Paul Beyerl

Rev. Paul Beyerl, (pronounced "bye'-rul") born 1945 in Owen, Wisconsin, is known as an author and educator, and particularly as a Wiccan priest, in Wiccan and neopagan circles.

Biography 

Rev. Paul and Rev. Gerry Beyerl, his partner since 1993, reside on an 11 acre property in southeast Minnesota just west of Houston, Minnesota. The property is known as The Hermit’s Grove and is a retreat and educational center for The Rowan Tree Church and The Hermit's Grove. It houses the administrative offices, lodging for Church Members and students, a 4500 research library, and the herbal area holding more than 200 species of dried botanicals.

The Rowan Tree Church is Wiccan, representing The Tradition of Lothloriën. Beyerl founded both in the 1970s when living in Minneapolis. The Rowan Tree Church trains its clergy in The Mystery School, a challenging and in-depth educational program. Both the Church and Mystery School serve Church Members and students living near the center and at great distances. The Tradition is discussed at length in Beyerl’a book A Wiccan Bardo, Revisited.

The Hermit's Grove also represents the publishing house for the Church, and has its own education program, the Master Herbalist Program. It is the publishing house and maintains the Master Herbalist Program .

Publications 

Beyerl began publishing a Wiccan newsletter - The Unicorn - in 1977. It is now among the longest-published Wiccan newsletters in North America, in continuous publication since 1977.

Bibliography

• The Master Book of Herbalism (1984) Phoenix Publishing ()

• A Wiccan Bardo: Initiation and Self-Transformation originally published by Prism Press in England and the U.S. () and by Unity Press in Australia in 1989.

• A Wiccan Reader Vol 1 (1994) 

• A Wiccan Reader Vol 2 (2010) 

• Painless Astrology (1997) Hermit's Grove ()

• The Holy Books of the Devas (1998) The Hermit's Grove ()

• A Compendium of Herbal Magick (1998) Phoenix Publishing ()

• A Wiccan Bardo, Revisited (1999) The Hermit’s Grove ()

• The Symbols and Magick of Tarot (2005) The Hermit's Grove ()

• Gem and Mineral Lore (2005) The Hermit's Grove ()

• On Death & Dying (2014) The Hermit's Grove ()

http://www.therowantreechurch.org/

http://www.thehermitsgrove.org/

Discography
 The Arts of Healing - Lecture on cassette (ACE)
 Initiation and Initiatory Orders (Panel Discussion with Ian Corrigan, Liafal, and Donald Michael Kraig) (ACE)

References

 Bond, Lawrence & Ellen Evert Hopman (1996) People of the Earth: The New Pagans Speak Out. (reissued as Being a Pagan: Druids, Wiccans & Witches Today in 2002: Destiny Books ) Interview.
 Lewis, James & Shelley Rabinovitch (2002) The Encyclopedia of Modern Witchcraft and Neo-Paganism. Citadel , 
 O'Gaea, Ashleen (2003) In the Service of Life: A Wiccan Perspective on Death. C Trade Paper , 
 Raeburn, Jane (2001) Celtic Wicca: Ancient Wisdom for the 21st Century. Citadel ,

External links 
 The Hermit's Grove

Category:1945 births
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