Bio
Rev. Mx. Amy E. Rhea, HPs 3* has been practicing the Craft since 1999, both in coven and as a solitary practitioner. They serve Conclave of the Craft as Handmaiden as well as Vice-President of the Board of Directors. They first studied under Marcia Young (H. Salyx Nuit) and Lee Criswell (Rune Kai S.) of Circle Fey and received initiation to the first degree in 2003 before moving to solitary practice. They later apprenticed under Susan Stoddard of Pagan Temple of Arkansas (a congregation of First Temple of the Craft of W.I.C.A.) and worked closely with Victoria “Taz” Chance and Alex Gonzalez of Naofa Tintean (a Conclave of the Craft working group) and was initiated to the first degree in their lineage in 2010. They were elevated to clergy status through Pagan Temple of Arkansas in 2011 by Susan and her brother JoMichael Stoddard, and in 2016, they were elevated to the second degree through Naofa Tintean by Taz Chance and Alex Gonzalez. In 2019, they were elevated to the third degree by the same priestess and priest. They have presented workshops and rituals at events including Pagan Picnic in St. Louis, Goddess Festival in Fayetteville, Arkansas, and Pan Pagan Festival in Knox, Indiana. Their research interests include clergy training and education, the Inclusive Wicca movement, historical and folkloric witchcraft, and Pagan monasticism. They received a Bachelor of Arts in Professional and Technical Writing from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2016 and a Master of Arts in the same discipline from the same institution in 2018.
In The Media
2021, October 28: Witches remember those lost to COVID-19 among the dead at Samhain (Religion News Service)
2021, October 1: Columbia’s Conclave of the Craft plans more celebratory Samhain, or Halloween, this year (Columbia Daily Tribune)
2018, September 28: Mid-Missouri Pagan Pride seeks tolerance, diversity (The Maneater, University of Missouri)
2018, September 23: Mid-Mo Pagan Pride Day brings pagan community together (Columbia Missourian)
2018, March 29: Columbia pagans find community in an age-old religion (Vox Magazine)