- M. Macha Nightmare
M. Macha NightMare, a priestess and witch, is an author, teacher and ritualist, with a penchant for collaboration. An initiate, and among the founders of, Reclaiming Tradition Witchcraft, as well as Faery/Feri Tradition, Macha holds Elder and ministerial credentials through The Covenant of the Goddess (CoG), the oldest and largest non denominational organization of Witches in the USA. - Scott Cunningham
Scott Douglas Cunningham (June 27, 1956 - March 28, 1993) was the author of dozens of popular books on Wicca and various other alternative religious subjects. Today the name Cunningham is synonymous with natural magic and the magical community. He is recognized today as one of the most influential and revolutionary authors in the field of natural magic. - Silver Ravenwolf
Silver Ravenwolf (September 11, 1956 -), born Jenine E. Trayer, is an American author and lecturer who focuses on Neopaganism. She has been married for 23 years, and is a mother of four teenagers. She currently resides in Dillsburg, Pennsylvania. - Doreen Valiente
Doreen Edith Dominy Vlachopoulos Valiente (b. 4 January, 1922 in Mitcham, South London, England - d. 1 September, 1999 in Brighton, England) was a member of an early Wicca coven, led by Gerald Gardner. Born Doreen Dominy, the daughter of Christian parents, the young Doreen was convinced from an early age that she possessed the power to use magic. Valiente was the name of Doreen's second husband, whom she married in 1944. - Raymond Buckland
Raymond Buckland (b. 1934), according to his written works, was the first person in the United States to openly admit to being a practitioner of Wicca. In 1963 Buckland had his first and only meeting with Gerald Gardner and was initiated into Gardnerian Wicca which he introduced to the United States in 1964. Though he began as a supporter of Gardnerian Wicca, he later formed his own tradition dubbed Seax-Wica. - Raven Grimassi
Raven Grimassi (b. 1951) is the pen name of the author of over a dozen books on Neo-paganism and witchcraft. He is perhaps best known for his popularization of Stregheria, which he describes as "the Old Religion of Italy... the Witch sect of Old Italy". Grimassi won "Book of the Year" and "First Place - Spirituality Book" from the Coalition of Visionary Retailers in 1998 for his book "The Wiccan Mysteries", … - Stewart Farrar
Stewart Farrar (June 28 1916-February 7 2000) was an English author of books on Alexandrian Wicca. Along with his wife, Janet Farrar, he was an influential Neopagan author and teacher. According to George Knowles, "some seventy five percent of Wiccans both in the Republic and North of Ireland can trace their roots back to the Farrar's [sic]" A journalist, scriptwriter, and World War II veteran, Farrar also published a number of works of fiction, including detective novels, … - Isaac Bonewits
Phillip Emmons Isaac Bonewits (born October 1, 1949) is an influential Neopagan leader and author. Born in Royal Oak, Michigan, Bonewits has been heavily involved in occultism with an emphasis on Neo-druidism since the 1960s. - Patricia Telesco
Patricia Telesco (also known as Marian Singer) (born 1960) is a native of Western New York and the author of over 60 New Age books including the best-selling "Goddess in My Pocket", "Victorian Grimoire", "365 Goddess", "Spinning Spells: Weaving Wonders", "Kitchen Witch's Companion", and "The Little Book of Love Magic". Employed full-time as an Administrative Assistant, she also writes books, lectures, performs readings, … - Patrick Stewart
Sgt. Patrick D. Stewart (Reno, Nevada October 21, 1970-September 25, 2005) was a soldier in the United States Army. He died in combat in Afghanistan when his Chinook helicopter was shot down by a rocket-propelled grenade while returning to base. Patrick Stewart was a resident of Fernley, Nevada, USA. After his death, controversy ensued when the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) refused to imprint a Wiccan pentacle on his grave, to the dismay of his widow, Roberta Stewart. - Janet Farrar
Janet Farrar (born Janet Owen on June 24 1950) is a British teacher and author of books on Wicca and Neopaganism. Along with her two husbands, Stewart Farrar and Gavin Bone, Farrar has published "some of the most influential books on modern Witchcraft to date." According to George Knowles, … - Edain McCoy
Edain McCoy (b. 1957) is a Wiccan writer. McCoy claims to have initiated herself into Wicca in 1981 and was subsequently initiated into a coven in San Antonio, Texas in 1983. Today, she is an elder of the Wittan tradition and a priestess of Brighid. She has a B.A. in History from the University of Texas, is a former woodwind player for the Lynchburg Symphony, and works as a stockbroker. - Christopher Penczak
Christopher Penczak (born 1973) is an author in the fields of paganism and magic. In 2000, he was ordained as a minister by the Universal Brotherhood Movement, Inc. He is a part time faculty member at the North Eastern Institute of Whole Health and a founding member of the Gifts of Grace Foundation, a non-profit organization in New Hampshire made up of individuals from diverse spiritual backgrounds dedicated to joyful service to the local communities. - Alex Sanders
