* Sandra Mariah Power * - ProfilesArchive

About Me

The Bard of Brutality. Gallows Hill girl, one of the original Salem Witches (not one of those rough beasts Yeats talks about). High Priestess and Poetess, Wench Queen and Wicked Bitch. The good news is you will always know exactly where you stand with me, even when the answer is "nowhere."Ordained Reverend of Our Lord and Lady of the Trinacrian Rose Church Co-founder of Salem's annual Sorcery of the Sun Event host, Salem's annual Festival of the Dead Manager of the Festival's Psychic Fair and Witchcraft Expo Editrix and Wordmistress, www.SalemTarot.comI am the Guardian and Keeper of Raven Moon Coven based in Salem, Massachusetts, which was founded by Shawn Poirier (1966-2007). The coven has recently started taking students.I appear as a character in the novel A Highlander for Christmas by Sandy Blair, released in October 2007. It is available at Barnes & Noble, Borders, and Amazon.Most recently, I was featured on Dish Network's Magnificent Obsessions.
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Me and my Motorcycle Man:And Motorcycle Man:"Every time I say something they find hard to hear, they chalk it up to my anger, and never to their own fear." ~ Ani DiFranco"No one would ever have crossed the ocean if he could have gotten off the ship in the storm." ~ Charles Kettering"To Defend Oneself against the Accusations of a Knave is to seek Justice from the verdict of Fools." ~ Aleister Crowley

My Interests

CURRENT MOON lunar phasesart, Atkins, beaches, belly dancing, bikes, blades, body modification, Boston, building the better mousetrap, candles, Castle Rock, Coach, concert industry, corsetry, creativity, dancing, dark goddesses, devotion, dragons, Eddie Izzard, ENTJ, erotica, event management, event promotions, Festival of the Dead, fitness, Ganesha, gems, goal setting, growth, guns, handfastings, Hoops & Yoyo, I Ching, ideas, incense, individuality, intimacy, jewelry, jupiter, karaoke, leather, Locobazooka, low carb, low-carb, magick, making you think, marketing, meditation, motivational speaking, motorcycles, music, music industry, night, oils, organizing, perfume, planetary magick, poetry, Quan Yin, reading the Tarot, rebirth, rituals, road trips, rock, runes, Salem, Saturn, Sekhmet, sex, shakespeare, shapeshifting, singing, Skechers, Sorcery of the Sun, spellwork, stargazing, Steve Madden shoes, sushi, Tarot, tattoos, tea, teaching, the east coast, the ocean, think tanks, transcendence, transformation, truth, Venus, vows, war paint, winged creatures, wisdom circles, Witchcraft, writing, wrought iron, Yeats, yoga, zodiac.

I'd like to meet:

Some well adjusted people for a change...

Music:

All kinds of music as long as it's good. Fleetwood Mac, Kiss, Loreena McKennitt, Stevie Nicks, Sublime, old Aerosmith, AC/DC. Newest: Spoon.

Movies:

Boondock Saints, The Matrix, Stealing Heaven, The Three Musketeers, Fifth Element, Shawshank Redemption, Pan's Labyrinth, Tombstone, X-men series, Spiderman series, Secretary, Romeo Is Bleeding

Television:

House M.D., The West Wing

Books:

ONLY THE COOL PEOPLE: You need to read American Gods by Neil Gaiman.

Heroes:

The Core Coven December 2006 aka The Superfriends! XD

My Blog

Warm Fuzzies for Those Who Do the Work: Hex

I'm going to start this off with Christian... how could I not? We go back almost two decades now, as scary as that thought is! He's the head honcho, the big cheese, the king kahuna. He's also chief co...
Posted by * Sandra Mariah Power * on Thu, 02 Oct 2008 07:52:00 PST

The view from the Hill

Gallows Hill, to be exact.From this vantage point, you can see things you won't see if you only ever visit downtown. Sure, downtown is where it's at if you want to be in the heart of the throng. That'...
Posted by * Sandra Mariah Power * on Mon, 22 Sep 2008 11:44:00 PST

Sarah Palin thinks female pro-choice voters are stupid.

As I said in my bulletin of the same name:Her speech about shattering the glass ceiling is the most insulting political speech I've heard in a long time, and I've heard quite a few. For her to assume ...
Posted by * Sandra Mariah Power * on Sun, 14 Sep 2008 12:08:00 PST

Its here: Pauls Party!

As many of you know from watching my status for the past month, I have really been looking forward to Paul's Party.Why? What the hell is going to be so great about Paul's Party?I'm sure several of you...
Posted by * Sandra Mariah Power * on Sat, 23 Aug 2008 12:37:00 PST

Words to live by, words to love by

Years ago, I was working for someone in the music industry who had been in recovery for more than a decade. I was his assistant, co-conspirator, external hard drive, bulletproof shield, gatekeeper, an...
Posted by * Sandra Mariah Power * on Thu, 05 Jun 2008 11:55:00 PST

Call me -- live on the radio!

I will be on Everyday Paranormal with Liz and Jeffrey Justice! :)Tune in May 29th at 10 pm Eastern Time!Please call in at 888-345-3025 to talk to us live on the air.How to listen:From iTunes go to "ra...
Posted by * Sandra Mariah Power * on Thu, 22 May 2008 06:26:00 PST

Competition, jealousy, and gossip, oh my!

In 1948 Lyndon Johnson, running for the Senate against Coke Stevenson, instructed a campaign worker: "Go out there and tell 'em Coke was caught having sex with a farm animal." The worker was aghast. "...
Posted by * Sandra Mariah Power * on Tue, 15 Apr 2008 05:50:00 PST

On the concept of FAMILY in the Craft of the Wise

I’ve been involved with the more "public" side of Witchcraft in the Witch City for two decades. (Gods, that makes me feel old. LOL) Through the years, I’ve seen many people come to Salem s...
Posted by * Sandra Mariah Power * on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 05:46:00 PST

Home from HEX

*whew*The first day went well! Everyone was in good spirits (some literally). The mayor did the ribbon cutting -- I believe we have the whole thing on film. We’ll have to put that up on YouTube ...
Posted by * Sandra Mariah Power * on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 02:20:00 PST

Magick and the illusion of control

If there is one thing I dislike about magick, or even spirituality in general, it is the concept that we each create our own lives. It is completely without logic. We don’t. We may CO-create our...
Posted by * Sandra Mariah Power * on Mon, 24 Mar 2008 10:48:00 PST