The 4th Annual
Water Priestess Confluence 2026
A Spiritual Water Conference featuring Water Priestesses from around the world in Celebration of the Sacred Feminine and Esoteric Water Mysteries
Online Virtual Conference
This year’s theme
Sacred Springs: The Healing Power of Water
March 6th - 8th 2026
The 2026 Water Priestess Confluence will be hosted live (Online). All sessions will be recorded and will be sent to all ticket holders 2 weeks after the live Confluence. They will be available for viewing and downloading after the Confluence. We are excited to announce LIFE TIME ACCESS to the recordings!
The word Confluence refers to the point where two or more streams or rivers meet and flow together, forming a single channel. It also describes an event where ideas or cultures come together to mix and strengthen one another.
A portion of our ticket sales goes towards a water charity that helps restore the water of our planet!
In 2023 we donated to The White Spring Water Temple
In 2024 we donated to The Ohio River Foundation
In 2025 we donated to WATERisLIFE
In 2026 we are excited to donate again!
£88 - Early Bird Pricing Till January 31st 2026
£ 111 Regular Price - February 1 - March 3
£144 Late Registration - March 4 —->
Hosted by Annwyn Avalon
Annwyn Avalon is a Water Priestess living in Avalon. She is the Author of The Way of the Water Priestess, Water Witchcraft: Magic and Lore from the Celtic Tradition, and The Celtic Goddess Grimoire. She is the founder of Water Priestess Training, The Water Priestess Confluence, Bewitching the Waters Symposium, and Triskele Rose Mystery School, an Avalonian Tradition. She has devoted her life to the study of Esoteric Water Mysteries. Her path is one of sacred service to the waters of this world and her ancestors. She is an initiated Witch and Priestess, Reiki Master Teacher, and award-winning Dancer, and she has a BFA in sculpture and a BA in Anthropology. She has also received an apprentice certificate in Herbalism. She writes for the UK's Magical Times Magazine and has contributed to other publications, including Brigid's Light: Tending the Ancestral Flame of the Beloved Celtic Goddess, This Witch, and Witchology Magazine. She is the author of the Patheos Blog Water Priestess in Avalon (fka -The Water Witch). She now lives in Glastonbury as the sacred steward of Chalice Orchard, the former home of the famous occultist Dion Fortune.
Master Class: Restoring the Poisoned Well
For the last 3 years, Annwyn has been serving in the physical world at one of Glasonbury’s famous springs. Everything came to an abrupt halt in the fall of 2025 when she suddenly resigned. Tired of lies, gossip, power struggles, corruption and secret meetings behind her back with those in power trying to control her life outside of her volunteer work, she retreated into solitude to heal, recalibrate and regain sovereignty. This is not a new story, though. This is the story of the Well Maidens, how they were abused, and those with greed and corruption in their hearts sought to assault and corrupt the sacred wells. Like the Well Maidens, Annwyn sought refuge to restore her own inner well and return to sacred service in a new way. In this Master Class, Annwyn will speak about restoring the Poisoned Well and how what happened to her is actually happening to many of us on a personal and global scale. Environmental Impact, The Village Witch scapegoat archetype, Well Maidens, restoring sovereignty, and practical methods to restore the “poisoned well” within and without will be discussed.
Sacred Steward of Tech and Support - Priestess Tiffany
Tiffany Marik is an Avalonian Priestess and Rose Matron within the Triskele Rose Mystery Tradition. A White Rose Initiate based in Phoenix, Arizona, she serves the broader Avalonian community through Cauldron of Avalon, where her work centres on devotion, ritual integrity, and the weaving of magic into daily life.
Within the Water Priestess Confluence, Tiffany serves in a role rooted in care, coordination, and sacred stewardship. She approaches organisation, communication, and logistical support as devotional acts, honouring the belief that tending the container is as holy as what unfolds within it. For Tiffany, the practical work that holds a gathering together is itself a form of priestessing, an offering of presence, intention, and love that allows the magic of the Confluence to flow smoothly and fully.
Often known as The Broth Witch, Tiffany is especially devoted to sacred cooking and hearth magic, crafting magical soups and broths infused with intention, chant, and spiritual alchemy. Her work reflects a priestess path rooted in nourishment, steadiness, and quiet devotion, reminding us that sacred service is not always visible, but it is always vital.
Through her ongoing work within Triskele Rose and Cauldron of Avalon, Tiffany supports practitioners and communities by holding space, maintaining containers, and honouring the holiness of the work that happens behind the scenes, where the magic is made possible.
