Gwynna's Friends

View All

Gwynna's Groups

The Celtic CrossRoads

226 members
Ecstasia

55 members

Living Vodou

11 members
Political Pagans

65 members

Mystic Beginnings

223 members

View All

Gwynna's Discussions

Gwynna's Page

Gifts Received

Gwynna has not received any gifts yet

Give Gwynna a Gift

Profile Information

Relationship Status

Single

About Me

I'm a writer, a teacher, and a witch. I practice arts of divination from around the world, including cartomancy, rune-reading, palmistry, astrology, animal augury, and a variety of other methods. I first learned the Tarot as a child, and have been reading professionally for more than fifteen years.

I am an initiate of the NorthWind Tradition of American Wicca and the Cauldron Tradition of Witchcraft. NorthWind is unusual among Wiccan traditions in that it is specifically "American Wicca, " and proceeds (in part) from the notion that Wiccan practitioners in the U.S. should understand and acknowledge the spirits of this land. The NorthWind foundress is a traditional Wiccan initiated through Buckland’s line, but also a Cherokee medicine woman. NorthWind incorporates much from the Cherokee medicine path, which is not native to Gardnerian-type Wicca. Our concept of deity is also a bit different: NorthWind honors not just God and Goddess, but also Community, as deity.

My branch of the NorthWind trad has been "hiving" for some years. Some elements of the NorthWind structure we chose to develop further, and there are a good many beliefs and practices from other historic or contemporary pagan traditions that influence our current work. What we do still falls very much within the theological framework of "Wicca, " but because many of the specific elements of it are a departure from Gardner, we have chosen to self-identify as a "Tradition of Witchcraft" rather than a "Tradition of Wicca." This fledgling Tradition is named Cauldron, and I am among its founding members.

I am also a priestess of the runes (vitki), a Reiki healer, and I have trained and practiced in the Cherokee medicine path. I teach classes in tarot and rune reading, shamanic journeying, and Witchcraft and magickal studies.

I'm also a teacher of science and literature: I teach science programs for children, and I instruct college classes in English and writing. I've worked in hard-news and arts reporting, and I am a writer of both poetry and fiction. I began attending law school in 2007, with the intent of pursuing work in victim advocacy.

30 Gods
Altered art photocollage
by Gwynna

1. Aditi; 2. Shiva; 3. Kali Ma; 4. Krishna; 5. Ganesha; 6. Maat; 7. Thoth; 8. Bast; 9. Isis; 10. Osiris; 11. Dionysus; 12. Apollo; 13. Artemis; 14. Pan; 15. Hecate; 16. Persephone; 17. Juno; 18. Minerva; 19. Aeon/Chronos; 20. Eris; 21. Freyja; 22. Yemaya; 23. Chango; 24. Oshun; 25. Oya; 26. Inanna; 27. Lilith; 28. Uzume; 29. Aradia; 30. The Horned Lord

Beliefs and Practices- Please be Detailed

a:1:{i:0;s:6:"Wiccan";}

Favorite Books

Gwynna's Booklist: Recommended Reading

Modern Paganism

Being a Pagan, edited by Ellen Evert Hopman and Lawrence Bond; Destiny Books, 2002.

Paganism Today, edited by Graham Harvey and Charlotte Hardman; Harper Collins Books, 1995.

Voices from the Circle, edited by Prudence Jones and Caitlin Matthews; Harper Collins Books, 1990.

Witchcraft and Wicca

Natural Magic, by Doreen Valiente; Phoenix Publishing, 1975.

A Witches Bible Compleat, by Janet and Stewart Farrar; Magickal Childe Publishing, 1995.

Buckland's Complete Book of Witchcraft, by Raymond Buckland; Llewellyn Publishing, 2002.

Drawing Down the Moon, by Margot Adler; Penguin Books, 1986.

Magical Religion and Modern Witchcraft, edited by James Lewis; State University of New York Press, 1996.

Witchcraft Today vol. I - III: The Modern Craft Movement, Modern Rites of Passage, and Witchcraft & Shamanism, edited by Chas S. Clifton; Llewellyn Publications.

Magick and Spellcraft

Real Magic, by Isaac Bonewits; Samuel Weiser Books, 1989.

Liber Null/Psychonaut, by Peter J. Carroll; Samuel Weiser Books, 1987.

The Element Encyclopedia of 5000 Spells, compiled by Judika Illes; Harper Collins Books, 2004.

Ritual

The Psychology of Ritual, by Murray Hope; Element Books, 1988.

By Standing Stone and Elder Tree: Ritual and the Unconscious, by William Gray; Llewellyn Publications, 1990.

Esoteric Astrology

The New Astrology, by Suzanne White; St. Martin's Press, 1986.

Star Names: Their Lore and Meaning, by Richard Hinckley Allen; Dover Publications, 1963.

Tarot

Tarot Dictionary and Compendium, by Jana Riley; Samuel Weiser Books, 1995.

Classic Tarot Spreads, by Sandor Konraad; Whitford Press, 1985.

Runes

Futhark: A Handbook of Rune Magic, by Edred Thorsson; Samuel Weiser Books, 1984.

The Nine Doors of Midgard, by Edred Thorsson; Llewellyn Publishing, 1994.

Secrets of the Runes, by Nigel Pennick; Harper Collins Books, 1992.

Celtic Tree Mysteries: Secrets of the Ogham, by Steve Blamires; Llewellyn Publishing, 1998.

Magick and Counterculture

The Book of Lies: The Disinformation Guide to Magick and the Occult, edited by Richard Metzger; Disinformation Co., 2003.

Magickal Reference

Love is in the Earth, by Melody; Earth Love Publishing House, 1995.

The Master Book of Herbalism, by Paul Beyerl; Phoenix Publishing, 1984.

How Did You Hear About the PaganMystics Community?

other members

Likes

Oh My Gods! comics...

...Playmobil toys...

...science fiction...

...The Kingdom of Loathing...

...bastard pop, and old punk rock.

Comment Wall (1 comment)

You need to be a member of PaganMystics Community to add comments!

Join this Ning Network

At 3:58pm on January 4, 2009, Lady Anastasia said…: Hello's, Wavies and Many Welcome's to You!

I'm quite thrilled to see you here, and, I know John will be thrilled when I tell him that you joined!