#witchcraft types

First i think it’s really important to stress that you don’t have to be a “type” of witch. You can just be a witch and that’s it. It’s up to YOU whether you want to label what you do and who you are. There’s no requirement. This isn’t Harry Potter where you have to get sorted somewhere, you know. You decide how and if you want to label your craft.

Truthfully I think how one does figure out what their type is (again if they want to) by not trying to figure it out. You just study and do witchcraft following what interests you and what pulls you in. Then one day you realize that maybe a particular area of the craft is what you’ve been drawn to the most. It’s what you’ve been practicing the most. It’s where you find yourself returning to over and over again. And in that moment you may go “Oh i’m a (blank) witch!” 

I just think trying to figure out what type of witch you are distracts you from actually doing witchcraft. People get so hung up on it that they jump around too much from one area to another hoping to find something that “sticks” but they never stay long enough for anything to even begin to take hold. 

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Here is a list of different types of Witches and Witchcraft with a short description. If there are more let me know in the comments and tell me about your type of Witchcraft.

African: An umbrella term for the many types of magic practiced in Africa.

Alexandrian: Founded in the 1960s in Britain by Alex and Maxine Sanders and based on ritual and ceremonial magic.

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One does not have to have a special name or title to be a witch, but there’s some who would, in fact like to have them. 

Know that “Types” of witches or crafts are simply your primary source, or one of your sources, and when you claim a “type” of craft, you do not have to be that specific path 100% perfectly for the rest of your practice. An Artist, for example, can mainly paint portraits, but that doesn’t mean they don’t do anything else, sometimes. A Water Witch can primarily use water in their practice, but that doesn’t mean they’re not allowed to use anything else. 

Witchcraft may or may not converge with a pagan belief, Witches can be Satanic, and not all Witches follow Wheel of the Year holidays. I will be leaving out “[Religion] Witch” (i.e. Heathen Witch, Kemetic Witch, etc) as it does very little to actually define the particulars of a Witches practice outside of the fact they are of that Religion and are also a Witch.

Witchcraft is ever-evolving and this is not a complete list, but contains some basics, as well as some variety in naming convention and some uncommon (or less talked about) paths. 

General Types of Witches

Elemental Witch - A witch who utilizes base elements

Water Witch - Focus on Water & fluidity, hea vy use of water in practice

Wind Witch - Focus on Wind & breeze, heavy use of wind & air in practice

Storm Witch - Focus on Storms

Weather Witch - Focus on Weather, including Storms

Fire Witch - Focus on Fire, candles, warmth, heat, passion, etc heavy use of fire or heat in practice

Earth Witch - Focus on Earth, dirt, soil, clay, rocks & stones

Green Witch - Focus on greenery, herbs, growth, and fertile nature

Garden Witch - Focus on gardening & plant keeping

Ice Witch - Combined focus on winter, cold, ice, mirrors, crystals, anything “ice-like”

Environmental Witch - Utilizing their environment, immediate or distant, for their (typically eclectic) practices

Urban Witch - Utilizing the environment and energy of the city and modern living, occasionally coinciding with technology. 

Techn Witch - Utilizing technology in witchcraft such as simple coding, digital spellwork, and keeping electronic notes. 

Swamp/Bog Witch - Utilizes the swamp, bog, or murky waters and/or the life, death, and other things that live there such as mud, clay, frogs, toads, algae, fish, snakes, mushrooms, cattails, ivy, etc. (See Death Witch, Vulture Culture).

Desert Witch - Focus on Desert - Utilizes the desert’s climate and environment and/or life, death, and other things found there such as clay, sand, dirt, cacti, snakes, scorpions, sun, mesquite, rare rainfall, etc. (See Vulture Culture, Death Witch)

Forest Witch - Utilizes the woods and forest, all foliage, trees, & found objects or animals there (Oak, cedar, birch, brush, mushrooms, birds, ivy, etc). (See Green Witch, Death Witch)

Sea Witch - Focus on the beach and the ocean, utilizes the sand, shells, and other items found there. (See Storm Witch, Weather Witch).

Season Witch - Deriving power from these particular seasons and activities held in these seasons. Breaks down into individual seasons. 

