Non-Wiccan Witch Roll Call

[Ben Gruagach]

It's easy to find Wiccan and Wiccan-derived witches on the internet and on MysticWicks, but harder to find those who practice non-Wiccan witchcraft, whether as part of an established tradition or as a solitary.

So -- any non-Wiccan witches here on MysticWicks? Tell us what tradition you are part of (if any) and what your variety of witchcraft is about! Is your form of witchcraft a religion or is it a practice that might or might not be done within your religious practice?

Is your witchcraft descended from Robert Cochrane (1734 or Clan of Tubal Cain, or perhaps another one?) Are you a member of the Cultus Sabbati? Do you base your work on Michael Ford's books? Is your witchcraft one that has been handed down within your family line? Is your witchcraft based on magickal practices or magickal religions from non-English cultures?

Tell us more!

[fareeha]

I practice stregoneria, which is not the same as Raven Grimassi's Stregheria, and conjure.

[Zephyrstorm]

I practice my own creation. Partially informed by Wicca, partially based in personal gnosis, and partially based on older folklore.

[WitchCraftWeaver]

Is your witchcraft descended from Robert Cochrane (1734 or Clan of Tubal Cain, or perhaps another one?)

This would be it! Although I'm VERY new to this. Prior, I was just solitary.

[Xentor]

I practice a combination of healing techniques and social influences I learnt at martial arts training, and a reincarnation based eclectic religion holding bits of Kemetic and Thelemite ideas.

[RainInanna]

I practice a personal evolutionary form of Witchcraft focused on the Divine as panentheistic and archetypal, with influences from Buddhism, Taoism, LaVeyan Satanism, Kemeticism, and Hellenism. More recently I've included bits I'm studying from Feri Witchcraft, Shamanism, and Druidry.

[Jenne]

Something of my own creation, certainly, mostly kitchen and hedgewitchery, though.

[HeavensHope]

I dont consider myself anything :) or practice anything.

Unless you count new years when i go to a buddhist temple with my parents for prayers and offerings for a good new year.

Oh and when someone gets married or dies we do the christian thing for half of the family and the buddhist tradition for the other half.

[arianrhods_daughter]

My own plus what my family has taught me

[Philosophia]

My path is a combination of folk, ceremonial, and hedge traditions.

[Semjaza]

I'm a Hedgewitch influenced by Cochrane's work, though I'm not and don't aspire to be a member of the traditions descended from him. I really don't know how I'd describe my path, and I'm not that comfortable with the thought of doing so... I guess you could say I walk into dreams wide awake. I worship the Gods that live in the Land, behind it, under it, beyond it. Beyond that I cannot say... :)

Cheers,

Semjaza
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[Faelon_Moon_Hawk]

It's easy to find Wiccan and Wiccan-derived witches on the internet and on MysticWicks, but harder to find those who practice non-Wiccan witchcraft, whether as part of an established tradition or as a solitary.

So -- any non-Wiccan witches here on MysticWicks? Tell us what tradition you are part of (if any) and what your variety of witchcraft is about! Is your form of witchcraft a religion or is it a practice that might or might not be done within your religious practice?

Is your witchcraft descended from Robert Cochrane (1734 or Clan of Tubal Cain, or perhaps another one?) Are you a member of the Cultus Sabbati? Do you base your work on Michael Ford's books? Is your witchcraft one that has been handed down within your family line? Is your witchcraft based on magickal practices or magickal religions from non-English cultures?

Tell us more!

I practice my own flavour of witchcraft...it's based upon wicca with influences from the research i've done on traditional witchcraft. I'm still researching and finding my current path, so it may change...i expect it to actually as i still feel i haven't exactly found what i'm looking for...

[deadoracle]

I practice from my own mixed bag of beliefs. However my fondation comes from my mother and the rest of my family. I molded out practices from the fondation that was taught to me by my mother and father. Who both taught me something different.

[Kimberlily]

I voted "other". I started off as a Wiccan, but felt drawn to break away from the structure of the Wiccan path. Now I dance to my own drummer, and let my ritual work take me where my spirit leads. If that means quiet meditation, I'll do that. If it means dancing around my altar, why not? I draw from many cultures and paths, but I would, by no means, consider myself Wiccan anymore.

[coeur]

I don't practise witchcraft, but magic. It is not influenced by Wicca at all.

[Meadhbh]

Yes, I practice a non-Wiccan witchcraft family tradition taught to me by my relatives. With a few of my own influences thrown in there as well. But if I had to say this is what I do, that would be the closest I could get.

[Arion]

Yep. I started off in Wicca, but after about 2 years it just didn't fit any more. The theology just seemed way too heterosexist.

I'm heavily influenced by Anderson Feri but I am not an initiate. I'm probably one of the only Canadians who has a clue what Feri is about. LOL. Maybe not, but it is certainly not very well-known here or anywhere else probably.

