Robin Artisson
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Michael Berman
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Michael Berman BA, MPhil, PhD, works as a teacher and a writer. Publications include A Multiple Intelligences Road to an ELT Classroom and The Power of Metaphor for Crown House, and The Nature of Shamanism and the Shamanic Story for Cambridge Scholars Publishing. Shamanic Journeys through Daghestan and Shamanic Journeys through the Caucasus are both due to be published in paperback by O-Books in 2009, and resource book for teachers on storytelling in 2010. Michael has been involved in teaching and teacher training for over thirty years, has given presentations at Conferences in more than twenty countries, and hopes to have the opportunity to visit many more yet.
Although Michael originally trained as a Core Shamanic Counsellor with the Scandinavian Centre for Shamanic Studies under Jonathan Horwitz, these days his focus is more on the academic side of shamanism, with a particular interest in the folktales with shamanic themes told by and collected from the peoples of the Caucasus. His MPhil is in Religious Studies from Lampeter University, and his PhD, submitted to the Indian Board of Alternative Medicines, explores the concept of soul loss and the way it is dealt with in the shamanic story - a story based on or inspired by a shamanic journey, or one that contains a number of the elements typical of such a journey. For more information please visit www.Thestoryteller.org.uk
The shaman was traditionally a "wounded healer", someone who had been through a near death experience and who was thus considered to be well suited to helping others through traumatic times in their lives. Having survived addiction to tranquillisers, a nervous breakdown, a major heart attack, triple by-pass surgery, a serious motorbike accident, and two divorces, I suppose I could be said to provide a good illustration of the term. However, as to whether what I have learnt along the way can be of help to others, that is for you the reader to decide!
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Chris Bilardi
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CHRISTOPHER BILARDI is practitioner of Pennsylvania German braucherei. As a practicing Christian esotericist, he is both a student and researcher of many systems of traditional European folk magic. He has been a student of esotericism and the occult for over 25 years. The author holds a B.A. in English from Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, PA, and had completed graduate work in Sociology at Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA. Among his involvements, he is a member of Pennsylvania German Society, and will soon be practicing as an assistant Lutheran minister.
Chris is an ardent supporter of efforts to preserve America’s farmland and small family farms, and encourages everyone concerned with good Stewardship to support entities such as American Farmland Trust: Saving the Land that Sustains us: www.farmland.org.
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Veronica Cummer
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Veronica Cummer has been a witch for 20 years, more if you count growing up on a farm in rural Iowa, running wild in the woods, conjuring up storms, and turning pig´s teeth into magickal talismans. After moving to Minnesota, she was a staff writer and artist for several years for the now-retired Twin Cities magazine, Pagan Ink. Her work has more recently appeared in NewWitch and The Beltane Papers.
Along with traditional European and British witchcraft, her interests extend to Haitian voudoun and the religion and culture of the Lakota. Besides non-fiction, she also writes fantasy and erotic fiction, poetry, does pen-and-ink drawing and dabbles in pottery.
She has been a priestess of the Old Forest Craft for over 14 years and has a close association with the Fey, particularly the spirits of Air and Dawn, the whole bright and tricksy tribe of them.
Her hobbies include antiques, cooking, collecting old rhinestone jewelry, and finding that perfect tea or coffeehouse where strange things can still happen and most often do.
She can be reached at webofstars@hotmail.com or through the yahoogroups: oldforestcraft. On Live Journal, she scribbles under the name queenofillusion and runs the communities: spiritrealms and sorgitzak.
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Eric De Vries
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Eric De Vries is a hedge-rider from the Netherlands. His interest lie foremost with Euro-centric witchcraft, "hexerei" and Germanic mysticism. And also has interests in Luciferian Gnostic mythology and everything related to Traditional Witchcraft..
Currently Eric De Vries studies Political Sciences in Amsterdam and in his free time he delves into Germanic myths, paganism, folklore and beliefs. He is a great fan of the Eddas, Grimm's fairytales and folktales in general.
His practice focuses on the native traditions of Northern Europe and he tries to reconstruct these through a well-balanced mix of spontaneity and scholarship. Meaning that practice and study are both important factors.
Currently, Eric is in the middle of writing a second book on the art of seiğr and will be publishing articles in HEX Magazine, Pentacle Magazine and the Crooked Path Journal. His hobbies include reading, writing and sailing. He also runs a Dutch website on traditional witchcraft, Germanic shamanism and heathenry.
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Ann Finnin
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Orion Foxwood
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Orion is a conjurer in the Southern folk tradition, a traditional witch and founding elder of the Foxwood Temple of the Old Religion. For over 20 years, he has lectured extensively on magical practices and spiritual development. Author of "The Faery Teachings", a collaborative CD project with RJ Stewart entitled "Faery Seership", and his newly released book titled "Tree of Enchantment".
