; and lots more! New features being added frequently. Grab a mug of your favorite beverage and come on over!

Starrfire Price - Starrfire Price is the author of The Journey Into Witchcraft, Labyrinth - Welcome To My World, published through The Alexandrian Archives. Starrfire is The Webmistress of The Witches Way, one of the largest, oldest (7 years) and highly trafficked Witchcraft - Occult Websites. Webmistress and Owner of The Witches Way Community: An Occult related networking Community. Founder of Witches of The World Coven Group, currently home to over 750 members worldwide.

Jane Raeburn - Author of "Celtic Wicca" (Citadel, 2001), co-author with Cynthia Jane Collins of "Building a Magical Relationship" (Citadel, 2002), and editor of "The Pagan's Muse" poetry anthology (Citadel, scheduled publication in 2003).
Jane is active in the EarthTides Pagan Network, the Maine Pagan Clergy Association, Nova Roma (under the name Patricia Cassia), and is High Priestess of the Temple of Brigantia. She and her partner, Cassius, offer open Full Moon rituals in Wells.
Jane has since 1996 been moderator of the Maine Pagan Mailing List (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mepagan).

Gwinevere Rain -  Gwinevere Rain, a teenage witch, has been practicing Wicca since she was fourteen. She has also written Spellcraft for Teens: A Magical Guide to Writing and Casting Spells and Moonbeams & Shooting Stars: Discover Inner Strength and Live a Happier, More Spiritual Life.

David Rankine - Dave Rankine is an experienced Witch and Magickian, known for his talks on Egyptian Magick, Crystals, Ritual Magick, Traditional Witchcraft and Wicca, Dave is also co-author of Magick Without Peers, an comprehensive book on Progressive Witchcraft in the United Kingdom. You can also visit David on the web at his new website by clicking here.

Silver Ravenwolf Silver RavenWolf is the author of several best selling Llewellyn books and is also the Director of the Wiccan/Pagan Press Alliance and the publisher of the organization's quarterly newsletter -- Of Writers and Witches.

Timothy Roderick - Timothy came to embrace Wicca not only as world-religion and the contemporary Western fulfillment of global mythic/shamanic archetypes, but as a means of self-transformation, healing and mystical awakening. From this vision came changes for EarthDance, which subsequently became the EarthDance Collective, a group that practiced Wicca within a British Traditional framework, but that also emphasized transformative shamanic and global mystical techniques. Timothy is the author of four books, The Once Unknown Familiar, the Small Press Award Winning Dark Moon Mysteries and the critically acclaimed Apprentice to Power. His most recent title, Wicca: A Year and A Day, has been listed as a bestseller through both Llewellyn Publications and Barnes and Noble Booksellers. He has been a contributor to such publications as the Witches' Calendar (Llewellyn Publications), and Finding New Goddesses (by Barbara Ardinger). He has been featured in The Encyclopedia of Wicca and Witchcraft (by Raven Grimassi), and A Witch Like Me (by Sirona Knight).

Lexa Rosean -  is a priestess, psychic, and leading pagan author ~ not to mention poet, playwright, and performer. Her first job was as a dancing snake charmer known as the SnakePoet. Andy Warhol photographed Lexa during this time. Along with her own poems, Lexa recited great works of poetry from the likes of Poe, Shakespeare, D.H. Lawrence, and Coleridge while hanging from a tree across from the Delacort Theatre inCentral Park. In 1982, the NYPD escorted the poet and her 13-foot python Lilith, out of the park at gunpoint thus forcing her to get a “real” job for several subsequent years. Thus began her formal magickal tutelage in the occult arts by Lord Hermes and Lady Rhea. Lexa was the manager of the original Enchantments in theEast Village and Priestess for the Minoan Sisterhood training circle from 1982 - 2000. During those years, Lexa taught courses on Astrology, Tarot, Kabbalah, Wicca, Astral Projection and Spellcraft in addition to giving astrology and psychic readings. She also served as the official oracle in her own coven and channeled the word of the Goddess.

 

Shanndaramon - Shanddaramon is a brother in the Sacred Order of Living Paganism (S.O.L.P.) - a spiritual order of men and women dedicated to a deep study and practice of Paganism. He teaches classes, lectures and tutors students in Wicca and Pagan studies and is a Pagan pastoral counselor for a local hospital. He also does Tarot and Rune advising and is a lay UU minister approved for leading handfastings and legal weddings.

Starhawk You have reached the web page of the Starhawk who is the author of The Spiral Dance, The Fifth Sacred Thing, etc

Diane Stein - For over thirty years Diane Stein has written about the issues of women's spirituality, feminist metaphysics, and natural healing. Although primarily a healer, she has worked politically in the areas of AIDS, incest recovery and disability rights.

R.J. Stewart - From 1988 to the present day R J Stewart has taught workshops and classes in the UK and USA. These include work with Celtic and classical mythological traditions, the Faery and Underworld traditions, music and consciousness, and an ongoing program on transforming awareness and spiritual vision, called Inner Temple Traditions.

Karen Tate - For over two decades Karen's work has been fueled by her intense interest and passion for travel, comparative religions, ancient cultures, and Goddess Spirituality.  A prolific writer, published author, and tour organizer, Karen's most recent work blends her experiences of women-centered multiculturalism evident in archaeology, anthropology and mythology with her unique literary talents and travel experience throughout the world to pen Sacred   Places of Goddess: 108 Destinations.

Patricia Telesco Links for Patricia Telesco's travel schedule, lecture information, books, and personal editorial.

Donald Tyson - Donald Tyson is a Canadian from Halifax, Nova Scotia.  Early in life he was drawn to science by an intense fascination with astronomy, building a telescope by hand when he was eight.  He began university seeking a science degree, but became disillusioned with the aridity and futility of a mechanistic view of the universe and shifted his major to English.  After graduating with honors he has pursued a writing career.

Now he devotes his life to the attainment of a complete gnosis of the art of magic in theory and practice.  His purpose is to formulate an accessible system of personal training composed of East and West, past and present, that will help the individual discover the reason for one's existence and a way to fulfill it.

Doreen Valiente    English High Priestess and one of the most influential Witches in contemporary Witchcraft.

Marion Weinstein - is the author of several books including Positive Magic: Occult Self-Help and Earth Magic: A Dianic Book of Shadows. She is a lecturer, comedienne and expert on Witchcraft and ancient religions.

Kate West - Kate West author of the 'Real Witch' series of Books amongst others. Has a new website, which has lots of information on the Craft, insights into Kate's own experience and that of her Coven. The Hearth of Hecate

Jamie Wood - is an eighth generation Californian. She is a mother, writer, children’s author, massage therapist and leads classes on herbal healing. She earned her B.A. in Communications with an emphasis in Public Relations from California State University, Fullerton.

Z Budapest Welcome to the world of Z Budapest, the best-selling author of The Holy Book of Women's Mysteries, The Grandmother of Time, Grandmother Moon, The Goddess in the Office, The Goddess in the Bedroom and her latest, Summoning the Fates.

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