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Pagan Pioneers: Founders, Elders, Leaders and Others
Anodea Judith
Written and compiled by George Knowles Anodea Judith
is an American author, spiritual teacher, poet, artist, songwriter and
musician, an expert on the Chakra
system, mind and body integration and somatic therapy, a Yoga therapist and a
Reiki master. She has a
Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology from Rosebridge Graduate School of
Integrative Therapy, a Doctorate in
Health and Human Services from Columbia Pacific University, and has done
additional doctoral work in Systems Theory at Saybrook Graduate School and
Research Center. She is a past
president of the Church of All Worlds (CAW) and a founder of Sacred Centers, a
school for the study of sacred principles and transformative arts. Born Judith
Anne Mull on the 1st of December 1952 in Elyria, Ohio, she was the
youngest and only daughter of three children, her middle brother is called David
Mull while her eldest brother is the comedian Martin Mull.
Judith spent most of her formulative years on her grandmothers farm in
Northern Ohio, and there gained an early appreciation for nature and animals.
In the late 1950’s her family relocated to Connecticut and Judith was
enrolled at New Canaan High School to begin her
formal education. During
her teens while studying mythology at school, Judith began to identify with
various aspects of the Greek Goddesses, and this caused her to re-evaluate
Christian dieties and research more into alternative religions. Judith was
aided in this quest when her mother married for a second time to a devout
Christian Scientist, who kindled her interests in healing. Their belief is that all illness stems from the mind, and
that the use of positive thinking techniques can perfect mind, body and spirit
to effect cure. “This taught
me how our consciousness can effect our reality, which is one of the
foundational principles of magic”, she said.
Applying such techniques in high school, she quickly became known as the
healer. Christian Science as a
religion however, had no appeal for Judith and she sought other systems in which
to apply the same principles. In 1971 after
completing high school, Judith enrolled at Clark University studying Psychology.
She had intended a career as an analyst/therapist, but then changed her
mind in favour of Art. She moved to
California and took up studies at the College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland,
with aditional courses at John F. Kennedy University.
After finnishing college she spent the next few years living and working
out of an artists ‘attic studio’ in Berkeley, where she made a name for
herself painting murals and cloudscapes on ceilings. In 1975 realising
that health and consciousness were essential components to the quality of her
artistic expression, she determined to transform her spiritual self.
She gave up smoking, turned vegetarian, became bisexual and started a on
a serious study of yoga and mediation. This
led her onto a life long study of the Charka system, as well as Acupressure,
Bioenergetics, Yoga, Gestalt
therapy, Radical psychiatry, Ritual magic, Shamanism, Psychic readings
and Alternative healing. The
results of her cumulative studies later lead to the publication of her first
book: Wheels of Life:
A User's Guide to the Chakra System (Llewellyn - 1987, revised 1999). As part of her studies Judith spent two months living alone
in a tent atop of a California mountain, where a friend had given her a
five-acre plot of land. She
describes him as “A crazy Israeli chemist, who disappeared after
bequeathing it to me”. She
spent her time there becoming one with the elements, during which she felt and
received direct teaching from the Goddess.
This caused her to re-think her name and change it to Anodea Judith
(Anodea is an anagram of: Ano -
meaning year of or one of, and Dea – meaning the Goddess).
To Judith the meaning is clear - “One who serves the Goddess”).
Oberon Zell - Morning Glory - Gwydion Pendderwen
In
the early 1980’s Anodea
married Phil Wayne, and in
January 1982 bore him a son called Alex Wayne.
Later that same year, Gwydion Pendderwen died in a motor accident and
bequeathed his land at Annwfn to CAW, naming Anodea
as one of its five land stewards. Anodea remained at Annwfn for a further 18 months, during which time she founded
‘Lifeways’ as a subsidiary and teaching arm of CAW in 1983.
After returning to Berkeley, Anodea
met and formed another lasting friendship, this one with Marion Zimmer Bradley,
the fantasy and science fiction author. Later
she joined the Aquarian Order of the Restoration and the Dark Moon Circle, both
of which Bradley was a founder. In
1984 her marriage to Phil Wayne came to an end and they divorced.