Presenters
Paz Elemental
Waters of Transition: Exploring the Fluid Thresholds Between Life, Death, and Renewal
This conference invites us to journey into the symbolic, emotional, and ecological dimensions of water as a mirror of death and transformation. Across cultures and epochs, water has been revered as both the cradle of life and the passage beyond it — a sacred element that carries souls, memories, and meanings through cycles of loss and renewal. Through the lens of thanatology, we will explore how water accompanies human experience at the thresholds of existence: from the first breath to the final return. Presentations and workshops will weave together insights from psychology, ritual studies, environmental humanities, and spirituality, inviting participants to reflect on the fluid nature of grief, the rituals of cleansing and release, and the continuity of life within the great water cycle. Together, we will dive into questions such as: How does water reflect and hold our experiences of mourning and rebirth? What can the language of water teach us about impermanence and continuity? How can ritual, art, and ecological awareness support our navigation of death and loss? This gathering honors water as both teacher and companion in the study of death — reminding us that even in endings, there is movement, renewal, and return to the source.
Paz Elemental is an ordained Priestess of the Goddess from the Avalonian Tradition and a Water Priestess from the northern coast of Chile. Since childhood, she has heard the ocean whisper her name — a song carried by the tides that called her into remembrance of the ancient bond between women and the waters. The sea became her first temple, the waves her teachers, and the mists her veil of initiation. In recent years, Paz has immersed herself in the study of thanatology, a discipline that has opened a profound dialogue between death and water within her. Through this work, she has come to understand death not as an end, but as a deep current of renewal — the same rhythm that moves through the tides, cleansing, releasing, and giving birth again. This sacred dance between dissolution and rebirth has become one of the most intimate aspects of her spiritual service. Paz is the founder of the priestess training “Nacidos de las Aguas” (Born from the Waters), a living temple and initiatory journey that gathers students from Chile, Peru, Mexico, and Spain. Through rituals, meditations, and oceanic devotion, she invites others to listen to the voice of the waters within and to rediscover their own fluid nature.
Irisanya Moon
Returning to Abandoned Temples: Healing through Self Devotion
Venus’s shrines in Paphos, Cnidos, and even Cythera itself were no longer their destinations. Her rites were neglected, her temples abandoned, her cushions were trodden underfoot, the ceremonies uncelebrated, the statues un-garlanded, the altars cold with forsaken ashes. — Lucius Apuleius: The Golden Ass, translated by A.S. Kline
Let us return to what was abandoned. The places of worship and reverence, the places that held flowers and song, the places that swelled with love and desire. The places that healed. But even Aphrodite’s temples were abandoned.
Together, we will return to Cythera, Knidos, and Paphos, temples of her birth, travel, and celebration to find the parts of ourselves that we may have neglected. We will meet Aphrodite’s sacred names beside the waters that bore her into being and granted protection to weary travelers. Expect storytelling, meditation, writing, and devotional practices that heal and hold you in the waters of these times. Let her waters soothe you. Let this magick remember you.
Bio: Irisanya Moon (she/they) is an author, witch, international teacher, poet, and Reclaiming initiate who has practiced magick for 20+ years. She has taught in the US, Canada, the UK, and Australia, bringing her blend of grounded, graceful, and radically authentic facilitation to inspire transformation and liberation at the personal and collective levels. She has written and collaborated on a number of books on Reclaiming Witchcraft, magick, Greek gods, poetry, and devotional practices. They are devoted to Aphrodite, Iris, Hecate, and the Norns. Irisanya cultivates spaces of self-care/devotion, divine relationship (whatever that means to you), and community service as part of her heart magick and activism. You can find out more at www.irisanyamoon.com
Kathryn Ravenwood
Water, Trees, and Memories
As Water Priestesses we know that water holds memories. We will explore how the Standing People, the great trees, are an essential factor in the transpiration cycle of water. They also hold memories within their tree rings, records of all events connected to them and around them. What happens when the memories of trees are traumatically released in disasters such as hurricanes and floods? As the trees are broken apart and their rings exposed to the waters do their memories transfer out into the mass water memory which is also being severely altered by the storms? As the water source becomes more polluted are the toxic memories in the water taken in by the trees’ roots, transpired out from their leaves? Could this be part of what we see in the collective memory of humans falling into insanity, dementia, and craziness?
We will Spirit Journey to travel inside a Spirit Tree, access memories both planetary and personal, and connect with the consciousness of trees and water to help us remember our role as Water Priestesses. We will journey through the vertical river inside the Spirit Tree through its sacred chakras, experience the exchange of memories between ourselves and the tree, and receive a special heart chakra opening from the Spirit Tree.
