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Lexa Roséan (born May 1958), is an American Wiccan high priestess and an initiated neo-Gardnerian Minoan witch, dancer and writer. Also known as the Supermarket Sorceress, in 2005 she was voted "Best Witch in NYC" by ''The Village Voice''. Roséan has been the subject of numerous articles in publications including ''The New York Times'', ''Newsday'', ''USA Today'', ''Voice of Russia'' and ''Marie Claire'' (Chinese edition), as well as a featured guest on television programs, including CNN, ''20/20'' ''The Joan Rivers Show'', MTV, Food Network, and Fox News. She is also a lecturer and pagan writer. She has authored and published eight books on spellcraft, Wicca, astrology, and Tarot (four of which have been translated into German and Russian); she has written special articles as well as a monthly astrology column for publications such as ''CosmoGirl'', ''Seventeen'' and ''ReporTango''. Though she prepares spells for clients regularly, she is very adamant about her role: "I have always been clear that no one can do it for you—you have to participate in it,"〔Vescey, George (January 16, 2010). ("On Road to Super Bowl, Sprinkle Some Eye of Newt" ). ''The New York Times''.〕 she insists. "I am great at soul diagnostics and prescribing magickal solutions, but the client has to take the medication (work the spell) once I prepare it for their specific needs." Kate Walter, writing for ''The Village Voice'', described Roséan as "a cross between a psychic and a shrink".〔 Walter, Kate (October 10–16, 2005). ("Best East Village Witch - 2005; Lexa Rosean" ). ''The Village Voice''.〕 ==Early life== At age 12, her mother had given her both an Ouija board and her first deck of Tarot cards. By her early teens, however, her family became (as she terms it) "born-again Jews" and joined the Orthodox Hasidic community. It was then that Roséan also became actively interested in Kabbalahthe study of which was forbidden to women. At age 15, she came out as a lesbian and was officially excommunicated〔Mark, Jonathan (January 29, 1999). ( Got Her Mojo Workin. ''The Jewish Week'' ).〕 by a Beis Din (council of Rabbis). Originally from Miami, at age 17 she moved to New York City, New York, to attend Yeshiva University, where she earned a degree in English and communications and was instrumental in starting a theater major. As part of her studies, she worked as an intern at the Actors Studio where she studied with Lee Strasberg, Shelley Winters and Ellen Burstyn. It was at this time that she also began her education as a witch. "I was on my way to a rehearsal for a show called ''The Late Comers''and I was lateand suddenly something made me turn and slow down. I looked and there it was: The Magickal Childe." There she began reading books on the occult. Subsequently, she attended weekly meetings and took initiations into the Ordo Templi Orientis, attended lectures with Grady Louis McMurtry and Leo Martello, and received tutelage from Rolla Nordic and Hans Holzer, with whom she developed a close friendship. Roséan also became a member of the Rosicrucians, read Aleister Crowley, studied Golden Dawn ceremonial magick, and then committed to the path of Wicca. "In Wicca the focus is on the seasonal rites, and spells and herbalism; in ceremonial magick it is more on angels and demons and incantationsand Crowley re-introduced me to the Kabbalah, with an occult twist," Rosean observed. "And they are all interconnected." After two years of study at the Magickal Childe, under the guidance of Lady Rhea, she was initiated as a witch, and after two more years became elevated to third-degree High Priestess and witch. Roséan managed the original Enchantments in the East Village (owned by Lady Rhea and Lady Miw) and was the Priestess for the Minoan Sisterhood training circle from 1982 to 2000. During those years, in addition to giving astrological and psychic readings, she also taught astrology, Tarot, Kabbalah, Wicca, astral projection, and spellcraft, and served as the official coven oracle. 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「Lexa Roséan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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