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'''Kirk White''' (born May 21, 1962) is a [[Pagan]] author and leader in establishing a seminary system and pastoral counseling credentials for the Neopagan faith.<ref name="delmarva">{{cite web |url=http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080825/NEWS/808250345/1006 |title=Pagan festival mixes magic and pride |accessdate=2008-09-12 |author=Robin Brown |date=2008-08-25 |work=Delaware Online |publisher=Gannett |archive-date=2020-03-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200310133327/http://www.delawareonline.com/errors/404/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> He is the founder and past president of [[Cherry Hill Seminary]]<ref name="magicktv">{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIYVpe1vD2Y |title=Living the Wiccan Life, Episode 22, Pt. 2 |accessdate=2008-09-12 |work=Magick TV |date=2008-03-14 }}</ref><ref name="organize">{{cite web |url=http://www.religionnewsblog.com/12686/flourishing-pagan-groups-get-organized |title= Flourishing, pagan groups get organized|accessdate=2008-09-12 |author= Matthew Hay Brown|date=2005-10-31 |work=SouthFlorida.com}}</ref> and co-founder of the [[National Association of Pagan Schools and Seminaries]]. He is a member of the [[Vermont House of Representatives]] representing the [[Windsor-Rutland district]].<ref name="candidate">{{cite web |url=https://www.ourherald.com/articles/rep-haas-will-not-seek-reelection/ |title= Rep. Haas Will Not Seek Reëlection |accessdate=2020-05-21 |date=2019-10-24 }}</ref>
'''Kirk White''' (born May 21, 1962) is an American [[neopagan]] author and politician.<ref name="delmarva">{{cite web |url=http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080825/NEWS/808250345/1006 |title=Pagan festival mixes magic and pride |accessdate=2008-09-12 |author=Robin Brown |date=2008-08-25 |work=Delaware Online |publisher=Gannett |archive-date=2020-03-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200310133327/http://www.delawareonline.com/errors/404/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Prior to serving the Windsor-Addison district in the [[Vermont House of Representatives]],<ref name="candidate">{{cite web |url=https://www.ourherald.com/articles/rep-haas-will-not-seek-reelection/ |title= Rep. Haas Will Not Seek Reëlection |accessdate=2020-05-21 |date=2019-10-24 }}</ref> he was founder and president of [[Cherry Hill Seminary]].<ref name="magicktv">{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIYVpe1vD2Y |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/GIYVpe1vD2Y |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Living the Wiccan Life, Episode 22, Pt. 2 |accessdate=2008-09-12 |work=Magick TV |date=2008-03-14 }}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name="organize">{{cite web |url=http://www.religionnewsblog.com/12686/flourishing-pagan-groups-get-organized |title= Flourishing, pagan groups get organized|accessdate=2008-09-12 |author= Matthew Hay Brown|date=2005-10-31 |work=SouthFlorida.com}}</ref> White's multidisciplinary education includes a master of arts in mental health and addictions counseling, as well as training in [[acupuncture]].<ref name="Moreno2020">{{cite web | last=Moreno | first=Manny | title=Kirk White wins seat in Vermont House | website=The Wild Hunt | date=2020-11-04 | url=https://wildhunt.org/2020/11/kirk-white-wins-seat-in-vermont-house.html | access-date=2024-04-15}}</ref>


==Contributions to Neopaganism==
==Contributions to Neopaganism==
White is listed as one of the ''25 Most Influential Pagans'' in the Wild Hunt blog.<ref name="wildhunt">{{cite web |url=http://wildhunt.org/ipagans/ |title=25 Influential Pagans |accessdate=2008-09-12 |work=Wild Hunt.org |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080929001932/http://wildhunt.org/ipagans/ |archivedate=2008-09-29 }}</ref> He was interviewed for [[Margot Adler]]'s [[Drawing Down the Moon (book)|''Drawing Down the Moon'']], and has contributed material to other Pagan works.<ref name="elders">{{cite book |editor-last=Madden |editor-first=Kristin |last=White |first=Kirk |title=Exploring the Pagan Path: Wisdom from the Elders |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f611rWb4YjUC&pg=PA69 |year=2005 |publisher=Career Press |isbn=1-56414-788-6 |pages=69–84 |chapter=Magical Manifestations of Energy Work}}</ref>
White was listed among the 25 Most Influential Pagans in 2004.<ref name="wildhunt">{{cite web |url=http://wildhunt.org/ipagans/ |title=25 Influential Pagans |accessdate=2008-09-12 |work=Wild Hunt.org |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080929001932/http://wildhunt.org/ipagans/ |archivedate=2008-09-29 }}</ref> [[Margot Adler]] interviewed White for [[Drawing Down the Moon (book)|''Drawing Down the Moon'']], and he has contributed material to other neopagan works.<ref name="elders">{{cite book |editor-last=Madden |editor-first=Kristin |last=White |first=Kirk |title=Exploring the Pagan Path: Wisdom from the Elders |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f611rWb4YjUC&pg=PA69 |year=2005 |publisher=Career Press |isbn=1-56414-788-6 |pages=69–84 |chapter=Magical Manifestations of Energy Work }}{{Dead link|date=September 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>