Vulture Witch/Vulture Culture - One who collects from their environment, typically bones, found objects, animal corpses, etc, tends to converge with Death witchcraft

Beast Witch - A witch who works with the spirits of larger animals or other non-human creature-spirits.

Death Witch - Primarily works in death of varying degrees, including necromany, spirit work, mourning, gravetending, psychopomping, etc.

Red Witch - Works in sex magic, blood magic, possibly variations of love magic

Shadow Witch - Works with shadow self and psychology

Umbra Witch - Works with shadow entities and dark energy

Spirit Witch/Spirit Worker - Works with spirits 

Curse Witch - Works primarily in curses

Hedge Witch - Works primarily in herbal crafts

Kitchen Witch - Works primarily with foods, baking, cooking, spices, & herbs

Cottage/Hearth Witch - Works primarily with domestic activities such as sewing, stitching, sweeping, etc household crafts, chores, & duties

Dream Witch - Focus on astral, dreams, & nightmares.

Crystal Witch - Primarily uses crystals in nearly all their work

Mirror Witch - Focus on the use of mirrors, reflections, glamours, & perception

Lunar/Solar Witch - Focus on the Moon or Sun & they’re respective properties.

Bone Witch - Focus on bones, can incorperate divination, casting, wand making, runes, etc.

Energy Witch - Use of energy and/or aura magic

Pop Culture Witch - Often divided into two main ideas

General pop culture utilizing chaos magic and thoughtform energies (i.e. creating magic from the collective popularity of memes)

Specific pop culture utilizing a verse of pop culture in their practice (i.e. mana as a personal energy source via Magic: the Gathering)

Other Titles & Crafts

Here’s some common, uncommon, and made-up titles for your unique and/or eclectic practices.

Cursemage - Focus on cursing

Phobomancer - Focus on fear and anxiety spells (overcoming as well as curses)

Necromancer/Necromancy - Focus on death, spirit work, bones

Psychopomp - One who helps ferry the dead

Necrobotany/Necrobotanist - Uses poisonous, dead, and/or carnivorous plants.

Nightmarist - Focus on Nightmares specifically (see Phobomancer)

Glamourist - Focus on Glamours

Floramancy/Floramancer - Use of floriology, flowers, language of flowers in spells

Egomage/Egomancy/Egomancer - Focus on beauty & vanity 

Astrolomage - Focus on Astrology

Carnomancy/Carnomancer - Focus on the flesh

Sanguimancy - Blood magic

Maleficar - Focus on mischief & chaos, may work in curses

Chaote - One who practices Chaos magic

Chronomage/Chronomancy/Chronomancer - Focus on Time

Augur - One who works in heavy divination of omens, luck, & fortune (typically with birds)

Songmage - Use of song & music in magic 

Artificer - Focus on enchanting and making your own magic items

Types of Magic

Death - Pertaining to bones, death, and spirit work

Spirit - Working with spirits, can be further categories as Human, NonHuman, Demon, Animal, etc

Astral - Use of astral projection & travel (search Seidr, Hamingja)

Fae/Fey/Fairy - Working with fae or fairies

Tech - Use of technology such as coding, emojis, texting, blogging, etc

Void - Use of absence and nothingness as an energy, such as silence and emptiness itself. 

Eldritch - Use of Living Weirdness, in a sense, regarding reality and un-reality as an energy. Unavoidably hard to define. 

Blood - Use of blood, can be from human, animal, etc

Sex - Use of sex, sexual activity, masturbation, etc

Poison - Ii.e. The Poison Path) use of poisonous plants, toxins, aphrodisiacs, etc 

Green - Use of fertile nature & greenery (See Green Witch)

Succulent - Use of succulent plants specifically (Aloe, cacti, etc)

Kitchen- Use of cooking, baking, spices, & herbs (See Kitchen Witch)

Ceremonial - Hermetic, elaborate ritual magic (typically in addition to other types)

Chaos - Belief and faith utilized as primary tools, typically using unique or even unorthodox methods to get the final result

Divination - Use of tools to seek advices, into the future, the unknown, etc. 

