Katrina Messenger is a poet, priestess, warrior and witch. Katrina is a full time Wiccan mystic and an ordained minister. In 1999, she founded Connect DC, a Wiccan based public ritual group that seeks to heal and transform the city of Washington DC through magic, mystery and celebration. In 2004, Katrina opened the Reflections Mystery School in order to offer a structured apprenticeship program plus continue to offer quality magickal instruction to the Washington Metro area and to the entire MidAtlantic region. In 2012, she incorporated the Order of Elemental Mystery (OEM) as a church in Washington, DC.  OEM, now the umbrella for both Connect DC, and Reflections, is located in Two Rivers Sanctuary — pagan owned land in the nation’s capital.

Katrina is a DC native with over fifty years of experience as a grassroots activist and community leader. She has taken on leadership roles in almost every group she has joined, including her election to the state presidency of Maryland NOW and later when she served eighteen months as the acting minister for the Sojourner Truth Congregation of Unitarian Universalists.

Katrina has studied mythology, esoteric sciences and human development for over thirty years. Katrina is a certified Archetypal and Dream Patterning Analyst.  She is the author of Elemental Psychology: Using Jungian Psychology and the Sacred Elements for Spiritual Development, Descent: A Journey for Women, and Dark Beauty. She has published articles in the Assisi Institute Journal, and the Reclaiming Quarterly. She contributed to the highly successful Twelve Wild Swans, and taught at Reclaiming witch camps from 1997 to 2003. She is an elder in her community and a recognized leader and teacher worldwide

Classes this year are:

• A Wiccan Cosmological View of Time
• Body Wisdom: Healing the Schism between our Mind/Culture and our Animal Bodies
• Gazing into the Dark Mirror

BJ Swain is the author of Living Spirits: A Guide to Magic in a World of Spirits, Luminarium: A Grimoire of Cunning Conjuration, Familiar Unto Me: Witches Sorcerers and Their Spirit Companions. He was a contributing editor for Heaven and Hell 2018: The Grimoire Issue, and has had essays published in the devotional anthology for Persephone, Queen of the Sacred Way, and the short story collection, Tales of the Darkening Year. He runs the website, The Unveiled Sky, the blog Glory of the Stars, and hosted the podcast, In the Company of Stars.

He has been practicing magic for over 30 years. In addition to practical work with magic, BJ focused his education on Classics but also took several courses covering magic, the paranormal, mysticism, and mythology as part of his academic studies. He was trained in a branch of the A∴A∴, a hereditary line of witchcraft, and the Order of the Celestial Academy in addition to his own independent studies and explorations of the occult and Paganism. BJ served as Deputy Master of an OTO body, a Priest in the Gnostic Catholic Church, and as the Bishop of Maryland for the Church of Light and Shadow.

He currently works with a small group of magicians who have completed the Abramelin working and who work to spread interest in more traditional magic and is organizing a Dionysian Mystery Tradition called New Orpheum. BJ was the 2019 recipient of the Black Crozier award, and his work has been nominated for other awards and repeatedly achieved top ten spots in Amazon category listings.

Classes this year are:

• Before the God and Goddess
• Bird House in Your Soul

Raven Kaldera is a Northern Tradition shaman, herbalist, astrologer, polyamorous transgendered intersexual, homesteader, and founding member of the First Kingdom Church of Asphodel. He has been a practicing shaman for almost two decades now, and is an activist for everything he believes in.

He is the author of 45 books, including the Northern-Tradition Shamanism series, Myth Astrology, Pagan Astrology, Dealing With Deities: Practical Polytheistic Theology, and Hermaphrodeities:  The Transgender Spirituality Workbook.

‘Tis an ill wind that blows no minds.

Website: https://ravenkaldera.org/

Classes this year are:

• Consent-Focused Ritual
• Lessons from the Kingdom of Freaks and Monsters
• Personal Gnosis: Judging the Spiritual Experience (Roundtable)

Ash Glasse (they/them) is a Heathen practitioner based in Western Maryland. They are theGothar (spiritual leader) of Elk Ridge Kindred; an inclusive Heathen group based in Frederick,Maryland. Ash is a member of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Frederick, where theyare an active CUUPS (Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans) member, leader, and teacher.They also teach at many pagan events on the East Coast. Ash’s primary focus in Heathenry isto incorporate the practice into daily life. They try to break down the walls between the spiritualand the mundane, while keeping in touch with Heathenry’s historical roots. They consider theirpractice a revival, more than a reconstruction. Ash also writes and performs with Pagan FolkBand, Kindred Crow.

