Gary Charles Erbe (April 12, 1951 – March 10, 2019), known as Raven Grimassi, was an American author of over 20 books, and a scholar of paganism with over 40 years of research and study in the genre of Wicca, Stregheria, witchcraft and neo-paganism.
He popularized Stregheria, the religious practice of witchcraft with roots in Italy.
Grimassi presented this material in the form of neo-paganism through his books.
Raven had been a practitioner of witchcraft for over 45 years and was the co-director of the Ash, Birch and Willow tradition.
He died of pancreatic cancer on March 10, 2019.[1]