Sheri Barker, Author at The Wild Hunt

Sheri Barker

Sheri Barker is an author, poet, wildlife enthusiast, and gardener living in western North Carolinawith her two cats and her husband. She has been a solitary practitioner for more than 30 years, has studied under the RavenMyst Tradition, and enjoys connections with other solitaires and community groups. Her poem, Traveling the Crow Road with My Daughter, was published in the anthology, My Wandering Uterus: tales of traveling while female. She also writes a blog which can be found at https://fromthebearpath.blogspot.com/. When she isn’t writing, Sheri can be found dabbling with divination, in her gardens, or eyeing her growing pile of books to be read.

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Column: Keeping Time

By Sheri Barker | July 30, 2021

In an essay filled with the blooming imagery of her garden, Sheri Barker considers time and how we move thorugh it.

Paganism

Column: Cornerstone

By Sheri Barker | June 25, 2021

Sheri Barker reflects on how she has grown her relationship with the land she lives on, and how the goddess Brigid intervened to show her a secret in the ground below.

Catholicism

Column: In the Presence of Mary

By Sheri Barker | May 28, 2021

When friends leave her with a garden statue of the Virgin Mary, Sheri Barker has to explore her own relationship as a Witch to this vision of the divine feminine.

Living

Column: The Folkston End

By Sheri Barker | April 23, 2021

Sheri Barker visits Okefenokee Swamp and opens herself up to a new world of magical correspondences.

Living

Column: That’s Why We Call It Spelling

By Sheri Barker | March 26, 2021

Sheri Barker recounts her childhood experiences with magic and Witchcraft, and how magic now suffuses her home.