Marion Zimmer Bradley
In
1985 Anodea was ordained by
CAW and for the following 10 years served them as a High Preistess, she also
served them as President of CAW from 1986-1993.
In 1988 Anodea
remarried, this time to a fellow pagan and High Priest of CAW, Richard
Ely. Ely is a professional
geologist and had three children from a previous marriage; they now live
together in Sonoma County, California. A
year later in 1989 Anodea received a Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology
from Rosebridge Graduate School of Integrative Therapy.
Richard Ely
In 1993 together with a long time
friend, co-author and fellow teacher Selene
Vega, Anodea published
her second book: The
Sevenfold Journey: Reclaiming Mind, Body, and Spirit through the Chakras. Her
third book followed in 1997: Eastern Body, Western Mind: Psychology and the Chakra
System as a Path to the Self.
In 1999 she
received a Ph.D. in Health and Human Services from Columbia Pacific University.
Selene Vega
After the initial success of her first book the:
Wheels of Life in 1987, Anodea became a sought after teacher and
speaker on the workshop circuit, presenting and lecturing at such well known
events as the Starwood Festival and the WinterStar Symposium (*see additional
information below). However,
due to the demands of her travelling workshops and other commitments, her active
involvement with CAW gradually declined, although she still remains a member of
the Church Clergy. Since then Anodea has spent the last 20 years working as a
somatic psychotherapist, and now travels the world teaching through her own
organization called “Sacred Centers”. Through
Sacred Centers, she also runs an intensive Certification Program training other teachers and
therapists in the use of her work. Into the new millennium, as well writing books, she has
ventured into the Audio/Video market and in March 2000 released a six-tape audio
course called The Chakra System: A
Complete Course in Self-Diagnosis and Healing.
She followed this in 2004 with an award winning DVD, The Illuminated Chakras,
co-created with her son, artist and animator Alex Wayne, and in 2006
produced a popular spiral-bound box set called Chakra
Balancing. Also in 2006 she wrote a double award winning book called Waking
the Global Heart: Humanity’s Rite
of Passage from the Love of Power to the Power of Love. This
is a book that charts human history as a developmental process, and argues that
we are now undergoing our global initiation from cultural adolescence to
adulthood, moving from the third Chakra of power to the fourth Chakra of love as
a social organizing principle. More
books are planned for the future, she say’s. End.
Bibliography:
Wheels of
Life : a User's Guide to the Chakra System
(Llewellyn Worldwide - 1987) The
Sevenfold Journey : Reclaiming Mind, Body & Spirit Through the Chakras
(with Selene Vega, Crossing Press - 1993) Eastern
Body, Western Mind : Psychology and the Chakra System as a Path to the Self
(Celestial Arts - 1996) Chakra
Balancing Kit: A Guide to Healing and Awakening Your Energy Body - Workbook and
cards (Sounds True -
2004) Contact:
The Yoga of Relationship
(with Tara Lynda Guber, Insight Editions - 2006) Waking the Global Heart: Humanity's Rite of Passage from the Love of Power to the Power of Love (Elite Books - 2006)
Audio/Video:
Wheels of
Life: A Journey Through the Chakras -
With Rick Hamouris (initially as a cassette - ACE/Llewellyn Collection,
1987. Later released by same
publisher on CD in 1992) The Chakra System: A Complete Course in Self-Diagnosis and Healing (a six-CD series from Sounds True Audio Literature, Inc. 2000) The
Illuminated Chakras - A Visionary Voyage Into Your Inner Worlds
(DVD - Sacred Centers 2004) Chakra Balancing (a spiral-bound box set from Sounds True Inc. 2006)
*Additional Information:
The Starwood Festival
The Starwood Festival was a six-day Neo-Pagan, New Age and multi-cultural festival presented in mid-to late July. Approximately 1,500 people attend including staff, speakers and entertainers. The Starwood Festival is a camping event which holds workshops on a variety of subjects. There are also live musical performances, rituals, bonfires, multimedia presentations and social activities.