If I buy a Pagan book, I tend to stay away from Wiccan ones. I think its a great religion, but it doesn't suit me anymore. I usually go for the eclectic witchcraft kind of books, since there is very little on Feri out there, and I think I've got all I can get without formal training.

[wolf]

I have practiced Wicca, but I found that it lacks depth, particularly with respect to shamanic work. I describe myself as a Germanic Witch, as I do not practice Asatru. I am investigating the Irminic path, but have not yet found a Volkstead near enough to me to work with.

[halfwaynowhere]

i practice magick, but more as energy manipulation than anything else. so i call myself a witch, because i consider my kind of magick witchcraft. but i take an almost athiestic approach to religion. i don't believe in any "real" gods or goddesses. i believe in Nature, and i know that there are patterns in nature that can be represented by pagan symbols and deities. so i definitely do not call myself wiccan. i used to call myself wiccan, when i was first learning about paganism, but i never really went for the literal god and goddess bit, so i quickly moved on.

[Renny]

Mine's a combination between cultural and what I've created

[Penthesilea]

I'm currently studying Konstantinos' Nocturnal Witchcraft. I'm also strongly influenced by Kerr Cuhulain's Wiccan Warrior and the works of Gavin and Yvonne Frost. And I worship the Greek Pantheon.

[Windsmith]

Ben! My hero! You put the Andersons in your poll. Yay.

Yes, I practice Reclaiming-tradition Witchcraft, which was developed from the Anderson Feri tradition, with a goodly amount of feminist spirituality tossed in the mix. Some aspects were adopted from, or at least strongly influenced by, Wicca, but in most respects we've gone pretty danged far afield of Wiccan practices.

I myself have developed into an animist with an interest in elemental magic, hedgewitchery, and magical art. One of the things I love most about Reclaiming is that it's a tent big enough for me to fit under and not feel like I've stretched the fabric at all.

[DixieWitch]

I practise my own mix of things. Over the years, I've taken my beliefs and such from various sources. I've adapted some to fit me, others I haven't. I don't consider myself Wiccan, but I do follow some beliefs/practices from Wicca as well as other paths. I also tend to lean more toward the Darker <i.e. not negative> side of the path, meaning most of my work is done with the Dark Moon and a Darker Goddess. <I don't do black magic>

[Ninjakitten]

I'm a Christian witch, though I admit that most of my organized understanding of witchcraft comes from Wicca. On my own, I'm also studying herbalism, energy manipulation, Reformed Druidism through the Order of the Mithril Star, sigil creation (that seems to be working for me extraordinarily well, even though I don't use them as most people would), stone magic (though apparently I have no Earth element in my Charts at all, I recently found out), and I'm sure there's other things I'm studying that are occultic that I consider a part of my eclectic Christian witchcraft. I even include elements of my ninjitsu training when I cast spells or meditate on the elements. Sometimes I use that to call upon the pentacle for power as I would call upon the tenth cut of the kuji kiri (the "9 cuts" or symbols of power in ninjitsu used all at once) when I need an instant boost in magical power.

I do include worship of the God Yahweh, the Goddess Sophia (who I consider also to be "the Holy Spirit" to some degree), and I revere Jesus as someone who represented them and fulfilled a mission that could only be accomplished by being given direct authority of Godde (God and Goddess), though not literally being God himself. I consider that as being different than a prophet and consider him to be a means to learn about the Divine beyond what a prophet shares with people.

When I call the quarters, I do not see them as sentient entities, but I see them as energies, and as I call them, I think of their impacts within both a Christian context and on a worldly and physical context. Example, when I call upon water, I call upon the element of water and think not only of how water shapes the planet and nourishes all life forms, but I also think of how it's used in baptism, and I also think of imperfections being washed clean in my soul.

[PoisonIvy]

I suppose that most of the knowledge that I have was given to me by my grandmothers(kitchenwitches)and then I took that information and distorted it in my own little magickal way.
I do my own thang! I do what my heart leads me to do and I love what I do.
There's nothing wrong with being wiccan,I have many wiccan friends. But I don't have to proclaim myself wiccan to call myself "witch". :cheers:

[ravenscape]

Ben! My hero! You put the Andersons in your poll. Yay.

Yes, I practice Reclaiming-tradition Witchcraft, which was developed from the Anderson Feri tradition, with a goodly amount of feminist spirituality tossed in the mix. Some aspects were adopted from, or at least strongly influenced by, Wicca, but in most respects we've gone pretty danged far afield of Wiccan practices.

I myself have developed into an animist with an interest in elemental magic, hedgewitchery, and magical art. One of the things I love most about Reclaiming is that it's a tent big enough for me to fit under and not feel like I've stretched the fabric at all.

