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Ellen Cannon Reed (21 March 1943 – 7 October 2003) was the most widely known priestess of the Isian Tradition of Witchcraft. She lived in Southern California and wrote widely (most famously the book ''The Witches' Qabalah''). She was also the founder of the Internet Relay Chat Channel #witchcraft on Undernet.org network. She was married to Christopher Reed, with whom she did not have any children. She died on October 7, 2003 from leukemia.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Ellen Cannon Reed: A Priestess Remembered )〕 Ellen and her husband Chris ran an annual Pagan gathering called "Pacific Circle" every summer in the Angeles Crest Forest in the hills high above Los Angeles. They hosted a monthly gathering called "Moontalks" for many years. Reed was the co-creator of "The Witches Tarot", a widely used tarot deck combining Wiccan elements with traditional Qabalistic symbols and imagery, for which the artwork was done by Martin Cannon. She is also the author of several other books. Her companion book for The Witches Tarot includes meditations and methods of working with the deck, as well as a new way of reading Tarot, and a complete description of The Witches Tarot deck. Both the deck and the book are noteworthy for being the first to combine the Qabalistic symbolism and elements drawn from Wicca, in a way that speaks to Pagans〔 For each card in the deck, the book includes a complete description, as well as a discussion of the meaning of each element represented in and by the card: this includes an associated Hebrew letter, color, scent, and gem, as well as astrological and Qabalistic path correspondences. Illustrations include the 22 Major Arcana cards (as depicted in the deck's artwork by artist Martin Cannon), each of which is discussed in greater depth as author Ellen Cannon Reed examines the direct correspondence between these cards and the paths on the Qabalistic Tree of Life. Ms. Reed's sourcework shines in this book, which draws upon multiple Qabalistic sources in combination with her own background as an experienced High Priestess in an initiatory Wiccan Tradition.〕 She had begun work on a companion volume to Pagansong,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Hymn to Brigid -Traditional Gaelic -Pagan Music -Willow Firesong's Circle of Firelight )〕 but it unfortunately remained incomplete at the time of her death. ==Bibliography== * * * -- this is a revised and significantly expanded version of her earlier book, The Goddess and the Tree: Witches Quabala, Book 1. * * * * -- a Song book for Pagans 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ellen Cannon Reed」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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