Category: Famous Witches

Ed Fitch is an American Wiccan high priest and key founder of the Pagan Way. Born in Roxboro, North Carolina, to a family with Russian…

Selena Fox (1949- ) is an American Wiccan high priestess, Pagan scholar, eco-spiritual minister and ritual artist. Selena Fox is renowned for her leadership role…

Orion Foxwood is a Wiccan, author and cunning man in the Faery Faith. Orion Foxwood is founder of the Foxwood Temple of the Old Religion,…

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

Isobel Gowdie (?–ca. 1662) was a Scottish witch whose stories of wild sexual escapades with the Devil titillated and shocked her stern neighbours and reinforced…

Biddy Early (1798-1874) Irish seer and healer, often described as a witch. Most of what is known about Biddy Early has been collected from oral…

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

ThomasWeir (c. 1600–1670) At age 69 or 70, Major Thomas Weir, one of the most respected citizens of Edinburgh, suddenly announced of his own volition…

Aleister Crowley (1875-1947) The most controversial and perhaps least understood magician and occultist of his time, Aleister Crowley has been both vilified and idolized. He…

Frost, Gavin (1930- ) and Yvonne (1931- ) Witches, authors and founders of the Church and School of Wicca, located in Hinton, West Virginia. The…