Bio: Kathryn Ravenwood has studied the Mysteries for the past five decades. When Hurricane Floyd ravaged the North Carolina coast in 1999, Kathryn - living thousands of miles away in Seattle - was called by Spirit to help heal the toxic waters left behind. Combining her devotion to altars and crystals, she developed a process to make a crystal homeopathic elixir to to heal the Waters of Gaia and developed a Sacred Water Altar. Her journey of spiritual calling and discovery is shared in her book, How to Create Sacred Water: A Guide to Rituals and Practices published by Inner Traditions * Bear & Co. 2012. As a Priestess for the Water, she has taught workshops and led rituals for many years to bring awareness and gratitude to the Water. She coined “Water Wednesday” on Facebook to encourage people in awareness and blessings for the Water.
Kathryn also has decades of experience in working with the Tarot. She brings through the guidance of the Great Council of Tarot for personal alchemical transformation. Kathryn is a priestess in the House of the Goddess, has studied in the Egyptian Mystery traditions, and is initiated in the Lineage of Thoth. She is a contributing author to Invoking the Scribes of Ancient Egypt: The Initiatory Path of Spiritual Journaling, published by Inner Traditions * Bear & Co., 2011. She also is featured in Stepping Into Ourselves: An Anthology of Writings of Priestesses, published by Goddess Ink, 2014. She now resides in California. www.KathrynRavenwood.com
Charlotte Pulver
The Stonehenge Spring
Learn about Blick Mead, the Stonehenge Spring which predates the Henge( in the artefacts which have been found within this spring by 6,000 years). This is a spring which is known as the 'cradle of stonehenge'. The henge exists because of stonehenge. Learn about these incredible waters and how they connect up various ancient sites within the Stonehenge World Heritage site. And what you can do to help enable their further protection
Bio: Charlotte Pulver at the heart of things is a modern day alchemist; born into the Pulver lineage of apothecarists.
She has a background in natural healthcare, studying and practising various medical systems of healing for 20+ years, specialising in women’s healthcare, immune support and mental health. Her love is rooted in making medicines for people which she sells through Pulver's Apothecary. She has been hosting water ceremonies and pilgrimages for many years around the world; and helped co-found The Fellowship of the Spring, a group championing water guardianship in the British Isles.
Wendy Mata
Mexican Water Magic
In Mexican brujería and curanderismo, water is a living ally. It absorbs, carries, and moves energy, helping clear what the body, heart, and spirit can no longer hold. From glasses of water on altars to limpias, baths, rivers, and rain, water has long been used for cleansing, healing, protection, and renewal. In this class, you’ll learn how to work with water in practical, ancestral ways. We’ll explore water limpias, spiritual baths, simple altar practices, and rituals for release and restoration that can be applied to your everyday life.
Bio: Wendy Mata, founder of Bruja Power Botanica, is a dedicated guide on the path of reclaiming inner power. She believes that when individuals awaken to their magic, they become catalysts for real change in the world. Her work is rooted in helping people remember who they are, reconnect with their power, and live in alignment with their truth. Wendy’s path as a Lunar Priestess includes initiation in Shamanism in Yucatán, Mexico, and deep training in Curanderismo and Brujería passed down through generations in her family. She is a Reiki Master Teacher and Advanced Pranic Healer, and her studies have taken her around the world, including Feng Shui Master training with Lilian Too in Malaysia and Leadership and Coaching studies at Erickson College in Canada. Before fully stepping into her work as a witch and teacher, Wendy spent years in the technology sector, specializing in cybersecurity and digital forensics, bringing structure, strategy, and precision into everything she creates today.
Suzanne O'Gara
"The Mystery and Magic of the Fata Morgana Mirage"
What is the Fata Morgana mirage, and when, where, and how does it occur? And furthermore - why is it connected with Morgan Le Fay? Come find out how Morgan Le Fay, Celtic Water Deity and Archetypal Priestess of Avalon, became connected with this Sicilian weather phenomenon! Through lecture, guided meditation, and a little magic, we'll learn all about the idea of an Italian Avalon in this place of sacred water and liminality, as well as how to incorporate it into our modern practice as Water Priestesses and devotees of Morgana and the Water Fae.
Bio: Suzanne O'Gara, Owner of Alchemy of Avalon tea shop and Director of the Herbs of Avalon online course and retreat, has been a Certified Herbalist since 2011 (Southwest Institute of Healing Arts). Having grown up near the south shore beaches of Long Island NY, she launched her tea shop online at Samhain 2012 while living in deserts of Arizona - and now resides in the woods of Western MA where she has run her brick and mortar shop for the last 4 1/2 years. Suzanne has been an Avalonian Priestess, Witch, and devotee of Morgan LeFay since 2003. In addition to teaching her own aforementioned course in Herbalism, Suzanne has served as the Herbcraft Professor for “Morgan LeFay Mystery School”, under the direction of Demelza Fox, since 2018.
