Ellen Evert Hopman

Ellen Evert Hopman (born July 31, 1952, in Salzburg, Austria) is an author of both fiction and non-fiction, an herbalist, a lay homeopath, a lecturer, and a mental health counselor who lives and works in Western Massachusetts. She is the author of several books and audio tapes on Paganism and Druidry, and three novels.

Hopman is a certified writing teacher with Amherst Writers and Artists and a multiple recipient of the Golden Oak Award. She was formerly a professor of Wortcunning at the Grey School of Wizardry, where she taught herbalism, Celtic Neopaganism, Celtic history and Celtic lore. She is a professional member of the American Herbalist Guild. and a member of the Grey Council of Mages and Sages. She has taught Druidry and herbalism in the United States, Scotland, Ireland and Canada, and has been a speaker and workshop leader at numerous Neopagan and New Age events, and a subject of articles in The New York Times.

Education Hopman graduated summa cum laude from Temple University in Philadelphia with a B.S. in Art Education, and received a master's degree in Mental Health Counseling

Career Hopman joined the modern Druidic organization Ar nDraiocht Fein in 1984.

Broadcast media Hopman has appeared on several radio and television programs including National Public Radio’s Vox Pop and the Gary Null Show in New York City. She was also featured in a segment of the series Living the Wiccan Life produced by The Witch School. She presented a weekly "herb report" for WRSI radio in Greenfield, MA, and was featured in a documentary about Druids on A&E Television’s The Unexplained (Sacred Societies, February 1999).

Books 1992 – Tree Medicine, Tree Magic. Illustrated by Diana Green. Seattle, WA: Phoenix Publishing. 1994 – A Druid's Herbal for the Sacred Earth Year. Destiny Books. 1995 – People of the Earth: The New Pagans Speak Out (with Lawrence Bond) . Inner Traditions. 2000 – Walking the World in Wonder: A Children's Herbal (with Steven Foster, photographer). Healing Arts Press. 2001 – Being a Pagan: Druids, Wiccans, and Witches Today (with Lawrence Bond). (Revision of People of the Earth: The New Pagans Speak Out) Destiny Books. 2008 – Priestess of the Forest: A Druid Journey. Llewellyn Publications. 2008 – A Druids Herbal of Sacred Tree Medicine. Inner Traditions International. 2010 – The Druid Isle. Lewellyn. 2010 – Making Kitchen Medicines – A Practical Guide. Dreamz-Work Productions, LLC 2011 – Scottish Herbs and Fairy Lore. Pendraig Publishing 2012 – Priestess of the Fire Temple – A Druid's Tale. LLewellyn. 2012 – The Secret Medicine of Your Kitchen. mPowr Publishing, London 2016 – A Legacy of Druids – Conversations with Druid leaders of Britain, the USA and Canada, Past and present 2016 – Secret Medicines from Your Garden: Plants for Healing, Spirituality, and Magic. Healing Arts Press 2018 – The Real Witches of New England: History, Lore, and Modern Practice. Destiny Books 2018 – Tree Medicine Tree Magic: 2nd Edition. Pendraig Publishing. 2019 – The Sacred Herbs of Samhain. Destiny Books 2020 – The Sacred Herbs of Spring. Destiny Books 2022 – Once Around the Sun. Destiny Books 2023 – The Sacred Herbs of Yule and Christmas. Destiny Books 2024 – Celtic Druidry. Destiny Books

Videos Gifts from the Healing Earth: Volume I. Sawmill River Productions Gifts from the Healing Earth: Volume II. Sawmill River Productions Pagans: The Wheel of the Sacred Year. Sawmill River Productions Celtic Cosmology (2009) Sawmill River Productions