Oberon Zell Ravenheart

Oberon Zell-Ravenheart (formerly known as Otter G'Zell, born Timothy Zell) (on November 30, 1942 in St. Louis, Missouri) is a co-founder with R. Lance Christie of the Church of All Worlds (CAW) on April 7, 1962, serving as both High Priest and also Primate of the church for many years, and a leading figure in the Neo-Pagan religious community. He holds a Bachelor's degree in psychology from Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri and later did graduate study at Washington University in St. Louis. He is known as a thealogian, naturalist, shaman, author, artist and sculptor, lecturer, and priest. He considers himself to be a Wizard, and is one of the founding faculty members of the Grey School of Wizardry, and has presented, lectured, and led rituals at many Pagan festivals and other religious events over the years.

He was an early advocate of deep ecology, and in 1970 in an article in Green Egg Magazine, independently of Dr. James Lovelock, articulated the Gaea Thesis [1], about which he and Dr. Lovelock later corresponded after an article about Dr. Lovelock appeared in a 1973 issue of Newsweek.

He was the creator and original editor of Green Egg, and an early popularizer of the term "Neo-Pagan", first using it publicly to describe the new religious movement in 1967 in early spirit-duplicated issues of what was then the Green Egg newsletter, prior to its expansion to a formal magazine.

His co-wife Morning Glory Zell-Ravenheart is a former High Priestess of CAW, and the owner of Mythic Images, for which he created and sculpted many God and Goddess figurines.

Bibliography

• Grimoire for the Apprentice Wizard ~ Oberon Zell-Ravenheart. New Page Books, US (2004)
• Creating Circles & Ceremonies: Rituals for All Seasons and Reasons ~ Oberon Zell-Ravenheart, Morning Glory Zell-Ravenheart. New Page Books (2006)
• Companion for the Apprentice Wizard ~ Oberon Zell-Ravenheart. New Page Books, US (2006)
• Dragonlore: From the Archives of the Grey School of Wizardry ~ Ash "Leoparddancer" Dekirk, Oberon Zell-Ravenheart. New Page Books (2006)

Partial discography

• The Church of All Worlds - lecture on cassette
• Men and the Goddess - lecture on cassette
• A Bouquet of Lovers - lecture on cassette with Morning Glory Zell-Ravenheart
• Living Your Own Myth - lecture on cassette with Morning Glory Zell-Ravenheart

Public and media appearances

Oberon Zell-Ravenheart has been a regular featured presenter for many years at the following annual festivals and gatherings (among others):

• Pantheacon (San Jose, CA)
• Ancient Ways (California)
• The Starwood Festival (New York)
• The WinterStar Symposium (Ohio)
• Pagan Pride (at many locations all around the U.S.A.)
• Carolina Spirit Quest (Charlotte, NC)
• Highlands of Tennessee Samhain Gathering (Tennessee)
• CMA Beltane (Texas)
• Firedance (Santa Cruz, CA)
• Gaia’s Womb (Chicago, IL)
• The Old Ways Collective (Davis, CA)
• Summerland (Bonita Springs, Florida)
• International New Age Trade Show (Denver, CO)
• ASLE Conference (Boston, MA)
• Pagan Summer Gathering (Australia)

He has also been interviewed on many television and radio shows in the United States, England, and Australia. In recent years, these include:

Television:

• The Sunday Show (Australia)
• Channel 4 (England)
• Strange Universe
• A&E
• The Marilyn Kagan Show
• “Faith Under Fire,” with Lee Strobel
• Counter-Culture Hour
• The Witching Hour

Radio:

• “Brother Wease” WCMF-FM
• “Dave Wilson” WIBC-AM
• “Exploring Unknown Phenomena” KZUM 89.3-FM
• “Clear Reception” WTMD-FM (NPR)
• “Allan & Rebecca” WQAL-FM
• “Larry & Sheryl” ALQ
• “Jack Roberts” Cable Radio Network
• “Louie Free” WWOW
• “Bulldog’s Morning Show” PJD5-FM

References

• Vale, V. and John Sulak (2001). Modern Pagans. San Francisco: Re/Search Publications. ISBN 1889307106

External links

• Oberon Zell Ravenheart biography (Church of All Worlds)
• Grey School of Wizardry
• Green Egg magazine (Church of All Worlds)
• Pagan Profiles Project interview with Oberon Zell-Ravenheart
• Defining paganism by Isaac Bonewits