Energy - Use of raw or concentrated energies, typically found in aura, astral, will/intention, stones, incense, wands, etc helpful concentrators

Music - Use of Music or sound, such as shufflemancy or musical sigils

Galdr - Vocal rune magic

Seidr - Use of wyrd-weaving to alter fate,through trance, hamingja projection, wyrd-weaving, and use of runes

Wyrd Weaving - weaving “changeable fate” (wyrd), typically done by literal weaving or thread spinning

Dreadweaving - use of Astral Projection & Nightmares to weave dread into someone’s life

Sigilcraft/Sigil - The creation of a symbol (Sigil) containing the intended will and purpose of a spell

Pop Culture - Use of magic from pop culture sources, as infinite many kinds as there are sources

Pretty much any element, environment, or abstract concept ever.

StormBornWitch has a list of general witch types. 

In general, while one can be a “type” of witch, you dont have to fit into any category or you can fit into a few or you can very well just be one or two “types”. The typing exists mostly as categorization to find like minded witches. If an individual works mainly in water, they can be called a water witch and others who call themselves water witches can come together to talk about it. It doesnt necessarily mean that a water witch cant sometimes work with fire, death, spirits, etc, its usually their primary source or preferred medium.

Feel free to look at our Tags & FAQ for the basics.

Typically, witchcraft “types” are categorized by your primary source of magic. Elements, Stages of Life & human condition, Categories of Nature, Your temperment - all these can be included in your “type” - Be it you work mainly with fire or water, or death or emotion and empathy, Deserts or Forests, if you curse or not, etc.

Categories are mostly titles to help individuals find one another and help allow others to know what their primary magic source or style is, and even then water magic or death magic etc have plenty more individualized parts to them, like any and all magic. Death witches can work with blood and bones, one or the other or both, and some work strictly with spirits and some work strictly with animal spirits instead of human, etc. 

It’s sort of like a starting point and/or a way to help congregate with other like-minded individuals by using labels. Make your own title if you so feel inclined. I call myself a Cursemage since my practice puts a lot of focus on curses, for example.

An artist can be called an artist but they could have a preferred medium. A watercolor artist is still an artist but primarily works in watercolor, however that doesnt mean they dont sketch or work in charcoal sometimes. A portrait artist can mainly work with portraits and maybe they paint, sketch, use pastels and charcoal etc. Same with witchcraft, its based in your personal interest and primary medium. 

Hope that helps !

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North Witch: North witches identify with the direction of North and the symbolism it represents, such as infinite possibilities, earth, creativity, and home.

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There are so many types of craft you could try! In fact, let me link you to my favorite masterpost so that you can get a better idea. Feel free to try as many of those as your heart desires. Find a combination or type that works best for you and suits your interests. 

Witch: magical practitioner

Elemental Witch: Witches who work around the 5 elements: Water, Earth, Air, Fire, and Spirit.

Earth Witch: Witches who specifically work with their magic around the element of Earth, through grounding exercises, rock/soil collecting, crystal magic, and Green Witchery.

Types of Earth Witches:

Green Witch: use plants/herbs/flowers in herbal and natural magic, such as using them in spells and creating remedies with them.

Garden Witch: A version of a Green Witch, they enjoy working with the earth through gardening and using their herbs and plants to help and care for their families and loved ones.

Flora Witch: Similar to the above witches, they work with flowers in their practice. Their Book of Shadows would likely be full of Green Witchery, such as than herbs and herbal recipes, and flower classifications and associations.

Marijuana Witch: A type of Green Witch, Marijuana has been used for spiritual and medicinal purposes throughout history. These witches use marijuana for magical purposes and use herbal recipes with marijuana. 

Rock Witch: Witches who work with all rocks, including stones and crystals. They enjoy geology and their Book of Shadows is full of geology and crystal healing. They are most likely involved in a scientific field, such as geography or archaeology where they can be close to the Earth.

Crystal Witch: Witches who work with stones and crystals, such as through crystal healing. Their Book of Shadows will most likely have information about the stones, chakra balance, and crystal meditation.

Forest Witch: A witch who enjoys the company of trees and live amongst them. The seclusion is perfect for cottage magic and tree magic. They also enjoy the company of fey and woodland animals, and use local plants.

