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Raven Emrys

Burning With A Pagan Fire!

About Me


WYTCH: I have been a student of the occult and world religions since I was seven. I am a Welsh Traditionalist/Reconstructionist Wytch who has been following The Old Ways for 32 years now. . . I deeply believe in the importance of Tradition, yet I am open to the winds of change and try to find a humble balance between the two. I am an ordained High Priestess and Reverend Mother of ‘Plant Y Ynys Afallanau’ which translates to "Clan Of The Apple Tree Isle". We are a Welsh Traditionalist Coven in Missouri which is obtaining its 501C3 status as an official Sanctuary/Church of Paganism.
HEARTH & HOME: I am fortunate enough to have found and married my SoulMate, Nwyvre, with whom I am blissfully happy (we will be celebrating our 13th anniversary this year), and we have five beautiful children (two boys and three girls)! We recently moved into an amazing 106 year old Queen Anne Victorian home that I consider my dream house!
PSYCHIC: My psychic abilities were "awakened" at age seven when I had my first NDE (Near Death Experience) by drowning in our swimming pool. I have had visions, prophetic dreams, clairaudient/clairvoyant/clairsentient abilities which I have honed over the past 32 years. I have been a "professional" psychic reader/counselor for 27 years now, when I began reading at the K.C. Ren Faire in the 'Universal Awareness Center' booth. In 1985 I began working for the K.C. Psychic Research Society, as well as working independently out of my house. Throughout this time, I have been collecting divinatory tools, especially Tarot cards, of which I have about 100 or so decks. I do all manner of divinations, such as: Tarot, Crystal Ball (Scrying), Runes, Bones, Dream interpretation, Tasseography (reading tea leaves), Faery Stones, Lithomancy (stones), Astrology, Palmistry, Aid folks in finding their Totem animals, as well as performing House blessings and cleansings, and many other forms of wytchy services.
ANIMALS: I dearly love animals and have been claimed by my beloved familiars: a solid white Norwegian Forest cat with odd eyes (one blue eye and one gold), a calico, plus my darling shar-pai, a ball python and two parakeets. I have even adopted an orca and a wolf.
ARTIST: I have been an artist since ever since I can remember.. and a graphic artist and designer for 20 years. I work in all different mediums - photography, pottery, fiber, oils, pastels, pen and ink, pencil, watercolors... I see beauty in everything. I am also taking my art into the realms of body artistry with piercings, tattooing, body painting/henna, branding and scarification. I also perform and choreograph bellydancing,(for 16 years now), which I see as yet another form of my artistry.
AUTHOR: I am currently working on 6 books on The Craft (one comes with a CD) and at this time I can’t divulge what they are, but when they are ready for release I’ll be sure to post it here. I also enjoy writing poetry (as well as reading it), and I usually write poetry about various Gothic topics, Body art, Totem Animals and 'Forever Love'.
MUSICIAN: I play several instruments, such as: Drums and other percussion instruments, Flute, Recorder, Irish penny whistle, Pan Pipes, Dulcimer, Clarinet, Bass clarinet, Piano, as well as sing. I am also compiling and writing songs and chants for 4 Pagan CD’s. So check back here from time to time for updates on these projects.
ABSINTHEUR: I collect items such as Absinthe bongs, fountains, spoons, glasses, carafes, anything at all that enriches and beautifies my absinthe experience and atmosphere. I also collect absinthe poetry, artwork, books and music... anything at all that has to do with Absinthe! I simply LOVE Absinthe! (View my alter-ego's page: Absinthea V. Spirituose, shown below, to learn more).
Hearth, Home and The Craft are my life's blood. So to share with you all, just some of my precious blessings, here is a small slideshow of some of my family, as well as some of our altars to The Gods...