On the Web:

• elkridgekindred.org
• https://glassewitchcottage.com/

Presenting this Year:

• Queer identities in Heathenry

Brandon is a follower of Jesus who took almost-monastic vows when he fell into the
polytheistic deep end over a decade ago. Nowadays he goes between wandering in excess
and being a more social version of an ornamental hermit in his friends’ garden. He is a
devotional artist, astrologer, altar enthusiast, and trained support crew member who is
passionate about helping others find tangible ways to build a deeper connection with their
path and spirits.
Sometimes he even writes about stuff like that here: http://hispanfriar.org/
Or shares his artwork here: http://littlemonkfish.deviantart.com/

Presenting this year:

• Ritual with the Trans Dead

Chance J. Feldstein (they/them) is an internationally known TTRPG and LARP designer,
interfaith pastoral counselor, and interdisciplinary artist, with 27 years of experience in Jewish
magic, chaos magic, and eclectic paganism. They have a life-long special interest in religion,
mythology, folklore, and the occult. Chance’s undergraduate training is in psychology, with a
focus in neurodiversity and psychynamic thought, from the California Institute of Integral
Studies. They hold a graduate certificate in transformative game design from Uppsala
University, the first program of its kind in the world, which has since been expanded into a
master’s degree. Chance had already been studying and practicing narrative alchemy and
sacred play for around 20 years, when they entered the certificate program to fill in gaps in their
knowledge.
Chance’s game Garden of Pathos, a non-verbal LARP about Baba Yaga’s greenhouse,
incorporating body movement and arts & crafts, received an Honorable Mention from the
Golden Cobra Challenge in 2019. They have co-written eight books for Vampire: the
Masquerade, Mind’s Eye Theatre, and Mage: the Ascension 20th Anniversary Edition, and their
first Kickstarter game is expected to be ready by late 2025 or early 2026. Chance is currently
writing a book entitled Narrative Alchemy & Sacred Play, planned to have an academic version
with theory, and a practical version with role-playing and game-mastering tipe.
To traditionalists who say chaos magic is / was nothing more than LARPing, Chance’s response
is: “That’s not a bug, it’s a feature”. Play is sacred to them because it enables humans – all
mammals, really – to learn and evolve while having fun; sometimes, enough fun that we don’t
notice the growth and learning until much later. As Oscar Wilde once said, “Man is least himself
when he talks in his own person; give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.” Chance is
excited to present their games and theories to the public, for the first time outside a gaming
convention.

Presenting this year:

• Liminality & Trickster Wisdom: Walking a Shadow Path
• Narrative Alchemy and Sacred Play

Christine Laplante is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC), Priestess, Musician and
Author of Sacred Not Secret, An Integrated Approach to Sexual (R)Evolution. She has a
profound passion for integrating emotional healing, sacred sexuality, and personal
empowerment. With over two decades of experience in the magical and mental health fields,
Christine helps individuals explore their authentic selves and harness the transformative power of
both mind and body. She specializes in guiding people through life transitions, relationship
dynamics, and personal healing, with a particular focus on the intersection of sexuality,
spirituality, and self-discovery.

Presenting this year:

• Sensual Healing with Rope: A Journey into Connection, Trust, and Transformation

Sarah Wildes is a Witch, legally ordained Eclectic Wiccan High Priestess, Psychic, Reiki Master,
and Hypnotherapist. She is a decedent of the Sarah Wildes on the Witch Trials Memorial Wall and in the
Wax Museum. Sarah is also known for her work in the paranormal as the Pagan Exorcist. She is also an
artist and fashion model. Find her on Instagram @conrahsarahteena and Facebook uner her married
name, Sarah Livermore.