Swamp Witch: Witches who live within the swamps, use swamp plants, and enjoy the company of swamp animals.

Desert Witch: A witch who lives in the desert, enjoys the natural desert scenery, uses desert plants, bones, sand in their practice, collects desert rocks, and befriend desert animals such as snakes, lizards, and scorpions. They also tend to use the elements of Wind and Fire as well as Earth in their practice. They normally worship desert deities and study desert lore in their area.

Sand Witch: Sand witches live where a lot of sand is in the local earth, such as the desert of the beach. Their home is filled with different types of sand and rocks.

Water Witch: Witches who work with the element of Water. Water magic includes water scrying, collecting water, swimming and other water-related actives.

Types of Water Witches:

Sea Witch: They work with magic and deities around the ocean and oceanic world. The practice sea magic using seashells and bones, sea weed, beach sand, driftwood, ocean water, etc. They also may worship sea deities and enjoy the imagery of sea creatures.

Ice/Arctic Witch: A witch who lives amongst snow covered land for most of the year or have a deep appreciation for the cold and snow. They worship ice deities, use snow water, and enjoy the cold. 

River/stream/spring witch: Witches who work with running water, worship river deities, and study local river lore.

Lake witch: Witches who live around a lake. They fish, befriend frogs, observe wildlife, canoe or kayak in their spar time, and swim to feel grounded. They may worship water/lake deities and study local lake lore.

Bath Witch: Another type of water witch, but much more domestic. These witches enjoy the calming effect of bathing, make bath salts, and enjoy bath magic.

Air/Wind Witch: Witches who center around the element of Air. They work with wind, using tools, symbols, and deities associated with Air. 

Fire Witch: Witches who focus on the element of Fire and fire magic, such as candle magic, and may worship deities associated with fire.

Other Natural Witch types: 

Seasonal Witch: Witches who draw magic during a specific time of the year. They are known as Winter, Fall, Spring and Summer witches who have a deep connection to the season they love. A seasonal witch gains most of their power during and from the season they identify with. For example, a person who loves the heat and sunshine of summer will soak up the rays and become very magical during the summer. They practice magic throughout they year, but they have that favorite season, like we all do. They would incorporate seasonal specific plants, symbols, colors, deities, and so on. Their work could also be affected depending on where they live, such as one season occurs for a longer period of time more than any others instead of the distinct 4 seasons.

North Witch: North witches identify with the direction of North and the symbolism it represents, such as infinite possibilities, earth, creativity, and home.

East Witch: East witches worship the East Cardinal Direction and the associations East represents, such as the future, air, communication, and trust.

West Witch: West witches identify with the direction of West and its associations of the past, confidence, water, emotion, and the psyche.

South Witch: South witches enjoy the direction of South and its representation of the present, fire, energy, physical strength, and health.Sun Witch: A witch who enjoys sunshine, works with spell work involving the sun during the daytime, and sun deities.

Lunar/Moon Witch: A witch who draws magic from the moon. They are nocturnal witches and closely follow the phases of the moon, and do magic according to the lunar calendar. They also tend to worship deities associated with the moon.

Astronomical/Space Witch: Witches who focus on the planets and stars. Their Book of Shadows will have information about each planet, the zodiac and astrology, and the enjoy nocturnal magic based on astronomical charts and the alignment of the planets.

Nocturnal Witch: A witch who works with nocturnal deities and magical work at night. They find solace in darkness, the darker side of life, and normally wear dark colors. There is a great book by Konstantinos called Nocturnal Witchcraft.

Storm/Weather Witch: Witches who combine one’s energy with the energy of the weather and storms. They collect rain water, utilize the energy of a lightning storm, and so on.

Animal Witch: Witches who have a deep appreciation for all animals and use animal materials, draw on their energy, and most of the time worship animal deities.

Wolf Witch: Someone who identifies on a spiritual level with wolves, and enjoys nature, and being in the woods, nocturnal magic, worship wolf deities.

Cat Witch: Cats and witches have always had a close spiritual relationship. Cat Witches have cats as familiars and worship cat deities. They enjoy magic involving cats and cat imagery.

