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M. Macha NightMare

 Person

About

M. Macha NightMare is the public Craft name for Aline O'Brien. She is a "Witch at Large" from California.

Interviews

2012. "A Witch at Large: The Broomstick Adventures of M. Macha NightMare," with Michael Night Sky. Witches & Pagans No.25 ([2012])

2010. "TWPT Talks to M. Macha Nightmare." The Wiccan/Pagan Times. https://web.archive.org/web/20101128222612/http://www.twpt.com/cherryhillseminary.htm

2009. "Have Broom Will Travel" Interview with M. Macha Nightmare By Christopher Blackwell. ACTION (Imbolc 2008), article 3. https://web.archive.org/web/20101212224729/http://aren.org/newsletter/2009-imbolc/action.php?num=3

2009. "Living the Wiccan Life." An interview from CorrellianTV by Rev. Don Lewis-Highcorrell, February 2009. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9euuvhqxqtw

2008. “A Real Witch,” on Web Drifter Episode #19, with Martin Sargent, Modesto, CA, September 2008? https://youtu.be/d0CTYRVhyZg?si=Ydx6xSG5sLNQav0E

2005. "Witchy Woman," by David Templeton in Pacific Sun, v.43, no.43 (October 28-November 3, 2005): p.13-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20060328143928/https://pacificsun.com/witch.html#top

2005. “Finding My Religion: NeoPagan Witch on Celebrating the Dean and Casting Spells," interview by David Ian Miller, SF Gate, San Francisco, October 31, 2005. https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/FINDING-MY-RELIGION-Neo-pagan-witch-on-3236912.php

2004. "Interview: Prolific Pagans and Authors Speak," Copper Moon e-zine, August 5, 2004. https://web.archive.org/web/20040819140337fw_/http://gothic-rain.com/twnin.htm

2004. "Women in Leadership in Faith: Voices of Hope and Healing in a Troubled World, Marin County, CA," 2002-03 study by Roberta Swan. Published in the collection: Swan, Roberta. Hope and Healing in a Troubled World: Stories of Women Faith Leaders. (New York: iUniverse, Inc., 2004). [9780595311095]

2003. Unscrewed with Martin Sargent. Episode 78, "Witches, Cabbies, and Britney -- Oh My!" Recorded November 14, 2003 in front of a live audience for TechTV. Broadcast December 3, 2003. See DVD transferred from VHS tape in MS/150/25

2002. "About Witchcraft and the Web on Talking Stick: Programming for the Earth Spiritual Community," recorded October 18, 2001 by host Sandy Johnson, online January 9, 2002. https://web.archive.org/web/20020826041454/http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=4074

2001. "The Author's Corner. The Pagan Book of Living and Dying: TWPT Talks to M Macha NightMare," with iMajicka. https://web.archive.org/web/20010628024409/http://www.twpt.com/nightmare.htm

2000. "An Interview with Author Macha NightMare", Pagan Student Association, Ohio State University, Spring Quarter 2000, https://web.archive.org/web/20010628024409/http://www.twpt.com/nightmare.htm

1999. "Night Mare Interview: An Interview with M Macha Nightmare," Mystic Journeys online 'zine, of Magical Cauldron, November/December 1999. https://web.archive.org/web/20000610104206/http://www.magickalcauldron.com/MJ/novdec/macha.htm

1999. Internvew by Susan Arbetter, WAMC public radio, Albany, NY, October 1999

1999. Salem Evening News, September 22 and 27, 1999

1999. The Net Cafe, PBS interview, July 1999. https://archive.org/details/nc439_new_age_websites

1999. Fox 40 Network News, interview with Michelle Hofland, with scene from a ritual celebrating the Feast of Bridhe, Friday, February 12, 1999. See DVD transfer from VHS in MS/150/25

Publications

Articles

"Pagan Religions on the Web," on Patheos, August 18, 2009. https://www.patheos.com/resources/additional-resources/2009/08/pagan-religions-on-the-web

Introductions, Forewords, etc.

