Honored by Jane Magazine as one of The Ten Gutsiest Women of the Year, pioneering spiritual teacher, member of the Assembly of World Religious Leaders, best- selling author of The Love Spell, Book of Shadows, and Witchcrafting, Phyllis Curott is also a Wiccan High Priestess, founder of the Temple of Ara, president emerita of the Covenant of the Goddess,and Ivy League attorney who has handled numerous religious liberties cases for Wiccans.

www.phylliscurott.com

Lilith Dorsey, B.A., M.A., is a filmmaker, author, and practitioner of many different magickal traditions, including Celtic, Voodoo, and Native American spirituality. Her traditional education focused on Plant Science, Anthropology, Cinema Studies and Production at the University of R.I., New York University and the University of London, while her magickal training includes iniations in Santeria, Vodoun, and New Orleans Voodoo. Lilith Dorsey is editor/publisher of Oshun-African Magickal Quarterly, and author of the newly released Voodoo and Afro-Caribbean Paganism.

Since 1975, Lon Milo DuQuette has been a National and International governing officer of Ordo Templi Orientis, one of the most influential magickal societies of the 20th Century. His published writings have been compared to those of Israel Regardie, and he is considered one of the most widely respected members of the magick community.

He is the creator of Tarot of Ceremonial Magick which has been described by Judith Hawkins, of New Leaf Distributing as "...one of the most exciting breakthroughs in the tarot, in its arrangement and presentation of several occult systems relating to that elegant, versatile and indispensable Map of Consciousness, the Qabalah."

His book, My Life with the Spirits (from Samuel Weiser) is an autobiography and provides readers with a rare (often hilarious) peek into the bizarre life of a modern magician.

A native Californian (naturally), DuQuette was born in 1948 and claims to be the reincarnation of only himself. In his 50 years, he has been a radio disk jocky/comedian, a musician, a recording artist, a drama student, a hippie, an advertising executive, an anti-war activist, and an unemployed of all these things.

http://www.lonmilo.com/

Philip Farber is the author of FUTURERITUAL: Magick for the 21st Century , a manual of neurological exploration. His articles on magick and popular culture have appeared in Green Egg Magazine , The Journal of Hypnotism , Hypnosis Today , Mondo 2000 , High Times , Paradigm Shift, and other unique publications and web sites. Phil is a Certified Hypnotherapist and a Licensed Trainer of Neuro-linguistic Programming, with a private practice in New York's Mid-Hudson Valley.

Orion Foxwood is founder of the Foxwood Temple of the Old Religion. He is a a Witch and High Priest in Celtic/ Traditional Witchcraft and Cunningman in the Faery Seership Tradition. He is author of the book, The Faery Teachings recently published by Muse Press". Orion has taught extensively in the Old Religion, Faery Seership and the magical arts and is a noted ritualist and spiritual counselor.

Ainsley Friedberg does not remember a time when she did not have occult interests. She was initiated into the Golden Dawn in 1977 but left shortly afterwards being one of the few to hold the degree of 0:0 neophyte for over 25 years. In 1980, Ainsley discovered Wicca and self-dedicated to later start the CWPN in 1989. She received her first degree from Laurie Cabot and her 3rd and eldership from Stewart Farrar, Janet Farrar and Gavin Bone. For over 12 years, she was the owner of the Witchcraft shop "Avalon" in Monroe, and later, South Norwalk, Connecticut.

Ainsley was strongly involved in the campaign to educate the public about Wicca and appeared in many local and national newspapers and on many television and radio shows including NYC's Z100. She may be seen yearly on A&E's "Haunted History of Halloween."

In 1998 Ainsley decided to dedicate her studies to the Pagan beliefs of her own ancestry, the Slavic peoples. She is the webmistress of "Slavic Paganism & Witchcraft," the oldest Slavic Pagan site in English on the web, and the moderator of the "Leszi" list on yahoo groups, the first egroup dedicated to Slavic Heathenry.

Ainsley now resides in Stratford, Connecticut and is in the process of writing a book on the Heathen folk traditions of the Slavs.

Jerrie Hildebrand has been affiliated with various national nature-centered and Pagan organizations since 1986. She currently works with the Our Freedom Collaborative, Lady Liberty League and is an ordained minister with Circle Sanctuary leading an interfaith women's collective in Massachusetts. Her work as an artist, individually and for business, is tied with her love of transformational thinking and processes. Jerrie is a award-winning graphic designer with 30 years experience blending her spiritual work as an artist and business woman.

