Meet The Authors

Raven Grimassi has been a practitioner and teacher of Witchcraft for over 30 years.  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), - Crafting Wiccan Traditions: Creating a Foundation for Your Spiritual Beliefs & Practices and to be released in Fall 2009 Cauldron of Memory: Retrieving Ancestral Knowledge.

Raven is an initiate of several Witchcraft traditions including Brittic, Pictish-Gaelic, and Celtic Traditionalist. He is a legally ordained clergy of Witchcraft. Raven is currently the Directing Elder of the Arician Tradition, a system of Italian Witchcraft and his personal practice.  Raven is also a recognized expert on Italian Witchcraft, and the foremost authority on the works of Charles Godfrey Leland in this particular field. 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. Raven is a popular teacher, lecturer and guest speaker at festivals, conventions and metaphysical and Wiccan stores nationwide. 

He recently moved to New England with his wife Stephanie and divides his time between writing, workshops, directing the Arician Tradition, and developing Crossroads Fellowship (formerly known as the College of the Crossroads), a Mystery Tradition teaching pathways t o knowledge. He is devoted to preserving and teaching the Mystery Tradition of pre-Christian Europe.

 

Stephanie Taylor-Grimassi is a practicing witch of the Old Ways and is dedicated to guiding and teaching those who seek them. She is a 3rd degree initiate of a Celtic Traditionalist system of Wicca, and a 3rd degree initiate of Italian Witchcraft (the Arician Tradition). Stephanie is a legally ordained clergy of Witchcraft.

Stephanie’s life experience has always been intertwined with a very strong connection to Nature and it has been an important influence in her understanding of the world around her. She has studied, taught, and used the arts of the Craft as tools of personal transformation throughout her life experience. Astrology and the tarot called to her at an early age. Stephanie became a Tarot reader and teacher with many years of experience. 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.

In 2005, Stephanie co-author and co-created with husband Raven Grimassi (and artist, Mickie Mueller) the teaching and divination system called The Well Worn Path Oracle kit.  And, in 2007, the Grimassis again co-authored and co-created the “next step” The Hidden Path Oracle Kit along with artist Mickie Mueller.

Stephanie recently moved to New England with her husband, Raven Grimassi, and divides her time between teaching workshops, operating Raven's Loft webstore www.ravensloft.biz, author management and publicist work, while creating and developing a Mystery Tradition Fellowship via the Crossroads Fellowship (formerly called the College of the Crossroads).

 

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.