Edain became a self-initiated Witch in 1981 and has been an active part of the Pagan community since her formal initiation into a large San Antonio coven in 1983. Edain has researched alternative spiritualities since her teens, when she was first introduced to Kaballah, or Jewish mysticism. Since that time, she has studied a variety of magickal paths including Celtic, Appalachian folk magick, and Curanderismo, a Mexican-American folk tradition. Today, Edain is part of the Wittan Irish Pagan tradition, where she is a priestess of Brighid and an elder. 

An alumnus of the University of Texas with a BA in history, she is affiliated with several professional writer's organizations and occasionally presents workshops on magickal topics or works individually with students who wish to study Witchcraft.

This former woodwind player for the Lynchburg (VA) Symphony claims both the infamous feuding McCoy family of Kentucky and Sir Roger Williams, the seventeeth-century religious dissenter, as branches on her ethnically diverse family tree. In her "real life," Edain works as a licensed stockbroker.

Edain is the author of fifteen books, including Bewitchments; Enchantments; and her most recent release, Ostara: Customs, Spells & Rituals for the Rites of Spring. 


Titles by Edain McCoy: 

Past-Life & Karmic Tarot
If You Want to be a Witch: A Practical Introduction to the Craft
Advanced Witchcraft: Go Deeper, Reach Further, Fly Higher
Celtic Women's Spirituality: Accessing the Cauldron of Life
Celtic Myth & Magick: Harness the Power of the Gods & Goddesses
The Witch's Coven: Finding or Forming Your Own Circle
Enchantments: 200 Spells for Bath & Beauty Enhancement
Ostara: Customs, Spells & Rituals for the Rites of Spring
A Witch's Guide to Faery Folk: Reclaiming Our Working Relationship with Invisible Helpers
Astral Projection for Beginners
Sabbats: A Witch's Approach to Living the Old Ways
Spellworking for Covens: Magick for Two or More

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