Laura Tempest Zakroff

Laura Tempest Zakroff (she/they) is a professional artist, author, performer, and Modern Traditional Witch based in New England. She holds a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design, and her artwork has received awards and honors worldwide. Her work embodies myth and the esoteric through her drawings and paintings, jewellery, talismans, and other designs. Laura is the author of several bestselling Llewellyn books, including Weave the Liminal, Sigil Witchery, Visual Alchemy, and Anatomy of a Witch, as well as the artist and author of the Sigil Witchery Oracle, Anatomy of a Witch Oracle, and The Liminal Spirits Oracle. Laura edited The New Aradia: A Witch's Handbook to Magical Resistance, The Gorgon's Guide to Magical Resistance, and Serpents of Circe: A Manual to Magical Resilience from Revelore Press. Laura is the creative force behind several community events and teaches workshops online and worldwide.

David Rankine

David Rankine is an author, esoteric researcher and sorceror who has been practising magic and grimoires for over 45 years. 

He has been making major contributions to the occult revival since the 1980s, through lectures, workshops, presentations, articles and books. His esoteric expertise covers a wide range of topics, including the Grimoire tradition, Qabalah, Greco-Egyptian magic, Ceremonial magic and British folk magic. His esoteric knowledge and scholarship can be seen in the thirty-four books he has authored, his essays in various anthologies, and hundreds of articles for magazines, journals, international part-works and websites. In recent years, he is best known for his work on the grimoires, including The Grimoire Encyclopaedia and Claves Intelligentarium. 

He works as the editor-in-chief for Hadean Press and lives in Spain with his family. In recent decades, he is best known for his work on titles like The Grimoire Encyclopaedia, The Goetia of Dr Rudd, The Veritable Key of Solomon and Clavis Inferni.

Georgi Mishev

Georgi Mishev, PhD, born 1982, is a Bulgarian author and researcher in ancient culture and religion of the Mediterranean world and especially in magic practices, rituals and ancient relics in the folklore of the Balkan people. He has a bachelor's degree in Russian and German language, a master's degree in Preservation of the cultural-historical heritage in the Republic of Bulgaria (master's thesis on the subject Thracian material and immaterial cultural-historical heritage in the region of Thracian cult center Starosel), and a doctoral degree in the field of cultural-historical heritage (PhD thesis on the subject Bulgarian traditional culture as an information resource about the magica in ancient Southeastern Europe).

Dr. Giulia Turolla 

I am an Italian witch, High Priestess and teacher in the Temple of Ara tradition (Tempio di Ara, in Italy: www.tempiodiara.it ).

I graduated with honours in Archaeology and Ancient World Cultures from Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna; my field of specialisation is ancient magical/religious technology and culture. I have led circles for the Temple of Ara since 2008 and have been actively teaching study groups and advanced workshops since 2012.

I offer courses focused on magic and witchcraft in the Ancient World and European magical traditions on my website, www.boscodiartemisia.com, and I'm also the author of the forthcoming book "The Key to Ancient Greek Religion" that will be published by Hadean Press in 2025.

Daniel Ogden

Dr. Daniel Ogden is a Professor of Ancient History at the University of Exeter. His previous publications include: Polygamy, Prostitutes and Death: The Hellenistic Dynasties (1999; 2nd ed., 2023); (ed.) The Hellenistic World: New Perspectives (2002); (co-ed. with Elizabeth Carney) Philip and Alexander: Father and Son, Lives and Afterlives (2010); Alexander the Great: Myth, Genesis and Sexuality (2011); and The Legend of Seleucus (Cambridge, 2017).

Morgan Daimler

Morgan Daimler is a witch who has been a polytheist since the early '90′s, following a path inspired by the Irish Fairy Faith blended with neopagan witchcraft. Morgan teaches classes on Irish myth, fairies, and related subjects in the United States and internationally. Morgan has been published in multiple anthologies as well as in Witches and Pagans magazine, and Pagan Dawn magazine. She has written several dozen books, including Fairies: A Guide to the Celtic Fair Folk and Pagan Portals Aos Sidhe, has self-published books of Old and Middle Irish language translations, has a high fantasy novel 'Into Shadow', and an urban fantasy/paranormal romance series called Between the Worlds.

