Ken Ra, Elder

Ken Ra is a descendant  of a Scottish pagan and priestly lineage that is part of Clan Mac Leod (owners of the Fairy Flag of Britain) and related to the Royal House of the Isle of Man.  Initiated and legally ordained twenty years ago as a minister, he spent five years as the disciple of the Rev. Eya Yellin.  He studied computer programming at Control Data Institute.  Later, his studies took him into Zen Buddhist thought and the practice of Aikido.  He met, handfasted and married the Lady Delthea who was an initiate of the American Tradition Wicca.  Together with others, they founded Triskellion Wicca.  While doing time as a professional security guard, he studied welding and blacksmithing and received an American Welding Society Unlimited Certification.  Over the years he has become internationally known as a Magesmith (manufacturer of magical tools).  Studying CNC machining and adding a small foundry to his shop, he has, since 1980, been training occultists in knife-smithing.  He has been well known for years as a writer in the Pagan press.  Also he is one of the early witches to work with the local police department on occult crime.  He is High Priest of the Brotherhood for Triskellion.

Initiated Alexandrian Wicca in 1968 with Legal Ordination.

Started teaching classes on Wicca in 1973.

Current (2002)  number of students personally taught since 1989,  93.

( Records were not kept before 1989).

Number of personal students advanced to third degree, 6.

Number of students teaching, 4.

Number of covens derived from Triskellion, 7.

Estimated number of grand students, 200.  No information on great grand students.

Handfasted Lady Delthea of American Traditional Wicca in 1975.  Celebrated their Silver Century in December, 2000 (and are still together.)

 Is a Third Degree Co-founder of Triskellion Wicca 1977. 

Collateral degree recognized by Alex Sanders.

May 2002 he received a collateral initiation into Italian  Family Strega by Lori Bruno  a descendent of Giordano Bruno arrested by the Inquisition in 1600 and burned at the stake. The Bruno family comes from Hybla Geleatis  and before that Euless in Greece ( Eleusinian Mysteries )

Registered with the State of Minnesota, Mandatory Reporter and regarded as a psychotherapist in 1991.

Author of Triskellion Basic, Triskellion Dedicates Seminary and  Triskellion Initiates Seminary.  Total number of classes  in Triskellion’s training  program, 62.

Articles Published in Circle Network News, Crossroads, Notes from Taychopera, Crone Papers, Harvest, Cincinnati Journal of Magic and Pagan Ink.

Minnesoat Outreach Coordinator for the Heartland Spiritual Alliance since 1988.

Heartland Spiritual Alliance life member in 2001.

Personal donations to Camp Gaia as of 2002:   $4,500+ .

Personal donations / rewards for service to the craft given to selected individuals as of 2002:  $8,000+.

Personal income approx.   22K per year with a forty hour work week.

Two children raised and through college one RN and one a HVAC engineer.

There is no rest for the Wiccan and there is no respect for those who won't put their money where their mouth is.

Still,  I look like a Troll.