Alex Sanders (1926-06-06 - 1988-04-30), born Orrell Alexander Carter, was the founder of the Alexandrian tradition of Wicca. He was proclaimed by his followers as King of the Witches. - Gerina Dunwich
Gerina Dunwich (b. December 27 1959, Illinois) is a professional astrologer, occult historian, and New Age author, best known for her books on Wicca and various occult subjects. She is also involved in paranormal research and is the founder of the Paranormal Animal Research Group, which investigates cases of alleged hauntings by animal spirits. Her first newspaper article was published in October 1976. - Kerr Cuhulain
Kerr Cuhulain is known to the mundane world as Detective Constable Charles Ennis. Ennis, a former child abuse investigator, is the author of several articles on child abuse investigation that appeared in Law & Order Magazine. Better known to the Pagan community by his Wiccan name, Kerr Cuhulain, Ennis was the first Wiccan police officer to go public about his beliefs 28 years ago. Kerr is now the Preceptor General of Officers of Avalon. - Deborah Lipp
Deborah Lipp is a Wiccan High Priestess of the Gardnerian Tradition and an American author. She was initiated into a traditional Gardnerian coven of Witches in 1981, became a Wiccan High Priestess in 1986, and has been teaching Wicca and running Pagan circles ever since. She is an author and lecturer on Wicca, Neo-Paganism, and related subjects, and has been a presenter at numberous festivals, including the Starwood Festival the WinterStar Symposium, Free Spirit Gathering, … - Phyllis Curott
Phyllis Curott is an Ivy-League lawyer, author, film-maker and public speaker in the field of world spirituality and religious rights. She received her B.A. in philosophy from Brown University and her Juris Doctor from New York University School of Law, and continues to practice law. A member of the Lady Liberty League (see Circle Sanctuary), Phyllis Curott is an outspoken advocate for Wiccan/Pagan religious freedom in the media and the courts. - Gavin Bone
Gavin Bone is an author and lecturer in the fields of magic, witchcraft, Wicca and Neo-Paganism, and an organizer in the Neo-Pagan community. He was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire in England, in 1964. He trained as a registered nurse and has studied complimentary healing methods such as reflexology. He was initiated into Seax-Wicca in 1986. He is currently developing the theory that Wicca "may have" some roots in tribal shamanistic healing traditions, … - T. Thorn Coyle
T. Thorn Coyle is a San Francisco-based author and teacher in the Feri Tradition. She also teaches in the Reclaiming tradition. Coyle is author of "Evolutionary Witchcraft", published by Tarcher/Penguin, 2004. The book offers exercises and meditations from the Feri Tradition as tools for personal growth and empowerment. She has also recorded two Pagan rock CDs, "Face of a New Day" and "Give us a Kiss!", as well as an instructional DVD, … - Yvonne Frost
Yvonne Frost is a Wiccan author, lecturer, and practitioner from Los Angeles. Together with her husband Gavin Frost, she founded the Church and School of Wicca in 1968. She has co-written many books with him, and appeared on the Phil Donahue Show, PM Magazine, and Tom Snyder's Tomorrow Show. Together, they lead workshops at many events in the Neo-Pagan community such as Stones Rising, Sirius Rising, Pagan Pride Day, and the Starwood Festival. - Dorothy Clutterbuck
Dorothy Clutterbuck (January 19, 1880-January 12, 1951), was a well-to-do woman who lived near Christchurch, England, and was named by Gerald Gardner as a leading member of a coven of witches. She never publicly identified herself as a witch, and she attended the Church of England; however since her death she has become important in the history of Wicca as a proposed leading member of the New Forest Coven into which Gardner claimed he was initiated, … - Sully Erna
Sully Erna (born Salvatore Paul Erna February 7 1968 in Lawrence, Massachusetts), is both the vocalist and primary songwriter for the hard rock band, Godsmack. Erna plays the guitar and drums, both on albums and during live shows. He has a daughter named Skyler Erna, two sisters, and is a devout Wiccan. - Allan Heinberg
Allan Heinberg is an American film scriptwriter, who currently writes "Young Avengers" for Marvel Comics, and has been a writer and producer on "The Naked Truth", "Party of Five", "Sex and the City", "Gilmore Girls", "The O.C.", and currently "Grey's Anatomy". He left "The O.C." because his contract was up and he wanted to commit to several others of his projects. - Maxine Sanders
Maxine Sanders is a prominent member of the Wiccan faith and a co-founder with her late husband, Alex Sanders, of Alexandrian Wicca. Maxine was educated at St. Joseph’s, Manchester. At fourteen she was introduced to the charismatic Alex Sanders (re-introduced actually, she had met Alex as a young child). Two years later, at sixteen, while a student at secretarial college, she was initiated into Alex’s coven; Maxine and Alex were handfasted later in the same year. - Patricia Crowther
Patricia Crowther is considered influential in the early promotion of the Wicca religion. - Zsuzsanna Budapest
