About the Instructors
Murphy and Jamie preparing for a ritual celebrating Artemis, July 2022. Photo credit: Jules Patigian.
Meet Murphy
MURPHY ROBINSON (he/him or they/them) is a magic-weaver, wilderness guide, activist, and a student of the sacred hunt. They have been casting circles since they were sixteen years old, and have taught both magic and wilderness skills across the US, and occasionally in Europe.
They specialize in trance journeying, the Norse runes, archery as a magical practice, and meaningful rituals to honor the animals and plants who die to feed us. Their work often serves The Huntress and The Lord of the Dead. As a queer transmasculine priestx, they explore healthy and healing ways to reclaim the sacred masculine. Murphy’s spiritual development has been influenced by the work of Starhawk and the Reclaiming Tradition, Diana Paxson’s work with runes and seidh, and Lyla June’s writings on indigenous European ancestors.
Murphy lives on the side of a mountain in the heart of Western Abenaki Territory (so-called Vermont) at Hunter’s Hollow, the headquarters of Mountainsong Expeditions.
Meet Jamie
JAMIE WAGGONER (she/her) is a Pagan priestess, philosopher, author, and teacher with 25+ years of study and practice. Jamie’s work centers around eclectic theurgic and folk magic, mythology, oracular traditions, trance arts, and liminal rites.
Jamie has studied esoteric and occult subjects since 1995. She began her priestess path as a member of the Sisterhood of Avalon for 13 years (2005-2018). She now leads independent workshops, rituals, sacred circles and study programs. Her work as a priestess is highlighted in the Red Tent documentary film (2012) and the Goddess on Earth Oracle (2021). She is the author of Hades: Myth, Magic, and Modern Devotion (Llewellyn, 2024).
Jamie has been greatly influenced by the principles of nonviolent resistance as taught by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the work of the Highlander Education and Resource Center, and the Death Positive movement. Some of her other spiritual influences include mythologists Drs. Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Sharon Blackie and Gwilym Morus-Baird, as well as the poetry of Mary Oliver and T.S. Eliot, the tarot teachings of Rachel Pollack, and the paintings of Georgia O’Keeffe.
Jamie lives in Alabama, the ancestral homeland of the Mvskoke (Muscogee) people. Visit her at jamiewaggoner.com.
Murphy and Jamie at Hunter’s Hollow, November 2021.