Lupa is a neoshamanic and pagan author and ritual tool artist living in Portland, Oregon. She is the author of several books on animal totemism and related topics, most recently "New Paths to Animal Totems: Three New Approaches to Creating Your Own Totemism" (Llewellyn, 2012). She brings over fifteen years of experience and exploration to her writings, as well as a passion for the great outdoors and the denizens thereof. She also possesses a Master's degree in counseling psychology with an emphasis on ecopsychology.Lupa blogs regularly at http://www.thegreenwolf.com/blog and co-blogs with Rua Lupa at http://www.patheos.com/blogs/pathsthroughtheforests/. She is a prolific ritual tool artist, creating headdresses and other sacred costumery, jewelry, pouches, athames, and other items from hides, bones, beads and other such things. Her current works may be found at http://thegreenwolf.etsy.com . Her main website is http://www.thegreenwolf.comWhen not engaged in writing or art, Lupa may be found hiding out in the wilderness surrounding Portland, volunteering with environmental efforts, reading as much as she can make time for, and enjoying being self-employed full-time.