Diane Smith
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Scott Cunningham
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His work Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner, is one of the most successful books on Wicca ever published; he was a friend of notable occultists and Wiccans such as Raymond Buckland, and was a member of the Serpent Stone Family, and received his Third Degree Initiation as a member of that coven. -
Raymond Buckland
Raymond Buckland was a highly influential figure in the development of modern Wicca and the occult in the United States. Born in London, he became interested in the supernatural at an early age and was initiated into the Gardnerian Wiccan tradition in 1963 by Monique Wilson, a high priestess appointed by Gerald Gardner. After emigrating to the U.S. in 1962, Buckland introduced Gardnerian Wicca to the country, founding its first coven in New York in 1964. He later developed his own tradition, Seax-Wica, inspired by Anglo-Saxon paganism, and published The Tree: Complete Book of Saxon Witchcraft to make it accessible to all.
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Arin Murphy-Hiscock
Currently a resident of Montreal, Canada, Arin works as a freelance writer and editor. She is the author of Power Spellcraft for Life: The Art of Crafting and Casting for Positive Change (2005), Solitary Wicca for Life: A Complete Guide to Mastering the Craft on Your Own (2005), The Way of the Green Witch (2006), The Way of the Hedge Witch (2009), and Pagan Pregnancy: The Journey From Maiden to Mother (TBA). She is also the editor of the anthology Out of the Broom Closet (2009).
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Arin is a third-degree Wiccan High Priestess in the Black Forest Clan, a tradition linked both by lineage and practice to several other branches of Wiccan thought and philosophy including the Caledonii Tradition, Druidism, Gardnerian practice, Seax-Wicca, general Cel -
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K. Sachidanandan (Malayalam: കെ സച്ചിദാനന്ദൻ) is a Indian poet and critic writing in Malayalam and English. A pioneer of modern poetry in Malayalam, a bilingual critic , playwright, editor, literary columnist and translator, he is the former Editor of Indian Literature journal and the former Secretary of Sahitya Akademi.He is also a public intellectual of repute upholding secular democratic views, supporting causes like environment, human rights and free software and a well known speaker on issues concerning contemporary Indian literature.
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Ajeet Cour
Ajeet Cour (born 1934) is a Punjabi Indian writer. She has written novels and short stories in the Punjabi language on social-realist themes such as the experience of women in relationships and their position in society. She received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1985 and the civilian honour of Padma Shri in 2006.
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Ajeet Cour was born in the family of S. Makhan Singh in 1934 in Lahore. She had her early education there. After the partition, her family came to Delhi, where she earned an M.A. (Economics).
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Hari Bhakta Katuwal
Hari Bhakta Katuwal was born on 2 July 1935 in Dibrugarh, Assam. In India, he used to write poems under the name Prabasi (transl. Non-resident). He moved to Kathmandu to pursue his writing career after being invited by King Mahendra.
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Noted for his writing style, he published many poems including Bhitri Manche Bolna Khojch, Yo Zindagi Khai Ke Zindagi, and Samjhana.
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William Davis
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William Davis, MD, is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Wheat Belly series of books exposing the changes that agribusiness has inflicted on this plant and the effects on people who consume it. He is also author of Undoctored that shows people how to take back individual control over health with superior results.
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Suman Pokhrel
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Suman Pokhrel's poetry has been incorporated into the language and literature curricula at two universities in Nepal and four academic institutions in India. His original Nepali poem Taj Mahal ra Mero Prem (“The Taj Mahal and My Love”) is included in the undergraduate syllabus at Purbanchal University, Nepal. The English translation of his poem Standing in the Market is part of the B.Ed. program at Tribhuvan University. His poem You are as You are (English version) -
Laxmi Prasad Devkota
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K. Satchidanandan
K. Sachidanandan (Malayalam: കെ സച്ചിദാനന്ദൻ) is a Indian poet and critic writing in Malayalam and English. A pioneer of modern poetry in Malayalam, a bilingual critic , playwright, editor, literary columnist and translator, he is the former Editor of Indian Literature journal and the former Secretary of Sahitya Akademi.He is also a public intellectual of repute upholding secular democratic views, supporting causes like environment, human rights and free software and a well known speaker on issues concerning contemporary Indian literature.
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Ajeet Cour
Ajeet Cour (born 1934) is a Punjabi Indian writer. She has written novels and short stories in the Punjabi language on social-realist themes such as the experience of women in relationships and their position in society. She received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1985 and the civilian honour of Padma Shri in 2006.
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Ajeet Cour was born in the family of S. Makhan Singh in 1934 in Lahore. She had her early education there. After the partition, her family came to Delhi, where she earned an M.A. (Economics).
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