Path Teachers
Edan (ele/elu) é uma Bruxa queer, praticante de bruxaria há mais de 10 anos nas terras colonizadas dos povos Pataxós em Divinópolis, Minas Gerais. É Bruxa Reclaiming, professor-aluno e co-facilita rituais para a comunidade no Brasil. Entusiasta das artes manuais e das possibilidades de se tecer magia através delas é interessado em temas como voo noturno, magia onírica, sigilos mágicos e curandeirismo tradicional. Seu caminho mágico é enraizado no contato com os espíritos da terra e com as correntes de poder que dela emanam, através de práticas extáticas e ativismo mágico-político.
Dominic (he/him): I am an illustrator and a witch, a creator and disciple of Mystery. I live and weave magic in Lenapehoking (Lenape homelands) known by many as New York City. I jumped into the Reclaiming cauldron at 16 and in 2014 attended my first California Witchcamp. Soon after, I cut my teeth as a priestess by joining the Ritual Planning Cell in Los Angeles where I co-created public rituals for the community.
My art is an extension of my magical practice. I set an intention for each endeavor, and I use my intuition as an ever-present influence that guides my pen and brush. I bring ideas to life through art by utilizing my unique perspective. When I speak through art, the spirits listen. At the heart of everything I do is a deep curiosity and a devotion to art, knowledge, and magic. I want to co-create stories that become the mythology for the world to come. I want to activate, transform, and inspire. If you have a world-shaking vision, I want to help you realize it. I believe as witches, we can create the world we want to see. We are the spell. Instagram: @dominic_bodden
Fortuna Sawahata (she/her or they/them): I am a witch and intuitive divinatrix who lives in the Netherlands. I’m currently navigating the riches of liminal spaces – on our physical planet, and particularly the internal liminalities where art, writing, healing, spirit perception and magick-making reside. A Feri initiate, I teach magick 1-on-1 and in workshops, and have been teaching at Reclaiming Witch Camps since 2007. Proud to have contributed to books including ‘Elements of Magic: Reclaiming Earth, Air, Fire, Water, Spirit’ (edited by Jane Meredith and Gede Parma, Llewelyn 2018), ‘21+1: The Fortune-Teller’s Rules’ (edited by Camelia Elias, Eyecorner Press 2018), and even of my wonky essay in ‘Earth Spirit: Honoring the Wild’(edited by Irisanya Moon, Llewelyn 2023).
Gwion Raven - I am a tattooed Pagan, writer, traveller, musician, cook, kitchen witch, occult shop owner, and teacher. Although initiated in three magickal traditions, my practice involves virtually anything that celebrates the wild, sensuous, living, breathing, dancing, ecstatic, divine experiences of this lifetime.
Born and raised in London, England, I reside in Northern California, sharing space with redwood trees, oaks, rivers, mountains, the Pacific Ocean, and my beloved partner.
Hugo Escalante Santana (Lugh)
PRIEST TEMPLE OF BRIGHID- CARACAS
As a lawyer by profession, in the practice of law I discovered that the great problem of our society was not solved by punishing people for breaking the law, not even in the coherence of the laws, but in the psyche and in the way of thinking of the people. people. I became an astrological coach and tarot reader to delve deeper into the influence of heaven on the human unconscious as well as the very root of their behaviors.
I have been consulting and teaching both disciplines for 19 years with excellent results because I discovered my true vocation. As a priest at the Temple of Brighid, I guide people along the path of magic from the vision of the Reclaiming tradition, which involves recognizing the power of each human being and the possibility of each person taking responsibility for their own destiny. I am an evolving human being who trusts more in himself, in the Gods and in life every day. Follow me on Instagram @hugoesantana
Photo credit: Hillary Buffman
Irisanya Moon (she/they) is an author of 10+ books, Witch, priestess, international teacher, and initiate in the Reclaiming tradition. A devotee of Aphrodite, Hecate, the Norns, and Iris, she has practiced magick for 20+ years. They are passionate about the idea that life is and humans are love spells, ever experiencing a dance of desire and connection, moving in and out of the heart, always returning to love. Her teaching/facilitation style is immersive, gracious, safe, authentic, and welcoming to inspire transformation and liberation individually and collectively. You can find out more at www.irisanyamoon.com
JD hails from the USA, having lived the last twelve years in England and Scotland. He is a professional astrologer, a practitioner of astral magic, and talisman maker. JD is influenced by an animist view of the Cosmos, by art and art-making, and by visionary and ecstatic practices to his esoteric and astral passions. He has engaged with Reclaiming since 2002 and with witchcraft formally since the age of thirteen.
