Selena Fox | |
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Occupation(s) | Wiccan priestess psychotherapist |
Spouse | Dennis Carpenter |
Selena Fox (born 20 October 1949 in Arlington, Virginia[1]) is a Wiccan priestess, interfaith minister, environmentalist, pagan elder, author, and lecturer in the fields of pagan studies, ecopsychology, and comparative religion.
Fox is a trained counselor and psychotherapist,[citation needed] with a B.S. cum laude in psychology from the College of William & Mary in 1971 and a M.S. in counseling from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1995,[citation needed] where her thesis was entitled When Goddess is God: Pagans, Recovery, and Alcoholics Anonymous (1995).[2] She has been a member of the American Psychological Association, American Counseling Association, Association for Transpersonal Psychology, and American Academy of Religion.[citation needed]
Fox began leading public pagan rituals in 1971 and has done public education about paganism since 1973, in talks and public media interviews. She has also been mentioned in print publications, including a profile in People Magazine in 1979.[3]
Fox has been active in environmental preservation endeavors since helping to organize the first Earth Day on April 22, 1970 and speaks about ecospirituality.[4][5][6][citation needed]