Janet Farrar and Gavin Bone. Lifting the Veil: A witches' Guide to Trance-Prophecy, Drawing Down the Moon, and Ecstatic Ritual. Foreword by M. Macha NightMare. Portland, OR: Acorn Guild Press, 2016. See NAMOSRL BF1352 .F37 2016

Book Chapters

Books

Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:

[Advertisement]: "Glenn Turner aka Ancient Ways presents PantheaCon 2002", 2002

 Advertisement — Box 1, Folder: 2, Item: 1
Description

Overview and registration form for the 8th annual PantheaCon held at the Double Tree Hotle in San Jose, CA, February 15-18, 2002

Dates: Publication: 2002
Found in: Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections / MS-150-31, Magenta Griffith Collection / Box 1. Aggression Towards Religious Adherents thought Pagan Pride / Folder 2. Ancient Ways Newsletter / Ancient Ways Newsletter, v.7, no.1, Winter

Ancient Ways Festival Panel, Harbin Springs, California, May 5-9, 1993 [Video]

 Digital Image
Collection number: 74DCE28D-6625-D29D-4EA1-6594360B61B7
Dates: May 5-9, 1993
Found in: Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections

Chas S. Clifton Vertical File

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Collection number: MS-150-13
Scope and Contents The collection contains resources Chas S. Clifton used in writing his various articles, book chapters and in particular the seminal work on contempoary Pagan history Her Hidden Children. Many items are addressed to the Clifton's publishing house Artemisia Press or Iron Mountain, his journal.  The file also includes other miscellaneous New Age items. The original order and file labels have been retained. Contents in each folder are listed in the order found in...
Dates: 1836-2010
Found in: Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections / Chas S. Clifton Vertical File

Folder 16. The Spiral Dance: A Ritual for Feast of Samhain / adapted from the 1985 script by the Spiral Dance Committee ; script design and additional text by Robin Weaver ; Spiral Dance logo by Norma Novy ; cover design by Sophia Sparks, 1988

 Program — Box 1, Folder: 16
Description

Cover title: The Spiral Dance, Samhain '88 / Reclaiming

This volume is a program for the The 9th Spiral Dance

Dates: Issued: 1988
Found in: Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections / MS-150-34, Serpentine Music Collection / Series 7. Bay Area Paganism (Related to Reclaiming, Serpentine Music, etc.)

Folder 17. The Spiral Dance: A Ritual for the Feast of Samhain / adapted from previous scripts dating from 1979 by Starhawk, Amber Kahn, Lauren Liebling, Mara June Quicklightening, Robin Weaver and the Spiral Dance Committee. Tenth Anniversary, 1989

 Program — Box 1, Folder: 17
Description

The program for the 10th anniversary of the Spiral Dance, October 28, 1989, Pier 2, Fort Mason Center, Lagunta Street and Marina Boulevard, San Francisco

Cover Title: The Reclaiming Collective and Starhawk present The 10th Anniversary of The Spiral Dance

Dates: Issued: 1989
Found in: Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections / MS-150-34, Serpentine Music Collection / Series 7. Bay Area Paganism (Related to Reclaiming, Serpentine Music, etc.)

Goddesses Alive!: A Ritual with Masks [PDF]

 Digital Work
Collection number: A5D71C94-915B-9FBB-4CF2-BFFF7D5838A9
Dates: October 2015
Found in: Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections

Goddesses Alive! A Ritual with Masks/ Program, Parliament of the World’s Religions, Salt Lake City, Utah, October 2015 [PDF]

 Digital Work
Collection number: 28AB0C44-EF9B-158D-44B0-9EDCBB989F7E
Dates: 2015-10
Found in: Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections

Item 3: Unscrewed with Martin Sargent. Episode 78, "Witches, Cabbies, and Britney -- Oh My!" Recorded November 14, 2003 in front of a live audience for TechTV. Broadcast December 3, 2003. (25 min.), 2003

 Item — Box 1: Series Box 1, video_cassette: 3
Collection number: Box 1
Content Description From the Collection:

Obsolete Media: Cassettes, VHS tapes; name badges (lanyards) from various festivals

Dates: 2003
Found in: Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections / MS-150-25, M. Macha NightMare Collection / Box 1: Miscellaneous Media

Item 4. Reclaiming Benefit: 20 years of Craft in the Bay area. [San Rafael, CA :] [M. Macha NightMare], 1990/ (approximately 53 min., 30 sec.). VHS, 1990

