Our Facilitators for WytcheHaven Weekends

Riverfire: Called to the craft by Herne at the age of 12, Riverfire is an ordained interfaith minister and reiki master, an accomplished sculptor and one of the founders of WytcheHaven. He is partner to Rio and enjoys communing with nature and the Fey. Riverfire is a practitioner of High Ritual Magick and a third degree priest in the Xohox tradition, a mix of welsh-celtic and hermetic teachings.

Rio: A practicing pagan of over 20 years, ordained interfaith minister and reiki master, Rio is one of the founders of WytcheHaven. She is partner to Riverfire, and mother of five furry felines and two energetic pups. Rio is a third degree priestess in the Xohox tradition, a mix of welsh-celtic and hermetic teachings. She is currently Dar to a mixed coven of Arkansans and available as a spiritual counselor for individuals, couples and families.

Dorothy Morrison: Dubbed by Publishers Weekly as "a witch to watch," Dorothy Morrison is the award-winning author of numerous non-fiction books on the Ancient Arts, including Everyday Magic, The Craft, and Utterly Wicked, as well as the author of Lucinda's Web, a paranormal suspense thriller. She's won several awards for her writing, and has become a favorite of readers and critics from all walks of life. Some say it's because of the easily appreciated conversational tone she applies to her work. Others say it's her down-to-earth and humorous approach to the subject matter. But regardless of the debate, all agree on one thing: Whether in her writing or her interaction with the public, it's Morrison's personal style that makes her memorable. And it's that same sort of charm and grace that has some folks calling her "The Julia Sugarbaker of Paganism." A practicing Witch since the early seventies, Morrison is an elder of the Georgian Tradition of Wicca, an initiate of the RavenMyst Circle Tradition, and a member of the Coven of the Raven in Flint, Michigan. Morrison currently lives near the nation's capitol with her husband, Mark, and their black lab, Dixie. She handles a voracious tour schedule, and travels the country giving lectures and teaching classes related to the Craft, its aspects, and its practice.



Alfred Willowhawk: He is the HP of a Welsh Family Tradition and Gardnarian Coven. He has been in the craft for over 20 years and is also a Traditional Spiritual Leader of the Oklevueha Native American Church Wite Rayvn, a founder of the S'Kurah Wiccan Temperance Church, a member of the International Metaphysical Ministry with Masters of Metaphysical Science (Msc), through the International Metaphysical University at the University of Sedona. He is also a Reiki Master (1995), a Gardnarian 3rd Degree, and previously ordained through the Assembly of God, was licensed through the Church of God of Anderson Indiana, The Church of the Seven Plains, a Spiritual Counselor, Metaphysical Practitioner, (a fancy name for Shaman), a member of Healers International, and a chartered member of the World Metaphysical Association. and the founder of the Healing System - Celtic Transformational Healing. He has developed techniques and information gained through experience and training in alternative healing techniques, including Reiki, meditations, shamanic practices, training courses, and articles on following your own life and spiritual path. His work has been published many times at Witchvox , and has published, Hawk Sightings, a collection of Sacred Poetry, and Arianrhod Silverwheel Hidden in Plain Sight and is currently finishing his next book - The Shamanic Soul - A guide to self healing through personal mandalas.
His name (Willowhawk) was granted to him by native american and celtic traditional shamans, and means " He who shares the message of God(s)" He is also a First Level Kriya Ban, ( Yoga) and am known there as Vajrasattva Savitur, which is a contraction of his Kriya name and title which means "The wielder of the thunderbolt of wisdom who guards the rituals and is bright and luminous like the sun" He is a frequent contributor at AllExperts.com, a question answering site that chooses the experts they allow to answer questions. He can be found there under religion and spirituality. He is a co-founder of the Black River Refuge a collection of diverse individuals who practice sustainability, eco-energy, spiritual diversity, and self sufficiency. http://www.spiritualcoachwillowhawk.com http://www.witerayvn.org