My Interests


W y t c h c r a f t , W e l s h T r a d i t i o n a l i s m , P a g a n i s m , T h e C e l t s , W a l e s a n d a l l t h i n g s W e l s h , D r u i d r y , A r t h u r i a n M y s t e r i e s , M u s i c ( c r e a t i n g i t a s w e l l a s l i s t e n i n g t o i t ) , B o o k s / R e a d i n g , R a v e n s , S t a g s , B a t s , H e d g e h o g s , H a l l o w e e n , C o l l e c t i n g v i n t a g e H a l l o w e e n i t e m s , B e l l y d a n c i n g , B e i n g C o z y , B o n f i r e s , A u t u m n t i d e , T h e s m e l l o f b u r n i n g l e a v e s , D r e a m i n g , I v y C o v e r e d C o t t a g e s , O l d W o r l d R o m a n t i c i s m , V a m p y r e s , V l a d T e p e s / T s e p i s h , G o t h , A b s i n t h e , T h e G r e e n F a i r y , L e a t h e r , L a c e a n d L a t e x , W i c k e d b o o t s , G y p s y c u l t u r e , R o m a n t i c c l o t h i n g , F a e r i e s , T i t a n i a a n d O b e r o n , T a t t o o s a n d A L L f o r m s o f b o d y a r t / m o d i f i c a t i o n , P i r a t e s , L o v e , H e a r t h a n d H o m e , F a m i l y , A n c e s t r y , S h o p p i n g , A r t ( m a k i n g i t a s w e l l a s a p p r e c i a t i n g i t ) , D i v i n a t i o n , C o l l e c t i n g T a r o t d e c k s , U O , G a m i n g , C a v e s , D e e p M o s s y F o r e s t s , A n c i e n t C u l t u r e s , T h e F u l l M o o n , T h e b e a u t y o f t h e s t a r - l i t s k y a t n i g h t , B o l l y w o o d , I n d i a , I n d i a n c u i s i n e , M a k i n g l o v e d u r i n g a t h u n d e r s t o r m , N a u g h t i n e s s ( i n t h e b o u d o i r a n d a n y w h e r e e l s e ) , A l l t h i n g s C e l t i c , T r a d i t i o n , H e r n e T h e H u n t e r ( M y p a t r o n G o d ) , A r i a n r h o d ( M y M a t r o n G o d d e s s ) , C e r n u n n o s , M i t h r a s , M a c h a , M a b , B a c c h u s / D i o n y s u s S h a m a n i s m , T r a n c e , D r u m m i n g , M u s h r o o m s , H e r b s , S t o n e s , D a y O f T h e D e a d , M e x i c o , M o v i e s , C h o c o l a t e , W i n e , C h a m p a g n e , V i c t o r i a n a ( a n i n t e r e s t i n a l l t h i n g s V i c t o r i a n ) , V i c t o r i a n h o m e s , A n i m a l s , N a t u r e , C e m e t e r i e s , H a u n t i n g s ( H a u n t e d H o u s e s ) , H i g h w a y m e n ( T h e O l d W o r l d k i n d ) , V i l l e V a l o , C h r i s A n g e l , H o u d i n i , R a l p h F i e n n e s , M i c h a e l P r a e d , J o h n n y D e p p , S e r p e n t s , S p i d e r s , T h e G r e e n m a n a n d G r e e n l a d y , L o r d B y r o n , P e r c y B y s s h e S h e l l e y , G e o r g e S a n d , B o h e m i a n l i f e s t y l e , P o e t r y , T h e S u n / S o n , D e a t h , E a r t h w o r k s a n d M e g a l i t h s , L o y a l t y , T r u t h , B e a u t y , a n d L O V E .

I'd like to meet:

M y T o p 1 0 F a v s ( L i v i n g ) : # 1 R a l p h F i e n n e s # 2 V i l l e V a l o o f t h e b a n d H I M # 3 J o h n n y D e p p # 3 V i g g o M o r t e n s e n # 4 T i m B u r t o n # 5 B a m M a r g e r a ( h i s w h o l e f a m i l y a n d c r e w ) # 6 O z z y O s b o u r n e # 7 E d d i e I z z a r d # 8 F a i r u z a B a l k # 9 S u l l y E a r n a ( G o d s m a c k ) # 1 0 J o e E l l i o t ( D e f L e p p a r d ) - - - M y T o p 1 0 F a v s ( D e c e a s e d ) : # 1 M a r t i n L u t h e r # 2 F r i d a K a h l o # 3 A m a d e u s M o t z a r t # 4 L e o n a r d o D a V i n c i # 5 W i l l i a m W a l l a c e # 6 V l a d T s e p i s h # 7 A t t i l a # 8 W i l l i a m S h a k e s p e a r e # 9 A l e x a n d e r T h e G r e a t # 1 0 J i m M o r r i s o n

HIM - Wicked Game

CURRENT MOON moon phase info

W h e n y o u c o m e t o t h e e d g e o f a l l t h e l i g h t y o u k n o w , a n d a r e a b o u t t o s t e p o f f i n t o t h e d a r k n e s s o f t h e u n k n o w n , f a i t h i s k n o w i n g o n e o f t w o t h i n g s w i l l h a p p e n : t h e r e w i l l b e s o m e t h i n g s o l i d t o s t a n d o n , o r y o u w i l l b e t a u g h t h o w t o f l y . - - B a r b a r a J . W i n t e r

I w o u l d l i k e a l l o f y o u t o m e e t m y a l t e r - e g o , A b s i n t h e a V . S p i r i t u o s e , w h o i s u t t e r l y d e v o t e d t o A b s i n t h e ! I f y o u w o u l d l i k e t o m e e t h e r a n d b e c o m e h e r f r i e n d , p l e a s e c l i c k o n t h e o i l p a i n t i n g o f h e r , a b o v e t h i s t e x t , o r o n h e r i m a g e l i s t e d i n m y t o p f r i e n d s ( s h e i s t h e f i r s t o n e ! ) T h a n k s !

