Sondra Slade (aka Auntie Matter)

Auntie Matter (aka Sondra Slade): Sondra is a musician, writer, teacher, event producer, ritualist, visual artist and herbalist.  She is founder and percussionist of the Tantric TranceFusion band,  AXIS MUNDI. For over 25 years she has devoted herself  to studies and practices of Eastern & Green Spirituality, Earth Magic, Sacred Sound, Trance and Shamanic work, Cosmology & Unity Consciousness.  She is committed to building Awakened Community through participatory Ritual events, and has scripted and produced several media projects for Bay Area spiritual communities and produced numerous Sacred Sound, Dance and Ritual performance celebrations. She served on faculty at the Goddess Arts Institute Alliance, and at Holy Names College & the University of Creation Spirituality/Naropa.  Her writing has appeared in many publications and her self-published Ritual Verse, “The Little Book of Odes & Invocations" is receiving critical praise.  She teaches Trance Drumming, performs with her band, writes and leads Rituals & facilitates Trance Dances & Drum Circles in the San Francisco Bay Area.   contact at axismundi@jps.net "Odes & Invocations" Ordering Info at: http://www.witchvox.com/books/dt_bk.html?id=2342Trance Drumming Class @ http://pweb.jps.net/\x7eaxismundi/id5.htmlMusic & Downloads @ http://www.soundclick.com/axismundi