Famous Witches

Monique Wilson is an English Witch known as Lady Olwen, a high priestess with Gerald B. Gardner, the namesake of the Gardnerian tradition of contemporary Witchcraft. In 1963 she initiated Raymond Buckland

Coinneach Odhar (17th c.) Scottish WIZARD and seer whose ability to prophesy by Scrying may have led to his execution. Coinneach Odhar was known as the Brahan Seer and Sallow Kenneth the

Marion Weinstein is an American Witch, author, entertainer and media spokesperson. Marion Weinstein is especially known for her teachings on the positive applications and ethics of magic—she is called the “Ethics Witch.”

Charles Walton (1871–1945) was a man with second sight who was renowned as a witch in his village of Lower Quinton, England. Charles Walton was brutally murdered in 1945 in what was

Morales Witches (19th century) Three Pueblo women of San Rafael, New Mexico, famous as witches. The women—two sisters, Antonia and PlacidaMorales, and Placida’s 17-year-old daughter, Villa—were so feared that they were never

Doreen Valiente (1922–1999) was an English high priestess and one of the most influential Witches in the Witchcraft revival and emergence of WICCA. An early initiate of Gerald B. Gardner, DoreenValiente wrote

Raven Grimassi (1951–2019 ) was an American witch with a heritage and expertise in Italian Witchcraft. Raven Grimassi is the author of several books on the Craft, including the Encyclopedia of Wicca

Mother Shipton (1488–?) was a15th-century English witch and seer who supposedly prophesied scientific inventions, new technology, wars and politics through several centuries, all written in crude rhymes. The books of her “prophecies”

Murrell, James (1780–1860) One of England’s greatest CunnIng men, widely sought for his magical powers for healing, divining lost objects and the future, and casting spells and counter-spells. James Murrell, also known

Norton, Rosaleen (1917–1979) New Zealand pantheist and artist of the supernatural, whose eerie works of magical consciousness earned her the title of “the Witch of kings Cross.” Rosaleen Norton’s surrealistic Pagan work