Fox Witch: These witches enjoy foxes, fox imagery, and fox lore. They most likely enjoy the forest and their Book of Shadows is full of fox types and information.

Bird Witch: Witches who love birds, bird imagery, bird related magic, bird lore, and may worship bird related deities. They may also love to fly in planes or be pilots, enjoy sky diving, and wish to have wings.

Bug Witch: Bug witches are fascinated with insects and probably have a collection of bug friend. They may have butterfly feeders or a bee farm around their home, worship bug related deities, and may work in a field related to insects, science, and nature.

Butterfly Witch: These witches love butterflies, butterfly imagery, and the symbolism behind butterflies. 

Death Witch: Witches who specialize in working with the dead. They work with bones and graveyard dirt, and some commune with spirits. They tend to worship Gods and Goddesses related to death and the afterlife.

Sex witch: Witches who manifest most of their magic from sex and sex magic, and worship sex related deities.

Fertility Witch: Fertility witches worship fertility related deities and derive power from their own fertility.

Empath Witch: An empath is a form of psychic who can feel other peoples feelings. It’s a knowing that goes way beyond intuition or gut feelings, even though that is how many would describe the knowing.

Gray witch: Also known as a neutral witch, practices magic that does not harm nor benefit others. They will mostly benefit and harm at the same time, creating a neutral or balanced effect. They believe a witch who cannot curse, cannot heal, Also, to them nature is not completely positive, nor completely negative, it is neutral and balanced.

Special Witch types:

Energy Witch: Witches who harness their own energy and use it to manifest change.

Divination Witch: Witches who work with practices of divination, such as tarot readings, palmistry, tea leaf reading, and so on.

Hedge Witch: Also known as shamans. They use a type of magic that is oriented around the spiritual world. Astral travel/projection, lucid dreaming, spirit-work, healing, and out-of-body experiences are some of the magic they do.

Fairie/Faery/Fey Witch: Witches who communicate and work with the fey, such as calling on them and leaving them offerings regularly to thank them for their assistance. They study fairy and elemental spirit lore, especially in regards to their local area.

Draconian Witch: Witches who call upon dragons, use dragon imagery in their practice, and worship dragon deities.

Mermaid witch: Witches who call upon mermaids specifically. They use mermaid imagery and mermaid deities.

Modern and Domestic Witch types:

Kitchen Witch: Witches who enjoy working in the kitchen and put their magic into herbal mixtures, brewing, baking, and cooking.

Cottage Witch: A lot like a kitchen witch, they enjoy being in their home and doing things for their loved ones.

Country Witch: Witches who enjoy living in the country. Some may have a large ranch with livestock, while others enjoy the seclusion for their practice. Most likely they will enjoy the company of horses, worship animal/agriculture/nature related deities, and practice domestic and green magic.

Urban Witch: Witches who live in a urban environment and use more modern practices of magic. They may substitute traditional ingredients with modern ones, use traditional tools but in a new way, such as wearing sigils on their clothing or as a tattoo, use electronic sources, and have their Book of Shadows on their computer. Urban witchery is all about combining the old with the new.

Technological Witch: Witches who work with technology. They practice modern witchcraft through phone apps, online blogs, online divination and spells, and most likely have a digital Book of Shadows.

Science witch: Witches who love science, most likely work in a science related field, and get their magical energy from their science experiments.

Athletic Witch: Witches who enjoy pushing themselves physically. This could be through yoga, running, or a sport. Their practice includes keeping themselves healthy and motivated physically, and using their healthy energy to help others through physical challenges.

Music Witch: Witches who enjoy music. They use magic in their singing, chanting, and playing instruments. Music is in their lives everyday and is how they create magic in other people’s lives. They may worship music related deities, enjoy the music of their ancestors, and enjoy music history.

Artist/Craft Witch: Witches who put their magic into art, such as drawing, sculpting, painting, and creating. Magic is in everything they work hard physically and mentally to produce. They may worship artistic and creative deities. After all witchcraft would only be “witch” without the craft.

Literary Witch: Witches who enjoy books and literature. They enjoy reading, writing, poetry, creating catchy spells, and studying witchcraft, lore, and magical practices of every culture. They are very studious witches who are bound to have a library of witchcraft sources. Literary witches I see as being absorbed in books, making their own spells, and really being able to turn a phrase.