Ellen Evert Hopman is a Master Herbalist and lay Homeopath who holds an M.Ed. in Mental Health Counseling. She is also a certified writing instructor through Amherst Writers and Artists. She was Vice President of The Henge Of Keltria, an international Druid Fellowship, for nine years. She is the founder of the Whiteoak internet mailing list, an on-line Druid ethics study group, and a co-founder of The Order of the Whiteoak (Ord Na Darach Gile) www.technovate.org/web/whiteoak/

She is the author of Tree Medicine, Tree Magic ( Phoenix publishers ), A Druid's Herbal For the Sacred Earth Year ( Inner Traditions/Destiny Books ), Being a Pagan (with Lawrence Bond)(Inner Traditions/Destiny Books), Walking The World In Wonder - A Children's Herbal (Healing Arts Press), Druids Today (forthcoming). She is a co-author of the new children's book A GRIMOIRE FOR THE APPRENTICE WIZARD . She has released two herbal videos;  Gifts From the Healing Earth Vol. 1 and 2, and  another on the Pagan festivals; "Pagans" ( from Sawmill River Productions, 21 Kettle Hill Rd, Amherst, MA 01002). She has released three audio tapes The Druid Path: Herbs And Festivals, Celtic Gods and Goddesses, and The Herbal And Magical Powers Of Trees (from Creative Seminars, POB 203, West Hurley, New York 12491). She has been a teacher of Herbalism since 1983 and of Druidism since 1990. Ellen leads small private Pagan tours of Ireland for interested parties. Please write or e:mail for details.

Jennifer Hunter began practicing Wicca on her own at age 16, before being a teen Witch was cool. She founded the State University of New York at New Paltz’s first Pagan student organization, which exists to this day. She spent a couple of years in a coven, and was initiated first-degree Protean-Gardnerian, but ultimately has followed a self-crafted path. She earned a BA in English from Montclair State University, which is worth precisely nothing, but allows her to join the ranks of noteworthy English majors like Garrison Keillor and Christine Lavin. She wrote her first book, 21st Century Wicca: A Young Witch’s Guide to Living a Magical Life, at age 25. Born without the shame gene, Jen has a playful and enthusiastic love of sexuality—her own and other people’s—and dreams of becoming a sex therapist someday. This passion led to her next two books, Wicca for Lovers: Spells and Rituals for Romance and Seduction (2001) and Rites of Pleasure: Sexuality in Wicca and NeoPaganism (2004). The child of agnostic, secular Jews, Jen developed an interest in Judaism when she married her now ex-husband, who had been raised Orthodox. Hence, Magickal Judaism: Connecting Jewish and Pagan Practice (July 2006). Today, she’s grateful for her belated Jewish education, but religiously she remains a Pagan and Witch. Of all the Gods, Jen is most drawn to Cernunnos/Herne, and idenfies as his lover and priestess. She is self-employed as a writer and editor, and lives in the Boston area with her five-year-old daughter.

Her Website is located as http://www.jenniferhunter.com/

Richard Kaczynski ( www.richard-kaczynski.com and richard_kaczyn.livejournal.com ) has been a student of Thelema since 1977 e.v., an O.T.O. member since 1987, and a lecturer on magick since 1990. He is past Master of Blue Equinox Oasis in Detroit, an ordained Priest of E.G.C., a Certified Initiator Trainer, an LBM Mentor, and a member of USGL's Education Committee. He is also a founding member of the Psychology Guild, and currently serves on its board of directors. He earned his Ph.D. in social Psychology, with a minor in measurement and statistics, at Wayne State University (Detroit) in 1990. His doctoral dissertation concerned metaphysical beliefs and experiences among occult practitioners.

Over the years, his writing has appeared in various magazines (High Times, The Magical Link, Neshamah, Cheth, Mezlim, Eidolon, and Different Worlds) and books (Golden Dawn Sourcebook, Rebels and Devils, People of the Earth). He is co-editor of “The Revival of Magick and Other Essays” (Oriflamme #2), and the author of “Perdurabo: The Life of Aleister Crowley”, "Perdurabo Outtakes (Blue Equinox Journal #1)." and Panic in Detroit: the Magician and the Motor City

Among his current projects is an edited and annotated re-issue of Crowley’s “Sword of Song.” He lives in Connecticut and is a member of Blue Equinox Oasis and Tahuti Lodge.

Caroline Kenner is a Pagan activist in Washington, D.C. Caroline has practiced shamanism since 1989, and is a graduate of the Foundation for Shamanic Studies' Three Year Program in Shamanic Healing. Currently, Caroline is enrolled in a two year program of post-witchdoctoral studies with Sandra Ingerman. Caroline is also a proud initiate of La Regla de Ocha, Cuban Santeria. She has received the Elekes (the necklaces), the Warriors, and two Orixas in the Santo Lavado ceremony. Caroline studied anthropology at Bryn Mawr College, and has a Master's degree in communications from Boston University. She works with national and local media to correct misperceptions about Paganism and Witchcraft. Sponsored by Chesapeake Pagan Community, Caroline organizes public shamanic healing circles on the Pagan high holidays. Caroline also writes for the Witches' Voice.