Tiffany Lazic 

Tiffany Lazic (RP, BAA) is a Registered Psychotherapist, Spiritual Director, and Certified Havening Techniques Practitioner with a private practice in individual, couples, and group therapy. She is the founder of the Soul Alchemist Academy, offering online courses in personal transformation, energy healing, and psychopomps work. She is the author of The Great Work: Self-Knowledge and Healing Through the Wheel of the Year (May 2015), The Noble Art: From Shadow to Essence Through the Wheel of the Year (October 2021), and Psychopomps and the Soul: Traversing Death and Life for Healing and Wholeness (May 2025). Tiffany is an international presenter and retreat facilitator, having led emotional and spiritual healing groups in Canada, Mexico, the UK, and India. In 2022, she transplanted her deeply entrenched Canadian roots to the welcoming shores of Anglesey in Wales, a move that fulfilled a lifelong dream.

Sara Mastros

Sara Mastros, author of Orphic Hymns Grimoire, The Big Book of Magical Incense, and The Sorcery of Solomon: A Guide to the 44 Pentacles of the Magician King, is Pittsburgh's leading Witch for Hire. She teaches Tarot, Witchcraft, Greek and Near Eastern mythology, Pan-Levantine folk magic, and practical sorcery online and at festivals and conferences all over the world. She's also a co-owner of the Fool's Dog Family of Tarot, Lenormand, Kipper, and oracle apps! You can check in on her courses and lessons at WitchLessons.com, sign up for her newsletter at MastrosZealot.com, or follow all her Witchy shenanigans on facebook at Facebook.com/Sara.Mastros

Varla Ventura

Varla Ventura is an author, traveller, rotten botanist, and lover of the strange. She has authored several books on bizarre and freaky things, from paranormal women's history to werewolves and banshees to plants that smell like death. She is a committed supernaturalist, folklorist, and seeker of those shadowy things that scrape at your window in the night.

Her latest book, Enchanted Plants: A Treasury of Botanical Folklore and Magic, explores the gardens of fairy and folk tales, where plants and their magic and medicine are central to the story. When not writing, she can be found lurking, tending her poison garden, and exploring the graveyards and forests in Minnesota.

Rachel Patterson

Rachel is a witch who has been walking the Pagan pathway for well over thirty years. A working wife and mother, lucky enough to have had over 30 books published (so far), some of them becoming best sellers.

Host of the Pagan Portal Podcast, Rachel gives talks to pagan groups and co-runs workshops run by the Kitchen Witch Coven. High Priestess of the Kitchen Witch Coven and an Elder at the online Kitchen Witch School of Natural Witchcraft.

A regular columnist with Fate & Fortune magazine and Pagan Dawn. You will find her regular ramblings on my own personal blog and YouTube channel.

Her craft is a combination of old religion witchcraft, Wicca, hedge witchery, kitchen witchery and folk magic. Her heart is that of an English Kitchen Witch.

Rachel was added to the Watkins 'Spiritual 100 List' for 2023

Visit Rachel Patterson online at rachelpatterson.co.uk

Daniela Simina

 Is a native of Romania, the granddaughter of a Fairy Seer and a medicine woman. She became acquainted with fairies through the local lore and folklore and through direct personal experience. Growing up, Daniela explored European nature-based traditions of spiritual healing and deepened her understanding of both energy and human physiology through practicing martialarts and yoga. Daniela Simina teaches courses, classes, and workshops on various modalities of energetic rebalancing and of course, fairies. She is the author of "Where Fairies Meet: Parallels between Irish and Romanian Fairy Traditions"- Pagan Portals, and "A Fairy Path: The Memoir of a Young Fairy Seer in Training" – Pagan Portals" and "Fairy Herbs for Fairy Magic- A Practical Guide to Fairy Herbalism". 

