Lady Galadriel

Grove of the Unicorn

On February 8, 2006, our beloved Lady passed into the Summerlands.

Lady Galadriel is the author of several books:

The Tarot: Esoteric, Psychological and Divinatory Symbolism (1981)

A New Wiccan Book of the Law (1985, 2nd edition revised and expanded 1992)

The Magick of Incenses and Oils (1986, 2nd edition revised and expanded 2006)

Magickal and Practical Scented Gifts (2000)

Fly by Night: Understanding Projection And the Seven Planes (2004)

Auras: A Beginners Guide to Sensing, Seeing, And Working With the Etheric Body (2004)

Many of these books will be available in the Store.  Check out the Library for some of her words of wisdom. 

Lady Galadriel has also written extensively on and about the Craft and its various aspects. Her work has appeared in a number of pagan publications including Green Egg, Circle Network News, Enchante, Moonstone, The Georgian Newsletter, The Dowser’s Edge, and many others.

Galadriel has taught a number of workshops nationally, including "The Psychology of Ritual", "Magic, Mystery, and the Sacred", "Menarche, Motherhood and Menopause" and "Dark Goddesses: The Shadow Side of the Female Psyche", "Making Incense and Oils", and "Ritual Skills". She also organizes an annual women’s retreat for exploring the Female Mysteries.

Lady Galadriel has been interviewed for newspaper, radio and television, both local and national. She has appeared in several documentaries including "Out of the Broom Closet", In Our Hands Media; and "Empowerment and the Goddess" Regina Weir Productions, produced for PBS. She was also used as the basis for the now deceased character of "Luna Moody" on the ABC daytime soap "One Life to Live".

Lady Galadriel frequently lectures to colleges and universities, civic groups, mental health professionals, and law enforcement agencies in an attempt to educate the public regarding the nature of Wicca and its beliefs. She was the invited Ceremonialist for the annual conference of the Southern Regional Chapter of the Association of Women in Psychology from 1993 – 1996. Also a member of National Women’s Studies, she is currently Chair of the Women’s Spirituality Taskforce for the ’97 – ’98 term.

Galadriel has served two terms as Public Information Officer for Dogwood Local Council of CoG, and previously served two terms as local council First Officer. After serving as National Membership Officer of Covenant of the Goddess from 1998 - 1999, Lady Galadriel went on to serve as the National First Officer of CoG (1999-2000). She is currently working on two further manuscripts, one on Egyptian Magic and Mysteries, and an encyclopedia of Tree Lore and Magick.

Funny, You Don’t Look Jewitch: A Brief Autobiography

As a child of Jewish heritage, I always felt somewhat out of place. Early in life I got in trouble at Saturday School for asking "Where is God’s wife"? (I did not yet know the term goddess). Even at the tender age of 5 and 6, it seemed to me that there should be a female creator as well as a male.

At the age of twelve I was in a bad accident with major trauma done to my kidneys. I was hospitalized for over 6 weeks. Shortly after my recovery I began having a series of spontaneous astral journeys, which culminated with the witnessing of my paternal grandmother’s death while out of body, several months later. Trying to understand what was happening led me to Robert Monroe’s work, which at that time was one of the few sources on astral projection. Working with his techniques and suggestions I was able to learn control over what was happening to me.

After finishing high school I moved to Atlanta in 1974 and began working at a local alternative newspaper. I took some classes at a local Theosophical center, and began to frequent a local coffee shop where I was first introduced to Wicca and Paganism. I signed up for classes with a local woman, who was primarily teaching Dianic material from Z. Budapest. I was much closer to being "home", but was still uncomfortable with the one-sided perspective of "Goddess Only".

Just prior to my 21st birthday in 1977, I answered an ad for another set of Wiccan classes and it was at this time that I met Lady Rhea. It was in these classes that I met my husband and working partner, and the rest, as they say, is history! We were married in April of '78 and have had 20 years of adventures together. It was also during a guided meditation in one of these classes that I made my first contact with unicorns, and was told that I would one day run a group with the unicorn as its symbol.