User Profile

I have been a witch for 20 years, more if you count growing up on a farm in rural Iowa, running wild in the woods, conjuring up storms, and turning pig's teeth into magickal talismans. After moving to Minnesota, I was a staff writer and artist for several years for the now-retired Twin Cities magazine, Pagan Ink and explored everything from the most eclectic of eclectic to the most traditional of traditional paths.

My work has appeared in both "NewWitch" and "The Beltane Papers" and I'm hard at work on getting more articles out there, as well as finishing up some fiction that I hope to sell by sometime next year (fingers crossed). My first book came out March of 2008 through Pendraig. "Sorgitzak-Old Forest Craft" has been doing quite well, including climbing all the way up to #1 Pagan Book on Amazon on Memorial Day this year.

My second book was just released February 2009 (yeah!!!) and can also be found on Amazon or directly from the same publisher as put out the first book. The book is called "Masks of the Muse: Building a Relationship with the Goddess of the West."

This book is about inspiration, creativity, and magick as found within four different aspects (masks) of the Muse. The four Goddesses in the book are Aphrodite, Cerridwen, Ariadne, and the Lady of the Lake. In the path of the Sorgitzak, the Muse is associated with the West (water, feeling, daring, inspiration) and the Goddess of the West.

An article of mine has appeared in the second issue of "The Crooked Path Journal" and another has been released in the anthology "Talking About the Elephant" put out by Immanion Press. Both are currently available on Amazon.

Look for more articles (and, maybe, some poetry) in future issues of "The Crooked Path Journal."

Along with traditional European and British witchcraft, my interests extend to Haitian voudoun and the religion and culture of the Lakota. Besides non-fiction, I also write fantasy and erotic fiction, poetry, do pen-and-ink drawing, make the odd piece or two of beaded jewelry, and dabble in pottery.

I have been a priestess of the Old Forest Craft for over 14 years and have a close association with the Fey, particularly the spirits of Air and Dawn, the whole bright and tricksy tribe of them. They once "borrowed" my spare keys for a month or more and, in exchange, they gave me a lovely woven basket. The moment I saw it, I just knew it was because of the missing keys...but still I left it there for 3 days in the stairway at my apartment building, and no one touched it. At that point, I finally took it and have been using it to store ritual supplies ever since. The keys later did re-appear...in the freezer.

My hobbies include antiques, cooking, collecting old rhinestone jewelry, and finding that perfect tea or coffeehouse where strange things can still happen and most often do. I can be reached at webofstars@hotmail.com or through the yahoogroups: oldforestcraft. On Live Journal, I moderate the communities: spiritrealms, sorgitzak, and starofthenorth so come on down and join!!!

Blessings,

Veronica Cummer