Archive for category: Witches

Eleanor Ray Bone was an important figure in the early development of modern British Witchcraft. She became one of...

Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim, 1486-1535, German mystic and alchemist. Agrippa of Nettesheim was born of a once-noble family...

English witch and astrologer who moved to America in the 1960s and gained fame by publicizing the renaissance of...

The magical name of Violet Mary Firth, British occultist and author whose books continue to have an impact on...

A Jew from Würzburg, Germany, Abraham, or Abramelin, created a body of magical works that for centuries influenced magicians,...

The most controversial and perhaps least understood magician and occultist of his time, Aleister Crowley has been both vilified...

The pseudonym or magical name of the woman who initiated Gerald Gardner into witchcraft around 1939–40.The identity of Dafo...

Irish seer and healer often described as a witch. Most of what is known about Biddy Early has been...

There was nothing about the day to suggest it would change the course of his life and influence him...

Duncan, Helen (1898–1956) was a British Spiritualist whose controversial conviction on dubious witchcraft charges led to the repeal of...

When Alex was seventeen he met a girl who was a keen spiritualist. Learning of his interest in the...

John George Hohman, a German immigrant to America, authored the well-known magical text, The Long Lost Friend. Details about...

Margaret Murray was a pioneering Egyptologist, archaeologist, anthropologist, folklorist, and a trailblazing first-wave feminist. She gained lasting fame for...

In 1939 David was born, the sixth and last of Alex’s brothers and sisters, and soon afterward war broke...

Renowned American witch doctor, Doctor John, also known as Bayou John and Jean Montaigne, was a free black man...

  Murray, drawing connections to her Egyptology background, began examining documents, and in 1917 she released “Organizations of Witches...

Left to himself, Alex might have ended his foray into witchcraft there and then, but family circumstances forced him...

Aleister Crowley earns a place in witchcraft, not because he was a witch, but because he was not !...

Dorothy Clutterbuck remains one of the most mysterious figures connected with the early history of modern Wicca. Although we...

Patricia Crowther is a prominent figure in the realm of Wicca and witchcraft. Born in Sheffield, England, in 1927,...

Robert Cochrane played a pivotal role in the resurgence of witchcraft in Britain during the 1950s and 60s. Born...

The Witch of Endor, a mysterious figure from the Old Testament, is renowned for her role in summoning the...

Malin Matsdotter, a notable figure from 17th-century Sweden, gained infamy through her involvement in a sensational witchcraft trial. Born...

Rosaleen Norton, an Australian artist and occultist, rose to fame in the 1950s due to her daring and provocative...

In 1960, he was honored with an invitation to a garden party at Buckingham Palace, recognizing his exceptional civil...

Crowley appointed Gardner as an honorary member of the Ordo Templi Orientis (OTO), a Tantric sex magic order once...

The Gardners resided in the New Forest area, where Gardner became active with the Fellowship of Crotona, an occult...

Gerald Gardner (1884–1964) English Witch and founder of contemporary Witchcraft as a religion. Hereditary Witches and practitioners of family...

Sybil Leek was one of the most famous and controversial mystics of the twentieth century. Born in 1917 in...

Helen Duncan was one of the most famous and controversial spiritualist mediums of the twentieth century. Born in Scotland...

Eleanor Bone (1911–2001) was an important figure in the development and spread of modern witchcraft in Britain. Known within...

Alex Sanders was one of the most influential and controversial figures in modern witchcraft during the twentieth century. Often...

Margaret Murray was a British Egyptologist, archaeologist, anthropologist and folklorist whose ideas had a major influence on how people...

Woman Most Wild: Three Keys to Liberating the Witch Within is a fierce and poetic exploration of feminine power,...

Dion Fortune (1890–1946) was one of the most influential figures in twentieth-century Western occultism. Although she was not a...

Gerald Gardner (1884–1964) is widely regarded as the father of modern witchcraft and played a crucial role in the...

Rosaleen Norton (1917–1979), often known as the “Witch of Kings Cross,” was one of the most unusual and controversial...