Silver RavenWolf (born September 11, 1956) is an American writer on New Age magic, witchcraft and Wicca.
Career RavenWolf received her Third Degree Initiation from a member of the Serpent Stone family, a pagan congregation. While studying under a British Traditional Witch who claimed to have ties to the International Red Garters in Britain, Silver also became connected with a family lineaged witch who was the last in his line of the tradition. It was this mentorship that prompted the beginning of the Black Forest Circle and Seminary in the 1990s. , The Black Forest Circle and Seminary is an organization that contains hundreds of covens spanning the United States and Canada.
Until the 2010s, she appeared as a lecturer and workshop facilitator at events in the Neo-Pagan community. She was active in Wiccan anti-discrimination issues. She was also a Powwower, having adopted the Pennsylvania Dutch practice in a neo-Pagan context.
RavenWolf is the author of over 17 books on Wicca and Paganism in general. She has also written several novels. Currently, her books have been translated into Czech, Spanish, Italian, German, Russian, Hungarian, Dutch and Portuguese. She is the director of the Wiccan/Pagan Press Alliance Midnight Drive.
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Hex Craft: Dutch Country Pow-wow Magick (1997) Llewellyn Publications TeenWitch!: Wicca for a New Generation (1998) Llewellyn Publications American Folk Magick: Charms, Spells & Herbals (1999) Llewellyn Publications Halloween: Spells, Recipes & Customs (1999) Llewellyn Publications Silver's Spells for Protection (2000) Llewellyn Publications Silver's Spells for Love (2001) Llewellyn Publications Angels: Companions in Magick (2002) Llewellyn Publications Journey of Souls: Case Studies of Life Between Lives by Michael Newton (introduction by Silver Ravenwolf) (2002) Llewellyn Publications To Light a Sacred Flame: Practical Witchcraft for the Millennium (2002) Llewellyn Publications To Ride a Silver Broomstick: New Generation Witchcraft (2002) Llewellyn Publications Witches Runes: Insights from the Old European Magickal Traditions (Cards) (with Nigel Jackson) (2002) Llewellyn Publications Solitary Witch: The Ultimate Book of Shadows for the New Generation (2003) Llewellyn Publications Silver's Spells for Abundance (2004) Llewellyn Publications A Witch's Notebook: Lessons in Witchcraft (2005) Llewellyn Publications To Stir a Magick Cauldron: A Witch's Guide to Casting and Conjuring (2005) Llewellyn Publications Mindlight: Secrets of Energy, Magick & Manifestation (2006) Llewellyn Publications HedgeWitch: Spells, Crafts & Rituals For Natural Magick (2008) Llewellyn Publications The Witching Hour: Spells, Powders, Formulas, and Witchy Techniques That Work (2017) Llewellyn Publications Poppet Magick: Patterns, Spells & Formulas for Poppets, Spirit Dolls & Magickal Animals (2018) Llewellyn Publications
Novels Beneath a Mountain Moon (1995) Llewellyn Publications Murder at Witches' Bluff: A Novel of Suspense and Magick (2000) Llewellyn Publications
Witches' Chillers series: Witches' Night Out (2000) Llewellyn Publications Witches' Night of Fear (2001) Llewellyn Publications Witches' Key to Terror (2001) Llewellyn Publications
See also Modern paganism and New Age
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