Katie Ness is a knowledgeable writer, historian, and yoga instructor specialising in folklore and spirituality, holding a BA Honours in Fine Art from UCLAN, Level 4 certifications in Prehistoric Art and The History of Folklore from Oxford University, and extensive expertise in yoga history and Vedic philosophy from the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies, with an MA forthcoming.
As a wellness educator specialising in women’s spirituality and health, Katie integrates yogic principles with pagan practices, priestess ceremonies and women’s circles together with therapeutic arts and folk-crafts, and she also offers instruction on the history and philosophy of yoga as a guest teacher for teacher training programs.
Her poetry is widely published online and in print with national & international magazines and she has performed her poetry and prose at a number of events such as Brighid of Faughart Festival Ireland, Burning Woman Festival, Be Woman Project’s Navratri Festival, Say Her Name online event and The C Word Mag Events as well as Poetry Cove Radio.
She has been a contributing writer for Kindred Spirit Magazine, Witchology, Femme Occulte, Witches Magazine, Occulture Magazine, Haunted Magazine, The Enquiring Eye, The Feminine Macabre and You Aligned. Two of her short stories feature in Mulberry Literary and a book collection entitled ‘Incurable’ published with Running Wild Press. Below you can see a list of her publications both digital and in print.
As of 2024 Katie is currently learning to play the Lyre Harp with Lutherios Music Company whilst she prepares to do her Masters to become an Occult/folklore Historian.
In her free time she is working on a travel memoir and short story collection. She lives for Creativity, Knowledge, Travel and the liberating feeling of being free spirited.
Books
Non-Fiction:
- Word Witchery: Walking The Path of the Poetry Priestess, Non-fiction pagan, forthcoming with Moon Books Publishing, coming soon in summer 2025
- Wander Witch/Witchy Ways: At the Crossroads, Seeking the Sacred in the Landscape (Hybrid Travel Memoir), pending TBA
Other:
- Aphrodite Fever Dream, Poetry Book, published with Undressed Society Press, December 2023
- Juggernaut, Poetry Book, published with DarkThirtyPoetry Press, March 2024
- Blue Lotus, Poetry Book collaboration with Wendy Rivera, forthcoming 2025
- Beyond the Black Pool: And other short stories, pending TBA
Poetry for Literary Magazine’s & Anthologies
- Poetry Undressed- The Snow Priestess, Stranger Baby, Honeysuckle Summers
- BIRTH Anthology, Hecate Magazine (Print) page 36-When the Roses pulled the House Down
- DECAY Anthology, Hecate Magazine (Print) page 56- Persephone’s Descent
- Wandering Autumn Magazine (Print) page 13- The Oracle & Sura’s Fox
- The C Word Magazine- Luna Moth, December Dawn, Insignificant
- Beyond the Veil Press (Print) Pages 66 & 68- A Beautiful Metamorphosis & A Quiet Crushing
- Say Her Name Anthology, curated by Dark30Poetry Press, November 2023 (Print)–The Daemonslayer and The Dragon Queen.
- The Poetry Cove Magazine V2 Issue3, Autumn 2023 (Print) – Aphrodite’s Daughter
- Asherah: Roots of the Mother Tree Anthology published with Girl God Books: Asherah, High Queen of queens. (Print)–Coming soon.