I KNEW there was a reason I like your posts! :cheers: I picked the Anderson option also.

I'm a solitary who is heavily influenced by Reclaiming and the Feri trad. It's pretty much the framework on which everything else hangs. Are you solitary or in a group? Reclaiming has a pretty strong influence in my geographic area. It would be easy for me to hook up with practitioners IRL. I just haven't been drawn in that direction so far. Starting to feel the need for something more than comparing notes, though.

[Dio]

Traditional non-wiccan witch here. My tradition is primarily based on Prytani Celtic and Faerie traditions. My practice is simply known as the Old Religion.

[Sionnach le Fey]

I practise green witchcraft and my own little creation. I'm not really influenced by people but by nature itself *shrug*

[Kalika]

I voted "Non-Wiccan system that I created myself".

I consider myself a witch... though mostly one of the unpracticing variety. :) These days anyways.

[Windsmith]

I KNEW there was a reason I like your posts!Shucks. And here I thought it was my razor-sharp wit and keen insight. ;)


It's pretty much the framework on which everything else hangs. Are you solitary or in a group?
Umm...both? Neither? Hoo boy.

I do the majority of my spells and rituals with my wife (saying that just doesn't gets old!), which makes for some interesting times, as she practices Celtic Shamanism and we don't always agree on how things are done. I imagine we'll eventually reach a point where we're practicing a fusion of both traditions rather than one or the other.

There's an active Reclaiming community in the area, but it's currently serving mostly as a loose confederation of solitairies. We have some classes together; we gather at people's houses for Witches' brunch; we do a couple rituals a year if someone takes it into their heads to organize one. But we don't hold rituals for every Sabbat, and forget Esbats!

But last year, a group of about 30 of us undertook a year-long priestess training together. We learned soooo much - not just about the priestess role, but about community, what we wanted from ours, and how to go about building that. We've held several meetings in the last few months about what we want our community to do in the future, and it was clear that there's a real hunger for more active groups with deeper commitments to each other and the work. So we're going to try something creating some long-term affinity groups, each of which will focus on a different need or interest within the larger community and open to any who feel called to that particular work. I predict that some or all of those groups, or others that develop as the need arises, will eventually evolve into more coven-like (or at least permanent working cell-like) structures.

I'm quite looking forward to it!

[ravenscape]

Wow. That sounds very exciting windsmith!

One of my sons is quite interested in Celtic Shamanism. A fusion of the two trads would work out just fine, I think :D

[Amythyst]

I consider myself a practicing witch and a half-hearted Wiccan. I might incorporate the religious aspect into my workings at times, and sometimes I won't. I might keep a Sabbat now and then, I might not. I don't like any type of religion that is going to tell me "you have to do this particular ritual on this particular day to this particular deity". I do whatever feels right to me. If I get a crazy hair to just do witchcraft or hoo doo for whatever reason, hey, get out of my way, because something is going to happen.

Hasn't anyone else ever gotten up in the morning and there's that little voice inside your head that says..."Do magic! Do magic! Do magic!"? When that happens it won't matter what moon phase we're in, what astrological planets are aligned where, what day of the week it is...I just do the damn magic, because at times like these I know that something will happen

[Pagan Mantis]

I focus on the Green aspect of the Craft. I'm not Wiccan. Solitary is the way for me, with emphasis on herbs, tarot, kitchen, and dark fascination. I'm not sure there would be a label, but I follow in the footsteps of some Wiccan and non-Wiccan advice. Still very new to this, however I have an infatuation with anything and everything nature based, which leads to my interest in the Green Craft.

[Rudas Starblaze]

you wouldnt believe me if i told you.

[Ben Gruagach]

you wouldnt believe me if i told you.

And you have to tell us now!

[David19]

Right now, i don't really have a path, but i'm attracted to several Cochrane style witchcraft (like the 1734 tradition, Clan of Tubal Cain, etc, and i've started talking to a guy who's practicioner of a Cochrane style witchcraft tradition). But i'd like to learn more about Feri witchcraft, and Michael Ford's witchcraft (as well as Andrew Chumbley's).

I also want to learn about Ancient Greek witchcraft as well as Celtic (It sounds like a lot, but since i don't know what my path is, i want to see what's out there).

I think i'm going to start on the Witchcraft From the Ground Up course (on www.whywiccanssuck.com) when i have more time (right now, i have exams coming up).

[Windsmith]

Wow. That sounds very exciting windsmith!

One of my sons is quite interested in Celtic Shamanism. A fusion of the two trads would work out just fine, I think :D It's not something we're really thinking about, you know? When we first started doing workings together, the energy was all screwy, like the first time you try to kiss someone and you keep bumping noses. But as time goes on, we learn where to put our magical noses, so to speak.

