SHANI OATES is Maid and Matriarch of the Clan of Tubal Cain.'Occultist, Mystic, Luciferian Pilgrim of the Forbidden Arts, Independent Researcher, historian and writer of cultural Folk-loreand Folk-magics of the UK and its Northern Heritage, of TraditionalCraft and Ancestral Tradition, (particularly of the Robert CochraneTradition). Spae-wife and Matriarch of 'The People of Goda, TheClan of Tubal Cain.'A published author, her substantial writings and musings on wide-ranging occult themes are transmitted into several books: 'Tubelos GreenFire'; 'The Arcane Veil' and 'The 'Star Crossed Serpent' series (Volumes I-IV) by Mandrake of Oxford; The People of Goda, Tubal's Mill & TM:Legend, Tubal's Mill Revised, Paean to Hekate, Heritage (through CreateSpace), and Crafting the Arte of Tradition, The Devil's Supper, The HangedGod, Wolfs-Head and The Search for Ó ð inn, through Anathema PublishingLtd; The Real World Art of the Cunning Tradition by The Hell Fire Club. She is a guest author in 'Hekate: Her Sacred Fires' by Avalonia Press; 'TheWanton Green' by Mandrake of Oxford; 'Abraxas II' by Fulgur; 'Ancestorsof the Craft,' by Copper Cauldron Publishing; 'Serpent Songs,' by ScarlettImprint and several editions of 'Pillars' by Anathema Publishing Ltd. Her other works have also appeared in various Pagan and occultjournals and magazines including The Cauldron, The Pentacle, The WytchesStandard, Verdelet, White Dragon, Pendragon, Hedge Wytch, Goddess Aliveand Brigid's Fire, Coire Ansic and numerous other articles in CraftAnthologies, periodicals and magazines over the last two decades.