Who are the Contributors?

WRITERS & ARTISTS OF HORNS OF POWER
The following individuals gave of their time, energy and creative talent to make this book a possibility.
It is their passion that manifested as Horns of Power:

Beth Raven
Beth is passionate about British folklore, the spirits of the land and the Gods of yesterday and today. She is an ordained priestess in the Fellowship of Isis and the founder of the Temple of Medb. She enjoys tending to her garden and hiking, bird watching and indulging in her love of the little people - both in the unseen sense, as well as in her chosen career as a midwife.

Brian Andrews
Artist Brian Andrews is a native of South London, whose interests, outside of art and magick, include comic books, gardening, computer games and playing music. He has contributed articles to magazines such as the Children of Artemis' Witchcraft & Wicca and his artwork has featured in The Guises of the Morrigan; Heka and Artemis Virgin Goddess of the Sun & Moon.

Dafydd ap Bran
Dafydd is a Welsh bard and musician who live in the Snowdonia mountains in Wales. He is passionate about the Pagan religions of the British Isles and can often be found reading and discussing the tales of many of the heroes with friends around a campfire, probably whilst drinking homemade mead.

David Rankine
Esoteric researcher and author David Rankine has a life long fascination for the myths and Gods of the ancient world. He is the author of numerous books on magick, witchcraft and mythology, partnering for projects with his wife Sorita d'Este and with the occult scholar Stephen Skinner. His published works includes The Isles of the Many Gods, Climbing the Tree of Life, Practical Planetary Magick, Keys to the Gateway of Magic, The Goetia of Dr Rudd and the Veritable Key of Solomon. For more about David and his work see www.ritualmagick.co.uk

Frater Nechesh
A devotee of Babalon, Frater Nechesh has trained in a number of systems of western yoga. He is a keen scholar of the unknown, exploring the ancient mythologies through every medium available to him. He holds a post graduate degree in performing arts, which is nice. His life ambition is to wake up one morning as a hairy poet; instead he is bald and continues the search for his Scarlet Woman.

Gareth Gerrard
A scientist by trade, a Witch by inclination and inveterate misser of deadlines, Gareth is a well known speaker at conferences and festivals in the UK. He is passionate about Welsh Gods, Welsh Rugby, and Tea. He is originally from Cardiff (Wales) but now lives in West London with his wife, daughter and fat idiot cat.

Gulia Laini
An initiate of the Western School of Magick, Gulia enjoys reading and researching her family tree. She is currently developing her own unique system of predictive astro-palmistry by merging horary astrology with scientific palmistry.

Harry Barron
As a healer and Wiccan High Priest, both Harry's work and spiritual life are focused around healing and the natural world. Having studied in both London and Shanghai, he currently practices Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture from his practice in Mid-Wales. He is a keen linguist, fluent in several languages and is passionate about cooking vegetarian food. Harry's work was included in the Hekate Keys to the Crossroads collection and he is currently researching issues related to Pagan ethics for a book he is writing.

Hortus St Michael
Hortus' interest in the legends of Herne the Hunter developed out of a chance meeting with a likeminded soul in the Bells of Ouseley, a wonderful old public house in Old Windsor, England, many years ago. He is a keen gardener and spends a great deal of his time tending his nearly two acre formal garden, sometimes with the help of his long suffering wife and three daughters.

Janet Nancy James
Janet is a Christian Mystic with a keen interest in and great respect for Pagan spiritual paths who has long been enthralled by the idea of Unicorns. She is an avid reader and enjoys a good debate, as much as she enjoys a good cuppa tea. After graduating from Oxford she travelled extensively before settling down back in England. She works as a transpersonal therapist.

John Canard
Having misspent most of his youth in the Cambridgeshire fens, John met the woman of his dreams, who he still believes to be only part-human and moved with her to Somerset (UK) to live the wild life. They live on a smallholding where John spends his time tending a menagerie of animals and growing organic vegetables. He is the author of Defences of the Witches' Craft and is working on a number of other projects on the subjects of Traditional Witchcraft and Folk Magick.

Kim Huggens
Kim is a postgraduate student at Cardiff University, studying magic in the Late Antique period and in particular its influences from ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt. She is a keen Tarot enthusiast, and the co-creator of "Sol Invictus: The God Tarot", published by Schiffer Books in 2007. She is currently working on "Pistis Sophia: The Goddess Tarot" as a companion deck with the same artist. In her spare time, Kim edits an online Pagan magazine for Cardiff University Pagan Society, writes articles, studies world mythology, and plays Dungeon and Dragons.

Magin
When she was younger Magin practiced solitary magick for about a decade, with a focus on runic divination, spellwork and witchcraft. A few years ago she also became a Wiccan, working in a coven in London. She continues being a keen student of runecraft and the Northern Tradition, expanding on her knowledge and experience whenever she gets the opportunity. She also has a growing interest in ceremonial magick and the Qabalah. Magin enjoys the creative and practical aspects of her Craft the most, and as such can often be found painting, sewing and cooking.