It caused a bit of confusion at our handfasting. Reclaiming invocation goes East-South-West-North-Center; Celtic Shamanism (at least as my wife practices it) goes North-East-South-West-Center. The friend who invoked Center (who's Alexandrian, but has been married to a Reclaiming priestess long enough to know our ritual style pretty well) hadn't been able to make the rehearsal, and I guess he'd only looked at his own part in the ceremony script and not all the bits around it. During the ceremony, there was this horrifyingly long pause (I'm sure it really wasn't, but to us it felt like forever!) where he didn't know he was supposed to go because, somehow, he hadn't noticed that North had already been invoked, and he was just standing there waiting for it to happen! That was a nervewracking moment, as I'm sure you can imagine.

[The High Queen of Faerie]

Everything I do is intuitive... forget structured books

[Romani Vixen]

I voted other.

My spirituality is Kemetic Orthodox, with some of my personal gnosis in as elaboration.

I work magic in the method of the Cunning-Ones... I am a hedge witch.

[Xirian]

So -- any non-Wiccan witches here on MysticWicks? Tell us what tradition you are part of (if any) and what your variety of witchcraft is about! Is your form of witchcraft a religion or is it a practice that might or might not be done within your religious practice?

Is your witchcraft based on magickal practices or magickal religions from non-English cultures?

Tell us more!
I am studying stregheria italiana and etruscan reconstructionism. I have been studying stregheria for about 4 years now. I have been studying the history of the Etruscan people, with not much progress until recently, for about 4 years as well. I started out looking into solitary practice and finally realized that what I was reading was mostly based around wicca, which is a religion I found that I really wasn't interested in. I did some more research on it and finally knew that it wasn't for me.

I practice very little magic in the form of rituals, but I do study and commune with my deities regularly.

[fangedeshana]

I practice what comes to me naturally; a system of mainly healing that has been created and influenced by my own personal exsperiences, exsperimentation and of course, nature.

I don't ascribe to any particular religion, and the idea of worshiping diety to me seems pointless, so my practice isn't linked to religion at all. It's basically a way of life that comes naturally.

[BrigidMoon]

Keep the roll call coming!

[Zhr Morgana]

My path has a lot of influences...from Native American to Celtic to Wiccan to basically everything else. I'm about as eclectic as you can get. I'm not so much of an active participant in the Craft as I'd like...right now it's more of a basic belief system, with more to do with the Earth and Nature than anything else. I work with stones, herbs, the Tarot, and I try to learn a little bit of everything.

I don't really have a name...other than maybe just "unique".

[Rowan Darkmoon]

I practice something of my own creation that is a combination of folk, ceremonial, and hedge witchcraft. It depends on what I'm in the mood for. :lol:

I also practice some things passed down through my family.

[Athene]

Here is part of how I recently described my ways on my blog.


My practices and beliefs are that of a green, natural, hereditary, bloodline witch.

I do not do ritual, cast circles, follow correspondences, celebrate ’sabbats’, nor is my world polarised (duality) or divided in four (earth, air, fire, water). I entwine myself in the flow of nature. I practice a little folk magic but recognise it as such. I enjoy tarot and astrology but these are personal interests and not of the traditional witch.

All is both individual and interconnected - the breath of the tree is my breath, the soul of the weed is my soul, the pain of the slaughtered swine is my pain, the change of the season is my change, the pull of the moon is my pull, the sight of the eagle is my sight, the strength of the land is my strength.

I do not use herbs or plants or any part of nature, I work with her. I work with the spirit of nature and the spirits of nature as allies.

The Craft, is the pot pouri of practices; chants, rites, amulets, spells, weavings of objects and flow to manifest.
I personally believe in a Great Spirit that is both creator and within all, and respect all personal prophets and gods, but this is not of the traditional witch.


My foundation is wisdom and Feminine. Wisdom is the focus of understanding through immediate experience. Feminine is existence through intuition, instinct, bloodline.

The wisewoman is a person of the land. This means that I cannot follow a tradition that does not run through my veins, through my ancestors. I am not eclectic in that I do not consciously take beliefs from Celtic, Egyptian or any other tradition.
I say ‘consciously’ because despite our connection to the land, beliefs and practices flow through the rivers of the world, to blend, evolve, renew.

...

[Nitefalle]

Definitely non-Wiccan. I am an intuitive, very practical Witch. I work with the natural energies and when I celebrate Sabbats, I focus on the seasonal aspect rather than any god/dess mythos. However, I am also a hard polytheist, so I do honor deities during my Sabbat rituals, with respect to the seasonal energies. I work only with northern European deities (celto-gallo-germanic) as that is my heritage and it just feels more natural to me, though I don't work within a specific time frame. I am not a reconstructionist by any means. I honor the Fae and the Ancestors as part of my path and during my rituals and usually leave offerings for them when I have them on hand. I do a lot of inner meditation work directly with deities in and outside of ritual. It's pretty simple, which is the way I think spirituality should be.