Darwin Prophet: Transmission from Darwin Prophet:
i am a thematic traveler from planet mi, collecting color from the tapestry of thought, riding the mirror of time, bending will to gravity, and dragging the audience kicking and dreaming into literacy. Fighting mundacity for the freedom of unique expression- Feed the Skull BECOME SOMEONE YOU BELIEVE IN
Sharing my Present on this planet with the multiverse of sound in my cage, my focus here is to translate the relative theory of thematic timing through concentric infinity, a concept we call All Time and to share with you beautiful minds the collected color and creative chaos stored in the haloseum of my experience. I am Darwin Prophet, traveler and aural exhibitionist from Planet Mi, the third sphere following the Phantom in the Galaxy Solege.
Gathering intelligent life forms manifesting memorable art and encouraging the power of individualism is my goal where ever I am in the mobius. I am a member of the Thematic Guild of Planet Mi, and a leader of the subgrid NeoWave Elitists, the progenetors of Art for Art's Survival - a reflection of the Aesthetic Movement of Victorian Earth combined with the musical tendencies of Earth's 20th Century new wave. We travelers ride the ages unbound by linear, defying gravity, relying on the mercurial nature of Mians to flow in & out of the history and future of the cosmos, bringing harmonic regeneration to life forms everywhere. --------------end transmission---------------------------------------------------------------------

Mike Nichols: Mike Nichols is the celebrated author of The Witches' Sabbats book and Web site--the ultimate resources on Pagan holidays and related writings--and a contributing author to Creating Circles & Ceremonies. Mike has been a featured speaker on National Public Radio, Spiral Dance Radio, and Eclectic Pagan Podcast (episodes 16 and 22) on iTunes. He does extensive online teaching and writing, occasionally guest lectures at Pagan festivals, and performs in a Pagan band called Spellbound. A pioneer in the American neo-Pagan movement, Nichols taught classes in Witchcraft for twenty years continuously, from 1970 to 1989, in Columbia and Kansas City, Missouri, through the Communiversity and at his bookstore, The Magick Lantern. He was also the editor of The Lantern's Light, the store's in-house publication. A founding member of the Coven of New Gwynedd, Nichols was the first Wiccan representative on the Kansas City Interfaith Council.

Sionna Lochlainn: Sionna has been High Priestess of Elysium Coven in Kansas City since 1994, which is is a legally recognized church in the state of Missouri, offering rites of passage, legal clergy, counseling and classes in Witchcraft. She is a long term member of the Heartland Spiritual Alliance (serving as president for four years), the organization that hosts the annual Heartland Pagan Festival, the largest Pagan festival in the midwest. Although not a licensed psychologist, she has had much experience in spiritual counseling for alternative lifestyles and, together with her husband, routinely hosts workshops and events for the midwest polyamory community.

Spellsinger: Spellsinger is a combination of efforts, of course, as any other group might be, when it is presented in group form, but it is largely focused around my own solo work, where I am vocalizing as Beltana Spellsinger, writing the tunes, and playing the rhythm guitar (and occasionally the piano or other instrumentation) on just about everything. I presently do both solo, and also full band performances, though all I am working on right now is from my own heart and from the deepest places of my own mind. I am also blessed enough to be working at this time with my good friend and awesome percussionist Holly (“Boom Boom Valhalla”) Rudolph, also with lead guitarist and studio wiz (and my darling and beloved husband) Johnny Holzer, (who also recorded SONA’s “acousticnakedladyland” and BellaWyck’s CD, among other projects) and last, but not least, Cecil (“The Egg”) Carter on bass guitar. There are others who sit in from time to time, when I am lucky enough, but this is the core group that I work with today, when I don’t work alone, which is just as often. There is something to be said about having that kind of freedom, and we all seem to like it that way. I feel very fortunate to be at a point in my career where I can play my own tunes... generally, and working on this solo creation and the upcoming CD, “The Darke,” has been quite rewarding and very pleasing to me. I am at the best place I have been thus far, musically, and am thrilled to have finally arrived here! This upcoming collection of work is about coming face to face, head on, with the darkest and most shadow aspects... of myself, of my past, of my Universe... so that I can continue on as an artist and eventually get to the lighter, and thus more enlightened parts of myself. This is a necessary part of the process for me, and an important piece of the great puzzle that I have been working at for some time. I am enjoying the work and the recording sessions, but will also breathe a heavy sigh of relief once it has been put “out and away from me,” so that I can move on, so to speak. Through the Darke, into the Light.


