Melanie Marquis - Llewellyns 2017 Sabbats almanac: Samhain 2016 to Mabon 2017: rituals, crafts, recipes, folklore

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About the Authors

Elizabeth Barrette has been involved with the Pagan community for more than twenty-six years. She served as managing editor of PanGaia for eight years and Dean of Studies at the Grey School of Wizardry for four years. She has written columns on beginning and intermediate Pagan practice, Pagan culture, and Pagan leadership. Her book Composing Magic: How to Create Magical Spells, Rituals, Blessings, Chants, and Prayers explains how to combine writing and spirituality. She lives in central Illinois where she has done much networking with Pagans in her area, such as coffeehouse meetings and open sabbats. Her other public activities feature Pagan picnics and science fiction conventions. She enjoys magical crafts, historic religions, and gardening for wildlife. Her other writing fields include speculative fiction, gender studies, social and environmental issues. Visit her blog The Wordsmiths Forge (http://ysabetwordsmith.livejournal.com/) or her website PenUltimate Productions (http://penultimateproductions.weebly.com). Her coven site is Greenhaven Tradition (http://greenhaventradition.weebly.com/).

Dallas Jennifer Cobb practices gratitude magic, giving thanks for personal happiness, health, and prosperity; meaningful, flexible, and rewarding work; and a deliciously joyful life. She is accomplishing her deepest desires. She lives in paradise with her daughter in a waterfront village in rural Ontario, where she regularly swims and runs, chanting: Thank you, thank you, thank you. Contact her at jennifer.cobb@live.com or visit www.magicalliving.ca.

Kerri Connor is the author of The Pocket Spell Creator: Magickal References at Your Fingertips , The Pocket Guide to Rituals: Magickal References at Your Fingertips , The Pocket Idiots Guide to Potions , Goodbye Grandmother , and Spells for Tough Times: Crafting Hope When Faced With Lifes Thorniest Challenges . High Priestess of the Gathering Grove, she has been published in several magazines and is a frequent contributor to the Llewellyn annuals. A graduate from the University of Wisconsin, Kerri holds a B.A. in communications and lives with her family, cats, and chickens in rural Illinois.

Sybil Fogg has been a practicing witch for over twenty-five years. Shes been writing for even longer. Her real name is Sybil Wilen, but she chose to use her mothers maiden name in Pagan circles to honor her grandparents. Shes also a wife, mother, writer, teacher, and belly dancer. Her family shares her passion for magic, dance, and writing. She lives in Saco, Maine, with her husband and children. Please visit her website: www.sybilwilen.com.

Michael Furie (Northern California) is the author of Spellcasting for Beginners , Supermarket Magic, and Spellcasting: Beyond the Basics published by Llewellyn Worldwide. Furie has been a practicing Witch for over twenty years. An American Witch, he practices in the Irish tradition and is a priest of the Cailleach. You can find him online at www.michaelfurie.com.

JD Hortwort resides in North Carolina. She is an avid student of herbology and gardening. JD has written a weekly garden column for over twenty years. She is a professional and award-winning writer, journalist , and ma gazine editor and a frequent contributor to the Llewellyn annuals. JD has been active in the local Pagan community since 2002, and she is a founding member of the House of Akasha in Greensboro, N.C.

Kristoffer Hughes is the founder and Chief of the Anglesey Druid Order in North Wales, UK. He is an award-winning author and a frequent speaker and workshop leader throughout the United Kingdom and the United States. He works professionally for Her Majestys Coroner. He has studied with the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids, and is its 13th Mount Haemus Scholar. He is a native Welsh speaker, born to a Welsh family in the mountains of Snowdonia. He resides on the Isle of Anglesey.