Kirk White is a Pagan author and leader in establishing a seminary system and pastoral counseling credentials for the Neopagan faith. He is the founder and past president of Cherry Hill Seminary

Cherry Hill Seminary

Cherry Hill Seminary, located in South Carolina, is an educational institution for Pagan teachers, ministers and clergy. Cherry Hill has more than twenty full-time or part-time faculty. Some, such as M. Macha Nightmare, are well-known in the pagan community; most are published authors/scholars in...

 and co-founder of the National Association of Pagan Schools and Seminaries.

Contributions to Neopaganism

White is listed as one of the 25 Most Influential Pagans in the Wild Hunt blog. He was interviewed for Margot Adler

Margot Adler

Margot Adler is an author, journalist, lecturer, Wiccan priestess and radio journalist and correspondent for National Public Radio .- Early life :Born in Little Rock, Arkansas, Adler grew up mostly in New York City...

's Drawing Down the Moon, and has contributed material to other Pagan works.

He founded the Church of the Sacred Earth: A Union of Pagan Congregations (for which he serves as executive director as the Wiccan Church of Vermont; this first legally recognized Wicca

Wicca

Wicca , is a modern Pagan religious movement. Developing in England in the first half of the 20th century, Wicca was popularised in the 1950s and early 1960s by a Wiccan High Priest named Gerald Gardner, who at the time called it the "witch cult" and "witchcraft," and its adherents "the Wica."...

n church in Vermont

Vermont

Vermont is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state ranks 43rd in land area, , and 45th in total area. Its population according to the 2010 census, 630,337, is the second smallest in the country, larger only than Wyoming. It is the only New England...

 later ordained White as a minister. He has served as both National Public Information Officer and Co-President of the Covenant of the Goddess

Covenant of the Goddess

The Covenant of the Goddess is a cross-traditional Wiccan group of solitary Wiccan practitioners and over one hundred affiliated covens . It was founded in 1975 in order to increase co-operation among Witches and to secure for Witches and covens the legal protection enjoyed by members of other...

.

White's multidisciplinary education includes a master of arts in Mental Health and Addictions Counseling, and training in acupuncture and aromatherapy; he also holds an honorary Doctorate of Divinity. He holds positions in the organizations of the Masons, Ancient Illuminated Seers of Bavaria, Templars, Rosicrucians, and the Ancient Order of Druids in America. His writings draw upon this unusually wide range of education and experiences.

Books

White has published two books:

• Adept Circle Magick, ISBN 0806526998
• Advanced Circle Magick, ISBN 080652698X

Festivals

White is a frequent lecturer at Pagan gatherings and festivals. He speaks on such topics as organization, pastoral counseling, initiation, and magical practice. Those festivals that have featured White include:

• Between the Worlds
• Delmarva Pagan Pride Festival
• Florida Pagan Gathering
• Harvest Home Gathering
• Pantheacon
• Pagan Spirit Gathering
• Laurelin Community's Annual Lughnasah Festival (which was founded by and organized yearly by White)