- Pressure Cooker Literary- The Priestess of Perdition
- Wilding & Sprout: Marigolde Press (Print) page 16 –A Letter to my Marigold
- Kitchen Sink Magazine, issue VI page 8- The Oracle
- Rebelle Society- A Hymn of Love to the Earth
- Rebelle Society- Love Poem by an Imperfectionist
- Elephant Journal-This is the Only kind of Love that Exists
- Yogi Approved- I am a Fearless Dreamer
Short Stories
- Mulberry Literary Magazine – Rebecca’s Requiescat: I Dream that you Forgive me and my Body turns to Water
- Incurable: Stories from The World of Cure published by Running Wild Press Short Story collection/Multiple Authors (Book) Kooshti Lollipop Sherbet Cunt
- Oodies Cafe: Midnight Rose & Apricot Pie (forthcoming)
Occult & Folklore Articles for Alternative Lifestyle Magazines
- Kindred Spirit Magazine, Spring Issue 2021 (Print)- A Return to the Sacred Circle
- Kindred Spirit Magazine, Winter Issue 2021(Print)- Hekate: Beyond the Threshold
- Kindred Spirit Magazine, Summer issue 2022 (Print)-Word Witchery & Poetic Priestesses
- Kindred Spirit Magazine, Winter Isuee 2023 (Print)– Cacao Connection
- Femme Occulte Autumn, Issue 2022 (Print)- The 8 Lunar Personality Types
- Femme Occulte Winter, Issue 2022 (Print)- Aphrodite: Beyond Love & Desire
- Femme Occulte Winter, Issue 2023 (Print)– Rhiannon: Goddess of Grief, Grace and Faery Grooves
- Witches Magazine, Spring Issue 2023, page 67 (Print) –Betwixt between Wings & Dreams: An essay of death and grief in association with the supernatural
- Witches Magazine, Autumn Issue 2023, page 57 (Print)- Walking with Rhiannon: Ancient goddess and Fairy Queen of the Celtic Britons
- Witches Magazine Summer Issue 2024 (Print)–Nemetona: She of the Sacred Groves
- Occulture Magazine, Winter Issue ‘The Devil’s Party’ 2024. The Devil is Woman: The Deliciously Divine and Demonic
- Occulture Magazine, Spring Issue 2024 (Print) Unusual Springtime Folk traditions around the world’
- The Feminine Macabre Vol 6: A Woman’s Journal of all Things Strange & Unusual, April 2024 (Print/Book)— The Feminine Feral Divine across Britain’s Landscape: The Magical & The Macabre
- Haunted Magazine, September 2024 issue 43 (Print), The Women of the Golden Dawn: Rebels, Occultists & High Priestesses.
- Witches Magazine Summer Issue 2025 (Print)– Sacred Sound: The power of words
Travel
- Assortment of Travel Articles on Atlas Obscura
- 12 Must Read Travel Memoirs By Women published with The C Word Mag
- Women’s Walks: Pilgrimage’s of the Folkloric Feminine with The C Word Mag
- Macabre Madam’s of Britain: Spooky Halloween special with The C Word Mag
- Interview with Valerie Parkinson: Woman of the Mountains
- Sicily: The island of lemons, honey and lady saints (forthcoming)
- Cyprus: Aphrodite’s Abode, remnants of a pagan past (forthcoming)
- Tenerife: Tara and Teide, the hidden magic beyond the tourism (forthcoming)
- Sardinia: Cunnusa’s Paradise and Isola Maddalena (forthcoming)
General Essays
- Literature Undressed (Print) Page 22- Grandmother Blue. Cream Cake. Red Shoes. Mermaid Magic
- The C Word Mag- Ruptured, Butchered Body: An Ectopic Pregnancy Survival Story
- Adelaide Literary Magazines (Print & Digital) – Memories of the Death inside Me
- Parasailing fundraiser for the Ectopic Pregnancy Trust
- Elephant Journal- Lessons learned in Happy Baby Pose
- Memoirs of a Mermaid (pen name Selkie Wild), Phoenix Rising Memoir Collection (Book), published with Burning Woman Press 2021
Wellbeing Articles
- You Aligned – Assorted articles from 2014-2020
- Bad Yogi Magazine- Assorted articles from 2016-2019
- Meditation Magazine- Meditation is the key that unlocks your Secret Garden
- Rebelle Society- Assorted articles about women’s empowerment & witchcraft
Podcasts & Interviews
- Mama Phoenix Podcast—Survive.Write.Thrive
- We Should Chat Podcast–The Power of Words
- The Be Woman Project- Poetry Priestesses: The Sacred & Profane
- Unmasking the Feminine- Coming home to Self
- Poetry Undressed Podcast- Womanhood and Poetry
- We for Women Stories- The Radiance of a Defiant Woman