Annwyn Avalon is a water priestess living in Avalon. She is the founder of Water Priestess Training and the Water Priestess Confluence. She is the author of Water Witchcraft, The Way of the Water Priestess, and Celtic Goddess Grimoire . She has also contributed to numerous esoteric publications in the U.S. and England. She writes the Patheos blog "Water Priestess in Avalon." She has contributed to the book Brigid's Light and more.
She has devoted her life to the study of esoteric water mysteries and Avalon. Her path is one of sacred service to the waters of this world and her ancestors. She is an initiated witch and priestess, Reiki master teacher, award-winning dancer, and has a BFA in sculpture and a BA in anthropology, as well as an apprentice certification in herbalism. She is also the sacred steward of Chalice Orchard, the former home of the famous authors Dion Fortune and Geoffrey Ashe. You can find Annwyn roaming the hedgerows of Glastonbury or at a sacred spring in service to the waters. Suzanne O'Gara , a certified herbalist, is the owner of the Avalon-inspired tea and herb shop Alchemy of Avalon LLC, which was founded online in 2012 and opened as a brick-and-mortar in Greenfield, Massachusetts, in 2021. Suzanne has been a presenter for various online festivals such as Ninefold Festival, Bewitching the Waters, The Water Priestess Confluence, Return to Avalon, and the Unbound Priestess Summit. She has also been a guest teacher in person for organizations such as Herbalists Without Borders, The Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine, and the Western Massachusetts Herbal Symposium.
Suzanne is also an accomplished performer and teacher in both fusion belly dance and classical/musical-theater voice. She earned a bachelor's degree in vocal performance with a minor in dance at the Whalen Center for Music, Ithaca College, in 2001. Find her at www.alchemyofavalontea.com . Judika Illes is the bestselling author of numerous books devoted to spells, spirits, and witchcraft, including the Encyclopedia of 5000 Spells and Encyclopedia of Spirits , as well as Pure Magic, Daily Magic, Encyclopedia of Witchcraft, Encyclopedia of Mystics, Saints, and Sages, and Witches: A Compendium . A lifelong student, lover, and practitioner of the magical arts, Judika is also the creator of two oracle decks, Magic Spells Oracle and Protection Spells . The editor and curator of two books of mystical fiction, The Weiser Book of the Fantastic and Forgotten and The Weiser Book of Occult Detectives , Judika was among the contributing authors to Taschen's Witchcraft , part of The Library of Esoterica series.
She has been a professional tarot card reader for over three decades and is a certified aromatherapist. A native New Yorker, Judika teaches in the US and internationally, live and virtually. Follow her on Instagram @judikailles and on Facebook at facebook.com/AuthorJudikaIlles/.