The Starwood Festival was founded in 1981 by the Chameleon Club, a recognized student organization at Case Western Reserve University, which later founded the Association for Consciousness Exploration LLC (ACE). It has been operated by ACE since 1983. It features entertainment, public ceremonies, and classes on subjects such as sensory deprivation, Kirlian photography, Neo-Paganism, shamanism, Wicca, holistic health, Tarot, Thelema and past life regression. Among the first guest speakers and entertainers were Jim Alan and Selena Fox (founders of Circle Sanctuary), Raymond Buckland, Lee Bryan Grotte (Foundation for Research in Medical Botany), and music by Chameleon and The Ancient Illuminated Seers of Bavaria.
The first Starwood was held July 24 - 26, 1981 at Cooper's Lake Campground, the same site as the Society for Creative Anachronism's Pennsic War, in Slippery Rock, PA. From 1982 through 1985 it was held at Devil's Den Park in New Philadelphia, OH, a former state park run by Whispering Winds Nudist Camp. In 1986 and 1987 it was held at Bear Creek Amphitheatre (part of Bear Creek Resort Ranch KOA) in Canton, OH, and at Echo Hills Ski Resort in Logan, OH (on the Buckeye Trail) in 1988 and 1989. The event moved to Brushwood Folklore Center, a private campground near Sherman, New York in 1990, where it has remained to this day.
The event began as a weekend festival, and grew over the years to a six-day event. Attendance has grown from 185 in the first year to peak at around 1800 people in 2002, and has stayed between 1400 and 1600 since then. Since 1982, Starwood has been a clothing optional event, but skyclad attendance is common.
The WinterStar Symposium
The WinterStar Symposium was a four-day annual event produced by the Association for Consciousness Exploration (A.C.E.). The subject matter is similar to that of the Starwood Festival but the activities are scaled to an indoor venue. Classes are held during the day with musical performances, multi-media presentations and ceremonies in the evening. The speakers often participate in a panel discussion as the last activity on the program. Unlike Starwood, events are structured and focused around a particular theme each year.
Approximately twenty classes on an eclectic variety of subjects are offered. Recently, these have included: trance drumming, Yoga, massage, Reiki, Qi Gong, Celtic trancework, acting as magick, sexuality and astral projection among others. Subjects that are explored include: spirituality & culture, Wicca, Neo-Pagan community, holistic health, movement systems, music, fringe science, mind studies and the environment. This is primarily an adult event with neither day-care nor youth programming provided.
The WinterStar
Symposium was first held February 9-12, 1984.
Originally called the WinterStar VisionQuest Symposium, it was held at
Burr Oak State Park in Glouster, OH. It
featured Jim Alan and Selena Fox (founders of Circle Sanctuary) and Robert Anton
Wilson as headline speakers. Since
then it has been held at Atwood Lake Resort in Dellroy, Ohio.
Sources My grateful thanks to Anodea Judith for her added information. The
Encyclopedia of Witches &Witchcraft - by
Rosemary Ellen Guiley. The
Witch Book - By Raymond Buckland http://www.sacredcenters.com/anodea.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anodea_Judith
First published on the 16th March 2007, updated 26th December 2009 © George Knowles
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Trees:
In Worship of Trees - Myths, Lore and the Celtic Tree Calendar. For descriptions and correspondences of the thirteen sacred trees of Wicca/Witchcraft see the following: Birch / Rowan / Ash / Alder / Willow / Hawthorn / Oak / Holly / Hazel / Vine / Ivy / Reed / Elder
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Articles contributed by Patricia Jean Martin:
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A "Who's Who" of Witches, Pagans and other associated People (Ancient, Past and Present)
