Author Patrica Telesco, Topic: TBA http://www.loresinger.com/
Trish Telesco is the mother of three, wife, chief human to 5 pets, and a full-time professional author with numerous books on the market. These include the best selling Goddess in my Pocket, How to be a Wicked Witch, Kitchen Witch's Cookbook, Little Book of Love Magic, Your Book of Shadows, Spinning Spells: Weavng Wonders and other diverse titles, each of which represents a different area of spiritual interest for her and her readers.
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.
Author John C. Coughlin, Topic: TBA http://www.waningmoon.com
John J. Coughlin, also known by his Internet persona, Dark Wyccan, has been involved in the craft for over 16 years. In that time he has worked with several groves and covens, although he primarily prefers to walk a solitary, eclectic path. His first book is entitled Out of the Shadows: An Exploration of Dark Paganism and Magick.
Also associated with the Gothic scene, John has incorporated his personal aesthetics and ideals into his spirituality giving him an often unique perspective on Wicca and Paganism in general.
Currently, John is Editor/Webmaster of the NYC Pagan Resource Guide and has created many other web-based projects for both Pagans and Goths on waningmoon.com. If you would like to learn more about the author, feel free to visit his personal web site, the Realm of the Dark Wyccan.
John and Lillee Allee, "RHP & LHP: A Middle Path Perspective" http://fcos.us
John Dewey Allee has been a Satanic Priest for over 30 years. He founded the First Church of Satan, and remains its founder and high priest as the organization celebrates its tenth year. He is the former editor of Brimstone Magazine. He hosted his own cable show devoted to Satanic philosophy in 1990 on a local access channel on Cape Cod. He is the author of several articles and director of Satanic as well as commercial videos and movies. His "Boston: the Movie" recived critical acclaim. No stranger to the other side of the camera, he has appeared on MSNBC, Discovery Channel, Learning Channel, Radio Free Europe, and the Boston Phoenix newspaper, among others. He works as a videographer, web designer and artist.
Lillee C. Allee, a Celtic Witch, serves as high priestess and public relations liaison for the FCoS. She co-owns and operates a religious tolerance domain on the world wide web. She currently teaches online and locally on a variety of occult and metaphysical topics. After living over 20 years as a Witch, she now devotes the majority of her time to dark paganism, and the philosophy of the middle path or middle pillar. She holds a bachelors degree in psychology, and a masters in communications. On the mundane plane, she worked in the media for 20 years, is a published author and journalist, a professional "voice" and producer of audio and video productions.
Together they founded the Allee Tradition in 2003, which is based on Hermetic philosophy. This magical tradition incorporates practices from both paths in order to live a more balanced mundane and magical life.
They conduct worshops, seminars, and speak on religious tolerance throughout the country,
The Allees have developed and produced four CDs, and are featured in Corvis Nocturnum's recent book "Embracing the Darkness: Understanding Dark Subcultures."
Rev. Keith Rhino Veeder, Zenpaganism
A happy heathen since the early eighties, Rhino has been involved with several Pagan organizations. He was the Assistant Senior Druid of Muin Mound Grove in Syracuse in 2001. In 2003, he was formally introduced into the Left Hand Path.
In 2003, Rhino was initiated as a Priest of Mendes in the First Church of Satan, granted the Degree of the II* by The Order
of Shaitan Satanic Church, and became a Novitiate I* on the Path of the Philosopher in Society of the Onyx Star. In 2004 Rhino became an associate member of the Officers of Avalon, and went public with his work as a karmic correctionist after five years of training with a master karmic correctionist. Rhino runs several e-mail lists for Pagans including Pagan truckers, disabled Pagans, solitary Pagans, Pagans who work in the media, Pagans involved in law enforcement/security and one for Zen Paganism. Rhino is the Co-Founder, Co-President and Webmaster of Universal Life
Church Pagans of Central New York, and is the founder and Co-President of Uniterran Church of the Endless Blacktop, a church of Bikers, Truckers, and everyone else who depends on the road for their livelihood. In July of this year, Rhino was ordained bu Universal Terran Church and the UCEB bacame a chapter of the UTC. This year Rhino is Security Personnel
Coordinator at Elmira PPD and Rochester PPD.
Esmond & Danielle Lyons, "Kundalini Yoga"
Dr William C. Brender, Jewish Kabbalah
Professor Phillip Naftaly, Comparative Religions
During his tenure at Adirondack Community College, he has developed courses titled “Race, Class, Gender, and Ethnicity” and “Anthropological Perspective: Magic, Religion, and Witchcraft.” In 2002 Dr. Naftaly received a Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching from the State University of New York for his educational activities at Adirondack Community College.
Dr. Sheldon Hurst, How Have The Pagan Gods Survived: A Look at the Relationship of Art and Religion
Since 1994, Dr. Hurst has been a Professor of Art History and served as Director of the Visual Arts Gallery. He has been interested in the relationship of art and religious ideas through his academic carreer.
Glens Falls Pagan Fellowship (Charlie Coffin), Topic: TBA
Dawn (Dawn's Mystic Journey), "Essential Oils"
Leanne Wilensky, Elemental Scrying
Jennie Thompson, Gardnerian Wicca
The Reiki Room (Terry and Sue), Reiki
Tarot Readers
Oracle Readings with Cleo
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