 Item — Box 1: Series Box 1, video_cassette: 4
Collection number: Box 1
Overview "California Traditions: 20 Years of Craft and Neo-Paganism. An overview and panel discussion, with highlights on film, video and slides. ... The film was "A Dance for the Goddess," a tapestry of rituals by Feraferia (founded by Fred Adams), by Jo Carson. The video by Greg Harder, "Between the Worlds", included various Northern Californian Craft and Pagan rituals, events, performances and performers, and excerpts from Goddess Television Productions (Z Budapest's show). "Rituals" was a...
Dates: Event: 1990
Found in: Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections / MS-150-25, M. Macha NightMare Collection / Box 1: Miscellaneous Media

Item 5: [Compilation of news footage dealing with witchcraft in Northern California] compiled by M. Macha NightMare, 1997 - 1999

 Item — Box 1: Series Box 1, video_cassette: 5
Collection number: Box 1
Summary This is a home compilation of news segments covering various Wiccan and witchcraft topics in Northern California. The first segment concerns the Yuba City Glad Tidings' attempt to boycott the entire Yuba City mall in November 1997 because the Ancient Ways store is "Selling Satan". The second news segment coverage provides a "Bewitching Experience" in San Anselmo as she covers a Brigit Ritual interspersed with comments from an interview with M. Macha Nightmare. An interview with...
Dates: 1997 - 1999
Found in: Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections / MS-150-25, M. Macha NightMare Collection / Box 1: Miscellaneous Media

Lifting the Veil: A Witches' Guide to Trance-Prophesy, Drawing Down the Moon, and Ecstatic Ritual / Janet Farrar & Gavin Bone, foreword by M. Macha NightMare [Aline O'Brien]. Portland, Oregon: Acorn Guild Press, 2016

 Book
Collection number: NAMOSRL BF1352 .F37 2016 (Circulating)
Description

"Written to fill an existing gap in the current available knowledge on trance, prophecy, deity-possession, and mediumship withing the neo-Pagan and Wiccan communities."--Page 4 of cover

Dates: Publication: 2016
Found in: Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections / MS-150-25, M. Macha NightMare Collection / NAMOSRL Browsing Collection

M. Macha NightMare Collection

 Collection
Collection number: MS-150-25
Content Description

Obsolete Media: Cassettes, VHS tapes; name badges (lanyards) from various festivals

Dates: 1971 - 2023
Found in: Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections / M. Macha NightMare Collection

NAMOSRL Browsing Collection

 Collection
Description

Items form the personal library of M. Macha MightMare

Dates: 1971 - 2023
Found in: Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections / MS-150-25, M. Macha NightMare Collection

Reclaiming Benefit: 20 Years of Craft in the Bay Area, Berkeley Panel, 1990 [Video]

 Digital Image
Collection number: 1B18E4D1-E317-2DBF-4BAB-EE794193679E
Dates: 1990
Found in: Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections

The Veil's Edge: Exploring the Boundaries of Magic / Willow Polson ; with a foreword by M. Macha NightMare. New York, NY: Citadel Press Books, 2003

 Book
Collection number: NAMOSRL BF1611 .P65 2003 (Circulating)
Description "Modern Neo-Paganism has finally reached maturity, and second- and third-generation practitioners need more than the Wicca 101 books that fill bookstore shelves. The Veil's Edge transcends basic theory for beginners and intermediates to challenge mature magic workers with advanced, unfamiliar, and complex concepts. In this incomparable resource, Willow Polson draws on extensive interivews with other seasoned Pagans - and her own twenty-five years of...
Dates: Publication: 2003
Found in: Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections / MS-150-25, M. Macha NightMare Collection / NAMOSRL Browsing Collection

Witchcraft and the Web: Weaving Pagan Traditions Online / M. Macha NightMare ; with a foreword by Phyllis Curott. Toronto, Ontario, Canada: ECW Press, 2001

 Book
Collection number: NAMOSRL BF1571 .M2 2001 (Circulating)
Description Witchcraft is the most popular of the alternative religions, a growing movement with several million followers in the U.S. alone. Just consider the abundance of television shows with witch characters and Pagan themes, including the top-rated programs Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Xena: Warrior Princess, Charmed, and Sabrina, The Teenage Witch. With the advent of Internet technology, a once-isolated community is finding new ways to make connections. In Witchcraft and the Web, M. Macha...
Dates: Publication: 2001
Found in: Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections / MS-150-25, M. Macha NightMare Collection / NAMOSRL Browsing Collection