Ness Bosch

Ness Bosch, La Huesera, is an Iberian Shamaness and Priestess. Author and independent researcher, mother of 3, Ness lives in Scotland where she is a founding member of the Goddess Community Scotland. Founder of The Path of the Bones and the Clan of the Bone Woman (La Huesera), she shares the teachings of this path with those ready to move on into advanced animistic ways of working in the realms, with the spirits and teaches the ways of shadowhunting. She is the Head of the Covenant of the Waters and the Temple of Astarte. Before moving to Scotland, Ness was a Regional Coordinator for the Pagan Federation International in Spain.She is a Hierophant Priestess, Dame Commander, and Archdruidess of the Fellowship of Isis. Ness is the 1st Spanish to hold a seat in the Pagan Heathen Symposium. 

Rev. Ron Padrón. 

Rev. Ron Padrón (he/him/his) is the creator of White Rose Witching. He is a gay Cuban-American hedge priest from the swamps of Florida, now living in the mid-Atlantic with his husband and their small werewolf. He is specifically interested in divination, Queer Ancestor veneration and necromancy, bio-regional druidry, and spiritual activism. He has presented at gatherings such as the Salem Witchcraft and Folklore Festival, Hallowed Homecoming, Free Spirit Gathering, and Sacred Space. He is a co-founder and co-editor of a punk spirituality zine, ALTAR PUNK, an interfaith project focused on reclaiming faith and spirituality from nationalist movements, and the founder of the PaganPunk Community Grimoire project, a collection of short zines on varying pagan topics.

Ben Stimpson

BA (Hons), MBACP (He/They/Them) is an integrative therapist, spiritual director, award winning author, podcaster, and independent scholar of folklore and history. A member of the modern NeoPagan and queer communities, Ben's personal life helps to inform his professional and research work. Ben holds a BA (Honours) in Medieval, Classical and Religious Studies from the University of Waterloo; a post-graduate Diploma in Spiritual Psychotherapy; and a Diploma in Social Service Work. As a therapist, he excels in working with members of the queer community and other marginalized populations, and ascribes to transpersonal, systemic and narrative approaches to therapy. He is the host of Essence podcast, a weekly show interviewing fellow authors and practitioners in the field of alternative spirituality and therapy. His debut title, Ancestral Whispers: A Guide to Developing Ancestral Veneration Practices was released by Llewellyn Worldwide and won the 2024 Gold Medal at the COVR Awards. His second title, Wise Ones: Legends of Witches, Magicians and Cunning Folk of England and Wales is set to debut June 2025 through Crossed Crow Books.

Scott Richardson-Read (Cailleach's Herbarium)

Scott Richardson-Read is a queer working-class writer, activist, counsellor, folklorist, and alternative cultural historian with a profound connection to Scotland's folk heritage. As the creator of Cailleach's Herbarium, a platform dedicated to reviving and preserving Scottish folk traditions, Scott has dedicated years to researching and sharing the stories, practices, and beliefs that shape the working-class and animistic roots of Scottish culture. 

His work reflects a combination of extensive archival exploration, oral history, and personal experience within the landscapes of Scotland.

With a background steeped in human rights, ecology, activism, and traditions, Scott's writing and events bridge the past and present, offering fresh insights into the enduring significance of folk belief. Throughout his decades-long journey, he has continued to advocate for the preservation of Scotland's sacred sites and cultural heritage.

When not writing, Scott often explores Scotland's wild spaces, old libraries, and archives, drinks tea with his cats, or engages with vibrant communities that keep traditions alive.

Scott is the author of two books, The Tales of the Taibhsear (2018) (and an associated album) and released this year, Mill Dust and Dreaming Bread – Exploring Scottish Folk Belief and Folk Magic (2025).

Coby Michael

Coby Michael is an occult herbalist and magical practitioner specializing in the ritual use of poisonous and psychoactive plants. He studied religion at Arizona State University and has been a folk herbalist since a young age. He owns and operates The Poisoner's Apothecary, an online shop and educational resource for the poison path. Coby has been blogging since 2016 and is a prolific writer including articles for This Witch Magazine (2020),The Witches' Almanac (2022) and The Poisoner's Guild (2023) . His first book The Poison Path Herbal came out in 2021 with Inner Traditions and Coby recently celebrated the release of his second book The Poison Path Grimoire (Nov 2024). He is also co-author of Leo Witch, part of Llewellyn's Witch's Sun Sign Series (2023) and is working on his next book The Poison Path Oracle. He is the founder of Botanica Obscura Conference, an annual gathering of magical plant practitioners from around the world sharing their plant spirit knowledge. He currently resides in St. Petersburg, Fl and travels the country teaching people about plant magic, the poison path, occult herbalism and plant medicine.

