H. Byron Ballard

Class – The Joy of Hex: the History & Techniques of Appalachian Bane

Sunday, February 9 at 8:15 pm in The Occult Library

Bio for H. Byron Ballard

H. Byron Ballard, BA, MFA, is a western NC native, teacher, folklorist, and writer. She has served as a featured speaker and teacher at the Appalachian Studies Association, Conference on Current Pagan Studies, FaerieCon, Florida Pagan Gathering, Gaia’s Womb, Glastonbury Goddess Conference, Hexfest, ConVocation, Pagan Unity Festival, Sacred Feminine Rising, Sacred Space, TempleFest, Scottish Pagan Federation, Sisters Rising, Starwood, Trees of Avalon, and others. She is senior priestess and co-founder of Mother Grove Goddess Temple and the Coalition of Earth Religions/CERES, both in Asheville, NC.

Her essays are featured in several anthologies, and she writes a regular column for “SageWoman Magazine.” Her books include “Staubs and Ditchwater” (2012), “Asfidity and Mad-Stones” (2015), “Embracing Willendorf” (2017), “Earth Works” (2018), “Roots, Branches, and Spirits” (2021), “Seasons of a Magical Life” (2021), and “Small Magics” (Fall 2023). Upcoming works include “Feral Church” (2025), “The Ragged Wound: Tending the Soul of Appalachia,” a cookbook from Wyrd Mountain, and a musical adaptation of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”

Visit H. Byron Ballard online at myvillagewitch.com