Donald Michael Kraig graduated from UCLA with a degree in philosophy. He has also studied public speaking and music (traditional and experimental) on the university level. After a decade of personal study and practice, he began ten years of teaching courses in the Southern California area on such topics as Kabalah, Tarot, Magic, Tantra, and Psychic Development. He has been a member of many spiritual and magical groups and is an initiated Tantric.

The Magocracy in a non-denominational school of science-based magicks and philosophies whose mission is the rigorous training of technomages through a series of three year programs which include testing, workshops and peer reviewed thesis works. The members of The Magocracy are selected through a series of interviews and must also show certain prerequisites in order to enter the school. Students who have been enrolled are taught a wide variety of magick pathways by fully trained and qualified Teaching Magi under the guidance of the Tzaddi (or founder). Members are expected to choose a major in science based magicks with a minor in any spiritual or traditional path they wish. The Magocracy prides itself on its methodologies which include homework assigned between monthly Meetings, workshops and direct training under the guidance of qualified teachers, testing, term papers and thesis projects. It is the guiding vision of The Magocracy to help the pagan community at large by serving as a specialized school of knowledge that is open to all paths and does not require binding and exclusive oaths for it's membership, thus permitting members from various churches or covens to join and learn for the greater good of their "home" spiritual organization. The Magocracy is not a coven, church nor a secret society, it is a school for greater knowledge and scientific understanding in magick of all forms.

Jane has taught at many Pagan gatherings over the years, and is a traditional Norse spakone and rune specialist. Her first book, "Norse Mythology...According to Uncle Einar", is a humorous look at Odin, Thor, & Co., and a second manuscript, "The Hammer of the Smith", set in Dark Ages Norway and Denmark, is currently under consideration for publication. She is at present working on a scholarly book on traditional Norwegian "magic medicine" and another, "The Divine Thunderbolt: Missile of the Gods", which goes into thunder & lightning lore.

Mark Sosnowski has been on this path most of his life. Life's ways dealt him many twists and turns. He usually says he came into the Craft through the back door. He loves books and reading, and makes his living as a librarian. Numerology is his main form of divination having worked it for over 20 years. His Gemini mind, never at rest, has studied astrology, crystals, runes, I -Ching and whatever else strikes his fancy.

Mark has been a member of CWPN (Connecticut Wiccan and Pagan Network) since 1992. He has served on the Board Since 2000. In 2004, Mark was elected to the office of President. He has also served his community in a number of capacities over the years. He has been the Education Chair, Stamford Area Representative, and Vice President for CWPN. He has co-hosted public Sabbats for CWPN, and assisted at numerous others. He is also one of the founding members of the Pagan Interfaith Council, and served as its first Chairman. Mark is a second degree Cabot, trained by Laurie in her method of The Craft. He is a Reiki Master, and has studied many esoteric arts as well.

Robert John (R J) Stewart was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. His father came from a Gaelic speaking family originally from the Western Highlands. His mother was Welsh, from a Welsh speaking family from the Gower Peninsula in South Wales, with a tradition of singing and playing the Welsh triple-harp. He is known today as a composer, author, and teacher, with 40 books in publication, translated into many languages worldwide. He is widely experienced in theater, film, and television, and is a skilled performer and presenter.

In 1996 R. J. was admitted to the USA as "resident alien of extraordinary ability", a category awarded only to immigrants of outstanding achievement in the arts or sciences. He now lives in Northern California and in Maryland. http://www.dreampower.com/

Kirk White, M.A., L.Ac., is a healer, teacher and author. He has been a practicing Witch for over 30 years, a psychotherapist for 10 years, and a licensed oriental medical practitioner for 11 years. Past Director of the University of Vermont’s Parapsychology Program, he also founded the Green Mountain College of Oriental Medicine and the Church of the Sacred Earth: a Union of Pagan Congregations. He is now serving as founding president of Cherry Hill Seminary (www.cherryhillseminary.org), a professional Pagan ministry program with faculty and students worldwide. His skills and interests include traditional healing modalities, various magickal and spiritual traditions, and models of Pagan leadership and ministry. A contributor to “Exploring the Pagan Path: Wisdom from the Elders” (2005), his book, “Adept Circle Magick: a guide for the advanced Wiccan practitioner” has just been released by Citadel Press (April 2006).