Presenting this year:

• Dealing With Difficult Clients At Your Reader Table

Danielle Dionne is a psychic medium, witch, herbalist, homesteader, and author of Magickal
Mediumship and Chronically Magickal. She is a High Priestess in the Temple of Witchcraft Tradition,
serving as Ministerial Deputy for Scorpio and Cancer Ministries. Danielle runs Seed and Sickle, an
online space where she offers psychic and mediumship sessions, herbalism consultations, mentorship,
and consultation on death care support and living with chronic illness. She lives in southern NH at
Crossroads Farm, a spirited homestead raising heritage breed livestock. She is the Cemetery Sexton for
two local cemeteries. She enjoys connecting with those, like herself, who are magickal practitioners
living with chronic illness.

Website: http://www.danielledionne.com%20www.seedandsickle.com

Presenting this year:

• Magick for Chronic Illness.

David Shi is a traditional shamanic worker and folk magic practitioner who primarily engages in ancestral North Asian forms of shamanism. He is primarily of Manchurian descent, but can also trace ancestry to Mongolian, Chinese, Korean, as well as a little Tungus Siberian and ancient Central Asian Turkic heritage as well. Raised in a household that incorporated both Southeast Siberian and North Chinese practices, David has dedicated his spare time to the study of the spiritual traditions of his ancestors and of greater Eurasia. Recognized as a sagaasha/ongodtengertei, a future shaman prior to initiation, among both Mongolian and Korean shamans, David’s practices are deeply rooted in spirit work in which ancestral and land spirits are called to empower all workings. David’s readings incorporate a combination of Tarot, Bones, Jaw-harp, as well as Mongolian stone divination (known as Kumalak in Turkic Central Asia).

David is the author of the new book “Spirit Voices: The Mysteries and Magic of North Asian Shamanism”, and currently resides in Manhattan, New York where he occasionally provides spiritual services, products, and workshops to his immediate communities. Follow him on Instagram @davidjshi311.

Presenting this year:

• Spirit Voices: The Mysteries and Magic of North Asian Shamanism
• Eastern Astrology Crash Course

davis (name/any) was a spiritual wanderer. He has spent a lifetime thus far studying the craft, occultism, ceremonial magick, healing traditions, medieval astrology, QBLH, and chaos magick. He is a witch/teacher (at times)/priestx in the Reclaiming Tradition. davis lives in the Hudson Valley with their step-daughter and a quirky group of seven, small, elderly, canine friends. davis works in the healing professions in their hometown, where he is privileged to walk to work every day, for the past 35 years. He holds peace, and social justice as core values, and talks with the crows.

Presenting this year:

• Geomancy, Earthborn Astrology Part 1
• Geomancy, Earthborn Astrology Part 2

Erick Sastre, He/Him/HisErick is a pagan priest, witch, massage therapist and yoga teacher. He is a member of the Well& Forge Coven, of the Temple of the Hallowed Gods and a member of the Blackthorn Traditionof Witchcraft. He began his journey to paganism as a curious teen, hooked by his love ofmythology and intrigued by the mysteries. He has begun teaching because he feels stronglyabout creating spiritually safe spaces, especially inclusion and affirmation for gender diversepeople. He is so grateful to have found paganism in his youth, it is truly the most welcoming andforward thinking of communities. He noticed throughout his journey that his gender sometimesfit awkwardly into the magick he was learning. He had to unwind a Gordian Knot of culturalmessaging, oppressive systems and prejudices in order to find the true treasures of paganism.“Know Thyself”, “All acts of love and pleasure are my rituals”, “Bodies I have in mind, and howthey can change to assume new shapes.” These words and more helped him find his way. Hehopes that presenting and educating on gender will help make the path easier for others.

Presenting this year:

• Pagan Pronouns 101

Jane T. Sibley, one of the founders of CTCW, also created the New England Conference on Mithraic Studies (Mithracon). Jane and Tchipakkan met in the Society for Creative Anachronism, a medieval recreation group, where Jane’s persona is that of a Norsewoman from the pre-Viking period, Arwen Evaine ferch Rhys ap Gwynedd. That was where Jane created Auntie Arwen’s Spices, where she sells herbs and herb mixes both culinary and healing. If you can’t wait until the conference check them out on-line. In the SCA she worked with Lois Fitzpatrick in the Soothsayer’s Guild, being awarded the Order of the Laurel for historical divination. Among the techniques she shared in this medievalist group were reading runes, casting seeds, and her work in utiseta (oracular seidhr).