[BlackMagicalCat]

I dont consider myself a witch,I think it is not fair to those who really are.

So what I have a witchy looking avatar,and a magical cat sent to me by the Goddess,and a sabbat born kitten named Ostara,and a craft name.
And attending drumming circles with other pagans and beating my drum doesnt make me a witch either.And my alters in my home are for just praying,I use my cards because I feel like the Goddess wants me to learn to use them.

While I do have a gazzillion candles in my home,along with a lot of other things,that doesnt make me a witch either.

I am studing like crazy too,but its only because I am trying to find my way..So,I do consider myself to be a man who loves God,and who loves Goddess,and who belongs to her,and I consider myself her servant.
I try to follow a path that blesses others.

So,I am a man,an ordinary man.But I do have strong wiccan influenses in my life,because my friends are wiccan,and I need them.

[Sage Rainsong]

My practice is more of my own creation. At this moment my practice is a mixture of ADF style druidism, and eclectic Neopagan witchcraft.

[Garden of Eden]

I practice a rather unstructured form of witchcraft, though it's gradually taking shape as I grow older. Whatever it is by the time I die, I intend to pass it on.

[Teresa]

I practice Hoodoo, which is a form of folk magic. It has an African origin but has been transformed from one location to another and varies greatly between areas. It also has some Kabbalist influences along with the Native American influences and even some European influences. Hoodoo is set apart from other types of folk magic due to its use of Mojo bags, floor washes, and foot track powders. There are a good deal of spells that involve reciting Bible verses during them. Candles are used alot. Also talismans and amulets are pretty popular .

[debnmike]

My path has a lot of influences...from Native American to Celtic to Wiccan to basically everything else. I'm about as eclectic as you can get. I'm not so much of an active participant in the Craft as I'd like...right now it's more of a basic belief system, with more to do with the Earth and Nature than anything else. I work with stones, herbs, the Tarot, and I try to learn a little bit of everything.

I don't really have a name...other than maybe just "unique".
Love, love, love this answer.....this is Mike and I to a "T". Mike and I worship God in a very non-traditional way. It's also a way most "Christians" would say is devil worship (why, I have no idea). Our God is the same as theirs, they just think if you don't have the same rituals they have, that obviously it's devil worship.

*sigh*

Non labeled God worshipping witches here!

DebnMike

[SylverStar]

I consider myself a non-wiccan witch...though Wicca was my jump off point so I guess I could say Wicca probably plays a good part of it...though I like to keep everything simplistic, basic, and from the heart. I would say that my form is not very spiritual/religious at all but that that can help guide it...but is not needed for my to do magic.

[MankyCat]

The best description I have is that I'm an eclectic witch.

Except I don't really borrow from other religions too much... and mostly go off of my experience... and research into different cultures, taboos, and anthropology... I prefer concepts that are shared by several cultures and to know some of the why's behind those concepts.

I usually just call myself a witch and leave it at that... if I call myself anything. I always like the term Spellweaver (something I used a long time back just once and don't know if or where I got it from).

I am most definitely not a wiccan though.

[amakaliani]

It's easy to find Wiccan and Wiccan-derived witches on the internet and on MysticWicks, but harder to find those who practice non-Wiccan witchcraft, whether as part of an established tradition or as a solitary.

So -- any non-Wiccan witches here on MysticWicks? Tell us what tradition you are part of (if any) and what your variety of witchcraft is about! Is your form of witchcraft a religion or is it a practice that might or might not be done within your religious practice?

Is your witchcraft descended from Robert Cochrane (1734 or Clan of Tubal Cain, or perhaps another one?) Are you a member of the Cultus Sabbati? Do you base your work on Michael Ford's books? Is your witchcraft one that has been handed down within your family line? Is your witchcraft based on magickal practices or magickal religions from non-English cultures?

Tell us more!


Well. I started following Dianic Traditions when I chose the path of Paganism, however Kali found me! And have been basing my pantheon with Kali and Shiva. I follow many different Deities. I am a domestic witch, and most assuredly not a Wiccan. I have to be "Wiccan" for legal purposes, for I am a legally ordained Reverend. But, that is as far as I go into the Wiccan faith and path.

The IDEALS are nice.....but, Kali, well, She's not a LIGHT goddess. And it is hard to justify the Wiccan Rede, when I have been called by Kali Mai. There have been times, and will be in the future, that I have had to do things to protect my Coven that are not in line with the Rede.

When you follow a Dark Goddess - who is no more LEGITIMATELY EVIL than a new born babe. Evil in it's definition tends to only cover Christian precepts.....(MY OPINION), and I am not a baneful witch. I am a very protective Witch, a powerful Witch (thanks to Kali), and one with a temper. But, I believe that had I not had those qualities to begin with Kali would not have CHOSEN ME.

