Jason Mankey read his first book on Witchcraft in the seventh grade, and dedicated his life to the Craft at age 22. Today, Jason is a third degree Gardnerian High Priest and helps to run two Witchcraft covens in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife Ari. Jason is a popular speaker at Pagan and Witchcraft events across North America and Great Britain, and has been recognized by his peers as an authority on the Horned God, wiccan history, and occult influences in rock n’ roll and heavy metal music. He is the channel manager at Patheos Pagan, the world's most read Pagan blogging site, and writes there at Raise the Horns, and at the magazine “ Witches and Pagans”.