Sorita d'Este

Who is Sorita d'Este?

Sorita d’Este was born in Cape Town, South Africa in the 1970s. She is an author, folklorist, Occult researcher and prominent teacher and High Priestess of Wicca, being an initiate of the Alexandrian Craft tradition founded by Maxine Sanders and Alex Sanders in the 1960s. She is also a leading authority in the Goddess spirituality and the respected author of 18 books. Sorita currently resides in Glastonbury, England, from where she continues to run her independent publishing company “Avalonia”, named after the town’s mythical origins as the isle of Avalon.

She is the founder of The Covenant of Hekate, an international organisation dedicated to The Goddess Hekate as The Cosmic World Soul. She lit a flame on behalf of The Covenant of Hekate at the multifaith Glastonbury 2012 Harmony and Healing event held at the Chalice Well Gardens, Glastonbury on the 21th of April 2012. The Covenant of Hekate organised The Hekate Triformis Symposium which took place in Glastonbury 2012 and again in June 2013.