I got a tattoo of Kali, before I choose to follow Her completely. She choose me, and I researched Her, extensively before I was tattoo'ed. She has shown Herself to me many times. And continues to show Herself to me, on a REGULAR basis.

AmaKaliani

[Skye]

It's easy to find Wiccan and Wiccan-derived witches on the internet and on MysticWicks, but harder to find those who practice non-Wiccan witchcraft, whether as part of an established tradition or as a solitary.

So -- any non-Wiccan witches here on MysticWicks? Tell us what tradition you are part of (if any) and what your variety of witchcraft is about! Is your form of witchcraft a religion or is it a practice that might or might not be done within your religious practice?

Is your witchcraft descended from Robert Cochrane (1734 or Clan of Tubal Cain, or perhaps another one?) Are you a member of the Cultus Sabbati? Do you base your work on Michael Ford's books? Is your witchcraft one that has been handed down within your family line? Is your witchcraft based on magickal practices or magickal religions from non-English cultures?





Tell us more!

Hello, Non-Wiccan Witch here!:wave: My family tradition is not of a religious nature. We call ourselves heathens, or country dwellers and practice a hand me down variety of witchcraft:boing:

[alabaster]

If I had to say anything, I'd say I'm into goddess spirituality...which means I'm a goddess spirit ;)

Nothing formal at all, more a hedge/green/kitchen witch. Make of that what you will!

[Threase]

I practice my own form of witchcraft that includes energy work in general, I work with crystals and herbs sometimes as well.

[misty]

Non-wiccan witch here, too. If I had to label myself, I'd say I'm an ecclectic sort of kitchen witch.

[eldora_avalon]

Erisian Kitchen Witch.

I follow Eris, more or less, but she likes to play hide and seek, so sometimes I wander around seemingly aimlessly, but anyway, I do rituals when I feel compelled to and mostly I grab something that is already laying around, I always have lots of candles and incense and other witchy stuff, so I grab what I need and do a chant for Eris and throw something together with a little bit of influence from Chaos Magic as well.

[WiccanGoddess]

I am a Green Pagan, mixing Elemental Paganism with Celtic lore.

[MajorTal]

Of the 11 votes for fam trad I didn't see that many posts that go along with that choice. As all areas and cultures are reflected in each famtrads well...trad, :P and also the factors of "how did your family have to hide?" come into play, I was amazed at how many on here are famtrad based!! I'd love to have a chat with the other famtrads!
Cheers!

***Tal***

[omar]

Shaman or Wizard. The word witch is offensive to me. It goes back to the Christian burning times. So that word is avioded..Wizard or Magician is much better. No need to stire up those people in Lynchburg, Va. with the word witch. Ouch.

[watercup]

I'm Nothing.

[MidnightFire]

My witchcraft is an eclectic combo of many different influences, shamanism and green witchcraft probably being the biggest influences so far.

[Gardenia]

I am a non-Wiccan witch. What I follow is a mix of what was taught by my family, things I discovered on my own, and what I have learned from books and the internet.

[kitsch]

Non-Wiccan witch here.
I started out Wiccan, as so many do. For me it was important at the time to have structure and Wicca provided that. I was Wiccan for a couple of years.

Since then, I find myself shying away from structure and formality. I thrive on trying to fully integrate my witchcraft with my everyday life. I'm definitely a kitchen witch with a heavy emphasis on herbs, healing, and creativity. I pride myself on using "mundane" objects as my tools and to a lazy degree practicing as I imagine my predecessors did (I'll use beeswax candles before coloured paraffin; my "Book of Shadows" is a funky recipe box, etc.) I like having my witchcraft hidden in plain view.

[ladyraven]

I tried to be wiccan once. Didn't work out for me. What I practice includes things from what my cherokee great grandmother taught me, to some folk magic from all over, a nudge in the direction of Sumerian (thanks to the goddess Erishkigal), a little buddhism to help me focus, gods from everywhere who might listen, to a little of what feels right to me.

[Kaija]

I am a non-Wiccan Witch.. and Pagan.. My roots are in past lives and the ancestors of this one.. I share some commonality with Necromancy.. (read: divination with the dead.. sort of like ancestor worship).. I use intuition, divination, common sense, and passion.. I have some inherited gifts from my ancestors.. The Strega and the Gypsy.. (Great Grandmothers and farther).. That's the best I can do to explain.

[vikinggoddess]

I'm a green witch. I work with herbs and stones for nourishment, curing, healing, creating things with herbs. A witch is not exactly a label that I would applly to myself. I feel comfortable using it though, because I realize that is something that others would call me based on what it is that I do. Also the realization that wise women with herbal knowledge have been burned for less. I don't do much in the way of spells, but things that I do may appear like magic to people with less knowledge.