Marc Potts
Marc Potts is an English artist and author living and working in the beautiful and mystical Devon landscape. Marc's inspiration comes from folklore, mythology, a nature-based spirituality and a connection with the land itself. The subjects of his art are the nature-spirits, the elemental beings, the goddesses and the gods, often with more than a passing nod to the macabre and the bizarre. His art has received wide acclaim in both pagan and fantasy art circles and he has produced numerous covers for pagan and non-pagan publications, both books and magazines. Pursuing his interest in folklore, Marc has written 'The Mythology of the Mermaid and her Kin' for Capall Bann publishing, and is currently working on an illustrated follow-up project, entitled 'Goblins'. Marc is also working on a book project of his art, based around tree-spirits and tree-lore with a working title of The Wyldwood, as well as a number of illustrated short stories. Marc's art can be seen at his website www.marcpotts.com and www.duirwaighgallery.com He is available for commissions and illustration work and can be contacted by email via his website.

Nic Phillips
Nic Phillips is a Cardiff University graduate in History and Archaeology and co-author/artist of 'Sol Invictus: The God Tarot'. He currently lives in the city centre with his partner and runs a bar by night; and in his spare time works on his art, including a follow up deck to Sol Invictus with Kim Huggens. He classes himself as primarily Pagan, with an interest in all world religions and mythology.

Nina Falaise
Nina Falaise is an artist and teacher of sacred dance. She presents dance as an alternative way to psycho-spiritual development and to liberating creativity on all levels. Nina has worked with experienced teachers of the Western Mystery Tradition since the 80's, such as Naomi Ozaniec, Marian Green, and Tony Willis. Of sacred dance Nina says, "As the dancer moves, vibrating to the sounds of music, she creates a visual image of the unseen. Her body is the poetic voice of the unspoken"

Peter J. Jaynes
Peter is passionate about the mystery traditions of ancient Europe, with a particular emphasis on the history and mythologies of the British Isles. He is a Wiccan High Priest who, with his wife, has been facilitating an initiatory Coven since the 1970's tracing their lineage back to Gerald Gardner. His work with the Horned God has taken him to many unexpected places over the years, this being the latest avenue on a labyrinth journey of possibilities.

Phil Lightwood-Jones
Phil is a part-time Egyptology student studying in Cardiff University and has attained several qualifications in the subject including a Diploma of Higher Education in Egyptology. He is interested in all aspects of Egyptian history with a special passion for the early periods, the religion and Gods and the ideas and the concept of Ma'at (which he defines as Universal Rightness). He is also fascinated by British Folklore and British medieval history.

Rhys Chisnall
Rhys is a member of a long established rural country coven in the north of Suffolk. He has been interested in and practicing Witchcraft for 19 years and has been fortunate enough to have been initiated into both the Gardnerian Craft which he has a great deal of respect for, and the coven he is now in with which he originally trained. Rhys has been drafted by the people who trained him, into running a pre-initiation out of coven training group for people who are seeking entry into initiatory Witchcraft.

Sorita d'Este
Author and esoteric researcher Sorita d'Este describes herself as a student of life's little mysteries. She is passionate about the western traditions of magick and mysticism, her interests and work span a wide range of subjects including the Celtic, Greek and Egyptian traditions, medieval and renaissance grimoires and palmistry. Her published works include titles such as Practical Planetary Magick; Wicca Magickal Beginnings; The Guises of the Morrigan and The Isles of the Many Gods which she co-wrote with her husband David Rankine. Sorita has lectured extensively on folklore, mythology and magick; and is the co-founder of the StarStone Network. She lives in Monmouthshire with her husband, David Rankine and their son. To find out more about her work, writings, courses and workshops see www.avalonia.co.uk and www.sorita.co.uk

Stephen Blake
Stephen Blake is a modern day philosopher, a Wiccan initiate and the possessor of a very inquiring mind eternally in search of arcane knowledge. He works in science doing things with asthma medicine and lasers, which he says is much less interesting than it sounds. He likes cats, sugary food, trance states, and unnecessarily complicated systems of divination. Stephen lives in London.

Thea Faye
Thea Faye is an initiate of the Mysteries and author of Wizardry for the Uninitiated, as well as a contributor to Scarlet Imprint's Howlings, other anthologies, not to mention various magazines, including White Dragon. Her interests currently include Wicca, Witchcraft, evocation, divination, amongst other things, but the more she studies, the more she discovers new and exciting things to learn about. A full time mother to three children, she is married to a notoriously Grumpy Badger and together, life has been one non-stop adventure since they met.

Zachary Yardley
Having read both history and science at some of the worlds most famous academic institutes, Zachary embarked on an adventure which would take him around the world a dozen or more times. He has walked on the Great Wall of China, alongside the Berlin Wall and the length of Hadrian's Wall, he has been to the pyramids in Egypt and South America, but prefers the manmade mound of Silbury Hill, Avebury. He decided a few years ago to settle down to a more predictable pace of life teaching history at a London college, which he says is a good excuse to visit the many wonderful museums and galleries London has to offer.

Zagreus
Zagreus is a team leader for the marketing department of a large corporation and wishes he wasn't. He spends his spare time wandering through museums and travelling to places with bovine connections whenever possible. He is friendly unless you approach him wearing a red shirt, when he says all bets are off.