Francesca De Grandis's Biography(Books)(Photos)

Francesca De Grandis - craft elder in the Faerie tradition,
writes and teaches on Celtic Shamanism. Francesca De Grandis

Road. Third Road and Another Step are curriculums of
transformative and sanity-sustaining spiritual exercises.

is daughter of a Sicilian witch, completed a rare seven-year
training to become a Celtic Shaman in the Faerie tradition.

Between the two bodies of work, Francesca’s material is
practiced in the U.S., Great Britain, Australia, Germany,

She runs her own school, The Third Road, where lawyers and
bike messengers alike come to learn and be enchanted by the

Canada, Poland, China, and other parts of the world.

magic and mysticism of Goddess Spirituality. She lives in
San Francisco.

But, then, Outlaw Bunny has a habit of (often
unintentionally) starting impossible and international

Francesca De Grandis is, according to Thom Fowler, "one of

those multi-hyphenated types." Peter Coyote wrote, "Like all
good humorists, Francesca De Grandis has a radical and

subversive agenda in her new book, ‘The Modern Goddess’
Guide to Life.’" The book is women’s humor, shelved in

intertwining of newly-evolving DNA.

stores with the self-help texts. Francesca is also a pagan
– - small "p," not Neo-Pagan, large "P" – - and

De Grandis teaches international teleseminars – - classes
through group phone calls. In addition, clients living

channeled a shamanic Goddess tradition now practiced
throughout the world. Her more serious books, "Be A

Goddess!" (HarperSanFrancisco), "Goddess Initiation"
(HarperSanFrancisco), and "Be a Teen Goddess!" (Citadel),

by phone.

represent this work.

Outlaw Bunny started playing folk music in Boston clubs at
age fourteen. She’s toured the U.S. performing. When

She is also the creator of Another Step, a curriculum of
interfaith experiential-mysticism. Regarding Another Step:

Multiple Sclerosis (to be clear: MS is as close as we’ve
gotten to a diagnosis) made holding a guitar too difficult,

Outlaw Bunny thinks that she and others in the alternative
community have done an amazing job with revolutionary

she took up mandolin, and plays pieces not in its usual
repertoire. Her focus also shifted to painting and freeform

change, but that we need to grow yet more: We can move
forward in our lives, but then need to take another step,

three-dimensional bead-weaving. After leaving the music
business for a contemplative life as a shaman, she

and another, and always another, if we’re to fully achieve
our dreams, our peace, our potential. No statis! Keep moving

discovered that music was part of her spirituality. Her
award winning music album, Pick the Apple from the Tree,

on. And alternative modalities, though they’ve brought us
miles and miles, don’t provide those steps. This rabbit is

represents this connection. She has also taught creative
process to newbies and pros in a variety of artistic fields,

devoted to creating them, one after another, and hence the
Another Step curriculum.

for over two decades. She believes we’re all skilled
artists, given the right genre and right support. She also

After a quarter of a century in San Francisco, De Grandis

believes multifaceted people are common but often not given
the chance to develop all their talents, or even recognized

was kidnapped by Faeries – - again! – - and relocated to
rural Northwestern Pennsylvania where she lives with trees

for their many abilities.

and sylphs, tries unsuccessfully to avoid deep thoughts –
- a typical shaman! – - and juggles a large number of

First as a priestess-poet who passed on her work orally,
then as a published author, De Grandis has been a pivotal

projects, some solitary, some international.

influence in the literary and spiritual culture of both
earth and alternative spirituality. Many poems that De

With twenty years experience as a grass-roots interfaith
minister and spiritual healer, Francesca helps people of all

Grandis developed for The Third Road and Another Step—in
the form of prayers, rituals, liturgy, chants, meditations,

faiths – - and those who are just fine without one – -
through spiritual counseling, classes, workshops, and books,

and lectures, and therefore often presented as prose—have
anonymously entered the oral and written literature of

all geared toward both personal fulfillment and empowering
people to make a difference in the world. She practices

earth-centered and "new" spirituality. So have her
innovative techniques.

Goddess Spirituality and Chi Gung, is a long-time student of
philosophical Taoism, and enjoys a relationship with Christ.

De Grandis avoids formulaic approaches. Her groundbreaking

She’s also been told she’s somewhat of a Buddhist.

material—in different mediums and genres—repeatedly
draws imitators and starts trends. But that is not her

The first kidnapping by Faeries occurred when she was
working in clubs as a musician and comedian. The next thing

intent—she herself moves on to her next innovation. This
site continues her forward-thinking work, but a lot of it

she knew, she had completed a rigorous seven-year training
to become a traditional spiritual healer. Her thesis at New

happens solely within oral tradition. (text used with
permission, text is taken from Francesca De Grandis's site