Famous Witches

Margot Adler

Adler, Margot

Margot Adler (1946–2014 ) was an American Pagan, author and journalist, Adler was the first writer to chronicle in detail ...
Anderson, Victor

Anderson, Victor

Victor Anderson (1917-2001) was the co-founder of the Feri (formerly Faery) Tradition of Witchcraft. Victor H. Anderson was born on ...
Arnold, Charles

Arnold, Charles

Charles Arnold (1947-2015 ) Wiccan priest and author, and a key figure in legal battles for the decriminalization of Wicca ...
Berkeley Witch

Berkeley Witch

In English folklore, the Berkeley Witch was a wealthy woman who lived during the time of the Norman Conquest in ...
Biddy Early

Biddy Early

Biddy Early (1798-1874) Irish seer and healer, often described as a witch. Most of what is known about Biddy Early ...
Blight, Tamsin

Blight, Tamsin

Tamsin Blight (1798-1856) was a famous witch, healer and pellar of Cornwall, England, known as "the Pellar of Helston." Stories about ...
Blymire, John

Blymire, John

Blymire, John (b. 1895) In the secret world of Penn- sylvania Dutch witchcraft, John Blymire became the central figure in ...
Bone, Eleanor "Ray"

Bone, Eleanor "Ray"

Eleanor "Ray" Bone (1910-2001 ) was an English Witch, one of the original high priestesses initiated by Gerald B. Gardner ...
Bone, Gavin

Bone, Gavin

Gavin Bone is a Wiccan and author and companion/partner with Janet Farrar. In his work with Janet and her late ...
Philip Emmons Isaac Bonewits

Bonewits, Isaac

Bonewits, P. E. I. (Isaac) (1949-2010 ) was an American Pagan, author and scholar, and a leader in contemporary Druidry ...
Raymond Buckland

Buckland, Raymond

Raymond Buckland (1934- ) English Witch called "the Father of American Witchcraft," who introduced Witchcraft to America. After moving to ...
Budapest, Z

Budapest, Z

Budapest, Z (1940- ) Founder of the first feminist witches' coven and the main branch of Dianic Wicca. Z Budapest ...
Cabot, Laurie

Cabot, Laurie

Laurie Cabot (1933- ) Witch, author, artist, businesswoman, civil rights watchdog and founder of two traditions of contemporary Witchcraft. Known ...
Carpenter, Dennis

Carpenter, Dennis

Dennis Carpenter (1954- ) Prominent American Pagan scholar and, with his wife, Selena Fox, codirector of Circle Sanctuary in Mt ...
Cochrane, Robert

Cochrane, Robert

Robert Cochrane (1931-1966) Controversial hereditary Witch at the forefront of the revival of Witchcraft in Britain in the 1960s. Robert ...
Aleister Crowley

Crowley, Aleister

Aleister Crowley (1875-1947) The most controversial and perhaps least understood magician and occultist of his time, Aleister Crowley has been ...
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Crowley, Vivianne

Vivianne Crowley is a prominent Wiccan, best-selling author, psychologist and university lecturer, whose work has helped to build bridges between ...
Crowther, Arnold

Crowther, Arnold

Arnold Crowther (1909-1974) was an English Witch and skilled stage magician, friend of Gerald B. Gardner and husband of Patricia ...
Crowther, Patricia C.

Crowther, Patricia C.

Patricia C. Crowther (1927- ) A Witch and high priestess of Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, and one of the last surviving ...
Cunningham, Scott

Cunningham, Scott

Scott Cunningham (1956-1993) was a prolific Wiccan author and expert on earth and natural Magic, best known for his books ...
Dafo

Dafo

Dafo The pseudonym or magical name of the woman who initiated Gerald B. Gardner into witchcraft around 1939-40. The identity ...
Digitalis, Raven

Digitalis, Raven

Digitalis, Raven (1983- ) Pagan priest and empathic healer, noted for his teaching of "Goth Craft," a merger of Goth ...
Farrar, Janet and Stewart

