Kari Christine Tauring (born July 4, 1966) is an American folk musician, author, and teacher. She sings and writes Nordic folk music of her familial Norwegian heritage. Her career began in the early 1990s in Rose Absolute, a duo with vocalist Gina Sauer, while her first solo studio album, Faith in Me, was released in 1998. Tauring has released five albums, and an extended play.
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Kari is a working völva, living in Minneapolis, Minnesota and traveling widely with workshops and performances. She received a Minnesota State Arts Board Folk and Traditional Arts grant to weave together the runes, stav and ancient dances with the Immigrant Era song and dance traditions preserved in Minnesota. She is the author of The Runes: A Human Journey (2007) and Völva Stav Manual (2010) are available at lulu.com. Her recordings, "Yuletide Celebration" (1999), "Völva Songs" (2008), and "Kari Tauring and Huldre Live at the Capri" (2009) can be found through her website and her newest recording, "Nykken and Bear" (2013), received four broomsticks in the last issue of Witches and Pagans Magazine. She has undergraduate degrees in Philosophy and English a Master of Arts in education and was ordained through the Church of Spiritual Humanism. She is featured in a number of Youtube videos and podcasts and teaches in Minneapolis and abroad.
Andrew Hall
Currently residing in Battle Creek, Michigan, Andrew Hall is a dedicated author, scholar, artisan, and community leader whose life’s work bridges the gap between deep academic inquiry and practical esoteric tradition. As a husband, father, and co-owner of The Wandering Seeker alongside his wife Christine, he has spent decades cultivating a profound understanding of human consciousness, spirituality, and the unseen forces that shape our reality.
A Foundation in Magick and Inquiry
Raised within a vibrantly eclectic family characterized by varying Pagan and spiritual paths, he was immersed in the world of magick from a very young age. This unique upbringing instilled a lifelong curiosity regarding the mechanics of the cosmos and the human mind. After a brief, formative exploration of left-hand paths in his early youth, he made a conscious and definitive turn toward the light, dedicating himself to Wicca at the age of thirteen.
This early dedication blossomed into a rigorous, lifelong study of religious thought, philosophy, psychology, theoretical physics, and cognitive science. His spiritual foundation is built upon a vast, syncretic bedrock, spanning the deep waters of the Kabbalah, Hermeticism, Gnosticism, and the intricate systems of traditional Grimoires.
The Kalamazoo Years and Formal Training
His formal esoteric education crystallized during his college years in Kalamazoo, Michigan. While pursuing his studies, he worked at Philosophers Stone Metaphysics, a local occult store owned by his teacher and mentor, Kris Johnson. This environment served as a vibrant nexus for the esoteric community, allowing him to absorb knowledge from an array of diverse minds—including Pagans, Druids, Shamans, Gnostics, esoteric Christians, and Theosophists.
During this pivotal era, he joined a local Hermetic lodge and underwent formal training in ceremonial magick. His path was further enriched by profound correspondences, mentorships, and training from some of the most influential elders and authors in modern esoteric history. In his late teens, he was trained by Paul Beyrl of The Rowan Tree Church. He credits his trajectory to a lineage of remarkable teachers, elders, and family members, including Raven Grimassi, Raymond Buckland, Leliah Wendall of the Westgate Museum in New Orleans, Susan Fisher of the Hearth and Grove Fellowship, Oberon Zell, his Uncle Lou, his mother, and his grandmother.
The Wandering Seeker and Literary Contributions
Today, he channels this lifetime of accumulated wisdom into The Wandering Seeker, a hub for spiritual exploration and artisan craft. Operating as both an online used bookstore sourcing high-value texts and a creator of physical goods, the business mirrors his belief in balancing the intellectual with the tangible. He hand-manufactures premium artisan goods, including precisely formulated soy candles, complex three-dimensional spherical dreamcatchers, and upcycled silverware wind chimes, bringing a sense of sacred geometry and intention into everyday spaces.
As a self-published author utilizing Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), he translates dense ontological and spiritual frameworks into deeply accessible non-fiction literature. His multi-book publishing catalog includes:
If You Open Your Eye, You Can See: A profound, non-fiction inquiry into human perception, identity, spacetime, and how consciousness interacts with reality.
Virtues of the Craft: A highly acclaimed moral and philosophical system within Craft literature that achieved a top-ten placement on the Amazon Hot New Releases chart. The book synthesizes the eight ideals of the Charge of the Goddess, blending elemental principles with classical virtues to help practitioners recognize internal imbalances, offering daily workings, magical practices, and major rituals for each couplet.
The Distance Between I and Me: An upcoming, deeply anticipated project exploring the nuanced spaces of identity, overthinking, and the nature of the self
Community and Legacy
Whether organizing templates for a quarterly PDF digital periodical, building a beginner-focused spiritual community alongside creative collaborators, or speaking articulately on complex philosophical concepts, his guiding mission remains clear. He is a seeker who has stepped into the role of a guide—offering a structured, balanced system for a new generation of thinkers and practitioners looking to tune into the Virtues of the Craft and explore the infinite depths of consciousness.
Carolina Busch with Southern Specters Paranormal Investigations and Research