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Amethyst
“Tell us about yourself”
the Wayfinder asks.
"Oh crumbs, where do I start?
Ok , lets think about this logically…"
Spiritually
Having dabbled with several different paths,
I finally walked onto the Wiccan path and while
it’s fair to say that I’m very Druidic
in my approach, Wicca is my spiritual home. To cut
a long story short, I initially learnt within the
Gardnerian tradition, was later initiated into a
more eclectic group and eventually developed my
own coven, Oak and Mistletoe or O & M as it’s
affectionately known. O & M is both a face to
face teaching coven located in Adelaide and as part
of the Community Church of Inclusive Wicca, we’re
also an online teaching coven with students all
over the world. It’s a warm, caring community
and one I’m incredibly proud to have helped
bring about.
I’ve written a couple of Wiccan books,
the first two were a basic Wiccan training program
(one for the southern hemisphere and one for the
northern) and there are two more books (one on Pagan
rituals and one crafting your own Wiccan tools)
to be published this year if I can get them finished
on time.
If you’re interested in O & M you can
find it here… www.oakandmistletoe.com.au
The Rest of Me
Heck, this is where the real fun starts! Heaven
knows where to start here!
I have a neglected partner, four adult kids
who all think they’re all grown up and one
gorgeous grandson with another on the way. There’s
also the four feline kids who rule the house and
the turtle who’s grown so fast he now needs
to have his own pond. I used to breed Burmese cats
until last year but realised there weren’t
30 hours in every day which I needed and that something
had to give!
I work full time in the mining industry as a
manager in HR and Training. Love the job but it
does take me away from home for 9 days out of every
fortnight because I work in the middle of the South
Australian desert. That can make organising rituals
and the rest of my life quite difficult at times
but hey, we all have life type stuff thrown at us
most of the time.
I’m also the founder and Public Officer
of a new charitable cause called the Pink Candle
Foundation which essentially aims to offer people
in need a favour or good deed just when they need
it. Favours are done for people regardless of their
race, religion, age, colour creed or any other factor
and we pay for that through membership fees, the
sale of some fantastic products, donations and corporate
sponsorship. Without trying to sound too much like
an advert, please support us here at www.pinkcandles.org.
It’s a fantastic cause and you can be part
of helping us change someone’s world.
As if all that’s not enough, last year
I finished a PhD researching how Wiccans and Witches
learn to be Wiccans and Witches. From the research,
I developed a new theory of learning based on intuition
rather than on the more traditional theories and
this is now slowly being accepted by the education
discipline in academia worldwide. The book for the
research is being published by an American publisher
and gets released this year. Very exciting!
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