Commons of Modern Pagans and Spiritual Seekers
Board of Directors
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Jeffrey Albaugh
Lead Coordinator
Jeffrey Albaugh, MA, is an independent scholar and educator. Jeffrey holds a Bachelor’s in Theatre, and a Master’s in Depth Psychology. He has served on the Board of Directors for Cherry Hill Seminary, currently serves as Program Manager for the Conference on Current Pagan Studies, is co-chair of the Pagan Studies Unit of the American Academy of Religion, Western Regional, and the Program Manager for the Virtual Symposium of Pagan Thought and Practice.
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Lilith Pearson
Secretary/Treasurer
Lilith is a student of Hoodoo, conjure, and witchcraft with training in naturopathy and has participated in Orion Foxwood's Faery Seer Apprenticeship for several years. She is a student teacher of the Celtic Circle of Wisdom, based in Orange County, CA. She is on the Board of Directors for OCLC-Covenant of the Goddess, the Conference on Current Pagan Studies, and COMPASS, the Commons Of Modern Pagans and Spiritual Seekers. She is a witch and a psychic.
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Julie Lovejoy
Board Member
Julie Lovejoy “Lagen” has a Master’s degree in Education and is founder of Coven on the Edge, an eclectic Wiccan coven in Ojai, CA. A retired college professor and spirit-guided witch, she writes for various pagan publications, teaches witchcraft, and builds small houses for her work with the Good Folk.
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Murtagh AnDoile
Board Member
Murtagh anDoile (Tagh) is an independent scholar and researcher, and the director of the Pagan History project. A Celticist, Tagh is a druì and elder in the Tuatha De Danann Tradition (NECTW)/Nemed na Morrigna. He has a degree in Anthropology and worked as an archaeologist for Brown University. He has been involved in the pagan/Occult movement since 1968, in New England and Los Angeles. Inadvertently, he laid the seeds for the Celtic Reconstructionist Movement by talks given in the 1980’s.
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M. Macha NightMare
Advisor/Ambassador
M. Macha NightMare (Aline O’Brien, M.Div.(h.c.)) is a ritualist; an interfaith activist; and an internationally published author. She serves on the Advisory Boards of Cherry Hill Seminary and the Sacred Dying Foundation, and represents the Covenant of the Goddess and CHS in the American Academy of Religion, Marin Interfaith Council, Marin Interfaith Climate Action (founding member), and at interfaith symposia throughout the U.S.
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Chelsea Osbon
Board Member
Chelsea Osbon is an independent pagan scholar and leader as the 2023-24 Event Director for Pagan Community Retreat (PCR). She is an active member of Ravens Cry Grove, Ar Ndraicht Fein, (ADF) and has studied druidry with the Order of Bards, Ovates, and Druids (OBOD). Currently volunteering her free time fostering pagan community and public ritual practice with PCR, Ravens Cry Grove, and even helping out at Pagan Pride LA/OC as an onsite volunteer. “As a practicing Witch and Druid, I am forever a student of the occult. I owe much of my spiritual and educational growth to the mentors, elders, and friends I have gained by being a part of such an amazing group of Los Angeles pagans. I hope to expand upon those ideals and enrich the community by joining the board of Compass.”
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Jo Carson
Board Member
Jo Carson is Chair of the Board and Priestess of Feraferia, a love culture for wilderness. She is a writer, filmmaker, herbalist, retired Psyche Nurse and professional cameraperson. She made the informative feature documentary film "Dancing With Gaia: Earth Energy, Sacred Sexuality and the Return of the Goddess," available at dancingwithgaia.com She wrote the densely illustrated book, "Celebrate Wildness: Magic, Mirth and Love on the Feraferia Path," available from feraferia.org Currently Jo is creating a Feraferia Tarot deck and book. Contact: feraferia@icloud.com and Feraferia's site is feraferia.org