Here's a video of my Patron God, Herne The Hunter:

To The Wytches' Sabbat!

All photographs, personal writings/poetry and any art that bears her name, are the sole property of Raven Emrys Aurlineus and may not be used without her permission.

Copyright, Raven E. Aurlineus 2006 - 2007

Music:


H I M , T y p e O N e g a t i v e , D a n z i g , D o k k e n , G o d s m a c k , D e f L e p p a r d , S t y x , D i s t u r b e d , Q u e e n s r y c h e , B l a c k S a b b a t h , O z z y O s b o u r n e , S t e v i e N i c k s , T h e C u l t , J o u r n e y , J i m i H e n d r i x , S h i n e d o w n , A l i c e I n C h a i n s , H i n d e r , V a n H a l e n , T h e o r y O f A D e a d m a n , L e d Z e p p l i n , R o b Z o m b i e , W h i t e Z o m b i e , W . A . S . P . , B i l l y I d o l , S h o o t i n g S t a r , J u d a s P r i e s t , A C / D C , M a d A t G r a v i t y , R A T T , B a d C o m p a n y , M e d i e v a l B a b e s , J a n i s J o p l i n , S i l l y W i z a r d , C l a n n a d , J e t h r o T u l l , T h e D o o r s , L o r e e n a M c K e n n e t t , I r o n M a i d e n , F l e e t w o o d M a c , E a g l e s , K a n s a s , P a t B e n e t a r , H e a r t , S a d e , R u s h , T o o l , M i s f i t s , R u s h , S o u n d g a r d e n , C r e e d a n c e C l e a r w a t e r R e v i v a l , D i o , R a i n b o w , F o r e i g n e r , E L O , C h e a p T r i c k , S k i d R o w , W h i t e s n a k e , T o o l , A P e r f e c t C i r c l e , P a n t e r a , M e t a l i c a , S a n t a n a , M o t l e y C r u e ( o l d e r s t u f f ) , N i c k l e b a c k , G W A R , D a v i d B o w i e , U r i a h H e e p , K r o k u s , D e a d C a n D a n c e , C r a d l e O f F i l t h , L i f e O f A g o n y , S a n t a n a , I n k u b u s S u k k u b u s , M o t z a r t , B e e t h o v e n , C h o p i n , G e r s h w i n , C e l t i c M u s i c , A l l P a g a n m u s i c , H i n d i m u s i c , A c o u s t i c v e r s i o n s o f a n y t h i n g !

Movies:


