Raven Grimassi
Raven Grimassi has been a practitioner and teacher of Witchcraft for over 30 years. He is an initiate of several Witchcraft traditions including Brittic, Pictish-Gaelic, and Celtic Traditionalist. Raven is a legally ordained clergy of Witchcraft. Grimassi is currently the Directing Elder of the Arician Tradition, a system of Italian Witchcraft. He is also a recognized expert on Italian Witchcraft, and the foremost authority on the works of Charles Godfrey Leland in this particular field. Raven has appeared on television and radio interviews nation wide, in several short films on Witchcraft, and was a consultant for the pilot movie film called Mind Forest. Raven is a popular lecturer and guest speak at festivals and conventions nationwide.
Raven Grimassi is the author of over 13 books on Wicca and Witchcraft, including - Beltane: Springtime Rituals, Lore and Celebration, Book of Ways: Volumes 1 and 2, Crafting Wiccan Traditions: Creating a Foundation for Your Spiritual Beliefs & Practices (Available February 2008), Encyclopedia Of Wicca & Witchcraft (awarded Best Non-Fiction, 2001), Hereditary Witchcraft: Secrets of the Old Religion, Hidden Path Oracle Kit (co-author and co-creator), Italian Witchcraft: The Old Religion of Southern Europe, Spirit Of The Witch: Religion & Spirituality in Contemporary Witchcraft, Ways Of The Strega: Italian Witchcraft: Its Legends, Lore, & Spells (Out of print), Well Worn Path Divination System (co-author and co-creator), Wiccan Magick: Inner Teachings of the Craft, Wiccan Mysteries: Ancient Origins & Teachings (awarded Book of the Year and First Place - Spirituality Book by the Coalition of Visionary Retailers in 1998), The Witch's Familiar: Spiritual Partnership for Successful Magic, Witchcraft: A Mystery Tradition, and Witches' Craft: The Roots of Witchcraft & Magical Transformation.
Raven currently lives in southern California with his wife Stephanie and divides his time between writing, directing the Arician Tradition, and developing The College of the Crossroads, a Mystery Tradition School. He is devoted to preserving and teaching the Mystery Tradition of pre-Christian Europe.
Stephanie Taylor - Grimassi
Stephanie Taylor - Grimassi (aka Rasenna Elvenstar) is dedicated to guiding and teaching those who seek the Old Ways. She is a 3rd degree initiate of a Celtic Traditionalist system of Wicca, and a 3rd degree initiate of Italian Witchcraft (the Arician Tradition). She is a legally ordained clergy of Witchcraft. Stephanie is also the co-author and co-creator of The Well Worn Path Divination kit and The Hidden Path Divination Kit, to be released September 2007.
Nature has always been an extremely important part of Stephanie’s life experience and felt the magic of the world around her without ever being brought into conventional religion. As a young girl Stephanie was taught about the little People by her Welsh grandmother and Astrology by her mother. She has studied, taught, and used the arts as a tool of transformation throughout her life experience. She is also a Tarot reader and teacher with many years of experience. Stephanie has owned and operated Raven's Loft since 1998, first as a brick and mortar shop and now as an internet store. She has been a guest speaker on several panels alongside such noted figures as Monty Farber, Amy Zerner, Rachel Pollack. And Ray Buckland. She has also appeared on television and in several short film documentaries on Witchcraft. Stephanie has also worked as a consultant for the movie pilot film Mind Forest, in which she likewise appears.
She currently lives in southern California with her husband, Raven Grimassi, and divides her time between teaching workshops, operating Raven's Loft webstore, author management and publicist work, while creating and developing a Mystery School called The College of the Crossroads.