Sheri Barker, Author at The Wild Hunt

Sheri Barker

Sheri Barker has been a solitary practitioner for nearly forty years. Her relationships with magic, elemental energies, spirits, and her ancestors are the foundation of her daily life. They enrich her work as a witch, writer, homesteader, wildlife enthusiast, gardener, and human being. She is a columnist at The Wild Hunt (https://wildhunt.org) and also publishes perspective essays on her blog at https://www.onthebearpath.com. Sheri lives in an ancient river valley in the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina, immersed in nature, spirits, and realms beyond this one. Oh, and books...there are always books, words, and creative activities to be explored!

apples

Column: The Apple Tree

By Sheri Barker | August 28, 2021

Sheri Barker on growing relationships with fruit trees and land spirits.

aging

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.