Meet the author is a series of articles intended to introduce you to our wonderful authors. Learn about the books they’ve written, the spiritual pathways they’ve traversed and some fun little tidbits… introducing Irisanya Moon!

What books have you written?

Pagan Portals (Reclaiming Witchcraft – 2020, Aphrodite – 2020, Iris – 2021, Norns – 2023, Artemis – 2024, Circe – 2024, Hestia – 2025)

Earth Spirit (Honoring the Wild – 2023, Gaia – 2023)

Practically Pagan: An Alternative Guide to Health & Well-being – 2020

Pantheon: The Greeks – 2025

How would you describe your spiritual pathway?

Reclaiming Witchcraft + Eclectic + Heart Magick + Ocean Devotion

What is something fun and quirky about yourself?

I like physical challenges and have run a marathon, a few half marathons, many 10Ks and 5Ks, and have climbed Mount Batur in Bali.

Where can people find you?

www.irisanyamoon.com
irisanya.substack.com
bio.site/irisanyamoon

Also Facebook, Instagram, BlueSky, and TikTok.

What tips do you have for folk beginning their spiritual journey?

Follow what excites you, try things out, make mistakes, learn from multiple teachers, learn how to be present with yourself.

Which deity or deities would you love to have dinner with?

Aphrodite, Iris, Hecate, the Norns, Circe, and so many more.

Most of the Greek pantheon.

What magical items would you take with you if you had to live on an island for a year?

My Aphrodite girdle, a really big journal and pen, rose incense, If Not, Winter by Anne Carson, poetry, books on Greek mythology, the internet

Irisanya Moon (she/they) is an author, witch, international teacher, poet, and Reclaiming initiate who has practiced magick for 20+ years. She has taught in the US, Canada, the UK, and Australia, bringing her blend of grounded, graceful, and radically authentic facilitation to inspire transformation and liberation at the personal and collective levels.

She has written a number of books:
Pagan Portals (Reclaiming Witchcraft – 2020, Aphrodite – 2020, Iris – 2021, Norns – 2023, Artemis – 2024, Circe – 2024, Hestia – 2025)
Earth Spirit (Honoring the Wild – 2023, Gaia – 2023)
Practically Pagan: An Alternative Guide to Health & Well-being – 2020
(With Pantheon: The Greeks and The Muses to arrive in late 2025 and early 2026, respectively.)

Plus she has written essays, articles, poems, and blogs for Moon Books, Watkins MIND BODY SPIRIT Magazine, Llewellyn, Revelore Press, Girl God Books, Witches & Pagans, Pagan Dawn, Coreopsis Journal, Epona Muse Publishing, and more.

In 2023, they self-published a book of poetry, “wrecked: the insistence of grief.”

Irisanya cultivates spaces of self-care/devotion, divine relationship (whatever that means to you), and community service as part of her heart magick and activism.

For more details: https://www.collectiveinkbooks.com/moon-books/authors/irisanya-moon