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Colin Paddon
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Colin Paddon Ph.D., D.Ac., D.N.M. is a Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Naturopathic Medicine. He is a gifted healer, and one of Canada's foremost teachers of holistic and alternative therapies.
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Peter Paddon
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Peter is a Brit of Welsh ancestry who lives in Los Angeles with his wife Linda, where he is Magister of Briar Rose, a small Coven of modern Cunningfolk. Aside from being an author, Peter also created the Craftwise series of spellcasting DVDs, and is the host of the Crooked Path podcast.
Having many years of experience in various forms of Occult Studies, including Alexandrian Wicca, the Egyptian Mysteries, Rosicrucianism and Enochian magick, Peter finally found what he had been looking for all his life in the two Traditional Covens he became a member of in the US. The first was the Roebuck (1734, Clan of Tubal Cain), under Ann and Dave Finnin, and the second was Wildewood Grove (Welsh Celtic Tradition), under its Mistress, Raven Womack.
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Radomir Ristic
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Radomir Ristic is a published author from southeast Europe. He is proficient in southeast European traditions as well as some Middle East, African and south-American ones.
He was born in Serbia, where he graduated in the authorised training centre for Autodesk, Centre Group; as a programmer of applicative animation. After getting in touch with old Balkan traditions like Witchcraft, folk paganism, shamanism and folk medicine, he decided to continue his education by studying ethnology and anthropology.
Radomir also attends all kind of courses in mythology, folklore and psychoanalysis, gooing to lectures and field trips all over the Balkans. He does interviews with Cunningfolk, Witches, Shamans, Healers, Herbalists and folk Clairvoyants, in order to find out about their traditions and their world view today, in the rural regions of the Balkans.
During his travels he has been introduced to two different Serbian traditions and one Vlachian, but he writes about many others also. He often shares his field discoveries with scientists. Based on the data available from literature, field discoveries, personal experiences and consultations and interviews with historians, anthropologists, occultists and mystics, he writes his books some of which are: "Balkan traditional witchcraft", "Mystery of Witchcraft", and "The Last European Shamans". Besides writing books, Radomir also publishes his articles in "The Crooked Path Journal" and "The Cauldron" magazine.
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Scott Stenwick
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Scott Michael Stenwick was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1969. A
natural storyteller from early childhood, he was drawing pictures and assembling them into simple narratives before he could read or write. In elementary school he continued to write stories and was also exposed to computers when his school acquired an Apple II in 1977. He has been writing and programming ever since. As a teenager he developed an interest in esoteric studies following in the footsteps of his great-grandmother, a professional astrologer and medium, and began practicing ritual and ceremonial magick.
Scott attended Saint Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota and graduated in 1991 with a degree in psychology. In college he worked on two novels in addition to his studies but eventually decided that neither was suitable for publication without substantial revision. After graduation he went to work in the computer field and built a career as a software developer and information technology consultant. In this capacity he has worked for several Fortune 500 companies and designed and developed numerous business applications.
Scott lives in Minneapolis with his wife and two daughters. After years of solitary magical and mystical work, he joined Ordo Templi Orientis in 1995 and became a Freemason in 1997. In addition, he is part of a smaller magical working group that has been in operation since 2002 and performed numerous experimental workings seeking to advance the general body of magical knowledge.
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Sokarjo Stormwillow
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Sokarjo Stormwillow is an author and aspiring gardener living in rural Kansas. She works part time as an office assistant in a hospital and attends college full time. She has been writing and attempting writing since she was very young, frequently submiting fiction stories and little poems instead of book reports and essays.
The Tale of Tyrfing is Stormwillow’s first novel to be published, hopefully to be followed by many others. She has loved fantasy since she was very young, blaming the obsession on her Irish and German heritage. Her inspiration for Tyrfing came from a collection of Viking legends, as well as from various fantasy works she has read, and her own muddled up mind.
Sokarjo has always preferred to think for herself. Her mother always said she marched to the beat of her own drum... she also dances to the music only she can hear and falls when skipping up stairs.
Sokarjo enjoys music, thunderstorms, willow trees, candlelight, almost any book she can get her hands on, bubble baths, and long walks in the moonlight. She has an insatiable thirst for knowledge and good herbal tea. She appreciates rarities such as honesty, individuality, common sense, and an open mind, especially if all these qualities can be found at once.
Sokarjo is a Norse name, with the j pronounced like a y. Sokarjo was told that it means "She who seeks" and feels that it is quite appropriate. Currently she is seeking to write more books and to learn more about spirituality, relationships, and the meaning of life.
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Raven Womack
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