[Rananeida]

I practice native nordic folk magic laced to make a perfect fusion with whatever outside influences have touched it since its origins. It's not a religion, and it's only marginally connected to any religious practices.

Actually... I'm not sure I classify as a witch at all, really, as the word is used within neo-paganism. Nordic folk magic isn't based on any hebrew/roman/greek/egyptian/hermetic/what-have-you practices like the kind you find in most modern traditions, even the non-wiccan.

However, what I do is what got people convicted for witchcraft "back when" (minus the imaginative demonology of the 17th century...), so in that context I sure am one, although I don't use the word myself.

[serenarian]

I started out studying Wicca and disliked the structure. I moved on to studying hedge witchcraft, and would now consider myself a Celtic hedgewitch with some Wiccan leanings. I consider myself more of a Pagan than a Wiccan though.

[Shadow Angel]

i voted this option:
Yes, I practice a non-Wiccan witchcraft family tradition taught to me by my relatives.

[Tambou]

Definitely non-Wiccan. I am an intuitive, very practical Witch. I work with the natural energies and when I celebrate Sabbats, I focus on the seasonal aspect rather than any god/dess mythos.

This is very muc along the linds of my beliefs. Elemental Pagan practice.
I don't put Paganism & Witchcraft as the same.
My Witchcraft (magic) is that of Hoodoo.

[VioletJadeWolf]

I'm a beginning Christian witch.

[Lolair]

*raises her hand and winks mysteriously* http://www.book-of-thoth.com/modules/Forums/images/smiles/60.gif

[SoulFire]

I'm a Feri/Vicia initiate.

[*D*R*A*K*E*]

yes,i started wicca<shame,.i just believe it's a white magick sort of practice,. but i believe there isn't colors,just shades of grey,. like green,whatever,. you can't go on living your life,doing prosperity and luck spells,.. you must be able to defend yourself,.

anyways,.i practice witchcraft,druid,psychic vamp.,and developing various e.s.p. interested in shamanic journey,dragon/faerie magick,and enochian

does anybody know anything about the hermatic order of the golden dawn? i've done some research,.but nothing concrete,.<<should be a "PATHS FORUM" right?

blessed be,

[Ben Gruagach]

Hi Drake.

You should check out the Ceremonialists section in Paths here. Here's a link to take you to it (http://www.mysticwicks.com/forumdisplay.php?f=234). They cover ceremonial magick paths such as Golden Dawn, O.T.O., etc.

It also sounds like you didn't get a very broad glimpse of Wicca. There are some very deep and serious trends in the Wiccan community but you might not see them if you're not looking for it. The pop-culture forms of Wicca do tend to get the most attention it seems.

There are plenty of richly meaningful witchcraft paths that have little or nothing to do with Wicca if you ever decide to explore them. I expect lots of people who've posted to this thread, for instance, would be able to give you lots of information about their particular paths if you ask them directly. Private messages might be a good way to start, or start up new threads about the specific topic you want to discus -- just try to put any new thread in the most appropriate areas for them on the messageboard. And don't be afraid to use the Search feature to look for threads that have already been set up for whatever topics you're interested it! There's a lot of great stuff here on MysticWicks that's been posted.

[inkywitch]

Yes, my witchcraft is my own non-Wiccan system that I created myself.

Perhaps it will become a family tradition. One day.

I'm also a wicth who came to Witchcraft through Wicca (no shame. to be shamed by it would be shameful). I didn't care much for the Ceremonial style, or the structure and seemed to grow out of it.

[Das_Blutbad]

i call myself a rune acolyte,
but i've also been trying to find books and what-not on seidhr

[Rainbow]

Non-Wiccan system I created myself, although admittedly just because the information is out there some of it was definitely influenced by popular Wicca.

[Saphyre]

Non-Wiccan witch with pantheistic leanings. However, I was formally introduced to paganism through my sister - a Wiccan. I was informally shown by my dad, who was a Pantheist, I just didn't know it at the time ;)

[aluokaloo]

aye! just a pagan,

[Olivelovingtiger]

I'm a mixture. I'm open to alot. But I'm not nessicarily wiccan.

[Tullip Troll]

Me and my Sweety are history nuts and after much research and logic we have come up with a system that rings true for us, it has very little similar with Wicca, not that we think Wicca is wrong just not for us. We also incorporate a lot of Celtic stuff as that is our ANcestory and we can identify with a lot of what they were like.

I try very hard to be in sync with nature not above it or in control of it. We use it by understanding how it works.

[Tullip Troll]

,I personally consider witchcraft as I practice it very much a Craft, Art, and a Skill rather than a religious system itself. :nyah:

I agree, I often get in heated debates amongst the pagan community because I hate becoming part of a religious system. I've never been a good follower.

[RenDjembe]

I am a practicing Pagan but my Witchcraft is Hoodoo.

