Sorita
describes herself as a student of "life's
little mysteries". She is an author, researcher
and publisher and works from home which is near the
English / Welsh borders in Monmouthshire (UK) with
her partner David
Rankine and their baby boy. She is a Wiccan High
Priestess and a Ceremonial Magician, who has a passion
for planetary and elemental magick. In addition to
writing, she also runs her own small publishing company
Avalonia
Books.
She's
not sure that she has interests outside of the magickal
world, because she sees everything as manifesting
and being magick, be it gardening, dancing, baking,
music or martial arts - all things she has a passion
for.
She
is the author of eight published books. With David,
she co-authored
Wicca
Magickal Beginnings (2008)
Practical
Planetary Magick (2007)
The
Isles of the Many Gods (2007)
Circle
of Fire (2005)
Avalonia's
Book of Chakras (2005)
The
Guises of the Morrigan (2005)
Her
only published solo offering to date is:
Artemis
Virgin Goddess of the Sun & Moon
Additionally
she edited and contributed to the following anthologies:
Hekate
Keys to the Crossroads
Horns
of Power (forthcoming 2008)
For
the past few years she has also contributed many
articles to the 'Magical Almanac' and the 'Herbal
Almanac' published by Llewellyn. Topics she wrote
on for these books include: Artemis, The Four Elements,
The Anglo-Saxon Nine Herb Charm, Kitchen Herbs,
Herbs of the Mabinogion, The Roman Spring Festivals
and others. She contributed to 2009, 2008, 2007,
2006 and 2005 editions of these popular yearly publications.
Like
David, she was also one of the major contributors
to the Enhancing
Your Mind Body & Spirit, De'Agostini Part-Work
which was published internationally. Penning
around 200 articles for this successful project,
her contributions included a course in practical
Palmistry, articles on herbalism, magic, indigenous
spiritual beliefs and practices, chakras and healing.
She
has also contributed to the following important
magazines and journals:
Witchcraft
& Wicca Magazine (The Children of Artemis)
A regular speaker since 2001 at Children of Artemis
"Witchfest" events throughout the UK,
Sorita has also contributed numerous articles
to the organisation's Witchcraft and Wicca
Magazine during this period. This community
magazine is distributed to the thousands of CoA
members worldwide, as well as through shops and
online outlets. Sorita was also featured as the
"cover girl" on the Beltane 2004 edition
(see image to the right). Her contributions include
articles on subjects like Astral Projection, The
Goddesses Artemis, Hekate and the Morrigan and
on being a modern day Priestess.
Pagan
Dawn (Pagan Federation Magazine)
During 2006 Sorita contributed a number of articles
on Herbalism for the Airmed's Cloak collumn in
this long running magazine serving the pagan community
in the UK. She has also contributed other articles
and content over the years, including a recent
article on The Morrigan.
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The Western Esoteric Traditions - The Magick of Becoming
Wiccan Tradition topics include: Introduction
to Wicca for complete beginners, The Wiccan Rede, The Charge of the Goddess,
Finding a Wiccan Coven, Aradia - Gospel of the Witches, Aradia Goddess of the
Witches, Diana Witch Goddess, Cernunnos Horned God, Hekate (Hecate), the Wheel
of the Year, The Wiccan Athame vs. the Malay Kris, Was Gerald Gardner initiated?,
Dion Fortune & the Wiccan Tradition. Ceremonial magick topics covered include:
Magic or Magick - the Spelling dillemma, The Lesser Banishing Ritual of the
Pentagram (LBRP), the Heptagram Ritual, Planetary contemplations, The prime
qabalah (gematria), the goetia of dr. rudd, the key of solomon, the enochian
angel magic of john dee and edward kelley, summoning solomonic archangels, evocation
of demon princes. Deity related articles include: Hekate, Morrigan, Artemis,
Diana, Aradia, Cernunnos, Horned Gods, the ressurgence of the divine feminine,
british gods and goddesses, celtic and saxon deities, greek gods. Also many
meditations. Books by Sorita d'Este & David Rankine - links to many community
resources.