(Departed Pagan Pioneers, Founders, Elders and Others)
Pagan
Pioneers: Founders, Elders, Leaders and Others
Aidan A Kelly / Aleister Crowley - “The Great Beast” / Alex Sanders - “King of the Witches” / Alison Harlow / Allan Bennett - the Ven. Ananda Metteyya / Allan Kardec (Spiritism) / Alphonsus de Spina / Amber K / Ann Moura / Anna Franklin / Anodea Judith / Anton Szandor LaVey / Arnold Crowther / Arthur Edward Waite / Austin Osman Spare / Balthasar Bekker / Biddy Early / Barbara Vickers / Bridget Cleary - The Fairy Witch of Clonmel / Carl " Llewellyn" Weschcke / Cecil Hugh Williamson / Charles Godfrey Leland / Charles Walton / Christopher Penczak / Christina Oakley Harrington / Cornelius Loos / Damh the Bard - "Dave Smith" / Dion Fortune / Dolores Aschroft-Nowicki / Donald Michael Kraig / Doreen Valiente / Dorothy Morrison / Dr. John Dee & Edward Kelly / Dr. Leo Louis Martello / Edain McCoy / Edward Fitch / Eleanor Ray Bone - “Matriarch of British Witchcraft” / Eliphas Levi / Ernest Thompson Seton / Ernest Westlake / Fiona Horne / Frederick McLaren Adams - Feraferia / Friedrich von Spee / Francis Barrett / Gavin and Yvonne Frost and the School and Church of Wicca / Gerald B. Gardner - The father of contemporary Witchcraft / Gwydion Pendderwen / Hans Holzer / Helen Duncan / Hermann Löher / Herman Slater - Horrible Herman / Heinrich Kramer / Idries Shah / Isaac Bonewits / Israel Regardie / Ivo Domínguez Jr. / Jack Whiteside Parsons - Rocket Science and Magick / James "Cunning" Murrell - The Master of Witches / Janet Farrar and Gavin Bone / Jean Bodin / Jessie Wicker Bell - “Lady Sheba” / Johann Weyer / Johannes Junius - "The Burgomaster of Bamberg" / Johann Georg Fuchs von Dornheim - the “Hexenbrenner” (witch burner) / John Belham-Payne / John George Hohman - "Pow-wow" / John Gerard / John Gordon Hargrave and the Kibbo Kith Kindred / John Michael Greer / John Score / Joseph “Bearwalker” Wilson / Joseph John Campbell / Karl von Eckartshausen / Lady Gwen Thompson - and "The Rede of the Wiccae" / Lambert Daneau / Laurie Cabot - "the Official Witch of Salem" / Lewis Spence / Lodovico Maria Sinistrari / Ludwig Lavater / Madeline Montalban and the Order of the Morning Star / Margaret Alice Murray / Margot Adler / Michael Howard and the UK "Cauldron Magazine" / Margaret St. Clair - the “Sign of the Labrys” / Marie Laveau - " the Voodoo Queen of New Orleans" / Marion Weinstein / Martin Antoine Del Rio / Matthew Hopkins - “The Witch-Finder General” / Michael A. Aquino - and The Temple of Set / Monique Wilson / Montague Summers / Nicholas Culpeper / Nicholas Remy / M. R. Sellars / Mrs. Maud Grieve - "A Modern Herbal" / Oberon Zell-Ravenheart and Morning Glory / Old Dorothy Clutterbuck / Old George Pickingill / Olivia Durdin-Robertson - co-founder of the Fellowship of Isis / Paddy Slade / Pamela Colman-Smith / Patricia Crowther / Patricia Monaghan / Patricia “Trish” Telesco / Paul Foster Case and the “Builders of the Adytum” mystery school / Peter Binsfeld / Philip Heselton / Raven Grimassi / Raymond Buckland / Reginald Scot / Richard Baxter / Robert Cochrane / Robert ‘von Ranke’ Graves and the "The White Goddess" / Rosaleen Norton - “The Witch of Kings Cross” / Rossell Hope Robbins / Ross Nichols and the " Order of Bards, Ovates & Druids" (OBOD) / Rudolf Steiner / Sabrina Underwood - "The Ink Witch" / Scott Cunningham / Selena Fox - founder of "Circle Sanctuary" / Silver Ravenwolf / Sir Francis Dashwood / Sir James George Frazer and the " The Golden Bough" / S.L. MacGregor Mathers and the “Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn” / Starhawk / Stewart Farrar / Sybil Leek / Ted Andrews / The Mather Family - (includes: Richard Mather, Increase Mather and Cotton Mather ) / Thomas Ady / T. Thorn Coyle / Vera Chapman / Victor & Cora Anderson and the " Feri Tradition" / Vivianne Crowley / Walter Brown Gibson / Walter Ernest Butler / William Butler Yeats / Zsuzsanna Budapest /
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