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Malaprop’s Bookstore \/ Caf\u00e9 presents a book launch for A Feral Church: A Guided Journey to Find Magic, Kinship, and the Goddess<\/em> by H. Byron Ballard. Held at Citizen Vinyl on Wednesday, January 8. Doors at 5 p.m., event at 6 p.m. Free with RSVP.<\/p>\n

About the book: Through a series of guided meditations that lead you from one solstice to another and back again, H. Byron Ballard empowers you to journey into the uncharted and feral lands of your imagination, where you will connect to the primal mother\u2014the Goddess. Ballard shows you how to leave your domesticated world and enter a place of wild worship and joy, a feral church unbound by dogma or liturgy.<\/p>\n

About the author: Byron Ballard is a western NC native, teacher, folklorist, and writer. She has served as a featured speaker and teacher at several festivals and conferences, including the Sacred Space Conference, Pagan Spirit Gathering, Starwood, Hexfest and many others. She serves as senior priestess and co-founder of Mother Grove Goddess Temple and the Coalition of Earth Religions\/CERES, both in Asheville, NC. She podcasts about Appalachian folkways on “Wyrd Mountain Gals.” Her essays are featured in several anthologies and she writes a regular column for SageWoman Magazine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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