Farrar, Janet and Stewart

Farrar, Janet (1950- ) and Stewart (1916-2000) English witches whose "progressive witchcraft" work has had a major influence on the ...
Fitch, Ed

Fitch, Ed

Ed Fitch is an American Wiccan high priest and key founder of the Pagan Way. Born in Roxboro, North Carolina, ...
Selena Fox

Fox, Selena

Selena Fox (1949- ) is an American Wiccan high priestess, Pagan scholar, eco-spiritual minister and ritual artist. Selena Fox is ...
Orion Foxwood

Foxwood, Orion

Orion Foxwood is a Wiccan, author and cunning man in the Faery Faith. Orion Foxwood is founder of the Foxwood ...
Frost, Yvonne and Gavin

Frost, Yvonne and Gavin

Frost, Gavin (1930- ) and Yvonne (1931- ) Witches, authors and founders of the Church and School of Wicca, located ...
Gerald Gardner

Gardner, Gerald B.

Gerald B(rousseau) Gardner (1884-1964) was an English Witch and founder of contemporary Witchcraft as a religion. As much myth as ...
GOWDIE, ISOBEL

GOWDIE, ISOBEL

Isobel Gowdie (?–ca. 1662) was a Scottish witch whose stories of wild sexual escapades with the Devil titillated and shocked ...
Raven Grimassi

Grimassi, Raven

Raven Grimassi (1951–2019 ) was an American witch with a heritage and expertise in Italian Witchcraft. Raven Grimassi is the ...
Hohman, John George

Hohman, John George

Hohman, John George (d. ca. 1845) The most famous braucher in the powwowIng tradition of folk Magic, spells, hexes and ...
Horne, Fiona

Horne, Fiona

Fiona Horne (1966– ) is an Australian Wiccan, singer, model and actress. Fiona Horne grew up in a Catholic home, ...
Huebner, Louise

Huebner, Louise

Louise Huebner, “The Official Witch of Los Angeles.” Louise Huebner made a media splash in the late 1960s and early ...
judith-anodea

Judith, Anodea

AnodeaJudith (1952– ) American witch, author, artist, songwriter and healer, renowned for her therapeutic work with the chakra system. She ...
Lady Sheba

Lady Sheba

Lady Sheba (d. 2002) Self-described “Witch Queen” who rose to prominence in American Witchcraft in the late 1960s and 1970s ...
Sybil Leek

Leek, Sybil

Sybil Leek (1923–1983) was an English witch and astrologer who moved to America in the 1960s and gained fame by ...
Deborah Lipp

Lipp, Deborah

Deborah Lipp: Gardnerian witch, Druid, author and activist. Deborah Lipp was born in Philadelphia and grew up in New Jersey, ...
Martello, Dr. Leo Louis

Martello, Dr. Leo Louis

Dr. Leo Louis Martello (1931–2000) was an American witch, hypnotist, graphologist and activist for civil and gay rights. Leo Louis ...
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Morales Witches

Morales Witches (19th century) Three Pueblo women of San Rafael, New Mexico, famous as witches. The women—two sisters, Antonia and ...
Mother Shipton

Mother Shipton

Mother Shipton (1488–?) was a15th-century English witch and seer who supposedly prophesied scientific inventions, new technology, wars and politics through ...
Murrell, James

Murrell, James

Murrell, James (1780–1860) One of England’s greatest CunnIng men, widely sought for his magical powers for healing, divining lost objects ...
Norton, Rosaleen

Norton, Rosaleen

Norton, Rosaleen (1917–1979) New Zealand pantheist and artist of the supernatural, whose eerie works of magical consciousness earned her the ...
Odhar, Coinneach

Odhar, Coinneach

Coinneach Odhar (17th c.) Scottish WIZARD and seer whose ability to prophesy by Scrying may have led to his execution ...
Old Dorothy Clutterbuck

Old Dorothy Clutterbuck

Old DorothyClutterbuck (1880-1951) The alleged high priestess of a coven of hereditary Witches in the New Forest of England, who ...
Paxson, Diana L.