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Wandy Mata

Founder of Bruja Power Botanica, is a devoted guide on the journey to reclaiming one's inner power. She believes that awakened souls have the potential to inspire transformative change. As a Lunar Priestess, Wendy's path includes initiation in Shamanism in Yucatan, Mexico, and a deep expertise in Curanderismo and Brujeria, traditions passed down through her family. She is also a Reiki Master Teacher and Advanced Pranic Healer. Wendy's thirst for knowledge has taken her around the world, from studying Feng Shui under Lilian Too in Malaysia to Leadership and Coaching at Erickson College in Canada. Before fully embracing her witchy path, Wendy made her mark in technology development, specialising in cybersecurity and digital forensics.

Halo Quin

Dr Halo Quin (they/them) is a pagan author, storyteller, singer-songwriter, and a lifelong lover of magic with a PhD in philosophy. They have been a witch since childhood, and are a devotee of the Faery Queen, a lover of the Welsh gods, and a sensual witch exploring the divine erotic and sacred nature of pleasure and beauty, to (re)enchant the world. With roots in Feri, Reclaiming Witchcraft, and Druidry, Halo's magic weaves together devotion, story, community ritual, and listening to the Fair Folk, in an animistic path with an embodied approach to the Craft. Their books include "Gods and Goddesses of Wales", "Faeries, Folktales, and Spirits" and "Crimson Craft - sexual magic for the solo witch". Find Halo's books, classes, and storytelling here: www.haloquin.net

Mora Sininho Rosa

Mora S. Rosa is a Portuguese folk witch and Iberian polytheist, most known for her content on Social Media about mythology and witchcraft books. Graduated in Communication, she delves into literature to analyze the tales around her. She has contributed to Portuguese magazines and has participated as a speaker at local pagan events. She is now trying to bring Iberian folklore outside of her birth land and language, working on several projects.  

Ashley Oppon

Ashley Oppon is Shamanic Practitioner, Death Midwife and RN at Sankofa Healing Sanctuary. For 5 years she studied to become a Shamanic Practitioner and now she works healing and helping others working on their spiritual lives. She is also a Home Funeral Guide, and an advocate for Medical Aid in Dying and Green and Natural Burials. With her death work she hopes to make the dying process a safe space for grief and healing. She also hosts Dine with the Divine, a podcast focused on culture, mythology and history. You can find her gardening, crafting and working as an oncology nurse. 

Fio Gede Parma

Fio Gede Parma is a Balinese-Australian award-winning author, queer, non-binary witch and initiate of the Craft. They have taught in five continents over the last 15 years and have written and co-created 8 books through Llewellyn Worldwide and Crossed Crow Books. These include The Witch Belongs to the World, Magic of the Pearl Pentacle, Ecstatic Witchcraft, and Elements of Magic. Fio braids together mythic poetry, soul-story, folkloric sorcery, angelic gnosis, faerie faith, their devotion to their Gods and Spirits, place, and eros into a rapturous Witchcraft whose desire is liberation and justice. Find out more fiogedeparma.com

Stefanos Chelydoreus

Stefanos Chelydoreus is a devotional polytheist, witch, mystic, and theologian from Athens, Greece with over 20 years of experience. His practice is centered on Mediterranean polytheism with a focus on ancient Hellenic religion, theurgy, witchcraft, and Greek folk magic. Primarily devoted to Hekate, he is the creator of the Equine Serpent - a form of esoteric polytheism and sorcery - and writes regularly on polytheistic theology, magic, witchcraft, and polytheistic mysticism.

