Morning Glory Zell-Ravenheart

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Morning Glory Zell-Ravenheart (born Diana Moore, formerly Morning Glory Zell) is a Neopagan poet, author, lecturer, and priestess. She is of Irish and Choctaw Indian ancestry.

Her article "A Bouquet of Lovers", first published in Green Egg magazine in May 1990, contained one of the first modern English uses of the term "polyamory". She is an early and prominent member of the Neopagan Church of All Worlds, and active in the polyamorous community.[1]

Zell-Ravenheart has facilitated workshops at many events and festivals over the years, such as science fiction conventions, renaissance fairs, and Pagan and interfaith religious festivals. She was ordained High Priestess of the Church of All Worlds (CAW) in 1974 and co-founded the Ecosophical Research Association in 1977, an organization that explores the truth behind myths; best known for the creation of the "living unicorn" (created by minor surgery to the horn buds of a goat).[1] One of their "unicorns", Lancelot, toured with the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus.

Along with her co-husband Oberon Zell-Ravenheart and other members of their group marriage, Zell-Ravenheart runs Mythic Images, a Neopagan business devoted to creating and selling votive statuary, jewelry, and books. Much of the artwork is created by the Ravenhearts, and is based upon both historical Pagan artifacts and original designs.[2]

In 2006 she was diagnosed with a broken spine and multlple myeloma. She is currently undergoing a course of chemotherapy, along with surgical and radiation treatment.[2]

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Books
Articles
Short stories
  • "The Golden Egg", (ss) Sword and Sorceress #5, ed. Marion Zimmer Bradley, DAW 1988
  • "A Lesser of Evils", (ss) Sword and Sorceress #6, ed. Marion Zimmer Bradley, DAW 1990
Church of All Worlds documents

[edit] Discography

  • Living Your Own Myth - lecture on cassette with Oberon Zell-Ravenheart ACE
  • A Bouquet of Lovers - lecture on cassette with Oberon Zell-Ravenheart ACE
  • 2006 - A Bouquet of Lovers - lecture on CD with Oberon Zell-Ravenheart ACE

[edit] Media

Television:

  • Channel 4 TV (England) (1998)
  • Strange Universe (1998)
  • A&E (2001)
  • The Marilyn Kagan Show (1996)
  • Those Amazing Animals (1980)
  • "The Devil's Advocate with Charles Ashman", KPLR-TV (1974)

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Man Made Unicorns
  2. ^ Morning Glory's illness

[edit] References

Morning Glory Zell-Ravenheart is featured, quoted, interviewed, or otherwise referenced in the following books:

  • Drawing Down the Moon: Witches, Druids, Goddess-Worshippers, and Other Pagans in America Today by Adler, Margot, Beacon Press, 1979; revised and updated 1987.
  • Do You Believe In Magic? by Annie Gottlieb (Times Books, 1987)
  • Encyclopedia of Witches & Witchcraft by Rosemary Guiley (Facts on File, 1989)
  • Le Livre de la Licorne by Yvonne Caroutch (Pardes; 1989)
  • The Pagan Path: The Wiccan Way of Life by Janet Farrar, Stewart Farrar & Gavin Bone (Phoenix Publishing, Inc., 1995)
  • To Ride a Silver Broomstick: New Generation Witchcraft by Silver Ravenwolf (Llewellyn Worldwide Ltd., 1997)
  • Heretic’s Heart by Margot Adler (Beacon Press, 1997)
  • Encyclopedia of Witches & Witchcraft by Rosemary Guiley (Facts on File, 2nd edition 1999)
  • Religious Leaders of America by J. Gordon Melton (The Gale Group, 1999)
  • Encyclopedia of Witchcraft by Raven Grimassi (Llewellyn, 2000)
  • Make Love Not War: The Sexual Revolution: An Unfettered History by David Allyn (Little Brown & Co., 2000)
  • Neo-Pagan Sacred Art & Altars: Making Things Whole by Sabina Magliocco (University Press of MI, 2001)
  • My Misspent Youth by Meghan Daum (Open City Books, 2001)
  • Rites of Pleasure: Sexuality in Wicca and NeoPaganism by Jennifer Hunter (Citadel Press, 2004)
  • Plural Loves: Designs for Bi and Poly Living by Serena Anderlini-D’Onofrio, ed. (Harrington Park Press, 2004)
  • The Pagan Man by Isaac Bonewits (Kensington Citadel Press, 2005)
  • Witches: True Encounters with Wicca, Wizards, Covens, Cults, and Magick by Holzer, Hans (2005). Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers. ISBN 1-57912-477-1
  • Pop! Goes The Witch: The Disinformation Guide to 21st Century Witchcraft by Horne, Fiona (editor). The Disinformation Company, 2004. ISBN 0-9729529-5-0
  • Modern Pagans by Vale, V. and John Sulak (2001). ("Interview with Morning Glory Ravenheart"). San Francisco: Re/Search Publications. ISBN 1-889307-10-6
  • Coincidance: A Head Test by Wilson, Robert Anton (1988). Falcon Press. ISBN 1-56184-004-1

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