Appendix

Famous Pagans

So Far a List of Pagan or Pagan Appearing Celebs

Famous Person How do we know they're pagan?

James Van Der Beek (Actor) said so on Last Call with Carson Daly

Johnny Rotten (Singer _Sex Pistols_) Says so. Anounced in on ABC's _Politically Incorrect_ in 2001 or 2002 during a discussion about the institutionalization of Marriage.

Fariza Balk (Actress) Says so. Highlighted in E!'s program about Hollywood and Religion. Has her own shop in LA

Sully Erna (lead singer of Godsmack) Says so in several interviews and it influences his music.

Tori Amos (singer, pianist) proudly describes how pagan imagery helps her music

Donna Haraway (modern philosopher and sociologist) May not be Pagan; refers to famous Pagan events and experiences in her work.

Audre Lorde (Black Lesbian Activist) writes about being a Goddess-worshipper

Alice Walker (bisexual poet and author, most famously of The Color Purple) Says she is!

Virginia Woolf (1920s lesbian/author, especially of A Room of One's Own, To The Lighthouse, and Orlando) Described herself and her circle of friends as "neo-pagans"

Adrienne Rich (feminist lesbian poet and activist) Rumor has it...!

Susan Griffin (Artist and jeweler) Evident in her work and her explanations of it

Diana Paxson (science fiction author) Says so herself; was first officer of the Covenant of the Goddess for a while

Starhawk (Activist, Pagan leader, author) Open Pagan leader.

Kate Orman (Australian sci-fi author) Says so!

Z. Budapest (famous lesbian Pagan teacher writer etc.) Open Pagan leader. (Dianic Wicca)

Timothy Leary Writes of it

Marion Zimmer Bradley Rumored to be because her books (most notably _The Mists of Avalon_) have so much Pagan content; however, if she is Pagan in her personal life, she hasn't "come out of the broom closet." Known to be Episcopal, but there is a strong "Episco-Pagan" contingent. Also sisters-in-law with Diana Paxson; don't you love Pagan gossip? :)

Gael Baudino (lesbian author, mostly fantasy novels) Was openly Wiccan, then left Dianic Wicca to go to the Quakers and worship the Goddess there.

Nicola Griffith (lesbian sci-fi author) Says so & writes about it

Alix Dobkin (lesbian folksinger/musician) Writes very Goddess-centered songs

Luisah Teish (Yoruban writer/teacher) Open Pagan leader

Rosemary Edghill (lesbian mystery author) Open Pagan author; her protagonist is a Witch

Andre Norton (Sci Fi author) Writes very Pagan books

W. Somerset Maugham (author) Anton LaVey says he was

Cybill Shepard (sitcom and movie actress) Came out at the Golden Globe awards in 1995. First she "thanked God". Then she kind of stopped a minute - you could see she was making up her mind. She took a deep breath and said "And I want to thank the Great Mother Goddess for the gift of righteous anger and for all Her strength and inspiration. Blessed Be!" Later when she was interviewed she was asked what she was going to do after she got home, and she said "have a drink, get laid and cast a spell or two".

Brigitte Nielsen (Actress) According to a news article at Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance.

Fritz Leiber (sci-fi author) Member of the Pagan group Freya's Folk; his obituary was listed in Circle Network News.

H.P. Lovecraft (Very famous Author) his says he was always a devout greco pagan since early childhood

Sarah Bernhardt. (comedieen and actress) said so

Melissa Etheridge (singer and activist) music seems to point at it

Phillis Curott (DA and Writer) Writes books on Wicca

Fiona Horne (Singer and Writer) no bones about it

Margot Adler (NPR New York Bueroe Chief and Writer) Load and Proud about it

Robin Wood (Artist and Writer) Says So and Shows it loudly

Magick in Fiction

Abbey, Lynn

Daughter Of The Bright Moon

The Guardians

Anderson, Poul

Operation Chaos

Mermaid's Children

Blish, James

Black Easter

Bradley, Marion Zimmer

(Darkover Novels)

Stormqueen!

Hawkmistress!

