Shannon or Argante Nimue (craft name) was born a raised in the south suburbs of Chicago. Brought up by a Catholic mother and agnostic father, she was taught to always respect other religions and faiths and to deeply respect nature. These two values were the first cobblestones on her path. Some of Argante's ancestors were shamans and wise women of the Cherokee nation. She also has Pagan roots in Ireland and England. At an early age she began to study Paganism after a family friend gave her a book on European mythology and Pagan deities, heroes.

Argante leans toward eclectic styles and Celtic traditions; she was involved in two local covens, where she taught newcomers the craft and did ritual work. She parted from both covens wanting to work with different traditions and has been a solitary since.

(“I always love to be in the company of like-minded individuals and I also love to meet people with different views and traditions”)

Argante now is apart of the readers for The Unexplained world and spirit weavers. She also attends many of the local open rituals and owns the yahoo groups: Grove Of The Amber Mists and South Side Drum Jam.

Argante uses two different decks of tarot cards, the traditional Waite Rider and The path of the old world tarot. She is also an intuitive feeler. “Psychometry or intuitive feeling is picking up past events through a person or place or object. I tend to only work with places and people. When I find my self in a place with a lot of energy from the past, it seems to form images or sentences in my mind. I will sometimes be able to see the faces of these people or what era they lived and other times I can just pick up on conversations or conflicts. When performing readings for individuals, I feel Tarot cards enhance my intuition. Not only does the Tarot help illuminate past events with a person or couple, it also helps to visualize possible future outcomes of the path they're currently on.”

Argante was married Matthew in winter 2004 and is now a stay at home mom for her son Seth. She spends spare time working her crafts such as statue modeling, wood working and writing novels. In addition to being a stay at home mom she is currently working towards a degree in Education at Moraine Valley Community College.

You can visit my home page at  http://arganteil.tripod.com/

or my online Diary at http://www.my-diary.org/users/209110