Most recently, you may have seen her presenting online workshops for Ninefold Festival, Bewitching the Waters Symposium, the Unbound Priestess Summit, and the 2024 Water Priestess Confluence, and in-person for the Western Mass Herbal Symposium. Suzanne is excited to say that she has an upcoming book, co-authored with Annwyn Avalon, being published later this year by Weiser Books!
Lilith Dorsey
Myths and Magic of Ancient and Indigenous Water Goddesses
Water is sacred. Water is life. Every culture honors this precious substance in its own special way. In this lecture we will explore various Indigenous Water Goddesses from around the globe, learning what connects us, what defines us, and what makes this knowledge always rise to the surface.
Join us and learn more about the cleansing power of Ancient Mexico’s Chalchihuitlicue the “Lady of the Green Skirt,” Sedna - the Inuit Goddess of the Sea whose fingers transformed into fish, Yoruban Orisha Yewa who flows on the waters of life and death, and many more. Each of these divinities have their own myths and magick containing valuable lessons for us all.
Bio: Lilith Dorsey M.A., hails from many magickal traditions, including Afro-Caribbean, Celtic, and Indigenous American spirituality. Their traditional education focused on Plant Science, Anthropology, and Film at the University of R.I, New York University, and the University of London, and their magickal training includes numerous initiations in Santeria also known as Lucumi, Haitian Vodoun, and New Orleans Voodoo. Lilith Dorsey is also a Voodoo Priestess and in that capacity has been doing successful magick since 1991 for patrons, is editor/publisher of Oshun-African Magickal Quarterly, filmmaker of the experimental documentary Bodies of Water :Voodoo Identity and Tranceformation,’ and choreographer/performer for jazz legend Dr. John’s “Night Tripper” Voodoo Show. They have long been committed to providing accurate and respectful information about the African Traditional Religions and are proud to be a published Black author of such titles as Voodoo and African Traditional Religion, 55 Ways to Connect to Goddess, The African-American Ritual Cookbook, Love Magic, the bestselling Orishas, Goddesses and Voodoo Queens and the award winning Water Magic. Keep a lookout for the newly released Tarot Every Witch Way now available where books are sold. https://lilithdorsey.com
Elyse Welles
The Springs Are Flowing Again: Connecting with Kastalia, Delphi’s Sacred Spring
Kastalia is the nymph of the sacred spring of Delphi, where the Pythia and her priestesses would cleanse and purify before receiving prophecy at the famous Oracle of Apollo. Meet her magic in a guided meditation to Delphi, learn how she is once again flowing in literal ways despite almost 2000 years of oppression, and what lessons of intuition she still teaches.
Bio: Elyse Welles is the only native Greek Priestess reviving the lost earth priestess arts of the Meditteranean. in her work with land spirits and the frame drum, she is locating lost oracles and bringing the magic they share to the world. She is the bestselling author with Llewellyn Books for “Sacred Wild: An Invitation to Connect to Spirits of the Land”. She is an initiated High Priestess in the eclectic Faery Tradition and holds an MA in spiritual studies.
Elyse teaches online containers and guides immersive pilgrimages to Greece's sacred places in and around Delphi and Eleusis as well as Malta. Learn more at elysewelles.com and follow her at @seekingnumina on Instagram and Facebook. Elysewelles.com
Isabel Friend
Healing Holy Spring Water
TBD
Bio: Isabel Friend is an international ambassador of Water, public speaker, and educator. As a student, servant, and steward of Water, she seamlessly blends science and spirit into a comprehensive cosmology of Water wisdom. Spanning the practical insights of health, hydration and biology, to empowering tactics for Watershed guardianship and ecological activism, to the esoteric and subtle insights of ancient indigenous Water wisdom, to the heady scientific discoveries of cutting edge Water research, Isabel's offerings are as multifaceted as Water itself. She has taught about Water throughout the US, Canada, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Bali, Mexico and Thailand. She is currently semi-nomadic, and enjoys spending her time fire-dancing, hiking, riding her motorcycle, and geeking out like a mad scientist in her laboratory. Most importantly, Isabel is deeply devoted to helping YOU embody the empowerment that is inherent in being a body of Water, living on a body of Water. Because Water is life, and life is sacred.
Ness Bosch
Pre-Recorded Presentation: Sacred Landscape of Fertility: Seeking The Mother Goddess in Wells and Springs
In this workshop follow Ness Bosch' lead to an exploration of sacred water landscapes and their relation to, Goddess Spirituality, Fertility and Healing. From the pagan roots of these cults or traditions relating to those Sacred Waters to their conversion to Christianity and beyond into our Era, exploring different landscapes, Seeking the Mother Goddess in Wells and Springs.
This workshop will also explore the rise and fall of the importance of some of these waters places, their endurance, as well as the shadow of the power of water.
