Huzzah! I have just received my contributor copy of 'Women's Voices in Magic' edited by Brandy Williams, in which I have a chapter on Golden Dawn member, Florence Farr, and her approach to Egyptology. My chapter is titled 'Florence and the Mummy' and pictured above is the mummy in question. The chapter is a sequel to the one on Macgregor Mathers in 'Ten Years After Triumph of the Moon', 'Samuel Liddell Macgregor Mathers and Isis'. I have also written on Aleister Crowley and Egypt, as well as the legacy of the Golden Dawn's approach to ancient Egyptian religion and its influence on contemporary Paganism, particularly in Britain. Stay tuned for more on that.
I'll reproduce the Table of Contents of 'Women's Voices in Magic' here to whet people's appetites for the book: Introduction - Brandy Williams; Florence and the Mummy - Caroline Tully; The Bride of the Snake - Amy Hale; Magic and Pregnancy - Lesa Whyte; Enochian Motherhood - Soror Inde Seraphina; Are Ingredients Important? - Shellay Maughan; The Active and the Receptive - Kayla Block; Radical Feminist Alchemy - Helen Honeycutt; Desire-The Seeker - Kat Sanborn; My Life in Satanism - Venus Satanas; Women and the Left Hand Path - Sybil Black; The Rose of Sharon or a Thorn Among Lilies - Alison More; Every Time You Play the Red, The Black is Coming - Kirsten Brown; Whore - Leni Hester; The Female Kink - Lupa; Words beneath the Willow - Theresa Garcia; Cove Witches and Curanderas - Byron Ballard; What I Hold in my Hand - Kris Leet; The Accidental Magician - Grace Victoria Swann; His Mother's Whole Body Heals - Erynn Rowan Laurie; Where Do I Go From Here? - Jaymi Elford; The Feminist Adept - Brandy Williams; Three Chapters from a Magical Life - Mordant Carnival; Conclusion - Brandy Williams. I believe many of these contributors will be at Pantheacon 2010 and that Brandy is organising a Women's Magic panel.
