ABOUT

Welcome to my website and blog.

My name is Olivia and I am an author, historian, and polytheist residing in the UK. I possess undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in Egyptology and an interdisciplinary PhD in History, focused on the revival of ancient Mediterranean and Egyptian goddesses in 21st century Goddess Spirituality. Alongside my employment within the archaeological and heritage sector, I am the author of Pagan books and book chapters, aiming to make researched information about ancient religion accessible to contemporary Pagans. I endeavour to keep my spiritual life and professional work separate and it is the former which you will find here (though I'd like think my spiritual life is also academically informed).

This site is a place where you can find information about my work, the charities I support through royalty donations, upcoming events, and updates. As my heart, my spirituality, and my career centres upon learning about and celebrating ancient cultures, some of which not of my own heritage, I wish to use this platform to highlight projects which support the modern descendants of these cultures. This is especially necessary, I feel, for those of us attempting to revive the veneration of ancient Egyptian deities and associated religious traditions but who are geographically and culturally removed from modern Egypt and Sudan. I also intend to use this website's blog to provide additional information that was not touched upon in my published books, as well as to fill in the gaps in my knowledge at the time of their writing.

Photo by Olivia Church from the Holy of Holies, Temple of Isis at Philae (2017)