Bio: Ness Bosch, La Huesera, is an Iberian Shamaness and Priestess. Author and independent researcher, mother of 3, Ness lives in Scotland, where she is a founding member of the Goddess Community Scotland. Founder of The Path of the Bones and the Clan of the Bone Woman (La Huesera). She is the Head of the Covenant of the Waters and the Temple of Astarte. Before moving to Scotland, Ness was a Regional Coordinator for the Pagan Federation International in Spain. Ness is a Hierophant Priestess, Dame Commander, and Archdruidess of the Fellowship of Isis and is a regular speaker at International Conferences and holds teachings and retreats when time and children allow it. Find her in her Patreon communities The Invisible Sandals or The Clan of the Bone Mother.
Ashley Sunshine
River of Love: Living your Soul Purpose through Sacred Business
If you are a Priestess called to the Entrepreneurial path, this is the lifetime of the greatest evolution your soul has known. The entrepreneurial mission at this time on earth asks for all of you, and just like water, will reveal all truth about your wounds, blocks and false devotion. The good news is, the secrets to your success and Unique Methodology are already written within the waters of your body. Together we will tune into your soul's codes and unique methodology through the love of the water in your very cells. Your deepest devotion will reveal your business structure & offerings so that it serves your shapeshifting self in this time of great change and transformation on Earth.
Bio: Ashley Sunshine is a Business Witch, Water Priestess and Mama who empowers women to live their soul's purpose through the pathway of Love in this lifetime. She has certified dozens of Yoga Teachers through her Teacher Training School, Facilitates Goddess Ceremonies, and has lived in Israel tending the Magdalene Spring on Mt Carmel for the past 10 years. She is now based in Philadelphia and coaches women on the entrepreneurial journey to live their purpose through aligned action. www.ashleysunshine.com
Aurelia Light
Keys to the Harmonic Crystalline Realms of Water
Sharing with you through sound sacred harmony keys communicating to you the harmonic crystalline layers of the water within the cells of the body and within the fabric of the water through cosmos and time. The renewal of a fresh well spring as the waters of your body come into a new refined crystalline coherence that holds light at even higher levels than before
Bio: Galactic Harmonic Channel, Crystal Keeper, Mermaid Priestess of Lemurian Frequency Medicine + Water Temples Aurelia is a Galactic Walk-in here to help humanity to refine and attune to their true selves collectively and individually in harmony using, galactic languages of light, and sound portals. Singing us home to our truest soul essence. www.youtube.com/aureliacodes
Jessie Joi
A Sea Witch Life for Me
What does it truly mean to walk the path of the Sea Witch? Beyond the vibes and seaside spells lies a unique current of magic, one that merges folklore, feminine power, and the deep emotional wisdom of the ocean herself. In this presentation, we’ll explore the niche phenomenon of the Sea Witch, breaking down the label across media and folklore, and how she has transformed from a feared local legend to a modern-day ocean guardian. You’ll learn about my personal journey to the path of the Sea Witch, and through this tale, the ways to weave the ocean and her infinite wonders into your daily life — no shoreline required!
Bio: Jessie is a fiction novelist and elemental witch of over 9 years with a specialization in water and sea witchcraft. She spends most of her time in nature working with spirits both local and abroad, or with a cat on her lap and a good cup of enchanted tea! Since beginning her journey in sea magic, Jessie reconnected with her love of water spirits, particularly merfolk from her Italian heritage, and has been working with them closely in her magic ever since. She is also well-versed in mermaid and water spirit folklore and often finds inspiration in their stories for her books and her daily life. Jessie is the Author of “The Turning Tides”, "The Endless Deep" , “The Witch’s Apprentice” and a previous presenter at the 2024 2025 Water Priestess Confluence. Learn more about Jessie at www.jessiejoi.com
Sophia Edlund
Singing With Springs: The Enlivening Power of Song
As springs rise from the depths of the Earth, our songs rise from the depths of our bodies. This lecture-ceremony invites you to remember the ancient relationship between voice and spring - where sound becomes offering and song becomes flow.
Drawing from research on the voice-water connection and stories of dried-up springs reawakened through song, we’ll explore how singing can enliven both our inner and outer waters. A guided sonic ritual will attune your liquid instrument and uncover tones to carry to the springs of the Earth. Intuitive singing with water is part of our blueprint - a remembrance that lives in the waters of our body, waiting to be awakened and expressed. You will leave feeling more attuned to your instrument and its loving power.
Please bring a cup of spring water to sing with.