She was taught a lot of this by her Norwegian grandmother, and, being an historian, is hesitant to claim that these techniques go back farther than can be documented; however, these are traditional techniques, and really work. Jane passes them along outside the family because they shouldn’t be lost, and none of the next generation has shown interest. Among these techniques is the very intense Norseworking healing ritual, which she’s done for a few years. (If you come, be sure you know how to ground your energy!)

Jane earned her doctoral degree in History/Comparative Religion, focusing on the Indo-European thunder/lightning god from antiquity into modern times. As with much of CTCW, she combines mind and spirit, history and science (She has even worked with an electron microscope!), healing, divination, myth and humor, each informing our understanding of the others. Her books are: “Norse Mythology…According to Uncle Einar”, “The Hammer of the Smith”, “The Divine Thunderbolt: Missile of the Gods”, “A Different Dragon” and The Way of the Wise (Traditional Norse Folk Medicine and Magic.)

Presenting this year:

• Norseworking
• Traditional Norwegian Herbal Medicine

Jennifer Bobbe began studying and practicing yoga and meditation in college while going through a major depression. She studied for the Unitarian-Universalist Ministry at Meadville Lombard Theological School in Chicago, but after completing the requirements and internship, chose to take another path. She concluded her M.A. in Religious Studies, with an emphasis in Asian Religions, at New York University in 1997. To contribute to her thesis on Tibetan death rituals, she began studying Tibetan language and meditation with Venerable Thupten Phuntsok of the Asian Classics Institute in New York in 1996. This led to her becoming a student and initiate of Geshe Michael Roach, Sermey Khensur Lobsang Tharchin, and His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

Jesse Hathaway Diaz is a folklorist, artist, performer and independent scholar
with a Masters in Performance Studies from NYU. With initiations in several
forms of witchcraft from Europe and the Americas, he is also a lifelong student
of Mexican curanderismo, an initiated priest of Obatalá in the Lucumí Orisha
tradition, and a Tatá Quimbanda. He co-hosts an occult themed podcast called
‘Radio Free Golgotha’, and edits the ‘Folk Necromancy in Transmission’ imprint
through Revelore Press. For the better part of two decades, he has been
involved with Theatre Group Dzieci, a New York based experimental theatre
ensemble which explores theatre and ritual as a way, blending service with self
exploration and performance. Living on a farm in the Hudson Valley, his artistic
and written work navigate the world-as-magic through exploring orality and
transmission, decolonialism, ritual theory and praxis, herbalism and healing
modalities through private study, apprenticeship, and community involvement.
You can find his artistic and written work at www.jessehathawaydiaz.com and
his wares at www.signthepact.com

Presenting this year:

• Seven Hungers that Linger: Kiumbas & the Seven Kingdoms of Exu

Aurora Raven Dragonfly aka Julie Anne-The basis of my teaching is gleaned from over 36 years of practice based in Germanic, Dianic, Gardnerian and ultimately Reclaiming witchcraft. I have led and participated in many covens over the years; The Circle of the Rising Phoenix, Sacred Daughters of Her, and Reclaiming the Radiant Wild. I did a green witch intensive for a year with Susan Weed and have taught workshops at witch-camps, organized for VWC and was on the World Witch Council as a representative for VWC.

Around 12 years ago, I started writing short stories, poems, a play and eventually a novel which was published in 2020; “The Witches of Riegersburg”. Having been a voracious reader as child & teen, I always journaled. My sequel; “The Secret of hunter Mountain” was published in December 2025.

Julie Atkinson has been conjuring up magic with deities and candles since her first candle spell back in the ’90s! She’s the owner of Hedge & Hearthfire, where she offers consultations for Reiki, tarot, candle work, and basically whatever mystical goodness her clients (and their spirit guides) need. Julie’s passionate about helping others discover and embrace their best selves, and she loves working closely with each person to understand their unique needs and empower them on their journey.