Zsuzsanna Budapest (b. 30 January 1940) is the pen name and religious name assumed by Zsuzsanna Emese Moukesay, an American author of Hungarian origin, who writes on feminist spirituality and Dianic Wicca. - Tempest Smith
Tempest Smith (September 16, 1988 - February 20, 2001) was a 12-year-old girl from Lincoln Park, Michigan, USA who committed suicide by hanging on 20 February 2001. Based on the contents of her diary, the cause of the suicide was assumed to be bullying by her classmates at Lincoln Park Middle School. She wrote that she was targeted for her interest in Wicca, Gothic clothing and shy demeanor. - Gavin Frost
Gavin Frost, B.Sc., Ph.D., D.D., born in Staffordshire, England, is a prominent member of the American Wiccan community, famous for founding the Church and School of Wicca with his wife Yvonne Frost in 1968. He is currently the Archbishop of the Church of Wicca and a director of the School of Wicca. He and his wife have written several books such as "The Magic Power of Witchcraft". He has appeared on national television's "Phil Donahue Show", PM Magazine, … - Rachel Pollack
Rachel Pollack (born male in 1945) is an American science fiction author, comic book writer, and Tarot expert. Her book "78 Degrees of Wisdom" is considered one of the best texts on the Tarot, and she has created her own Tarot deck called "Shining Woman Tarot," which was later updated and renamed "Shining Tribe Tarot." She also aided in the creation of the "Vertigo Tarot Deck", and wrote a book specifically to accompany it. - Fairuza Balk
Fairuza Alejandra Balk (born May 21, 1974) is an American film actress. She is known for her role in the 1996 movie "The Craft", the 1998 movie "The Waterboy" and, more than ten years earlier, in Disney's 1985 "Return to Oz". - Maggie Shayne
Maggie Shayne (or Margaret Benson) has published more than 30 novels, and numerous novellas and articles. - Alexei Kondratiev
Alexei Kondratiev is a Wiccan and teacher of Irish language and Celtic history at the Irish Arts Center in Manhattan, New York since 1984. He is also an officer of the Celtic League, and has been involved with the Mythopoeic Society. With a background in anthropology, linguistics, and comparative religion, he founded an eclectic Wiccan circle called Children of Memory in New York. He wrote "The Apple Branch: A Path to Celtic Ritual" (ISBN 1-898256-42-X), … - Patrick McCollum
Patrick McCollum is the first official government-recognized Wiccan chaplain in the history of the United States. Soon after a profound near death experience in 1965, McCollum became involved in Wicca and eventually became a priest.. In 1997, after the settlement of a case involving a Wiccan inmate, the California Attorney General's Office asked McCollum to serve as a Wiccan chaplain.. Subsequently, … - Lady Gwen Thompson
Lady Gwen Thompson was the "craft name", or pseudonym of Wiccan author Phyllis Thompson (née Healy). In later life she altered her craft forename to "Gwynne". She was married and divorced three times. Thompson is her final married surname. After her final divorce, she decided to initiate outsiders into what she claimed was her family tradition of witchcraft, inherited from her long-deceased grandmother Adriana Porter, along with a book of magical lore. - Ian Corrigan
Ian Corrigan is an American Neopagan writer, teacher, musician and ritualist whose work has influenced both the Wiccan and Druidic branches of the Pagan movement. - Lady Rhea
Lady Rhea has been a Wiccan High Priestess in the Gardnerian tradition since 1972. She is known as the "Witch Queen of New York" and has been an occult shop owner since 1982, when she opened Enchantments Inc. with Lady Miw (aka Carol Bulzone). In 1992, Lady Rhea opened Magickal Realms (Enchanted Candle Shoppe Inc.) in Greenwich Village, later relocating to The Bronx, where she co-operates the shop with Lady Zoradia. - Dafo
Dafo is the "magical name" (an occultist's pseudonym) for an otherwise anonymous woman that researchers such as Ronald Hutton and Philip Heselton have come to view as an important contributor to the development of Gardnerian Witchcraft, and therefore Wicca. She has been variously identified as Gerald Gardner's "magical working partner", "High Priestess", and teacher. While it is not clear to what extent she was involved in occultism before meeting Gardner, … - Adriana Porter
Adriana Porter (b. July 1857, Nova Scotia - d.March 1 1946, Melrose, Massachusetts) was an alleged witch. Porter's notability rests on a poem, "The Rede of the Wiccae", which was published by her granddaughter Lady Gwen Thompson in "Green Egg" magazine in 1975 and attributed to her. It has become a semi-sacred text within the culture of Wicca. Thompson claimed that she had inherited her Wiccan beliefs and practices from Porter, … - Marina Baker
Marina Baker (born Marina Augusta Baker on 8 December 1967) is an English former model and actress turned journalist, children's book author and local politician (now known as Marina Pepper). She was chosen as "Playboy"'s Playmate of the Month for March 1987. Originally from Taplow, near Slough in south-east England, she and her older brother Martin "moved around a lot" until they reached Norfolk.
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