Bio: Sophia Edlund, PhD, is a voice-water priestess, singer, artist and researcher devoted to restoring the sacredness of song. After a decade in academia (literature, theatre, performance & voice studies), she followed the call of the sacred feminine to create offerings that weave science, myth and voice. Her doctoral work explored siren song, interspecies vocal enchantment, and the vibrational relationship between voice and the natural world - an inquiry that continues to ripple through her ceremonial and teaching practice today.
Through one-to-one singing sessions, group ceremonies, lectures, guided meditations, and evolving creative works, Sophia supports those who feel called to sing again, to reunite their voice with the natural world, reclaim their resonance, and remember their soul’s song. Guided by the waters, the unseen realms, and the ancient singers who still remember that every voice belongs to the harmony of life, she serves through Siren Song Medicine & the Voice Water Temple, evolving sanctuaries for voice, remembrance and reverence. Learn more at voicewatertemple.com
Clare Phillips
Healing With the Memory of Water Through Homeopathy
In this presentation Clare will talk about the fact that the ability of water to hold memory has been used as a healing modality for centuries. The large percentage of water in our bodies has memory, whether it be from the present life or ancestral, and this can act for our benefit or to our detriment. Clare will talk about homeopathy and essences, how they are made and what makes homeopathy different from essences. She will also cover how homeopathic remedies work and talk about some of the remedies made from bodies of water such as Chalice Well Water, Sea Salt and Dolphin Sonar.
Bio: Clare has been a healer and therapist for over 20 years. The main therapy she uses is homeopathy and combines this with iridology and energy healing, including Reset Clearing, and her own water elixirs to give a unique healing experience. Clare has been a tutor in homeopathy and iridology at colleges based in the UK for 15 years.
Her areas of expertise are vast over the years and include healing from trauma and helping those who feel stuck in their life or unsure of the direction to take next, as well as hormonal balance and detox.
In more recent years, Clare has encompassed work as a water priestess in her work and has been making her own Lemurian Water Code Elixirs.
In her spare time, Clare is a musician and loves experiencing the magic of swimming with dolphins! www.truehealing.co.uk
Maranda Wabik
Melusine: Lady of the Fountain of Thirst and the Gifts of the Mermaid Queen
Melusine is perhaps best remembered as the Faery Queen who built the town of Lusignan in France, according to medieval legend. In truth, Melusine is so much more than that! She is also a Mermaid Goddess of Avalon, an Ancestress of the Lands, a Mother to Half-Faery Bloodlines, and, most importantly to this lecture, a Lady of the Fountain. Early on in the legend, Melusine is shown tending the Fountain of Thirst located in a Forest in Poitou, France. At this Fountain, as a Well Maiden, Melusine met Raymond, healed him of his guilt, and bestowed upon him gifts, prosperity, and sovereignty. Melusine later married Raymond, bestowing even greater sovereignty upon him. In this lecture, we will explore the Occult Knowledge and Arcane Wisdom found in the Lady of the Fountain Aspect of the Faery Queen and Mermaid Goddess of Avalon!
Bio: Maranda Wabik is the Enchantress of Avalon and an Avalonian Water Priestess, who teaches her 7-Month-Long Online Class, The Melusine Mysteries, in devotion to the Avalonian Faery Queen and Mermaid Goddess Melusine. She is also the Owner of White Rose of Avalon LLC, an Online Priestess Business where she provides Tarot Readings, Channeled Readings, Mentoring Sessions, and writes a daily blog, in addition to teaching The Melusine Mysteries! Furthermore, she is a member of the Sisterhood of Avalon and holds an Associate’s Degree in Psychology. This background helps inform the fusion of Faery Spirituality, Mermaid Magick, Divine Feminine Archetype Work, and Folklore Studies that go into creating Online Classes, writing the White Rose of Avalon blog, and running her Patreon Faery Mystery Community: Avalonian Rose Faery Mysteries!
Zinnia Sophia
Tanit of Ibiza - The Water Alchemies of the Mediterranean Mother Goddess
Journey into the ancient mystery of Tanit, the Mediterranean Mother Goddess of sexuality, fertility, death, and rebirth—whose spirit still pulses through the island of Ibiza. Once revered across Carthage, Phoenicia, Libya, Malta, Sardinia, and the Mediterranean world, Tanit was honored as the guardian of the life–death–resurrection cycle, the protector of souls, and the preserver of sacred feminine power. Ibiza was her holy island. At the cave temple of Cova des Culleram, priestesses once danced, prayed, and called forth Tanit’s blessings of healing, fertility, and spiritual renewal. The island became known as a sanctuary of rebirth—a place where the waters, springs, and earth were believed to restore the body, heart, and spirit. To this day, seekers travel to Ibiza to be transformed by her magnetic presence. In this presentation, we explore Tanit as: * Ancient Mediterranean Mother Goddess whose symbol awakens remembrance in the body. * Beloved Protectress of Carthage, guardian of the Underworld and the dead. * Mistress of the Cavern and the Necropolis, who teaches that descent is the doorway to rebirth. * Primordial Creatrix, born of the Waters-That-Were-Before-All-Things, who restores the womb of wholeness. * Keeper of Sacred Water Rites, who purifies, opens, and summons the ones who are ready to return to her embrace. We will trace her origins from Berber and Libyan roots to the Phoenicians who spread her worship across the Mediterranean, study her connection with Egyptian Isis, and receive the living mythos of Ibiza as an island of initiation—where the feminine and masculine seek sacred balance once more. This is an invitation to remember to return to the Goddess of Regeneration, Mystery, and Metamorphosis. To feel Tanit as a guide, protectress, and presence—one who brings us home to our deepest cycles of life, death, and rebirth.