Julie’s also the co-host of the High Priestess Hype Club podcast, where she’s like a magickal bestie to her listeners! She shares her knowledge, experiences, and adventures in kitchen witchery, fire magick, and Reiki, along with the occasional “meow” from her feline familiar, Ricky.

Julie lives in Richmond, VA, with her family, two cats, and cabinets overflowing with magical supplies. You can find her on the High Priestess Hype Club podcast (www.hypeclub.live), her website (www.julieatkinson.com), and IG and BlueSky @witch.im.trying.

Presenting this year:

• Finding Your People: Navigating Relationships in a Magickal World (Roundtable)

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, jewelry, 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, 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. 

http://www.lauratempestzakroff.com

https://linktr.ee/owlkeyme

Presenting this year:

• Sigils In Motion: Movement with Magic & Meaning
• The Art of Sigil Witchery

Lyndsay O’Malley is a priestess in the Assembly of the Sacred Wheel, a syncretic tradition located in the Mid-Atlantic. A teacher by profession, she loves to sing; play piano, guitar, and mandolin; and compose chants and a capella choral music, among other things.

Located in Frederick, Maryland, she has written and compiled Out of the Shadows: Chants to Lesser-Known Celtic Gods and Goddesses (and a Couple of Well-Known Greek Deities) and presents on chants and chanting at pagan conferences around the eastern seaboard, including Sacred Space, Feast of Lights, and Mystic South. She is currently researching more about obscure Celtic deities in preparation for writing and presenting Out of the Shadows II: Celtic Explorations.

Presenting this year:

• Chants and Chanting: How to Build Your Own

Looking for your witchy tribe? Join Mary D’Alba and Julie Atkinson on the High Priestess Hype Club podcast! Born from a simple Facebook conversation in 2022, this isn’t your average podcast; it’s a place for magickal conversations woven into the fabric of everyday life. Mary brings her tarot, astrology expertise, and love of all things Death and drag queens, while Julie shares her kitchen witchery, fire magick, Reiki, and the occasional meow from her cat, Ricky. Tune in for conversations that blend the mystical and the mundane, and discover how to hype yourself up. Find them on your favorite podcast platform and at
www.hypeclub.live. Connect with Julie at
www.julieatkinson.com and Mary at
www.marydalba.com. Grab your favorite drink and join the hype!

Presenting this year:

• Life with Death: An exploration of Santa Muerte
• Finding Your People: Navigating Relationships in a Magickal World (Roundtable)

Mary Kimball, better known as Mama Kimball, has been a practicing pagan for over 30 years. Mary has been involved with the CWPN and Harvest Gathering from the time of their conception. She has participated on the CWPN Board of Directors, holding several positions. She has done a number of public rituals and classes for this organization as well as others.

Mary has been a Birth Couch for over 20 years with 10 births attended and is working on her certification as a Birth Doula, she is also a practicing certified End of Life Doula. Mary has been an adult educator in both Danbury and New Milford and volunteers on many community projects, especially providing hospitality to attendees. Mary is also certified to provide Mental Health First Aid and is CPR/First Aid certification.

Besides being a craft person and seamstress, she is also a Justice of the Peace and Notary Public in the State of Connecticut and owns her own business named Mama Kimball’s Emporium.

Mary has been married for over 44 years with 2 wonderful children as well as her furry friends and believes that family is not only by blood but also by the heart.

Presenting this year:

• Making a Besom

Maryalyce Merritt is the owner and operator of Akasha’s Journey. She walks her path in this life as a teacher and healer. She uses her psychic gifts to communicate with Spirit and convey messages with the utmost compassion and deliver them heart-to-heart. Akasha uses a variety of divination modalities for these messages, some of which include Tarot Cards, Healing Crystals, Angel Cards, Animal Medicine Cards, Ocean (Seashell) Oracle, i-Ching, and others. (She reads for dogs, too!) Akasha feels that although many clients come seeking information, they are actually seeking a path to wholeness, and as such, if she is guided to do so, she may incorporate other holistic healing modalities if it is for her client’s highest good.Maryalyce was raised with a great love for Spirit, and when she turned 19, her spiritual path became non-mainstream, yet so much more heart-felt. Part of her journey was sharpening her intuition as well as her gifts for healing and for teaching. It was at this age when she formally began offering divination using Medicine Cards, Tarot Cards, and Crystals. Somewhere in her journey, she realized that she also had the gift of mediumship. Maryalyce is an ordained Interfaith Minister & owns and operates Akasha’s Journey, LLC. She offers psychic readings, classes, and sessions in many different holistic healing modalities such as Reiki, IET, Crystal Healing, Tuning Fork Therapy, Herbalism, and others. In addition, Akasha is a Certified Dog Trainer and is also on the Board of Directors for the Harlem Valley Compassion Connection and Changing Times Changing Worlds.