JD is the chair for the Scottish Astrological Association; the president of the International Association of Astral Magic; and the organiser of Astro Magia. You can find him at Cunning as Folk where he teaches and practices his range of esoteric and interpretive arts, or you can follow his dance on all channels: @cunningasfolk.
Juniper (she/her) is a queer witch, organizer, drummer, and Reclaiming priestex. She is a core trainer with the People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond, a Black-led organization in New Orleans. Her magic has been forged in witch camps, ritual, and personal practice. But also in the streets. In tear gas. On a jail cot. On surging surf and thin edges of vertical rock. Ancestors call to her from the North Atlantic’s wild islands. She remembers those who tended land she nests upon: Tonkawa, Comanche, and Coahuiltecan peoples, and people enslaved on the Goodrich Plantation.
Mariale Almenar Márquez (Quetzal)
PRIESTESS GUIDE TEMPLE OF BRIGHID
I have cultivated a fulfilling career as an educator, teaching at both secondary and university levels in prestigious institutions across Venezuela and England. My background in positive psychology has enriched my experience in mentoring and group management, empowering others in their personal and academic journeys. A natural researcher and writer, I began my journalistic career as an editor for Productos magazine in Venezuela, later contributing to the Express News newspaper in the UK. Currently, I teach physics, chemistry, and mathematics in the UK, while also coordinating academic activities within the Brighid Temple and managing its relations with Reclaiming USA.
This year, I achieved a significant milestone by debuting as a writer with "Latidos y latitudes. Diez historias de migración," a collaborative book presented at the Madrid Book Fair, with proceeds supporting the Altius Foundation. Through my work in education, writing, and spiritual leadership, I remain dedicated to fostering growth and understanding within communities. Follow me on Instagram @coleccionando_puentes
Perla Crespo-Izaguirre (Ezili Amada)
FOUNDER AND HIGH PRIESTESS
TEMPLE BRIGHID COVEN
Intuitive and resourceful, I am a happiness activist with a deep passion for writing, teaching, and researching. Originally from Venezuela and now based in French Guiana, I am a Social Communicator and a Gestalt Psychotherapy facilitator. Proudly pagan, I am the founder and High Priestess of the Brighid Temple. As a founding member of the Venezuelan Neopagan Union, I have advocated for religious coexistence and participated in the signing of the first anti-discrimination ordinance in Venezuela.
My professional life has led me to take on various roles: communications advisor, journalist, and specialist in ancient traditions featured on radio and television programs. This year, I began my writing career and presented three books at the Madrid Book Fair: "Convertirse en estrellita" (a children's story), "Enriquece tu vida y tu alma" (a collaborative book on personal growth), and "Latidos y latitudes. Diez historias de migración" (a collaborative book whose proceeds support the Altius Foundation).
Driven by the belief that education is a tool to combat discrimination, I continue to follow, like the Mayans, "the path of the heart" through my writing as I work toward my dream of collaborating with UNESCO. Follow me on Instagram @perlaccs
Phoenix LeFae (she/her) started her journey in the world of Witchcraft in 1993 when her athame was a wooden-handled butter knife stolen from her mom’s kitchen. Her love of magick and mystery has led her down many paths, lineages, and traditions. She is an initiate in the Reclaiming Tradition of Witchcraft, the Avalon Druid Order, and Gardnerian Wicca. Phoenix has written several books including What Is Remembered Lives, A Witch’s Guide to Creating and Performing Rituals, Witches, Heretics, and Warrior Women and more. She is a professional Witch and the owner of the esoteric Goddess shop, Milk & Honey, (www.Milk-and-Honey.com).
Raven Edgewalker (they/them) is a British Witch, teacher, artist, and collector of sticks who makes their living crafting beautiful pagan tools and jewellery, dwelling in the magical landscape of Somerset. They are a Reclaiming and Anderson Feri initiate and have worked within both traditions for 25 years. Raven sees their work in the world as building relationship within community, with deity, land, and its beings.
Raven has been lucky to teach many Reclaiming Witchcamps and other workshops across the world, face to face and online, as a founder and teacher of World Tree Lyceum. www.Greenwomancrafts.etsy.com www.worldtreelyceum.org
Ravyn Stanfield, is an author, acupuncturist, relational therapist, and international educator dedicated to liberating the super powers within each of us. In private practice, Ravyn specializes in the treatment of chronic pain, complicated grief, and trauma recovery. Her book, Revolution of the Spirit: Awaken the Healer is available at www.gerriravynstanfield.com. She has led workshops and rituals for over 25 years. She uses her background in traditional medicines, alchemy, neurobiology, theatre, and creative writing to coax more of the extraordinary into the world through the cracks in Western civilization.