Cosmetic Witch: Witches who enjoy making or buying makeup, lotions, soaps, and other things that can change and benefit their appearance and body. These witches enjoy the art of makeup and possibly work as a makeup artist or for a beauty product company.

Fashion/fabric witches: Witches who thrive on making, design, or buying clothes. These can be domestic knitters and sewers, to stylists and fashion designers. They enjoy making things for others and the art of fabric and fashion.

Party Witch: These witches are social butterflies and extroverts. They get energy from being around others, dancing, and having fun, and making sure others have fun.

Religious Witch: Witches who practice their religious beliefs in cohesion with their craft.

Common Types of Religious Witches:

Pagan Witch: A Pagan formally means a person who worships more than one deity. Paganism is also normally an umbrella term for any religion other than the Abrahamic religions.

Wiccan: Wicca is a modern Pagan religion. Wiccans worship nature and normally use magic for positive unharmful change, but not all Wiccans do. Wiccans also follow the Wiccan Rede, which simply states that you will not use magic to harm others or yourself.

Thelemic Witches: The Thelema philosophy is a precursor to Wicca created in the early 1900s, and has similar tenants to Wicca, such as "Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. Love is the law, love under will.” Modern Thelemics may practice more than one religion and worship other deities than the 3 main Egyptian deities in their texts, Nuit, Hadit and Ra-Hoor-Khuit. Witchcraft is also part of the Thelemic religion.

Satanic Witch: Satanism includes symbolic association with, or admiration for, Satan, whom Satanists see as an inspiring and liberating figure. Satanic witches don’t always worship Satan, but rather follow the beliefs preached in Satanism.

Christian Witch: Christian witches follow the teachings of Christ and worship God and Jesus through witchcraft.

Buddhist Witch: Buddhists who also practice witchcraft. These witches follow Buddhist philosophy, believe in Karma, practice yoga, as well as practice nature based witchcraft.

Regionally Specific Witchery: most were originally tribal based and feature many similarities, such as Paganism and similar craft practices

Europe

Norse: Norse witches worship Norse deities. Witchcraft was very important in ancient Viking culture and a normal part of their everyday life. Warrior shamanism, runes, and sacrifices to the Gods were just some of their important practices. Heathen Witch: Heathenry is Norse/Anglo-Saxon/any Germanic Paganism, also called Asatrú: Ásatrú is a polytheistic faith based on pre-Christian Northern European Pagan beliefs. Emphasis on historical accuracy and the heroic tales as recorded in texts and personal honor, truth and integrity are considered to be some of the highest virtues.

Druid: Druidry means following a spiritual path rooted in the green Earth and hails from the United Kingdom. It means participating in Celtic wisdom teachings, but embracing the contributions of many peoples and times. Druids worship Celtic deities and practice earth based magic.

Hellenic Witch: Witches who are Hellenic or Greek Pagans (Hellenists, Hellenes, Hellenism) are generally polytheists who worship the ancient Greek Olympian gods. Offerings to the Gods are an extremely important element of ritual practice. Hellenismos consider hospitality of great important and place great value on the study and use of classical Greek philosophical texts.

Roman Witch: Roman Pagan witches practice Religio Romana, the pre-Christian religion of Rome. The modern religion reconstructs the ancient faith of Rome and its gods, goddesses and rituals as closely as possible. Every attempt is based on historical accuracy and archaeological evidence. Like their friends the Hellenic Witches focus on the original classical texts, writers and language of their ancestors.

Italian Witch: Strega (Stregheria, La Vecchia Religione, "The Old Religion"), Italian witches practice a form of Witchcraft that encompasses elements of the pre-Christian European magical teachings and ancient Etruscan and Tuscan religions. Many modern Italian Witches today, especially those who still reside in Italy, are Christians who also practice their Old Religion.

