Laura Tempest Zakroff is a professional artist, author, dancer, designer, and Modern Traditional Witch based in New England. She holds a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design and her artwork has received awards and honors worldwide. Her work embodies myth and the esoteric through her drawings and paintings, jewelry, talismans, and other designs. Laura is the author of the best-selling books Weave the Liminal: Living Modern Traditional Witchcraft and Sigil Witchery: A Witch’s Guide to Crafting Magick Symbols, as well as the Liminal Spirits Oracle (artist/author) and Anatomy of a Witch. Laura edited The New Aradia: A Witch's Handbook to Magical Resistance (Revelore Press). She blogs for Patheos as A Modern Traditional Witch, contributes to The Witches' Almanac, Ltd, and creates the Witchual Workout and other programming on her YouTube channel.

www.LauraTempestZakroff.com

www.instagram.com/owlkeyme.arts/

www.patreon.com/owlkeyme

https://twitter.com/ltempestz

Mat Auryn is the renowned author of multiple award-winning and internationally-acclaimed best-sellers such as 'Psychic Witch' and 'Mastering Magick,' which have been translated into more than a dozen languages. He is a witch, an occult teacher, a highly sought-after speaker, and a retired professional psychic. With decades of experience, Mat has been initiated into several esoteric orders and witchcraft traditions, allowing him to learn from some of the Craft's most esteemed teachers and elders. Moreover, he serves as a High Priest in the Sacred Fires Tradition of Witchcraft and teaches at Modern Witch University. His work has been showcased in various magazines, radio shows, podcasts, books, anthologies, blogs, and other periodicals, including his column in Witches & Pagans Magazine, titled 'Extra-Sensory Witchcraft.' His work is proudly displayed at the Buckland Museum of Witchcraft and Magick, and he was the first recipient of the 'Most Supportive Witch Award' from Witch Way Magazine in recognition of his ongoing support and encouragement of others in the witchcraft community and for focusing on inclusivity within the Craft. He is the co-owner of the metaphysical shop Datura Trading, Co.

www.Auryn.net

Christopher Penczak is a Witch, teacher, writer and healing practitioner. His practice draws upon the foundation of both modern and traditional Witchcraft blended with the wisdom of mystical traditions from across the globe as a practitioner and teacher of shamanism, tarot, Reiki healing, herbalism, astrology and Qabalah.He is the founder of the Temple of Witchcraft tradition and system of magickal training based upon the material of his books and classes. He is an ordained minister primarily serving the New Hampshire and Massachusetts pagan and metaphysical communities through public rituals, private counsel and teaching, though he travels extensively teaching throughout the United States.

https://christopherpenczak.com

http://www.templeofwitchcraft.org

https://twitter.com/penczak

https://www.instagram.com/christopherpenczak/

Gwion Raven is a tattooed Pagan, writer, traveler, musician, cook, kitchen witch, occult shop owner, and teacher. Although initiated in three magickal traditions, Gwion describes his practice as virtually anything that celebrates the wild, sensuous, living, breathing, dancing, ecstatic, divine experiences of this lifetime.

Born and raised in London, England, he now resides in Northern California and shares space with redwood trees, the Pacific ocean, and his beloved partner.

RECIPE

⁠Chicken Parmesan⁠

LINKS

⁠Gwionraven.com⁠

⁠Thewitchesnextdoor.net⁠

INSTAGRAM

⁠@The_witches_next _door⁠

⁠@Themagickoffood⁠

⁠@Gwionraven⁠

Nicholas Pearson has been immersed in all aspects of the mineral kingdom for more than thirty years. As one of the 
leading voices in crystal healing today, he offers a unique blend of science and spirituality alongside a grounded, 
practical approach to working with crystals. He is a regular on the metaphysical circuit, frequently teaching and 
making appearances on podcasts and doing interviews. The author of ten books, including Crystal Basics, he 
lives in Orlando, Florida.

https://theluminouspearl.com/

www.linktr.ee/theluminouspearl 
www.patreon.com/theluminouspearl 
www.instagram.com/theluminouspearl

Acclaimed musician, sound healer and psychic medium Laura Carbone founded Cosmic Dreaming to share her craft and gifts after suppressing them for years due to her limiting beliefs. Through intuitive tarot readings and channeling, she helps her clients express their most authentic gifts and shine.

https://www.thecosmicdreaming.com/

https://www.instagram.com/lauracarbone_/?hl=en

An Hekatean Priestex, Reiki Master Teacher, and certified trauma specialist, Rossa uses their healing journey through the role of author and artist for several publications, including “Queer Herbal Medicine,” “Wound Work: A Witch’s Grimoire for Healing,” “Queer Meditations for Dark Times,” and “Modular Magick: Rituals to Simplify Your Spiritual Practice.” Their highly-anticipated “The Lilith Oracle Deck” and “The Art Witch’s Grimoire for Shadow Work” is slated for release in early 2026 through Microcosm Publishing.

A staunch advocate for queer and gender equality, Rossa founded the “Rossa Crean Presents” performance series in Chicago, Illinois, which showcases emerging BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ composers and performers.

Ayana is a witch, herbalist, soil scientist, yoga teacher, and creator devoted to earth wisdom and spiritual reclamation. She’s the voice behind Root & Ritual on Substack, where she shares seasonal insights, lunar rituals, and intuitive practices for living in rhythm with the Earth and the self.

As a queer, neurodivergent mother and former fundamentalist Christian, Ayana’s journey has been one of deep remembering, not only of ancestral ways, but of the truth that we are magic. Through her work on TikTok and in her Patreon community, she guides others in reconnecting with their own intuitive magic, the kind that rises from the body, the land, the kitchen, and the breath. Her offerings are woven with reverence, resistance, and the deep knowing that healing is our birthright. She’s honored to be part of this conversation and to share her magic with us today.

https://www.tiktok.com/@ayanamadrone?_t=ZP-8xYYWvSIzL4&_r=1

https://www.patreon.com/user?u=56622924&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator

https://substack.com/@ayanamadrone?r=5fr4z1&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=profile

Christine Ashworth is a romance author and has published around 10 novels and two non-fiction books, plus numerous short stories and novellas in various anthologies. A solitary witch, she loves cooking, gardening, and getting into good trouble. She lives in the Los Angeles area.

christineashworth.com

Instagram.com/ashworthchristine

Facebook.com/christineashworthauthor

Lauren Parker is a fourth generation female breadwinner descended from male charlatans, and thus has grown up to become a very educated liar. She is a writer, zine maker, poet, and visual artist. Her work focuses on the intersection of class, queerness, and the occult.

She’s the author of the poetry collection We Are Now the Thing in the Woods (Bottlecap Press, 2023), Dark Way Down (Animal Heart Press, 2025), and Spells for Success (Simon Element, 2025). She has a newsletter, Do You Want to Do Some Witchcraft?

https://laureneparker.com/

https://buttondown.com/laureneparker

https://www.instagram.com/fuckyeahlaurenparker/

https://www.tiktok.com/@fuckyeahlaurenparker