Matthew Venus an artist, folk magician, and traditional witch based in Salem, Massachusetts whose craft is centered around a deep heart of animism and a dedication to ancestral and land based traditions. His practice is further enriched by his role as Tata Ndenge in a lineage of Quimbanda de Angola, and his experiences as an Aborisha in the Lucumí Orisha tradition. Over the past two decades Matthew has been sharing his teachings with students around the world through classes and courses which explore a diversity of topics related to witchcraft and folk magical traditions.

Matthew is the owner and lead apothecary of Spiritus Arcanum (@spiritus_arcanum) an online and brick and mortar shop which specializes in handcrafted ritual incenses, oils, and talismanic art. Additionally, he is the co-founder of the Salem Witchcraft and Folklore Festival (@SalemWitchFest) which hosts both in person and online events centered around magical education, community building, and activism.

Presenting this year:

• On Plants and Planets: Planetary Approaches Towards Magical Herbalism
• Standing at the Threshold: The Spirits, Lore, and Transformational Magics of the Doorway

Nikki Wardwell Sleath, MA is the founder and leader of the Society of Witchcraft and Old Magick, a large private occult training order located in central CT which has been running for ten years. She is directly descended from Samuel Wardwell, one of the folks hanged in Salem for witchcraft, and has designated her order as the Wardwell tradition of American Witchcraft in honor of him. Nikki is the author of The Goddess Seals, Dream Sorcery and You Might be a Witch, with more books forthcoming. Nikki is a full-time professional occultist and writer running a practice offering psychic, healing, magickal and shamanic services in addition to her teaching work. She is also a priestess of the Morrigan and a co-facilitator of the annual Morrigan’s Call Retreat. For more info or to contact Nikki, visit www.nikkiwardwellsleath.com.

Internationally recognized Psychic, Holistic Healer, and
Teacher Sha Blackburn, known as The LoonWitch, has
been empowering individuals to transform their lives using
magickal principles and her intuitive gifts since 1997. Since
childhood Sha has been drawn to the mystery schools and
walks that path today. She is a High Priestess (Order of
Blended Wisdom Coven), Ordained Minister, Reiki Master
Teacher, Certified Neuro-Linguistic Practitioner, QHHT
Practitioner and certified in Acupressure, Reflexology and
Chinese Herbology and is certified in Shamanic Healing
from the Foundation of Shamanic Studies.
She offers a variety of in person and virtual workshops on the topics of divination, healing,
and metaphysics and offers Tarot readings, Rune readings and Aura photography. She has
been a popular radio and media guest for over 20 years and is invited to return again and
again.
She was named Woman of the Year by The National Association of Professional Women
(2012), and Inspirational Woman of the Year by The Women’s Radio Network.
Learn more about Sha’s offerings and events at www.LoonWitch.com.
YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/@LoonWitch
Website:
https://www.loonwitch.com
Social Media:
https://www.facebook.com/theloonwitch
https://www.instagram.com/loonwitch

Presenting this year:

• Energetic Clutter Clearing

Terence P Ward is the author of Empty Cauldrons: Navigating Depression through Magic and Ritual(Llewellyn, 2022). Ward has been a journalist and practicing Pagan for more than thirty years, hasbeen bound to a Wiccan coven and communed with the earth as a backpacking Pagan, or Gaiaped. Amember of the order of the occult hand, Ward is also a hiereus—temple priest— of Poseidon throughTemenos Oikidios in Rhode Island, and holds ministerial credentials from the Vermont-based Churchof the Sacred Earth: a Union of Pagan Congregations. More information can be found at: truepaganwarrior.com.

Presenting this year:

• Deep divine connection (in the manner of friends)