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Arietta Bryant

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Born

in Basingstoke, The United Kingdom

Genre

Poetry, Religion & Spirituality, Children's Books

Member Since

January 2012

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Arietta Bryant is a Mother, Wife, Artist and Wiccan High Priestess.
She has been using poetry as a creative outlet since childhood
(mostly as a way to get out of writing essays at school) and as an
adult she now incorporates original poetry into many of her
religious and magickal workings.
Arietta began practicing Wicca in 1995, she has since become an
active member of her local Pagan community and has been
working as a professional Pagan Celebrant since 2002.
Arietta lives with her husband, two children and two cats in
Hampshire where she enjoys singing, cooking, gardening and
walking in the woods near her home.

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Average rating: 4.22 · 79 ratings · 17 reviews · 4 distinct works

	Naming the Goddess by Trevor Greenfield, Arietta Bryant (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.04 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pagan Planet: Being, Believing & Belonging in the 21 Century by Nimue Brown (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Arietta Bryant (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Jo Ashbeth Coffey (Contributor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 2016 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ramblings & Rhymes: An Anthology of Poetry 4.70 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Circles of Sacred Laughter 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Autobiography of F.B.I. Special Agent Dale Cooper: My Life, My Tapes

by Scott Frost

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Formidable Magic (Myrtlewood Mysteries #7)

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A Westerly Wind Brings Witches: A Cornish Odyssey

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Arietta Bryant liked Fiona's review of Black Sheep: "This is a short book but the depth of characters and glimpse into the life/story of those people is brilliant. I was shocked by the ending and initially disappointed - I wanted it all tied up in a pretty bow, but it dawned on me that actually, this w" Read more of this review »
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Arietta Bryant liked Kayleigh's review of Bountiful Magic (Myrtlewood Mysteries #6): "As with all the other books in this series so far, my opinion is that they are nice stories but NOT well written. In this instalment, two of the characters’ names were spelled differently in the last chapter for some unknown reason! Apart from this, " Read more of this review »
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Arietta’s Quotes

“If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.”
― Albert Einstein

tags: attributed-no-source, children, fairy-tales

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“Happy endings are still endings.”
― Gregory Maguire, Son of a Witch

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“Where I'm from, we believe in all sorts of things that aren't true... we call it history.”
― Gregory Maguire, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

tags: history

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