Meet The Authors

Raven Grimassi has been a practitioner and teacher of Witchcraft for over 35 years. He is an initiate of several Witchcraft traditions including Brittic, Pictish-Gaelic, and Celtic Traditionalist. Raven is a legally ordained clergy of Witchcraft. Grimassi is currently the Directing Elder of the Arician Tradition, a system of Italian Witchcraft. He is also a recognized expert on Italian Witchcraft, and the foremost authority on the works of Charles Godfrey Leland in this particular field.

Raven Grimassi is an award-winning author of over 13 books on Wicca and Witchcraft, including - Witchcraft: A Mystery Tradition — Wiccan Mysteries: Ancient Origins & Teachings — The Witches' Craft: The Roots of Witchcraft & Magical Transformation — Encyclopedia Of Wicca & Witchcraft — Spirit Of The Witch: Religion & Spirituality in Contemporary Witchcraft — Wiccan Magick: Inner Teachings of the Craft — The Witch's Familiar: Spiritual Partnership for Successful Magic — Italian Witchcraft: The Old Religion of Southern Europe (revised and retitled Ways of the Strega) — Hereditary Witchcraft: Secrets of the Old Religion — Beltane: Springtime Rituals, Lore and Celebration — Book of Ways: Volumes 1 and 2 — The Well Worn Path Oracle Kit (co-author and co-creator) — The Hidden Path Oracle Kit (co-author and co-creator), and most recently, Crafting Wiccan Traditions: Creating a Foundation for Your Spiritual Beliefs & Practices.

Raven has appeared on television and radio interviews nation wide, in several short films on Witchcraft, and was a consultant for the pilot movie film called Mind Forest. He is a popular lecturer and guest speaker at festivals and conventions nationwide.
Raven currently lives in southern California with his wife, Stephanie Taylor-Grimassi and divides his time between writing, directing the Arician Tradition, and developing a Fellowship for Mystery Tradition training called the Fellowship of the Crossroads. He is devoted and passionate in preserving and teaching the Mystery Tradition of pre-Christian Europe.

 

Stephanie Taylor - Grimassi is passionate and dedicated to guiding and teaching those who seek the Old Ways. Nature has always been an extremely important teacher and part of Stephanie’s life experience. She felt the magic and nurturing of Nature around her all of her life. Stephanie is a 3rd degree initiate of a Celtic Traditionalist system of Wicca, and a 3rd degree initiate of Italian Witchcraft (the Arician Tradition). She is a legally ordained clergy of Witchcraft. Stephanie has studied, taught, and used the Arts as tools of transformation throughout her life. She is also a Tarot reader and teacher with many years of experience.

Stephanie is the co-author and co-creator of the divination and teaching systems The Well Worn Path Oracle kit (2005) and The Hidden Path Oracle Kit, (2007).

Stephanie has owned and operated Raven's Loft since 1998, first as a brick and mortar shop and now as an internet store. She has been a guest speaker on several panels alongside such noted figures as Monty Farber, Amy Zerner, Rachel Pollack. And Ray Buckland. She has also appeared on television and in several short film documentaries on Witchcraft. Stephanie has also worked as a consultant for the movie pilot film Mind Forest, in which she likewise appears. She currently lives in southern California with her husband, Raven Grimassi and divides her time between teaching workshops, giving readings, operating Raven's Loft webstore, author management and publicist while running, creating and developing a Fellowship for Mystery Tradition training called the Crossroads Fellowship.

Meet the Artist

Photo by Brittany Hodges

 Mickie Mueller is an award winning earth based spiritual artist, She is the illustrator of The Well Worn Path divination kit created by authors Raven Grimassi and Stephanie Taylor. Her visionary work is a combination of colored pencil and acrylic wash that is magically infused with herbs corresponding with the subject she is portraying.

Mickie's artwork has appeared in a variety of publications including the cover art for Witchcraft and Wicca magazine in the United Kingdom, Oracle 2000, Spirit Seeker, and Raven's Call magazines. Her art website has also received praise from the Wiccan Pagan Times webzine. She enjoys writing and speaking on many topics of art and magic and has appeared in Llewellyns Magical Almanac, Online Journal and other publications. In addition to her career as a freelance artist, Mickie is also a reiki master/teacher in the Usui-Royoho tradition of healing, is a member of Greenwood Circle and the Missouri Area Fantasy Illustrators Association. She resides in Missouri with her husband and children.

She currently works as a graphic designer for a point of purchase display company.

Visit her website at http://www.mickiemuellerart.com to see more of her artwork, articles, personal appearances and more.

 

Order your copy today!
The Well-Worn Path by Stephanie Taylor & Raven Grimassi,
illus. by Mickie Mueller, Llewellyn Worldwide, Ltd.
Sept. 2005, ISBN: 0-7387-0671-X US $19.95