Riyana is a plantwitch, writer, and deep lover of the earth and all of her children-- her world revolves around a constellation of mystical magic making, gardening, motherhood, writing, and finding ways to deepen into living authentically with the seasons and the cycles of the earth She has been working with Reclaiming for over twenty years, and finds herself drawn again and again to magic that focuses on devotional, experiential, direct connection to the divine-- such as aspecting, oracle work, sacred sound, and embodiment.
During the day, Riyana works as an herbalist and writer. She teaches both internationally and in her local community in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her heart belongs to the redwoods, the oaks, elder and hawthorn, her daughter Brighid, her partner, and the sea.
captain (they/m) I am a genderqueerdo-trans-radical-fae-witch-faggot that is currently doing art (work, life, play) with sex, joyful accountability, queer dying, poetry and embodiment. I am a scotish-english-irish settler living on the territory of the Lekwungen and WSÁNEĆ peoples on Vancouver Island in (so called Canada). My background is in social justice, street outreach, anti-violence, harm reduction, somatic sex education and writing. I have found myself magically at home at Free Activist (Cascadia) Witchcamp, Teen Earth Magic and British Columbia Witchcamp. I have been in love-heartbreak-healing-learning- heartbreak-healing-learning-love relationship(s)... with Reclaiming since 2001. My magic is dirty, wet, playful and full of imperfection! Instagram: @captsnowdon
Sharon Pink (she/her) I live my time on Squamish, Musqueam, Tsleil Waututh and Sq'éwlets territory, striving to be a respectful guest through reparations, listening, tending the earth and responding to calls to action.
I’m a queer, leatherFemme witch who has connected with Reclaiming since 2012ish. My ancestral lineages from portugal and poland have been a portal for my close, yet quiet, connections with Wilgefortis and Marzanna.
I aspire to be in ways that are anti-white supremacy, fat liberatory, gender affirming, leatherQueer celebratory, Elder & crone honoring and sex worker positive. www.sharonishere.com
Instagram: @sharonpinkishere
Photo credit: Hillary Believes
SusanneRae (they, them and sometime she) is a weird, queer witch who works with labyrinth, many deity, Goddess, Nature beings, Mystical Buddhism and Seidre. They have a lifetime’s experience working with earth-centred energies.
SusanneRae currently lives on Willyama Country (so-called Broken Hill, NSW.Australia)
They have been teaching and organising in Reclaiming for years.They are very excited to be part of this world wide witch camp experience again. Susanne Rae has been practising and teaching meditation skills for over 30 years.
Their website: https://www.themeditationspace.com.au
The Meditation Space is an online platform for their teaching and mentoring.
Tere Parsley Starnes (they/them): I was drawn to Reclaiming in the early days because I knew in my soul a Witch’s job was to change the world. I wanted to learn how. I have studied, taught, organized, and agitated in this tradition for decades. Gladly so. I don’t see that changing. I am a queer astrologer, writer, teacher, and shaper of change. I have worked with Juniper in various anti-racism projects including Undoing White Supremacy in Kink Community (initiated by Eleven Greenstones). Happy to join forces again! I live on the traditional land of the Dakota, otherwise known as Minneapolis in the U.S.
Urania (she/her): I’m proof positive that magic can happen anywhere, I met my first Reclaiming Witch in 1989 at traffic court while reading Dreaming the Dark. Walked out of there with no fine and a flyer. I took my first Reclaiming class in 1991 and was invited to student teach in the San Francisco Bay Area Community in 1993. Since then I’ve done most everything from schlepping to bookkeeping to ritual planning, teaching, founding cells and Witchlets, and general rabble rousing. Rotation has been one of my core practices. I am regularly awed and grateful to have received so many opportunities from this community. My life is richer for having walked this path.
Yuki Fae (elu/ele) é Bruxa Queer, iniciade Feri, do clã Coelhos da Lua, Praticante das artes ocultas, Tarólogue, Oraculista, Feiticeire, Alune e Professorie. Envolvide com a Tradição Reclaiming, é co-idealizadore da comunidade Reclaiming Brasil. Possui envolvimento intenso com práticas mágicas ligadas ao tarô, bem como foco no trabalho mútuo com os espíritos da terra e dedicação ao trabalho de autopossessão diário. Acredita que quando curamos a terra, o coração da humanidade é curado simultaneamente.