BellaWyck: BellaWyck is a group of musical ladies who have come together to share their love for Music, Magick and Mirth! From blue-grassy tales of playing in fields of Mulberry to reverent, entrancing Spellsongs about the Goddess, the music these women can make with each other exceeds the boundaries of normal categorization. While an Indian chant beaks forth one moment, the next is full of mandolin and guitar inspired revelry, and at the end of each show, everyone will find themselves stomping their feet, and singing along to these soon to be timeless tunes. The most memorable of their recent work is likely the popular “Sister Spell,” in which the voices of the Goddess times three, times three, will resound throughout the boundaries of the sacred lands, and invite each kindred soul to join along in celebrating the love of the Goddess. Official Website: WWW.BellaWyck.com MySpace & Music Samples: WWW.MySpace.com/BellaWyck

Magic Mama: Magic Mama performs Organic Hip-Hop and World Beats for the Whole Family. Through her music, Magic Mama delivers an empowering and hope-filled message of love and respect for all and inspires creative thinking and Earth-Friendly actions. Why ORGANIC hip-hop? All of Magic Mama's original rhythm-and-rhyme music is created and recorded live (with the help of a loop machine) using acoustic instruments including canning jars filled with water, empty cheese puff bags, harmonium, guitar and percussion. She's definitely our kind of musician!

SONA: "Yes, its true! After a hiatus of three years, SONA has reunited-- to the delight of all their fans. Our infamous Interlopers of Idolatry, the Sultans of Spiritualism, the Pompadours of Paganity, the Mad Missourian Mithraites, the "Peter, Paul and Mary" of Pagan Music, have come back together to reform the Power of Three that is known as SONA."

Patricia Telesco: Trish considers herself a down-to-earth Kitchen Witch whose love of folklore and world-wide customs flavor every spell and ritual. While her actual Wiccan education was originally self trained and self initiated, she later received initiation into the Strega tradition of Italy, which gives form and fullness to the folk magic Trish practices. Her strongest beliefs lie in following personal vision, being tolerant of other traditions, making life an act of worship, and being creative so that magic grows with you. Trish travels minimally twice a month to give lectures and workshops around the country. She (or her writing) has appeared on several television segments including Sightings on muli-cultural divination systems and National Geographic Today – Solstice Celebrations. Besides this, Trish maintains a strong, visible presence in metaphysical journals including Circle Network News, and on the internet through popular sites like www.witchvox.com (festival focus), her interactive home page located at www.loresinger.com, & yahoo club www.groups.yahoo.com/groups/folkmagicwithtrishtelesco, and various appearances on internet chats and bbs boards. Her hobbies include gardening, herbalism, brewing, singing, hand crafts, antique restoration, and landscaping. Her current project is helping support various neo-pagan causes including land funds for religious retreats.

Carl F. Neal: Carl Neal is a Pagan author and lecturer, among other things. Carl began to discover his Pagan path in the mid 1980’s after bouts with several “organized” religions and attempts at atheism and agnosticism proved to be incompatible with his core beliefs. With a little help from others in his local community, Carl began to view the world through Pagan eyes and knew he had found the path he had sought for so long. In 2003, Carl’s first book was released. “Incense: Crafting and Use of Magickal Scents” is a how-to book focused on the creation of incense sticks, cones, coils, and other forms of “self-combusting” incense. Although the book focuses on the mechanical aspects of incense creation, the spiritual and magickal features of incense were the most important aspects to him and are well represented in “Incense”. In 2004, Red Wheel/Wieser published Carl’s second book. Entitled “The Magick Toolbox: The Ultimate Compendium for Choosing and Using Ritual Implements and Magickal Tools”, this book is a detailed look at the most popular tools used in ritual magick. It details not only how to use these tools in a magickal setting, but also how to find, create, and care for them. Loaded with rituals and photos of various tools, this book is also available internationally. Carl has several newly completed writing projects currently looking for a publishing home. He is also busy writing a sequel to his first book with the working title “Incense Magick: An incense user’s book of shadows” and he is also working on a book about the magick techniques of the modern Greenman movement. Carl lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma, with an assortment of “special needs” cats adopted from a local animal rescue group. Carl spends his time volunteering for the rescue group, conducting workshops, helping with the local Pagan community, and working a full-time job to support it all. Carl is currently the president of the Oklahoma Pagan/Heathen Alliance and is one of the organizers of Oklahoma’s only Pagan Pride Day. Carl is available for lectures and workshops across the USA. He can be contacted via e-mail at: incense_dragon@yahoo.com