Rev. Dr. Aaron Davis

Reverend Dr. Aaron Davis is a native son of Albany, New York. He has been supporting the Christian ministry since 1996, and it was during this time that he recognised the call from his ancestors growing louder. This led to discovering his ancestral home in the African-derived tradition of Lucumi and the related practice of Espiritismo. These traditions established the ancestral connection and also taught a healthy reverence for all the forces of nature known as Orisha for The Reverend Dr. Aaron Davis.

Life took on a new meaning as he learned about his ancestors and spiritual birthright. Hoodoo is in his blood. For over 16 years, Aaron has found joyful fulfilment in working the roots while helping others.

By prayer, laying on of hands, and calling the Holy Spirit, The Reverend Dr. Aaron Davis was made Bishop of The Renewal Church (TRC). During consecration, he recognised that the Cyprianic spirit in the lineage of Cyprian of Antioch was omnipresent.

He is also a passionate student of the Solomonic and Greek Magical Papyri traditions. Reverend Dr. Aaron Davis has developed a curriculum and teaches on rootworking on his own website at Soulful Santero University, as well as through The Blackthorne School, and mentors students on witchcraft and conjure via the White Witch Grimoire Mighty Networks platform.

La Sirena Selene

As a young child, La Sirena Selene was introduced to a tarot deck, meditation tapes, and crystals by her beloved third and fourth-grade teacher. Being from a Mediterranean family, which was built on superstitions and folklore traditions from the culture, Selene was immediately drawn to these oddities. Several years later, this had caused her to begin her studies in various occult topics.

Beginning with Buddhism and Hinduism, she quickly fell in love with the healing qualities and teachings of these practices, and wished to pursue an education and career in healing the soul and mind through psychology. While pursuing her Master's, she was able to continuously study various other spiritual modalities she encountered.

Selene then found Dr. Rev. Aaron Davis's teachings of hoodoo and felt a deep connection, which was furthered when she was introduced to the practices of Espiritismo and Curanderismo. This is where she learned that her spiritual practice of helping others must incorporate her knowledge of Cognitive Behavioural practices with South Asian teachings and Curanderismo alongside Greek/Egyptian paganism, while being grounded in Espiritismo.

La Sirena Selene co-teaches as well as develops her curriculum and instructs at Soulful Santero University, and can be contacted for readings on her website, Blue Tiger's Eye Tarot.

Thea Prothero

Thea Prothero is a Heathen and a pilgrim. Her first book, A Guide to Pilgrimage was published by Moon Books at the end of 2024, As you would expect, she spends most of her free time walking in the wildest remotest lands, places that still make the gods tremble, and she loves the challenge of finding connection through nature to the divine.

Thea is currently studying an MLITT in Viking Studies with The University of Highlands and Islands and her second book, Heathenry for the Solitary Practitioner is due to be published in 2026.

Mark NeCamp Jr. 

Mark NeCamp, Jr. is a writer, poet, teacher, public speaker, entrepreneur, spiritual alchemist, and modern day student and practitioner of the Art of magick and the occult. He teaches classes using magick as a tool for personal growth. One of the first spiritual traditions that Mark studied was Hoodoo and since then his studies have included Western Ceremonial Magick, Alchemy, Chaos Magick, various schools of folk magick and indigenous witchcraft, herbalism, NLP, psychology, and spiritualism over the last 25 plus years.

He is the author of Energy Magick, by Moon Books Publishing. He is the executive director of The Invisible College- a non-profit created to support the Pagan, Heathen, Witchcraft, and Occult communities through the creation of social, financial and educational resources.

Katelyn Dawn

Katelyn Dawn is a writer, podcaster, High Priestess, and Second Degree Druid. Specializing in Folk Magick, she teaches Pagan workshops and is deeply committed to fostering inclusive and accessible Pagan outreach and educational initiatives. In addition to her professional endeavors, Katelyn actively contributes to the local Unitarian Universalist congregation by helping facilitate earth-centered programs and classes.

Lisa McSherry

I have been writing and presenting since the early 2000s. My most recent book, Travel Magic, blends the art of travel with magical practice; how to stay spiritually grounded while on the road or aloft in the sky, how to feel at home while away. You can find out more about me through my website, lisamcsherry.com.