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Patricia Telesco
Written and compiled by George KnowlesPatricia “Trish” Telesco is a well known American author, herbalist, poet, lecturer and Wiccan High Priestess. She is also a trustee for the Universal Federation of Pagans, a member of the Authors Guild, a member of the Society for Creative Anachronism and a member of the Wiccan-Pagan Press Alliance. She has written more than 60 books on subjects ranging from self-help cookbooks to magick, folklore and global religions, and her articles have appeared such notable publications as: Cosmo, Woman’s World Magazine, Complete Woman Magazine, Publisher's Weekly, Circle Network News, Pan Gaia and Sagewoman. Trish was born Marian Singer in 1960 and riased in a Lutheran household. After spending five years as a Pentecostal missionary singing on gospel tours in Quebec, during her time at college she became an agnostic. After leaving collage she ending up in Boston, Massachusetts, having psychic experiences, such like object reading, touching people’s jewellery and seeing images. Fortunately while there, she met a shaman (who eventually became her husband) and a cabalist who diagnosed her symptoms as those of a natural psychic. They explained the uses of energy and showed her the way home to what she calls folk-magick. Trish is self-trained and self-initiated, but later received initiation into the Strega tradition of Italy (Tempio della Stregheria). She defines her own form of folk-magick as: “the blending of superstition and lore (folklore being the place where various magickal traditions found a safe haven during years of political correctness) into a functional system of magick. As an example: one bit of lore says red is scary to certain mischievous fairies, so if I were being bothered by that kind of Fey, I would use a red amulet.” Trish travels regularly throughout the country giving lectures
and workshops on various aspects of witchcraft and magick, and has appeared
at many of the major events in the New Age/Neo-Pagan calander such as the
Starwood Festival and the Pagan Spirit Gathering.
She has appeared on
several television programmes, including: Sightings
– on multi-cultural divination systems, the Debra Duncan Show – on modern
Wicca, and on National Geographic Today – on Solstice Celebrations.
She has also given radio interviews all across the USA. Trish considers herself a down-to-earth kitchen witch and folk magician, and her love of folklore and worldwide customs can be seen in the books she writes. Her hobbies include: antique restoration, writing and singing folk music, sufi dancing, herbalism, wood carving and soapstone, writing poetry, historical costuming and participating in the Society for Creative Anachronism.
Trish works from her home in Western New York were she lives with her husband, two sons and a daughter, and when not busy writing, runs a small mail-order business called Hourglass Creations. She also has her own Yahoo email-group at: http://www.groups.yahoo.com/groups/folkmagicwithtrishtelesco and her personal website can be found at: http://www.loresinger.com/
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A partcial bibliograhy:
The Kitchen
Witch Companion: Simple and Sublime Culinary Magic
(2005) Kitchen Witch's
Guide To Brews And Potions (2005) The Teen Book
Of Shadows: Star Signs, Spells, Potions, and Powers
(2004) The Witch's
Book of Wisdom (2003) A Little Book
of Mirror Magic: Meditations, Myths, Spells
(2003) Mastering
Candle Magick (2003) A Victorian
Grimoire: Romance - Enchantment - Magic
(2002) Labyrinth
Walking: Patterns of Power (2001) Money Magick:
How to Use Magick to Gain Prosperity (2001) The Wiccan Web:
Surfing the Magic on the Internet (2001) An Enchanted
Life : An Adept's Guide to Masterful Magick
(2001) A Floral
Grimoire: Plant Charms, Spells, Recipes, and Rituals
(2001) How To Be A
Wicked Witch: Good Spells, Charms, Potions and Notions for Bad Days
(2000) The Magick of
Folk Wisdom (2000) Shaman in a 9
to 5 World (2000) A Witch's
Beverages and Brews
(2000) Your Book of
Shadows: How to Write Your Own Magickal Spells
(2000) A Charmed Life
(2000) The Cyber
Spellbook: Magick in the Virtual World
(2000) Ghosts, Spirits
and Hauntings (1999) Cat Magic:
Mews, Myths, and Mystery
(1999) A Little Book
of Love Magic (1999) Mirror, Mirror:
Reflections of the Sacred Self (1999) Futuretelling:
A Complete Guide to Divination (1998) Goddess in My
Pocket: Simple Spells, Charms, Potions, and Chants to Get You Everything You
Want (1998) The Herbal
Arts: A Handbook of Gardening, Recipes, Healing, Crafts, and Spirituality
(1998) 365 Goddess: A
Daily Guide to the Magic and Inspiration of the Goddess
(1998) Healer's
Handbook: A Holistic Guide to Wellness in the New Age
(1997) The Language of
Dreams (1997) Wishing Well:
Empowering Your Hopes and Dreams (1997) Seasons of the
Sun: Celebrations from the World's Spiritual Traditions
(1996) Spinning
Spells, Weaving Wonders: Modern Magic for Everyday Life
(1996)
Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Telesco http://www.twpt.com/telesco.html Encyclopedia of Wicca & Witchcraft - By Raven Grimassi
Best
wishes and Blessed Be
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