Teri Parsley Starnes
Teri's mission is to walk the edges of Mystery and give voice to our infinite and boundless spirits. In service to that mission, she has acquired several sets of skills and been led down many different paths. She is a mother of two lovely daughters, and, once upon a time, was a professional chef. She is a consulting professional astrologer, a craft she has practiced since 1996, and is a writer and editor. Through her relationship to the stars, she has experienced walking on the edge of Mystery, and knows that each of us is more than we can imagine.
Teri writes a monthly astrology blog that appears on the New Moon. Find archives of her columns from Diana's Grove online magazine, "Between the Worlds," here. Teri has been a member of Diana's Grove Mystery School since 2000. This program emphasizes personal evolution, accountable leadership, and healthy community processes. She reclaimed the title of "witch" for herself in 1985, and began teaching earth-based spirituality and magic classes in the Reclaiming Tradition in the mid-1990s. She has taught at Reclaiming Witchcamps, where people come together for several days at a time to learn and worship through ritual, classes, and living in community. Her teaching focuses on the transformation of the self into fuller authenticity, and she brings this expertise into her work with community, priestessing, and counseling. Teri happily is part of the ritual faciliation team for The Tree and the Well. After 20 years of crafting ritual, she has developed an interest in sharing what she knows about tending and creating energy in rituals. Teri is also passionate about working with interfaith groups and helping to facilate shared spiritual experiences across many spiritual traditions.
Teri's spiritual life has been blessed with a deepening relationship with the local movement to save Coldwater Spring, a natural spring threatened by the expansion of Highway 55 in Minneapolis and possible future development in the area. Her personal practice involves sitting in meditation with, praying with, and allying herself with this Mysterious One of nature.
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