Vinny Apple’s craft names are Lord Cernunnos and Vindonnus. He has been involved in the NYC pagan scene for about 30 years. Vinny started off with an interest in Native American spirituality (he is part Cherokee) that was cultivated at Rainbow Gatherings, at the Sanctuary, with Kurt Talking Stone, Laura Morningstar, and Michael Reddy and the Lower Hudson Bear Tribe in NYC. Next, he got into other pagan and Wiccan spirituality. Starting out at New Moon New York over 25 years ago and going through a number of groves such as the Temple of the Spiral Path, Enchantments, the Wiccan Family Temple plus 20 years of festivals, such as Lake Circle, Starwood, Free Spirit Gathering, Sirius Rising, Harvest Gathering, etc. Vinny finally found his spiritual home at Magickal Realms in the Bronx 20 years ago and was initiated by Lady Rhea into the New York Coven of Witches. He is an acting High Priest for The New York Coven of Witches. More recently he has been initiated by Laurie Bizzarro into the Priesthood of The Temple of Hecate Inc.