He founded the ''Church of the Sacred Earth: A Union of Pagan Congregations'' (for which he serves as executive director<ref name="falwell">{{cite web|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1571/is_39_17/ai_79167213 |title=Letter Provides a Window on Pagan Groups |accessdate=2008-09-12 |author=John Elvin |date=2001-10-22 |work=Insight on the News |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071219213043/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1571/is_39_17/ai_79167213 |archivedate=2007-12-19 }}</ref> as the ''Wiccan Church of Vermont''; this first legally recognized [[Wicca]]n church in [[Vermont]] later ordained White as a minister. He has served as both National Public Information Officer and Co-President of the [[Covenant of the Goddess]].<ref name="spirit">{{cite web |url=http://spiritofmaat.com/archive/jan2/wicca.htm |title=Magic, Witches, and Harry Potter: an interview with Kirk White |accessdate=2008-09-12 |author=Diane M. Cooper|work= Spirit of Maat}}</ref>
He serves as executive director of Church of the Sacred Earth,<ref name="falwell">{{cite web|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1571/is_39_17/ai_79167213 |title=Letter Provides a Window on Pagan Groups |accessdate=2008-09-12 |author=John Elvin |date=2001-10-22 |work=Insight on the News |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071219213043/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1571/is_39_17/ai_79167213 |archivedate=2007-12-19 }}</ref> and founded the Wiccan Church of Vermont, the first legally-recognized [[Wicca]]n congregation in the state. White was subsequently ordained a minister of the [[Vermont]] church.


He has served as both national public information officer and co-president of the [[Covenant of the Goddess]].<ref name="spirit">{{cite web |url=http://spiritofmaat.com/archive/jan2/wicca.htm |title=Magic, Witches, and Harry Potter: an interview with Kirk White |accessdate=2008-09-12 |author=Diane M. Cooper |work=Spirit of Maat |archive-date=2008-08-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080830092548/http://www.spiritofmaat.com/archive/jan2/wicca.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>
White's multidisciplinary education includes a master of arts in Mental Health and Addictions Counseling, and training in acupuncture and Chinese herbalism; he also holds an honorary Doctorate of Divinity. He holds positions in the organizations of the Freemasons, Knights Templar, Rosicrucians, and the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn.


White is affiliated with [[Freemasonry]] and the [[Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn]].<ref name="ctcw">{{cite web | title=Kirk White page | website=Changing Times Changing Worlds | date=2019-07-23 | url=https://ctcw.net/kirk-white-page/ | language=en-US | access-date=2024-04-15}}</ref>
==Books==

==Author==
White has published four books:
White has published four books:
*''Adept Circle Magick,'' {{ISBN|0-8065-2699-8}}
*''Adept Circle Magick,'' {{ISBN|0-8065-2699-8}}
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*''Masterful Magick, {{ISBN|1-5403-6174-8}}''
*''Masterful Magick, {{ISBN|1-5403-6174-8}}''


==Festivals==
==Presenter==
White is a frequent lecturer at Pagan gatherings and festivals. He speaks on such topics as organization, pastoral counseling, initiation, and magical practice. Those festivals that have featured White include:
White is a frequent lecturer at Neopagan gatherings and festivals, speaking on such topics as organization, pastoral counseling, initiation, and magical practice. White has been on the program for numerous events:
*Between the Worlds
*Between the Worlds
*Delmarva Pagan Pride Festival<ref name="delmarva"/>
*Delmarva Pagan Pride Festival<ref name="delmarva"/>
*Florida Pagan Gathering<ref name="fla">{{cite web|url=http://www.flapagan.org/kirk.htm|title=Kirk White|accessdate=2008-09-12}}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
*Florida Pagan Gathering<ref name="fla">{{cite web|url=http://www.flapagan.org/kirk.htm|title=Kirk White|accessdate=2008-09-12}}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
*Harvest Home Gathering<ref name="hhg">{{cite web |url=http://www.harvesthomegathering.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=103&Itemid=60 |title=Speakers 2007 |accessdate=2008-09-12}}</ref>
*Harvest Home Gathering<ref name="hhg">{{cite web |url=http://www.harvesthomegathering.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=103&Itemid=60 |title=Speakers 2007 |accessdate=2008-09-12 |archive-date=2008-06-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080605072934/http://www.harvesthomegathering.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=103&Itemid=60 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*Pantheacon<ref name="pantheacon">{{cite web |url=http://www.pantheacon.com/08/PantheaCon_2008_Program_Descriptions |title=PantheaCon 2008 Program Descriptions |accessdate=2008-10-19 |work=Pantheacon.com |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080623093442/http://www.pantheacon.com/08/PantheaCon_2008_Program_Descriptions <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 2008-06-23}}</ref>
*Pantheacon<ref name="pantheacon">{{cite web |url=http://www.pantheacon.com/08/PantheaCon_2008_Program_Descriptions |title=PantheaCon 2008 Program Descriptions |accessdate=2008-10-19 |work=Pantheacon.com |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080623093442/http://www.pantheacon.com/08/PantheaCon_2008_Program_Descriptions <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 2008-06-23}}</ref>
*Pagan Spirit Gathering
*Pagan Spirit Gathering
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Kirk White
Kirk White
Born (1962-05-21) May 21, 1962 (age 62)
Bethel, Vermont, U.S.
EducationMaster's Degree in Counseling
Alma materUniversity Of Vermont And State Agricultural College, Johnson State College
OccupationAuthor
Known forPagan author and leader
TitleReverend
Board member ofCovenant of the Goddess 2001-present (co-President 2007-2008), Church of the Sacred Earth: A Union of Pagan Congregations (1987-present), Cherry Hill Seminary 1997-2007 (Academic Dean 1997-2007)
Spouse(s)Amy Danley-White, 1992-present
ChildrenKillian White

