Selena Fox
| Selena Fox | |
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| Born | 20 October 1949 |
| Occupation | Wiccan Priestess Psychotherapist |
| Spouse | Dennis Carpenter |
Selena Fox (born 20 October 1949 in Arlington, Virginia [1]) is a Wiccan priestess and activist, psychotherapist, self-published author and lecturer in the fields of Neopaganism, Wicca, New Age and comparative religion.
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[edit] Circle
Rev. Fox is the founder of the "Circle Craft" tradition of the Wiccan religion.
Selena, along with others, founded Circle Sanctuary in 1974, which is one of America's oldest Pagan centers and Wiccan churches. Circle Sanctuary is headquartered on its 200-acre (0.81 km2) Circle Sanctuary Nature Preserve, founded in 1983. Circle Sanctuary's quarterly journal CIRCLE Magazine (formerly, Circle Network News) was first published in 1978 as a newsletter, then as a newspaper in 1980, and in magazine format in 1997. Fox also is the founder of the Pagan Spirit Gathering, one of the oldest Nature Spirituality festivals in the United States.
[edit] Psychotherapy
Fox is a trained counselor and psychotherapist, having received her Master's Degree in Psychology from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1995[2], where her thesis was entitled When Goddess is God: Pagans, Recovery, and Alcoholics Anonymous (1995).[3] She is a member of the American Psychological Association, American Counseling Association, Association for Transpersonal Psychology, and American Academy of Religion.[4]
[edit] Media appearances
Fox attended her first Neopagan ritual at the age of 21 and has represented Neopaganism in the public sphere since 1973, making appearances on television and radio.[4] She has also been mentioned in print publications, such as brief mention in a Time Magazine article on Goddess Spirituality.[5]
[edit] Wiccan Activism
Fox is the founder and executive director of the Lady Liberty League, a networking organization dedicated to religious freedom for Wiccans, Neopagans, and other nature religion practitioners worldwide. In 1992, she founded the Pagan Academic Network, an association for professors, students, and researchers with an academic interest in Neopaganism.
[edit] Bibliography
[edit] Periodicals
- Circle Network News. Editor, publisher and primary contributor of Circle Sanctuary's newsletter/newspaper from 1978 to 1997.[6]
- Circle Magazine. Editor and publisher of the quarterly magazine replacing Circle Sanctuary's newspaper in 1997.
[edit] Books
- Circle Magick Songs (1979) with Jim Alan. Circle Publications.
- Goddess Communion: Rituals and Meditations (1988). Circle Publications.
- Planetary Healing Rituals: Meditations, Rituals & Prayers for a Healthier World (1991). Circle Sanctuary.
[edit] Discography
- Circle Songs and Chants - Jim Alan & Selena Fox (self-produced cassette)
- The Magickal Movement: Present and Future - panel discussion with Isaac Bonewits, Margot Adler and Robert Anton Wilson (ACE cassette)
- Magick Changing the World, the World Changing Magick - panel discussion with Bonewits, AmyLee, Jeff Rosenbaum and Robert Anton Wilson (ACE cassette)
[edit] Notes
- ^ Selena Fox's Website - Biography
- ^ Controverscial Website - biography compiled by George Knowles
- ^ Tanice G. Foltz (2000). "SOBER WITCHES AND GODDESS PRACTITIONERS: WOMEN'S SPIRITUALITY AND SOBRIETY". Indiana University Northwest. http://www.basr.ac.uk/diskus/diskus1-6/foltz-6.txt. Retrieved 2008-11-28.
- ^ a b 2010 National Pagan Leadership Skills Conference
- ^ Ostling, Richard N. "When God Was a Woman" in Time, Monday, May. 06, 1991: brief mention of Fox leading a ritual. Retrieved 25 December 2007
- ^ Krassner, Paul (2005-08-24). "Life Among the Neo-Pagans". TheNation.com. The Nation. http://www.thenation.com/doc/20050829/krassner. Retrieved 2008-11-28.
[edit] General references
- Hopman, Ellen Evert; Lawrence Bond (1996). "Circle Sanctuary". People of the Earth: The New Pagans Speak Out. Rochester, Vermont: Destiny Books. pp. 236–244. ISBN 0-89281-559-0.
- Vale, V. and John Sulak (2001). Modern Pagans. San Francisco: Re/Search Publications. ISBN 1-889307-10-6. p. 201 - One page interview with Fox about Circle Sanctuary.