Two to conquer

The heirs of Hammerfell

Rediscovery

The Shattered Chain

The Spell Sword

The Forbidden Tower

Thendara House

City of Sorcery

Star of Danger

The Winds of Darkover

The Bloody Sun

The Heritage of Hastur

The Planet Savers

Sharra's Exile

The World Wreckers

Exile's Song

The Shadow Matrix

Traitor's Sun

(Avalon Novels)

The Forest House

The Lady of Avalon

Priestess of Avalon

The Mists of Avalon

Crowley, Aleister

Diary of a Drug Fiend

Moonchild

DeCamp, L. Sprague & Fletcher Pratt

The Complete Enchanter,

Wall of Serpents

DeLint, Charles

Moonheart

Eddings, David

Pawn of Prophecy

Queen of Sorcery

Magician's Gambit

Castle of Wizardry

Enchanter's Endgame

Guardians of the West

King of the Murgos

Demon Lord of Karanda

Sorceress of Darshiva

Seeress of Kell

Belgarath the Sorcerer

Polgara the Sorceress

Farrar, Stewart Omega

Fortune, Dion

Sea Priestess

Moon Magic

Winged Bull

The Goat Foot God

Garrett, Randall

Too Many Magicians

Murder and Magic

Lord D'Arcy Investigates

Heinlein, Robert A

Stranger in a Strange Land

Waldo & Magic Inc.

Kurtz, Katherine

Deryni Rising

Deryni Checkmate

High Deryni

Lammas Night

Lackey, Mercedes

The 500 Kingdoms Series

The Fairy Godmother

One Good Knight

Fortunes Fool

The Snow Queen

LeGuin, Ursula K

A Wizard of Earthsea

Lovecraft, H. P.

The Shadow out of Time

At the Mountains of Madness

The Strange Case of Charles Dexter Ward

Miesel, Sandra

Dreamrider

Norton, Andre

Witch World Series

Paxton, Diana

Brisinger

Sellars, M. R.

The Rowan Gant Investigations

(9 in all now)

Sky, Kathleen

Witchdame

Tolkien, J.R.R

The Hobbit

Lord of the Rings

Walton, Evangeline

Island of the Mighty

Song of Rhiannon

Prince of Annwn

The Children Of Lyr

In Some PLACES these two cross over (characters of one side are also needing to be on the other side as well

Pagans in Fiction

Rosemary Edghill

Speak Daggers To Her

Book Of Moons

The Bowl Of Night

Bell, Book & Murder (A Compilation Of All Three Bast Novels)

Amanda Evans

Pentalia

Sarah Graves

Triple Witch

Sandra L. Brewer

Murder For Beltene

Lorna Tedder & Maggie Shayne

With Moon Waxing, Witch Moon Waning

Maggie Shayne

Forever Enchanted

Fairytale

Lorna Tedder

Flying By Night

Access

Eoin Colfer

Series: The Artemis Fowl

Isobel Bird

Ya Series: Circle Of Three

Yvonne Jocks, Ed.

Words Of The Witches (Short Fiction Compilation)

Selene Silverwind

Once Upon A Beltane Eve

M.R. Sellers

Harm None

Never Burn A Witch

Perfect Trust

Katherine Kurtz

Lammas Night

Cerridwen Fallingstar

The Heart Of The Fire

Elizabeth Cunningham

The Return Of The Goddess

Daughter Of The Shining Isles

Gerald Gardner

High Magick's Aid

Dion Fortune

The Sea Priestess

Charlotte Lawrence

The Rag Bone Man

Starhawk

The Fifth Sacred Thing

Walking To Mercury

Anita Diament

The Red Tent

Katherine A. Applegate

Ya Series: Everworld

Marion Zimmer Bradley

The Mists Of Avalon

The Hallow Hills

The Forest House

Donna Gillespie

The Light Bearer

Juliet Marillier

The Sevenwaters Trilogy

Daughter Of The Forest

L. Warren Douglas

The Sacred Pool

Morven Westfield

Darksome Thirst

Alan Garner

The Owl Service

Elizabeth Hand

Walking The Moon

Black Light

Nalo Hopkinson

Brown Girl In The Ring

Liz Berry

The China Garden

Ellen Datlow & Terri Windlin, Eds.

The Green Man (Collection Of Short Fiction)

Marie Jakober

The Black Chalice

Eileen Kernaghan

The Snow Queen

Carolyn Mcvickar Edwards, Compiler

The Storyteller’s Goddess

Francesca Lia Block

I Was A Teenage Fairy

Echo

Nymph

The Girl Goddess (Colection Of Short Fiction)

The Hanged Man

Cate Tiernan

Ya Series: Sweep

Raymond Buckland

The Committee

The Cardinal’s Sin

Donald Tyson

The Tortuous Sertpent

The Messenger

D.A. Stern, Compiler

The Blair Witch Project

Andre Norton, Et Al

Adult Series: Witch World

Mercedes Lackey

Adult Series: The Valdemar Series

Adult Series: Diane Tregarde (3 Books)

Kathryn Marie Cocquyt

The Celtic Heart