Sleepy Hollow, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Pirates of The Carribean (1 and 2), The Wicker Man (Original version only), Vatel, Clan Of The Cave Bear, The Crow, The Corpse Bride, The Libertine, Hawk The Slayer, Bell Book and Candle, So I Married A Witch, The Craft, Practical Magic, Dangerous Liaisons, Haunted Summer, Plunkett and Macleane, Sword Of The Valiant, Luther, Immortal Beloved, Frida, Farinelli, Dangerous Beauty, Stage Beauty, Age of Innocence, Druids, Woman On Top, The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy, Braveheart, Haggard, Harry Potter (all of them), So I Married A Witch, Excalibur, Dragonslayer, Clash Of The Titans, Brotherhood Of The Wolf, The Illusionist, Mesmer, Troy, Alexander, The Pearl Earing, The Brothers Grimm, The Beastmaster, Mirrormask, Willow, The Halloween Tree, Dark Kingdom Dragon King, Beowulf & Grendle, The Songcatcher, Beetlejuice, To Die For II - Son Of Darkness, Jackass - The Movie, Cruel Intentions, The Witches Of Eastwick, Elvira - Mistress Of The Dark, Cool World, An American Werewolf In Paris (and in London too!), The Serpent's Kiss, Vanity Fair, Reign Of Fire, Interview With A Vampire, Queen Of The Damned, Romeo and Juliet (Zeffirelli), Romeo and Juliet (modern version), The Affair Of The Necklace, The Butcher's Wife, Barbarella, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Shakespear In Love, Elizabeth, The Whole Wide World (which has the GREATEST kiss ever caught on film!), Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights, (one of my biggest Favs!), Strange Days, The Merchant Of Venice, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Merlin, The Crystal Cave, Underworld 1 and 2, Dracula - The Dark Prince, The Name Of The Rose, Much Ado About Nothing, Vampire Hunter D, Vampire Journals, Snow White - A Tale Of Terror, The Governess, The Ninth Gate, Ed Wood, Quills, Hero, House Of Flying Daggers, Onmyoji II, Robin Hood (Brit version), The Dark Crystal, Labyrinth, Legend, Conan The Barbarian (and The Destroyer), Red Sonja, The Hunger, Moulin Rouge, Snatch, The Doors, The Fifth Element, The Matrix Movies, Boondock Saints, Cry Baby, Lemony Snicket's A Series Of Unfortunate Events, The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou, Jim Henson's The Storyteller (European and Greek Stories), Death Becomes Her, Dusk Till Dawn, Fright Night 1 and 2, CutThroat Island, The Birdcage, Priscilla Queen Of The Desert, To Wong Fo Thanks For Everything Julie Newmar, Memoirs Of A Geisha, Whale Rider, Little Buddha, Constantine, Hackers, Cassinova, Tristan + Isolde, The Lost Boys, The Phantom Of The Opera, Mary Reiley, From Hell, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, The 13th Warrior, Empire Records, A Life Less Ordinary, A Knight's Tale, Addams Family, All Monty Python Movies, Dune, The Serpent and The Rainbow, The Prophecy (1 & 2), Siddartha, What Dreams May Come, Dance Of The Damned, The Last Temptation Of Christ, Lair Of the White Worm, Narnia, Warrior Queen, Don Juan DeMarco, Chocolate, Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, Nightbreed (Peloquin is so HOT!), Flesh + Blood, Ravenous, The Adventures Of Baron Munchausen, The Sword And The Sorcerer, Krull, Guinevere, The Guru, The Scarlet Letter, The Crucible, Van Helsing, Windwalker, Kama Sutra: A Tale Of Love, Velvet Goldmine, Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas, City Of Lost Children, The Secret Of Roan Innish, What The Bleep Do We Know, Wild At Heart, The Portrait Of A Lady, The Raven, Four Rooms, The Fountain, Blood and Chocolate, Mindwalk, Pan's Labrynth.

Television:


R o b i n H o o d ( m i d 8 0 s S h o w t i m e S e r i e s ) , W i z a r d s A n d W a r r i o r s ( e a r l y 8 0 s s e r i e s ) , T h e M i s t s O f A v a l o n ( m i n i - s e r i e s ) , C a r n i v a l ( H B O ) , D u n e ( m i n i - s e r i e s ) , A t t i l a ( m i n i - s e r i e s ) , E a r t h s e a ( m i n i - s e r i e s ) , D r e a m k e e p e r ( H a l l m a r k ) , W o r s t W i t c h ( B B C ) , C h r i s A n g e l , L i q u i d T e l e v i s i o n , B e w i t c h e d , T h e M u n s t e r s , T h e A d d a m s F a m i l y , M o s t s t u f f o n A d u l t S w i m , V i v a l a B A M , J a c k a s s , C r a n k Y a n k e r s , S o u t h P a r k , W i l d B o y z , A q u a T e e n H u n g e r F o r c e , T r i p p i n g T h e R i f t , V H - 1 C l a s s i c s ( M e t a l M a n i a ) , S p e e d R a c e r , G - F o r c e ( G a t c h a m a n ) , I n v a d e r Z i m , E d g a r a n d E l l e n , T h e H i s t o r y C h a n n e l , D i s c o v e r y C h a n n e l , S c i - F i C h a n n e l a n d A n i m a l P l a n e t .

Books:


F a v e P a g a n A u t h o r - E d F i t c h ! M i s t s O f A v a l o n - b y M a r r i o n Z i m m e r - B r a d l e y ( b u t I l o v e a l l h e r s t u f f ! ) , T h e C r y s t a l C a v e - b y M a r y S t e w a r t ( I a l s o l o v e a l l h e r s t u f f t o o ) , A n y t h i n g b y M o r g a n L l e w e l l y n , A n y t h i n g a t a l l b y A n n e R i c e , T h e C o n a n s e r i e s - b y R o b e r t E . H o w a r d , T h e E l r i c s e r i e s - b y M i c h a e l M o o r c o c k , T h e L o r d O f T h e R i n g s s e r i e s b y J . R . R . T o l k i e n , T h e F a c e I n T h e F r o s t - b y J o h n B e l l a i r s , A n y t h i n g b y C h a r l e s D e L i n t , A n y t h i n g b y t h e M a r q u i s d e S a d e , A n y t h i n g b y E d g a r A l a n P o e , E l f Q u e s t , B o o k s o n T h e C r a f t , S p i r i t u a l i t y , R e l i g i o n s , A r c h e o l o g y , F a n t a s y , B i o g r a p h i e s , R o m a n c e , G o t h i c - H o r r o r , t h e r e a r e j u s t s o m a n y !

