Alexandrian Witch: A witch who practices the magic founded by Alex and Maxine Sanders in the 1960s with a focus on ritual and ceremonial magic.
Angel Witch: A witch who works with Angels rather than or in addition to traditional deities
Animist Witch: A witch who believes there is life in all things and sees no distinction between human, plant, animal, or material objects. The animist witch sees the Universe as a living entity and all are connected by it.
Art Witch
A witch who uses art as the medium of their magic.
Augury Witch: A witch who divines omens, signs, and symbols.
Axis Mundi Witch: A witch who studies the core idea that there is a central pillar that joins Earth to Heaven.
British Traditional Witch: A witch who focuses on the superstitions and spells that originated in the British Isles.
Celtic Witch: A witch who focuses on Celtic and Welsh deities, mythology, rituals, and earth magic.
Ceremonial Witch: A witch who practices high magick (ceremonial) such as Hermetic, Thelemic, and Enochian with a rigid and step-by-step method.
Chaos Witch: A witch who has a contemporary practice that incorporates many types of magic and is guided intuitively rather than with strict steps as seen in high magick.
Chthonioi Witch: A witch who practices a variation of the Alexandrian tradition which also includes Greek gods and goddesses.
Correllian Witch: A witch that practices a type of Wicca founded in the late 20th century by Caroline High Correll. She descended from a line of Cherokee Didanvwisgi who intermarried with Scottish Traditional Witches, and Correllian witchcraft was further influenced by Aradian Witchcraft and the Spiritualist Church.
Cosmic Witch: A witch who focuses on astrology and the placement of planets, stars, and moons when practicing their craft.
Crystal Witch
A witch who focuses heavily on crystals in their magic.
Dianic Witch: Branching from Wicca, Dianic Witches focus on female deities. Dianic Witchcraft is named after the Roman goddess Diana, ruler of hunting, nature, and the Moon.
Eclectic Witch: A witch that incorporates many different traditions into their craft; slightly similar to the chaos witch, but they may follow strict guidelines if desired.
Egyptian Witch: A witch who follows a path similar to Wicca, but with a focus on the Egyptian deities.
Elemental Witch: A witch who works with the five esoteric elements: earth, air, fire, water, and spirit.
Faery Witch: A witch who works with the Fae rooted in Irish and Scottish culture.
Folk Witch: "Cunning Folk" ; hereditary witches who follow a path similar to British witchcraft and used their magic and skills for practical purposes which were passed down through generations; *not common*
Gardnerian Witch: A witch who practiced a secret, formal, and highly structured version of Wicca based on the works of Gerald Gardner, who is credited for the modern witchcraft movement.
Green Witch
A witch that uses gardening and herbalism in most of their craft and often focuses on healing work and earth magic.
Hearth Witch: A witch who focuses on magick in the home.
Hedge Witch: A solitary witch that holds both kitchen and green witch attributes, such as making healing potions and brews in the kitchen; think of the old women in the woods archetype.
Hellenic Witch: A pagan witch who worships the ancient Greek pantheon of gods and goddesses.
Hereditary Witch: Unique to each family, a hereditary witch learns from their ancestral line.
Kitchen Witch: A witch who focuses on magick at home, especially the kitchen.
Left-handed Witch: A witch who often breaks taboos.
Luciferian Witch: A witch who believes Lucifer as the "bringer of light" and reveres the angel for enlightenment, independence, questioning authority, and progressive ideals.
Lunar Witch: A witch that heavily uses the cycles of the moon to do nearly all her magical work.
Music Witch: A witch who uses music as the medium of her magic.
Neo-Pagan Witch: An umbrella term for witches who practice newer forms of the craft such as Wicca, Gardernianism, and all new earth-based customs.
Norse Witch: A witch who centers their craft around Norse tradition of ancient sorcery and deities such as Odin and Freya.
Right-handed Witch: A witch that practices magic that is guided by social norms.
Satanic Witch: A witch that lives by the seven Satanic tenets and is strongly against the constructs of a dictatorial society; has nothing to do with worshiping the Christian's idea of Lucifer. Devil-worshiping does exist elsewhere under the broad realm of witchcraft, neither is exclusive to one another.
Scandinavian Witch: A witch who practices and studies Danish Folklore and some Norse traditions.
Sea Witch
A witch who practices water-based magic and usually lives in a coastal area. A water witch works with lakes, rivers, streams, and is not confound to the ocean.
Secular Witch: A witch who practices magick without worshiping any deities, or their deities and witchcraft are kept separate.
Shamanic Witch: A witch who uses an altered state of consciousness to deliver their magic.
Sigil Witch: Also known as Word Witch, these practitioners use sigils and words weaved into their magic
Solitary Witch: A witch who practices alone rather than in a coven.
Tech Witch: A witch who does most of her work digitally or with some form of technology; this will become more prevalent over time in modern witchcraft.
Thelema Witch: A witch who uses the occult philosophy founded by Aleister Crowley, which centers around ceremonial magic and Egyptian rituals.
Wiccan Witch: A witch who practices the modern pagan religion of Wicca introduced by Gerald Gardner. ***Note: Wicca is a religion; witchcraft is not a religion, although can be involved in religious beliefs and should thus be legally protected equally.
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