Bio: Zinnia Sophia is a Feminine Embodiment Coach, 6X Bestselling Author, Water Alchemy Teacher and Mediterranean Retreat Leader. She guides women to rise in their radiance and reclaim feminine power. Her work focuses on healing relationships with the heart and body, awakening feminine energy, and regenerating the life force that brings vitality, creativity, and joy.
Zinnia guides transformation to tap into the deep well of ecstasy that comes from living in alignment with your true essence. Over the years, she has integrated shadow work, ancient Rose Tantra Healings, and sensual rituals of deep relaxation, feminine yoga and sacred dance. These practices are not just about healing—they’re about creating a life that feels expansive, abundant, and truly aligned with your highest self.
RACHEL S ROBERTS
Thermae: Rituals and Deities of the Roman Bath House.
Bathing for the ancient Romans was an important recreational and social activity. However, within the steamy rooms, plunge pools, spas and fitness suites was the symbology, art and presence of specific Roman deities. In this workshop, you will be guided through the Roman bath house to find the sacred within its walls, from the nymphs, guardians of the springs, to Flora, the goddess of the residential prostitutes and governor of pleasure.
You will also discover and consider the ritual art of bathing, from an ancient Roman perspective, and the importance of water, flowers and bathing for well-being and holistic health, gaining inspiration on how you can be inspired by their rituals and how you can integrate their practices in your own spiritual life and water magic.
Bio: Rachel is the author Lupa, Wolf, and Pantheon. the Romans as well as a sacred dance teacher, priestess, women's empowerment and flower essence coach. Rachel is the creatrix of Wolf Woman Rising, a wisdom school where she empowers you to embody your wisdom, reclaim your authentic, wild, untamed self and create a life lived on purpose. Through online community, courses and training, as well as in-person retreats and workshops, she initiates all in the embodied mythology, nature alchemy & divine connection. Her desire has always been to create a bridge between history and spirituality, mythology and well-being; transmuting mythology into embodied wisdom, so that it becomes a tool of healing, empowerment and awakening for men and women.
Sarah Fletcher
The Sea Witch
Into the deep we dive, as you discover how to retrieve, reclaim and reimagine your sea magick! The Mermaid Medium, Australian Sea Witch and Mermaid will journey with you as we glimpse into the tidal pools of Sea Magick. Connect with your watery intuitive psychic self, craft your own poetic incantations and invocations, and touch on hydromancy and conchomancy to deepen your divination!
Bio: Sarah Fletcher also known as The Mermaid Medium is a Psychic Medium, Author, Teacher, Podcaster and Australian First Nations Sea Witch living on Dharawal Country Shellharbour Australia. Sarah is all about Ocean and Mermaid Magick and she harnesses the powers of the elements combined with folk tales, mythology and Herstory, to weave her unique craft. Sarah is Owner and founder of Elements Women’s in the small coastal town of Windang NSW Australia, where women gather together for moon magick, sound healing and seasonal celebrations.
Mrs Meg Avon
Why Aren't Rivers Safe to Swim?: A Story of the River's Bride
In this deeply personal and poetic talk, Mrs Meg Avon—the UK’s first River Bride—invites us to dive beneath the surface of our waterways and ask a question both practical and sacred: why are our rivers no longer safe to swim in? Blending meditation, storytelling, and eco-poetry, Meg shares her journey of falling in love with the River Avon and choosing to honour it through a symbolic marriage ceremony. What began as an act of love became a call to action—a ritual that made visible the pain and pollution that our rivers quietly endure, and the love that keeps our rivers alive. What body of water would you marry? What could 'to have and to hold' look like in this relationship?
Through pilgrimage reflections, empowering humour, and beautiful River Bride photography, Meg weaves together science and spirit, activism and art, to remind us that every river carries memory, meaning, story and a pulse of divine intelligence. This presentation is both a lament and a celebration—an invitation to re-imagine our relationship with water, to become guardians rather than users, and to rekindle a sacred trust between human hearts and the flowing soul of the Earth.
