Raven Grimassi and Stephanie Taylor were both wonderful for their talk and slideshow on the eight festivals of the year.Participants received their own mystery cords to work with as alignments to the inner meanings of each seasonal festival. The authors guided each participant through how to work with the mystery cords, which can be used in solitary practice. The focus of this workshop was on the spiritual alignments of each festival from the perspective of pre-Christian European spirituality and religion.

*"Stephanie Taylor is the co-author and co-creator of The Well Worn Path. Nature has always been an extremely important part of her life experience, never having been brought up in any conventional religion. As a young girl Stephanie was taught about the fae by her Welsh grandmother and Astrology by her mother. She has studied, taught, and used it as a tool of transformation throughout her life experience. She is also a Tarot reader and teacher with many years of experience. Stephanie co-owned and operated Raven's Loft shop for four years. She has been a guest speaker on several panels alongside such noted figures as Monty Farber, Amy Zerner, and Rachel Pollack. She has also appeared on television and in several short film documentaries on Witchcraft. Stephanie has also worked as a consultant for the movie pilot film Mind Forest, in which she likewise appears. She currently lives in Southern California with her life partner and divides her time between operating Raven's Loft cyber store, author management and publicist work, while creating and developing The College of the Crossroads, a Mystery School.

Raven Grimassi has been a practitioner and teacher of Witchcraft for over 30 years. He is an initiate of several Witchcraft traditions including Brittic, Pictish-Gaelic, and Celtic Traditionalist. Raven is a legally ordained clergy of Witchcraft. Grimassi is currently the Directing Elder of the Arician Tradition, a system of Italian Witchcraft.

He is also a recognized expert on Italian Witchcraft, and the foremost authority on the works of Charles Godfrey Leland in this particular field. Raven has appeared on television and radio interviews nation wide, in several short films on Witchcraft, and was a consultant for the pilot movie film called Mind Forest. Raven is a popular lecturer and guest speak at festivals and conventions nationwide."

Both Raven Grimassi and Stephanie Taylor were gracious enough to stay afterward and meet with their fans and sign books.

We would like to thank them both for an informative and thoroughly enjoyable lecture, and for making Tree of Life's first anniversary that much more special!