Gregory Michael Brewer has practiced Wicca/Paganism for more than twenty-five years and served as a board member of the Pagan Pride Project Worldwide for seven years. He has taught workshops and facilitated rituals at Pagan Spirit Gathering, Chicago Pagan Pride Day, and Central Illinois Pagan Pride Day. Additionally, he has given lectures about Paganism at Heartland Community College, Illinois State University, and at various other venues. Gregory Michael Brewer founded the Circle of the Spirit Tree study group/coven in 2007. He lives in Bloomington, Illinois where he obtained his BA in Spanish, a minor in writing, and is currently working on his MA in Spanish literature and culture and teaching basic Spanish skills at Illinois State University where he also studied tree identification and taxonomy.