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About the Authors<br />

Oberon Zell-Ravenheart is a renowned Wizard <strong>and</strong> elder<br />

in the worldwide magickal community. In 1962, he cofounded<br />

a Pagan church with a futuristic vision, <strong>and</strong> he has<br />

been involved in the founding of several other major groups<br />

<strong>and</strong> alliances. First to apply the term “Pagan” to the newly<br />

emerging Nature Religions of the 1960s, <strong>and</strong> through 30<br />

years of publishing Green Egg magazine, Oberon was instrumental<br />

in the coalescence of the Neo-Pagan movement.<br />

In 1970, he had a profound Vision of the Living Earth, which<br />

he published as an early version of “The Gaia Thesis.” He<br />

has traveled throughout the world, celebrated Solar eclipses<br />

at ancient stone circles, raised Unicorns, <strong>and</strong> swam with Mermaids. His first book was Grimoire <strong>for</strong> the<br />

Apprentice Wizard (New Page Books, 2004). Living in NorCalifia, Oberon is Headmaster of the online<br />

Grey School of Wizardry, <strong>and</strong> lifemate to Morning Glory, his beloved wife of 32 years.<br />

Morning Glory Zell-Ravenheart is a Witch, Priestess, Loremistress, <strong>and</strong> Goddess historian—<br />

famous <strong>for</strong> her rituals, songs, poetry, <strong>and</strong> her Goddess Collection of over 150 votive figurines. For over<br />

30 years she has traveled, lectured, <strong>and</strong> taught college courses with her husb<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> soulmate, Oberon, on<br />

Neo-Paganism, the Gaia Thesis, <strong>and</strong> Goddess re-emergence. Morning Glory has been involved in creating<br />

ceremonies of every kind <strong>and</strong> scale, from simple rites of passage, to spectacular events such as the 1979<br />

Solar eclipse at the Stonehenge replica in the Oregon Dalles. Her journeys have taken her to the Australian<br />

Blue Mountains, the depths of the Coral Sea, the jungles of New Guinea, the ruins of ancient Greece, the<br />

caves of Crete, <strong>and</strong> Taoist Goddess Temples of China. She is a published poet, songwriter, <strong>and</strong> author,<br />

with short stories included in two volumes of Marion Zimmer Bradley’s Sword <strong>and</strong> Sorceress anthologies;<br />

<strong>and</strong> she was an acknowledged consultant <strong>for</strong> MZB’s The Mists of Avalon. She is the founder <strong>and</strong><br />

proprietor of Mythic Images <strong>and</strong> Headmistress of the Grey School of Wizardry.<br />

Mythic Images<br />

Sacred Statuary & Magickal Jewelry<br />

by Oberon & Morning Glory Zell<br />

www.MythicImages.com<br />

On e-Bay: Mythic-Images-Collection<br />

Church of <strong>All</strong> Worlds<br />

Founded in 1962, CAW is the world’s oldest<br />

legally incorporated Neo-Pagan organization. Inspired<br />

by R.A. Heinlein’s 1961 science fiction<br />

novel, Stranger in a Strange L<strong>and</strong>, CAW’s mission<br />

is “to evolve a network of in<strong>for</strong>mation, mythology<br />

<strong>and</strong> experience to awaken the Divine<br />

within, <strong>and</strong> to provide a context <strong>and</strong> stimulus<br />

<strong>for</strong> reawakening Gaia, <strong>and</strong> reuniting Her children<br />

through tribal community dedicated to responsible<br />

stewardship <strong>and</strong> evolving consciousness.”<br />

For more info, read Drawing Down the<br />

Moon by Margot Adler. www.CAW.org<br />

Grey School of Wizardry<br />

An on-line magickal school <strong>for</strong> students aged<br />

11 to adult, providing an extensive program of<br />

studies in all areas of Wizardry, at an Apprenticeship<br />

level. Graduates will be certified as<br />

“Journeyman Wizards.” The basic textbook is<br />

Grimoire <strong>for</strong> the Apprentice Wizard by Oberon<br />

Zell-Ravenheart. Classes are taught by highly<br />

qualified faculty. 16 Departments include Mind<br />

Magicks, Healing, Wortcunning, Divination,<br />

Alchemy, Per<strong>for</strong>mance, Mathemagicks, Lore,<br />

Ceremonial, <strong>and</strong> more. Students are grouped in<br />

Houses or Lodges. www.GreySchool.com

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