Africa

Egyptian Witch: Kemetist witches practice a modern religion based upon the ancient Egyptian family of gods/goddesses and ancient Egyptian ritual practice. While many gods and goddesses are revered or acknowledged, the Kemetic religion is not primarily polytheistic. In many sects of Kemetism, the concept is better described as one god representing many distinct personalities and divinities. Rituals and offerings are often elaborate, and both ancient texts and modern archeological discoveries are very important to modern Egyptian witches.

African Witch: African witchcraft varies region to region of the African continent and can be tribally specific. African witchcraft normally delves in spirit work and shamanism. The most well known type of African witchcraft is Voodoo (Vodou). Voodoo is an ancient West African religion based on spirit work. Voodoo is a religion of spirits. Voodooists believe that the world of humans is shared by the world of the spirits. When a person dies, his spirit passed to the world of the unseen but is still able to see the human world. Spirits, it is believed, in some cases can even impact the world of the living. They also seen as witch doctors in their communities who can heal, work with divination, and give their customers charms and amulets to bring them luck, love, harm to others, and so on.

The Americas

Native American Witch: Each region and tribe of Native Americans have its own unique kind of witchcraft. Each tribe has their own rituals, performed ceremonies, and costumes. They each have their own tools, carvings, and totem poles. In spite of all their differences, Native Americans share a sense of oneness with their land, practice herbology, and hunt, use, and honor animals of Native America. A common magical practice known to have roots in Native American magic is the practice of smudging.

Louisiana Voodoo: A sect of African Voodoo, knowledge of herbs, poisons, the ritual creation of charms and amulets, and the intension to protect oneself or harm others are key elements of Louisiana Voodoo. Voodoo queens have great power in their communities, are ritual leaders, and draw crowds to buy their magical products, such as “gris gris” amulets and spells that will grant the customers desire. There also Voodoo kings, their male equivalent. 

American Hoodoo: A sect of Louisiana Voodoo that is ever evolving. Hoodoo practitioners use gris-gris items, such as amulets and charms, to cure their customers ailments, bring them luck and love, and whatever they desire. Some work closely with the Bible, and have said to see Moses as magical figure. 

Bruja/Brujo Witches: Witches who practice witchcraft, brujeria, who have Hispanic heritage and/or live in Spanish speaking South America.

Brazilian Shamanism: Like other tribal or local shaman, they work with the spirit world, work with divination, and are seen as healers. Shamanism is often hereditary in Brazil and they work with a specific animals spirit to derive power from, such as the jaguar. Umbanda: The incorporation of catholic saints with the beliefs of the Brazilian Indians.

Kahunas of Hawaii: Like other shamans, they invoke spiritual help, conduct rituals, and have Pagan local gods who are given offerings. They also have various crafts of Kahunas, such as a high priest, dream interpreter, and reader of the skies. To the Kahunas, and many witches today and in the past, the subconscious is your greatest ally or greatest foe for achieving health, wealth, and happiness.

Asia

Japanese Witch: The Pagan Japanese religion of Shinto is shamanistic. Witch is a very positive term in Japan. Japanese witchcraft is commonly separate into two types: those who familiar snakes and those who familiar foxes.

Korean Shamans( Muism or Sinism): Sinism is Pagan shamanism pre-dating Buddhism and Confucianism. The Mu, also known as magician, medicine man, mystic or poet, have the ability to will people into a trance state and astral project. The Mu provides physical, psychological, and spiritual healing. These shamans emphasize holistic living. There are different types of Mu and they are link to the mother goddess associated with a mountain. Each region has a different mountain association, thus a different goddess associated with that region. They make sacrifices to the gods, worship ancestors, sing songs, and meditate.

Chinese Wuism: Chinese shamanism, also called Wuism, was first recorded in the Shang dynasty. These men and women are seen to meditate with the powers to generate things, worship ancestors, and can communicate with the spirits. Gods of nature are prominent in Wuism.

Filipino Witch: Kulam is a form of folk magic from the Phiippines. It emphasizes personal power and the secret knowledge of Magica Baja. Like other witches they practice candle magic, scrying, spell work, and a mangkukulam, a version of the Voodoo doll. They also are witch doctors like other folk magic practitioners who uses divination to diagnose a victim and try to cure them.

Eclectic Witch: Most modern witches follow many practices, traditions, may be religious or secular, and go by many titles. 

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