Often, the city witch will perform different types of magic depending on the energy they feels from a city. To them, the city is a living, breathing entity with a personality of its own. They are deeply connected to the world around them, even if it feels chaotic or unstable. If you’ve ever seen the American Horror Story season Coven, you’ll know exactly what I mean when I say swamp witch.

The moon witch is one of the types of witches that represents emotions, water, and the subconscious, as well as powerful, deep magic. A hereditary witch, also known as an ancestral witch, believes that witchcraft is a gift passed down from ancestors. There are so many types of witches out there that it can be really confusing to figure out what type of witchcraft you feel drawn to. There are usually specific rituals and invocations that call upon the spirit world when this witch is forming magic. There are many old occult teachings that are based around ceremonial magic; those witch may adhere to one of these practices or combine old occult teachings to create their own. On the box is an invitation to “Enter the world of the Green Witch, where elementals, faeries, and spirits of the earth help you to align with the natural energies of the Old Religion”.The green witch is very similar to the cottage witch and the kitchen witch, but the green witch focuses mainly on the earth. You might enjoy sunbathing because of the power you gain from the sun. Make sure to get a few minutes of sun in every day, even if it’s just through a window in the winter. The energetic energy is the same for a sun witch/solar witch.

These witches can also believe in just about any deities (you can even be a Christian witch) or they can believe in nothing at all. Everything works here! You can really develop your own kind of witchcraft if you work in an eclectic fashion.Sea witches also tend to connect with ocean spirits (consciously or unconsciously) and have an almost psychic connection with the sea. They may research sea folklore or incorporate sirens in their magic in some way as well. 10. Crystal Witch In centuries past, the various spells of hedge witches included healing plants, determining what action it needed to take for certain ailments, divination, scrying, weather forecasting and cursing your neighbors crops at harvest times! Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Steele Alexandra Douris, author of the new Spirits, Seers & Séances.

Folk magic isn’t very common because most of us don’t have ancestors who engaged in witchcraft directly. However, keep in mind that you can practice folk magic with your younger relatives! 8. Cosmic Witch She holds both a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts degrees in history. She is a certified Archivist, and has been a Navy Lieutenant. If you’re a swamp witch, you might not only feel like an outcast but also feel a personal distain for social norms. You might not get the idea of society or care about culture. An experienced fire witch almost always carries a lighter or matches on him/her in case they need to cast a spell in a pinch! 17. Divination Witch

A storm witch generally casts spells based on the weather rather than based on the moon and needs a whole lot of chaotic energy to pour into a spell. This is a pretty strong type of witchcraft!

If you’re interested in hereditary magic, you may choose to work as a solitary witch, though you will also work with the spirits of your ancestors. I get questions daily about how to figure out what type of witch you are, so I wanted to put it all into one post. Today, I’ll be going over the 22 different types of witches and the sorts of spells that they usually cast. Can You Be More Than One Type Of Witch? Most divination witches practice some of the types of witchcraft as well, but they enjoy incorporating divination practices into the craft. For example, a divination witch may use Tarot in spells, scry before performing a spell, or draw power from swinging the pendulum. If you practice kitchen or hearth witchcraft, you probably love smells, baking/cooking, or learning about herbs and spices. Your power stems from the actual process of cooking or baking and the emotions you put into it. Nowadays, most of us are eclectic witches. We aren’t always clear types of witches and most modern witches mix and match, but it’s still helpful to know about the different types of witchcraft so that you can effectively combine techniques in your practice.

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Most witches (nowadays, at least) identify as eclectic. That means that they practice at least a few different kinds of magic. You might enjoy traditional Wiccan ceremonies, worship Greek gods and goddesses, work with the forest, the sea, and the sun, and use divination or your psychic abilities in your spells. You may have a totally different mixture than this. Elemental witchcraft can be involved in almost any other type of witchcraft and used by any type of witch. The hallmark of an element witch is incorporating the four elements (earth, air, fire, and water) into their practice. As a Faery witch, you might practice alone as a solitary witch. You probably love the magic of fairies (and may have as a child too) and feel right at home in the woods.