Alyssa Kemp

M. Rev. Alyssa Kemp- Highcorrell
Correllian First Priestess

M. Rev. Alyssa Maxon Kemp standing before her Ancestor Altar

M. Rev. Alyssa Kemp-Highcorrell is the First Priestess and Joint Head of the Correllian Tradition as well as Arch Priestess and Elder. She is the Head of the Dancers of Shakti Temple, Tabula Rasa Personal Shrine, and the Order of Artificers, and holds the position of Armorial Grand Deemstress. She is also a degree mentor for Correllian Educational Ministries through WitchSchool.

Lady Alyssa first began her training through WitchSchool in Year 5 Aq (2005 CE) under Rev. Kai Aidan and received her First Degree in Year 6 Aq (2006 CE) at the Lustration of the Living in Piqua, Ohio. She then studied through Blv. Rev. Dr. Rodney Dysinger, and received her Second Degree in Year 7 Aq (2007 CE) at the Lustration of the Living in Rossville, Illinois. She was the Head of the former Spiral Light Proto-Temple of Connecticut, under the Imperium of Blv. Rt. Rev. Windy Lajoie, from Year 6 Aq (2006 CE) until its dissolution in Year 9 Aq (2009 CE). Lady Alyssa received her long-awaited Third Degree in Year 14 Aq (2014 CE) at the Lustration of the Ancestors in Danville, Illinois.

M Rev Alyssa just after her Third Degree Initiation at Pure Sanctuary Temple with First Director Rt. Rev. Jason HighCorrell Year 14 Aq

First Priestess M. Rev. Alyssa Kemp with First Priest M. Rev. Phoenix Coffin-Williams and First Elder Rt. Rev. Lori Blackman at Lord Don's Ruby Jubilee Year 19 Aq

Lady Alyssa was born in Greenwich, Connecticut in the fall of Year 1585 Pi (1985 CE), where she lives today. In mundane life, she is a wife, mother, Licensed Massage Therapist, and Certified Biodynamic Craniosacral Practitioner and works in the Travel industry. She is the adopted niece of Retired Correllian First Priest M. Rev. Donald Lewis-Highcorrell, and as such is a member of the Mabelline branch of the HighCorrell family.

M. Rev. Alyssa with First Elder Rt. Rev. Lori Blackman at the Parliament of the World's Religions in Salt Lake City Utah in Year 15 Aq (2015 CE). They hold a Heraldic Banner Lady Alyssa made by hand for the event.

First Priest Emeritus, M. Rev. Donald Lewis at Lady Alyssa’s wedding in Year 14 Aq (2014 CE) in upstate New York. Lord Don acted as the wedding Officiant.

M. Rev. Alyssa just prior to her First Degree Initiation at the Lustration of the Living Year 6 Aq (2006 CE) in Piqua, OH

She became Co-Head of the Dancers of Shakti Temple, one of the oldest Temples in the Tradition, in Year 10 Aq (2010 CE) under M. Rev. Donald Lewis, and became Head of the Temple in her own right in Year 17 Aq (2017 CE).

As an Artificer, Lady Alyssa is the premier crafter of Heraldic Banners for the Tradition and the author of Correllian Heraldry and Correllian Regalia 2nd Edition. She first began crafting banners in Year 11 Aq (2011 CE), and continues crafting them to this day. She became Head of the Order of Artificers in Year 13 Aq (2013 CE). Founded by Rev. Dragonfly, this Order is the crafting Order of the Tradition, and its members are responsible for making Tradition Heraldry, Regalia, ritual tools, Sigils, and crafts of all kinds.

M. Rev. Alyssa poses in front of a wall of Heraldic Banners that she made by hand at the Lustration of the Ancestors Year 14 Aq (2014 CE) in Danville, IL

Alyssa at the 2008 Lustration of the Ancestors in Illinois

Lady Alyssa at Stonehenge in Year 16 Aq

Lady Alyssa and her young daughter Mable stand with First Priest Emeritus Lord Donald Lewis at Mable’s Welcoming ceremony. Lustration of the Ancestors Year 18 Aq (2018 CE).

Lady Alyssa was made an Arch Priestess of the Tradition in Year 17 Aq (2017 CE), while nine months pregnant with her first child, who was born 12 days later and named Mable after the Beloved Ancestor and First Priestess, Mable Sandberg-HighCorrell. In Year 19 Aq (2019 CE) she was installed as Armorial Grand Deemstress of the Tradition, responsible for all Correllian Heraldry, Regalia, and decoration.

A picture of Lady Alyssa, heavily pregnant, posing with then First Elder Blv. Rt. Rev. Windy Lajoie at Lustration of the Ancestors year 17 Aq (2017 CE) in Stamford, Connecticut.

In Year 20 Aq (2020 CE) Lady Alyssa was acclaimed as the Acting First Elder of the Correllian Tradition, after the former First Elder, Rt. Rev. Ser Ed Hubbard, retired in office. In advancing her for the office Ser Ed said that he regarded Lady Alyssa as only possible successor.

Lady Alyssa also shared a special relationship with Ser Ed’s predecessor, Blv. Rt. Rev. Windy Lajoie, who died in office in Year 18 Aq (2018 CE). She was honored to preside over Lady Windy’s Funeral and final Ritual of Remembrance.

Lady Alyssa was fully invested as First Elder of the Correllian Nativist Tradition in Year 21 Aq (2021 CE).

M. Rev. Alyssa preparing for a night of Initiation Rituals with M. Rev. Phoenix Coffin-Williams at The Lustration of the Ancestors Year 18 Aq (2018 CE), in North Carolina.

In Year 23 Aq (2023 CE), Lady Krystel, the First Priestess Emeritus, announced that Lady Alyssa was to be her successor and declared her the First Priestess Coregent. She was then fully seated as First Priestess of the Correllian Tradition by vote of the Witan Council on December 1st Year 23 Aq (2024 CE)

Though not commonly used Lady Alyssa's full titulary is:

Her Eminence, Most Reverend Alyssa Maxon Kemp First Priestess, Paramount High Priestess, Grand Oracle, Armorial Grand Deemstress, Arch Priestess, and Elder of the Correllian Tradition, Fons Honorum, Witch Queen, Princess of Blood and Faith, Member of the Witan Council, High Priestess and Head of the Temple of the Dancers of Shakti, Order of Artificers, and Tabula Rasa Shrine