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Meet The Authors
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Raven Grimassi
has been a practitioner and teacher of Witchcraft for over 30 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 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 lecturer and
guest speak at festivals and conventions nationwide.
Raven Grimassi is the
author of over 13 books on Wicca and Witchcraft, including - Beltane:
Springtime Rituals, Lore and Celebration, Book of Ways: Volumes 1 and 2,
Crafting Wiccan Traditions: Creating a Foundation for Your Spiritual Beliefs
& Practices (Available February 2008), Encyclopedia Of Wicca & Witchcraft
(awarded Best Non-Fiction, 2001), Hereditary Witchcraft: Secrets of the Old
Religion, Hidden Path Oracle Kit (co-author and co-creator), Italian
Witchcraft: The Old Religion of Southern Europe, Spirit Of The Witch:
Religion & Spirituality in Contemporary Witchcraft, Ways Of The Strega:
Italian Witchcraft: Its Legends, Lore, & Spells (Out of print), Well Worn
Path Divination System (co-author and co-creator), Wiccan Magick: Inner
Teachings of the Craft, Wiccan Mysteries: Ancient Origins & Teachings
(awarded Book of the Year and First Place - Spirituality Book by the
Coalition of Visionary Retailers in 1998), The Witch's Familiar: Spiritual
Partnership for Successful Magic, Witchcraft: A Mystery Tradition, and
Witches' Craft: The Roots of Witchcraft & Magical Transformation.
Raven currently lives in southern California with his wife Stephanie and
divides his time between writing, directing the Arician Tradition, and
developing
The College of
the Crossroads, a Mystery Tradition School. He is devoted to preserving
and teaching the Mystery Tradition of pre-Christian Europe. |
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Stephanie Taylor (aka Rasenna Elvenstar) is dedicated to guiding and
teaching those who seek the Old Ways. She 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 is also the co-author and co-creator of
The Well Worn Path
Divination kit and
The
Hidden Path Divination Kit, to be released September 2007.
Nature
has always been an extremely important part of Stephanie’s life
experience and felt the magic of the world around her without ever being
brought into conventional religion. As a young girl Stephanie was
taught about the little People by her Welsh grandmother and Astrology by
her mother. She has studied, taught, and used the arts as a tool of
transformation throughout her life experience. She is also a Tarot
reader and teacher with many years of experience. 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, operating
Raven's Loft
webstore, author management and publicist work, while creating and
developing a Mystery School called
The College of the
Crossroads.
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Photo by Brittany
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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.
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