Heroes:


O l d W o r l d H e r o s i n c l u d e : M a r t i n L u t h e r ( M y A n c e s t o r ) , B o u d i c c a ( B o a d i c e a ) , V e r o n i c a F r a n c o , J o a n O f A r c , L e o n a r d o D a V i n c i , G a l i l e o G a l i l e i , N e f e r t i t i , T h e M a r q u i s d e S a d e , A n d a l l t h o s e w h o d i e d d u r i n g T h e B u r n i n g T i m e s ! . . . M o d e r n D a y H e r o s i n c l u d e : D o n D o k k e n , V i l l e V a l o , R a l p h F i e n n e s , J o h n n y D e p p , A n g e l i n a J o l i e , F r i d a K a h l o , M y G r a n d f a t h e r , M y M o t h e r , M i k e N i c h o l s ( - w h o m I c o n s i d e r t o b e m y g r e a t e s t t e a c h e r ) , a n d m y b i g g e s t h e r o e v e r , m y d a r l i n g H U S B A N D !

My Blog

Of Which Goddess Are You The Priestess?

Of which Goddess are you the Priestess? ( Girls only) The Priestess of Hekate   The Greek goddess of witchcraft, Hekate, is shown here with her traditional symbols...a waning moon, Her tw...
Posted by Raven Emrys on Mon, 28 May 2007 01:28:00 PST

What Kind Of Witch Are You?

What kind of Witch are you? ( with BEAUTIFULL pics and a lot of outcomes) The witch of Halloween. Beneath the full moon of the witching hour, stands a dark enchantress with her raven familiars. She...
Posted by Raven Emrys on Mon, 28 May 2007 01:16:00 PST

Which Of The 8 Sabbats Are You?

Which of the 8 Sabbats are you? ( with detailed results) Samhain   Better known as: Halloween.  Stone: Opal.  Colours: Black and Orange. Symbols: Broomstick, Mask, Cauldron.  G...
Posted by Raven Emrys on Mon, 28 May 2007 01:08:00 PST

What's Your Chinese Zodiac Sign and What's It Mean?

What's Your Chinese Zodiac Sign and what's it mean? Year of the Monkey People born in the Year of the Monkey are the erratic geniuses of the cycle.Clever, skillful, and flexible, they are remarkabl...
Posted by Raven Emrys on Mon, 28 May 2007 09:48:00 PST

Which Of The Five Elements Are You?

You scored as Air, The predominant element in your life is AIR. Air rules intellect and logic, and the signs Gemini, Libra and Aquarius.Air100% Earth85% Spirit65% Fire65% Water60% Which of the Five E...
Posted by Raven Emrys on Mon, 28 May 2007 09:13:00 PST

Locked In An Eternal Embrace

This is old news I know, but I love this story so much that I wanted to keep it in my blog... (my dear husband told me that this would be us in 5000 years! That's another reason why I wante...
Posted by Raven Emrys on Mon, 28 May 2007 09:08:00 PST

What's Your Inner Beast?

What's Your Inner Beast? [pics] The Werewolf:   The Werewolf is the symbol for Spiritual Paths. You have the soul of a wolf inside you, which makes you warm and caring to those you love. &nbs...
Posted by Raven Emrys on Mon, 28 May 2007 08:25:00 PST

Harry Potter Character Combatibility Test

You scored as Albus Dumbledore, You are Albus Dumbledore. Calm, perceptive, forgiving, and wise beyond your years. Albus Dumbledore94% Harry Potter91% Luna Lovegood81% Sirius Black72% Percy Weasley72...
Posted by Raven Emrys on Sun, 27 May 2007 01:43:00 PST

Which Norse Diety Am I?

You scored as Freyja, You are Freyja! You are a the mother of Baldr, and the most loving and compassionate Goddess. You are very spiritiual and caring.Freyja88% Tyr83% Odin73% Thor68% Baldr38% Loki30...
Posted by Raven Emrys on Sun, 27 May 2007 12:54:00 PST

The Ink On Me Survey

The Ink On Me Survey   1. Have you ever cried during a tattoo?   Never. But I offer up my pain to my Gods in loving sacrifice.2. When did you get your first tattoo?   Nineteen.3. What w...
Posted by Raven Emrys on Sun, 27 May 2007 05:32:00 PST