Kevin 'K' Wiley: Join fire artist Kevin 'K' Wiley to experience the magic of fire performance and dancing with Poi. K' brings the fire arts to new heights. Poi spinning is an incredible form of exercise based upon a traditional art of dance and performance. Anyone can learn to spin poi, and the same techniques can be applied to spinning sections of silk cloth and even to dancing with fire! "K" taught a beginner's Poi Spinning Class and performed for us at Weekend #3.

Skinny White Chick, aka S.J. Tucker: WytcheHaven was honored that S.J. performed for us at Weekend #3 - we even got a sneak peak at the Wendy trilogy. S.J. is truly a voice that must be heard - in your heart, in your head and in your soul. She is the picture you see in the dictionary next to One-of-a-kind. "Memphis' Skinny White Chick sings with the passion of a Diva gone a bit mad. Her songs are hauntingly mesmerizing, yet catchy and memorable. Don't miss out. This Chick will be remembered for a long time." Bernadette Holzer "Soule Feste", Wolvenwold News (West Plains)

Sede: Sede was born of a seed and has lived this life as a co-creator unaware. He began dreaming in another life and woke up in southeast Arkansas at the dawn of the Age of Aquarius. During the past two decades he has been experimenting with various musical concepts and genres only to return to his roots as a co-creator. He has studied Buddhism, Christianity, Gnosticism, Hinduism, Islam, Native American Religions, Wicca, and Zen - not that it matters. Today he listens more than he speaks and he seeks after the truth of the matter - typically only finding that the truth lies no further than we imagined it to be in the first place. "Ultimately, the details of your reality don't matter, it's the way you embrace your reality that makes those details come alive for you."

W. Lyon Martin: The author/illustrator of the Pagan children's book An Ordinary Girl, A Magical Child, W. Lyon Martin has followed a Pagan path all her adult life. She became a parent in March 1994, when her daughter was born. She began to actively call herself Pagan in 1985 after she read Drawing Down the Moon by Margot Adler. She continues to read and research her chosen religion to achieve a better understanding of the Pagan Path and deepen her spiritual connection to the Goddess and God. An Eclectic witch living in Eastern Missouri, she has written articles for Craft publications both on-line and in print including PanGaia, PagaNet News, The Seeker Journal, NewWitch, Acorns Journal, Elements Magazine, Crescent Magazine, The Witch’s Voice and The Pagan-Wiccan Times. She has been a working artist since 1981, when she received an Associate of Applied Science degree from the Fashion Institute of Technology. She continued her training at the School of Visual Arts where she received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1988. She has exhibited her watercolor paintings in art shows internationally. Her fine art paintings grace both public and private collections. Her illustration work has been featured in assorted publications, from books and magazines to corporate collateral materials and advertisements. Lyon's Craft website, Magickware is geared toward unique handmade gifts, quality ritual supplies and fine art for the Pagan home. She lives with her husband, her daughter and a cranky, old cat of undetermined ancestry.

Dr. Ben Waggoner: Ben is the Vice-Steersman of the Troth, one of the largest Heathen organizations in the world, which promotes all forms of Heathenry (reconstructed pre-Christian Germanic religion), including, but not limited to, Asatru, Odinism, Theodish Belief, and others. He also serves the Troth as its Steward (regional contact person) for Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi. He is a frequent contributor of essays and the occasional poem to the Troth's quarterly journal, IDUNNA. Most recently, he edited and contributed material to OUR TROTH, the Troth's newly published encyclopedic book on Heathen religion and practice. A native of Louisiana, he lives in cenral Arkansas. When not doing Heathen-y things, he may be found teaching at a local university, hunting fossils, studying all manner of abstruse lore, or hanging out with his fellow members of the small but growing Black Bear Kindred of Asatru.
http://www.blackbearkindred.org/
http://www.thetroth.org/

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