Bio: Mrs Meg Avon is a poet, celebrant, and eco-spiritual artist from Bristol, England who, in a sacred act of devotion, became the United Kingdom’s first River Bride by ceremonially marrying the River Avon in 2023. Her wedding to the waters was both ritualistic and a revelation—a living prayer of love for the Earth, performed in honour of the divine feminine flow that sustains all life. Through song, spoken word, and ceremony, Meg continues to channel the voice of the River themself, reminding us that the waters are not inanimate channels but sentient beings, lovers, and healers deserving of reverence and care - as they care for us.
Since her union, Meg has continued to walk the watery path as a guardian and ambassador for river spirits, merging activism with artistry and ceremony. Her performances, poetry collection My Avon, and collaborations with wild swimmers and river guardians embody a message of sacred stewardship and ecological awakening. She invites all who meet her to enter into deeper communion with water—to listen, to grieve, and to celebrate the living currents that connect us. Through her flowing presence, Meg Avon calls us home to the heart of the river goddess within us all.
Sandra Mayeux
Inner Waters: Navigating the Depths of the Menopause Portal
Within every woman lives an ocean of inner waters…the tides of memory, intuition, emotion, sensuality, ancestry, and transformation. In midlife these waters begin to move in unfamiliar ways. What looks like imbalance, loss, or decline is instead an initiation, an invitation to dive deeper inward. In this session with Sandra, you’ll explore menopause as a rite of passage, a threshold where surface waters recede and deeper currents of wisdom rise.
You’ll experience a guided descent into your own inner ocean and a ritual to release old identities so you can transform menopause into a watery portal back to your body and power.
Bio: Sandra Mayeux is an energy healer with 31 years experience, a water priestess, a self proclaimed mermaid, and a midlife midwife for intuitive women over 40. She helps women navigate the menopause portal as a powerful rite of passage. Sandra weaves feminine embodiment, womb wisdom, and water ritual into practices that awaken intuition, release old identities, and reconnect women to their inner waters. Her work invites women 40+ to experience midlife not as decline, but as a deep and sacred return to themselves and their power.
Laurelei Black
Pre-Recorded Presentation: After the Flood: The Healing Power of Watery Cataclysm
When we choose to serve Water, we often learn some lessons that we didn't fully anticipate and could never fully prepare for. SACRED, for instance, doesn't mean gentle, easy, or subtle all the time -- not even when we are talking about Sacred Water. And sometimes, at first glance, “healing” and “blessing” can look and feel and actually be synonymous with trauma and loss and devastation. TW: I will be talking about and showing images of a natural disaster (flood) which has resulted in my temporary (but currently still ongoing)houselessness.
Bio: Laurelei Black is a hedge-rider, a Cunning Woman, a traveler on the crooked path. She is a priestess of love and pleasure, an Ishtar-woman, an Aphrodite-woman. She is a friend to daemons and a mate to the Red God. A bone collector; a temple dancer. A daughter of Avalon. Laurelei is the author of over dozen books on Aphrodisian and Witchcraft practice, the co-founder of the Spiral Castle Tradition of American Folkloric Traditional Witchcraft, and has been a Director and frequent presenter at the Babalon Rising Festival, a co-host of the Water Priestess Confluence and the Bewitching the Waters Symposium, and a co-owner of Midian Events. She remains the co-owner of Driftwood Tiny Retreats and the proud proprietress of Asteria Books & Events and also of Blade & Broom.
Joleen Dove
What Priestesses Wear
The struggle to find a visual identity to match your mystical, spiritual, priestess presence can be daunting. This workshop will take you through three keyways to create your own Priestess capsule wardrobe. Working with the mix and match beauty of the “core four” low-sew beginner friendly patterns that can be combined to create a core wardrobe, the reuse and refresh method to thrift and repurpose a zero-waste wardrobe, and how to find “off the rack” clothing that is affordable and priestess friendly. Each of these methods can work alone or together to create an ever-evolving mystical closet that helps convey your strengths as a priestess and healer of the waters.
Bio: Joleen Dove is a fashion and costume educator, writer, and designer. She is currently the Curator of Art and History at a Botanical Garden and Everglades Wildlife Sanctuary. She has an MA in Museum Studies: Costume and Textile, a BFA in Film and a BA in Theatre. For over nine years she taught in the fashion departments of the Art Institute of Pittsburg Online and the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale teaching fashion design, construction, and fashion history. She simultaneously worked as a costume designer and costume shop manager. She is a certified Florida Master Naturalist and has a level one aromatherapy certification. She is a Water Priestess and a Blue-Green Witch eager to use her skills and education in service to the Water Priestess community.