Dixie Deerman

Dixie Deerman (Lady Passion) has been a public Witch since ‘76, a Registered Nurse since ‘88, and High Priestess of the religious nonprofit Coven Oldenwilde in Asheville, NC USA since ‘94. She is a Third Degree Gardnerian (her lineage is posted on: oldenwilde.org). A Witch Queen who has hived-off many daughter Covens, she teaches the beauty, antiquity, and efficacy of magic from diverse cultures and timelines in person, at universities, at Gatherings, and for T.V. (United Shades of America, CNN, etc.), radio (BBC London, etc.), and podcasts.

Dixie Deerman has set numerous national, state, and local legal precedents that improved religious rights, public-health law, and environmental preservation (see at: oldenwilde.org). She posts helpful videos (Lingua Arcana: How To Pronounce Barbarous Words of Power), and authors magazine articles (Witches & Pagans, Oracle 20/20, etc.) and popular, impeccably sourced “how-to” books (many translated into multiple languages), including The Goodly Spellbook: Olde Spells For Modern Problems; Rituals & Sabbats: Sacred Rites and Seasonable Celebrations; Candle Magic: Working with Wax, Wick, and Flame; It’s In The Cards: How To Tarot Like A Pro; and Pagan Prisoner Advocates Guide. In addition to serving as clergy for thousands of Pagan/Wiccan inmates nationwide since ‘95 (see interactive map of locations at: oldenwilde.org/prisons), she has read Tarot and counseled folk worldwide for over forty years.

Dixie Deerman lives in a century-old 3-story Covenstead in the Blue Ridge Mountains that has doubled for decades as a National Wildlife Federation-registered habitat. A blind seer and synesthete, her magical specialties are divination, making herbal medicines, and officiating public Sabbats, Handfastings, and legal marriages. Contact her at: oldenwilde@gmail.com, or on Facebook (Coven Oldenwilde).