Kirk White (born May 21, 1962) is an American neopagan author and politician.[1] Prior to serving the Windsor-Addison district in the Vermont House of Representatives,[2] he was founder and president of Cherry Hill Seminary.[3][4] White's multidisciplinary education includes a master of arts in mental health and addictions counseling, as well as training in acupuncture.[5]

Contributions to Neopaganism

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White was listed among the 25 Most Influential Pagans in 2004.[6] Margot Adler interviewed White for Drawing Down the Moon, and he has contributed material to other neopagan works.[7]

He serves as executive director of Church of the Sacred Earth,[8] and founded the Wiccan Church of Vermont, the first legally-recognized Wiccan congregation in the state. White was subsequently ordained a minister of the Vermont church.

He has served as both national public information officer and co-president of the Covenant of the Goddess.[9]

White is affiliated with Freemasonry and the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn.[10]

Author

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White has published four books:

  • Adept Circle Magick, ISBN 0-8065-2699-8
  • Advanced Circle Magick, ISBN 0-8065-2698-X
  • Operative Freemasonry, ISBN 0-6156-1715-8
  • Masterful Magick, ISBN 1-5403-6174-8

Presenter

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White is a frequent lecturer at Neopagan gatherings and festivals, speaking on such topics as organization, pastoral counseling, initiation, and magical practice. White has been on the program for numerous events:

  • Between the Worlds
  • Delmarva Pagan Pride Festival[1]
  • Florida Pagan Gathering[11]
  • Harvest Home Gathering[12]
  • Pantheacon[13]
  • Pagan Spirit Gathering
  • Rites of Spring
  • Council of Magickal Arts
  • Laurelin Community's Annual Lughnasah Festival (which was founded by and organized yearly by White)
  • New York City Pagan Pride Day 2013

References

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  1. ^ a b Robin Brown (2008-08-25). "Pagan festival mixes magic and pride". Delaware Online. Gannett. Archived from the original on 2020-03-10. Retrieved 2008-09-12.
  2. ^ "Rep. Haas Will Not Seek Reëlection". 2019-10-24. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
  3. ^ "Living the Wiccan Life, Episode 22, Pt. 2". Magick TV. 2008-03-14. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 2008-09-12.
  4. ^ Matthew Hay Brown (2005-10-31). "Flourishing, pagan groups get organized". SouthFlorida.com. Retrieved 2008-09-12.
  5. ^ Moreno, Manny (2020-11-04). "Kirk White wins seat in Vermont House". The Wild Hunt. Retrieved 2024-04-15.
  6. ^ "25 Influential Pagans". Wild Hunt.org. Archived from the original on 2008-09-29. Retrieved 2008-09-12.
  7. ^ White, Kirk (2005). "Magical Manifestations of Energy Work". In Madden, Kristin (ed.). Exploring the Pagan Path: Wisdom from the Elders. Career Press. pp. 69–84. ISBN 1-56414-788-6.[permanent dead link]
  8. ^ John Elvin (2001-10-22). "Letter Provides a Window on Pagan Groups". Insight on the News. Archived from the original on 2007-12-19. Retrieved 2008-09-12.
  9. ^ Diane M. Cooper. "Magic, Witches, and Harry Potter: an interview with Kirk White". Spirit of Maat. Archived from the original on 2008-08-30. Retrieved 2008-09-12.
  10. ^ "Kirk White page". Changing Times Changing Worlds. 2019-07-23. Retrieved 2024-04-15.
  11. ^ "Kirk White". Retrieved 2008-09-12.[permanent dead link]
  12. ^ "Speakers 2007". Archived from the original on 2008-06-05. Retrieved 2008-09-12.
  13. ^ "PantheaCon 2008 Program Descriptions". Pantheacon.com. Archived from the original on 2008-06-23. Retrieved 2008-10-19.


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