Paxson, Diana L.

Diana L.Paxson (1943– ) Pagan, Wiccan and author of fantasy fiction and Pagan nonfiction. Diana L. Paxson has been a ...
Penczak, Christopher

Penczak, Christopher

Penczak, Christopher (1973– ) Witch and popular author of books on Witchcraft and Magic. Christopher Penczak was born on may ...
Pendderwen, Gwydion

Pendderwen, Gwydion

Gwydion Pendderwen (1946–1982) was a Celtic bard whose legacy to the contemporary Pagan movement includes a collection of moving writings, ...
Pentreath, Dolly

Pentreath, Dolly

Dolly Pentreath (1692–1777) was a wise woman, Witch and Pellar of great repute in Cornwall, England. Dolly (Dorothy) Pentreath was ...
george-pickingill

Pickingill, Old George

Old George Pickingill (1816–1909) was a legendary English Cunning Man and a controversial figure to many contemporary Witches. According to ...
Pope

Pope

Pope (c. 1630–1690) Tewa Pueblo medicine man of San Juan, New Mexico, who used sorcery to lead a rebellious fight ...
Ravenwolf, Silver

Ravenwolf, Silver

Silver Ravenwolf (1956– ) is an American Witch and author, known especially for her books on the Craft for teenagers ...
Sanders, Alex

Sanders, Alex

Sanders, Alex (1926–1988) Self-proclaimed “king of the Witches” in his native England, Alex Sanders rose to fame in the 1960s, ...
Sanders, Maxine

Sanders, Maxine

Sanders, Maxine (1946– ) Prominent English Witch once married to the late Alex Sanders. maxine Sanders helped to found the ...
Score, John

Score, John

Score, John (d. 1979) Also known as m, John Score was an influential figure in Britain during the formative years ...
Skelton, Robin

Skelton, Robin

Robin Skelton (1925–1997) was a Poet, author, professor and prominent Pagan in British Columbia, Canada. Robin Skelton also was known ...
Slade, Paddy

Slade, Paddy

Slade, Paddy (1939– ) English village witch or wise woman in the old hereditary tradition. Paddy Slade was born Patricia ...
Slater, Herman

Slater, Herman

Herman Slater (1938–1992) was an American Wiccan high priest and occult-bookstore proprietor and publisher, whose flamboyant style and out-spokenness earned ...
Starhawk

Starhawk

Starhawk (1951– ) American Witch, feminist, and peace activist whose popular books have influenced thousands of people to discover their ...
Doreen Valiente

Valiente, Doreen

Doreen Valiente (1922–1999) was an English high priestess and one of the most influential Witches in the Witchcraft revival and ...
Walton, Charles

Walton, Charles

Charles Walton (1871–1945) was a man with second sight who was renowned as a witch in his village of Lower ...
Weinstein, Marion

Weinstein, Marion

Marion Weinstein is an American Witch, author, entertainer and media spokesperson. Marion Weinstein is especially known for her teachings on ...
Weir, Thomas

Weir, Thomas

ThomasWeir (c. 1600–1670) At age 69 or 70, Major Thomas Weir, one of the most respected citizens of Edinburgh, suddenly ...
Wilson, Monique

Wilson, Monique

Monique Wilson is an English Witch known as Lady Olwen, a high priestess with Gerald B. Gardner, the namesake of ...
Wytte, Joan

Wytte, Joan

Wytte, Joan (1–113) Cornish woman known as “The Fighting Fairy Woman of Bodmin,” renowned as a witch. Joan Wytte was ...
Zell-Ravenheart, Morning Glory

Zell-Ravenheart, Morning Glory

Zell-Ravenheart, Morning Glory (194– ) American Pagan and Goddess historian and a principal in the Church oF All Worlds along ...
Zell-Ravenheart, Oberon

Zell-Ravenheart, Oberon

Zell-Ravenheart, Oberon (1942– ) American Pagan, visionary and author and the key founder of the Church oF All Worlds. Oberon ...

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