[Jackabo]

Not a Wiccan, never have been... don't necessarily have a problem with Wicca, but it isn't for me. I am pretty eclectic, but it's sort of an "organized eclectic" if that makes sense.

[Juniper138]

I am a Hedgewitch.

http://www.walkingthehedge.org/Hedgewitch.htm

[wolfjan1]

It's easy to find Wiccan and Wiccan-derived witches on the internet and on MysticWicks, but harder to find those who practice non-Wiccan witchcraft, whether as part of an established tradition or as a solitary.

So -- any non-Wiccan witches here on MysticWicks? Tell us what tradition you are part of (if any) and what your variety of witchcraft is about! Is your form of witchcraft a religion or is it a practice that might or might not be done within your religious practice?

Is your witchcraft descended from Robert Cochrane (1734 or Clan of Tubal Cain, or perhaps another one?) Are you a member of the Cultus Sabbati? Do you base your work on Michael Ford's books? Is your witchcraft one that has been handed down within your family line? Is your witchcraft based on magickal practices or magickal religions from non-English cultures?

Tell us more!
I find it limiting to be placed in some little pidgeonhole and identified as that path when there are so many changes every day, and so many other parts of my life that are just as important. If you must know, I describe myself as an eclectic solitary witch.

[RuneCast]

I selected other.
I couldn't vote that I had created my practice myself.
Divinity revealed my path to me.
It was under their guidance that I've learned what I've learned.
Sure I've made some decisions, even some of the important ones. But those were all from options given to me.
There are reasons why I am not a Wiccan, although my one faith is very similar. I almost became a solitary Wiccan ala Scott Cunningham...but They had other plans for how I would manifest my connection to them.

[princeether]

Hedgewitch here ;)

[satanscheerleader]

I answered "Yes, my witchcraft is my own non-Wiccan system that I created myself."

[Caitlin.ann]

I'm a non-wiccan witch and I voted the same as satanscheerleader. :)

[cesara]

I am a Gnostic Witch. I practice Witchraft in a Gnostic environment.

It also might be helpful if you expanded on your interpretation of the term 'witchcraft'. It can mean different things to different people.

[Trilby]

I follow my own cobbled together witchcraft, mostly kitchenish, folklore, superstition and whatever shiny bits that just seem to click I run across.
I did practice Wicca for a very short while at the beginning of my witchy leanings, so some of it still sticks to this day, but I grew away from the religious aspects.

[LibraMoon]

Im a bit of a mix and match.. a pinch of druidry, a smidge of shamanism, a dash of hoodoo and a chunk of intuition and what flows naturally :)

[Amanda Mitchell]

There is a such thing as a "non-wiccan witch"????

[Caitlin.ann]

Amanda, I sent you a PM. :)

[Amanda Mitchell]

Amanda, I sent you a PM. :)
And I got it :thumbsup:

[WitchOfEndor]

My practice is from several generations back. It's a mix of several different paths from family lines in Ireland & Scotland.

[Amanda Mitchell]

\family lines in Ireland & Scotland. My family is from Ireland and Scotland too!!! :lol: Wonder if we are related??? lol

[Lady Shalymar]

Was a Wiccan witch for a while, now I'm Hermetic. I still use magick so I suppose that classifies me as a witch. The magickal system I use is Kamitian (Ancient Egypt) which also has Cannonite (Jewish) mystic elements.

[Lady Moonsong]

My path has always been gifted to me by the Divine. However, throughout the years I have worked with a number of people from various paths as well as read book and articles about different religious and magical practices. I keep the bits that fit from each path I encounter and I save the rest away in my memory in case I meet someone else that could use the wisdom I have learned; a tradition, ritual, tool, belief structure, etc that did not fit my personal needs can still be valid for someone else. Since my Calling involves helping others to find their own path to the Divine I honor and cherish all beliefs I encounter and learn all that I can so that I might be able to point others in the direction best suited for them, whether or not it is similar to the path I walk.

[AugustoSilvanoCato]

Hello all,

Yes, my witchcraft is based on a magickal system from a non-English culture.

I have been studying Magick and Pagan Religions for at least 13 years, all types of Magick and Paganism from different sources, Santeria, Palo Mayombe , Druids, Rune magick, Wicca, Ceremonial magick, Aleister Crowley, Golden Dawn, Necronomicon, The Kabbalah and finally Italian Witchcraft.

I'm a Indian, a Taino Indian with our own system that people think was extinct in the 1500s but we are here. After many years of study and practicing as a solitary witch, I had a call from the Gods of the Yoruba religion and had a pre- initiation with them guiding me through 6 months of not eating meat only fish, getting ready for the santo. Everything was fine until I got a call from the Gods and told me that my road was changed. Then I got a dream with all the Gods or Santos that had a big party and they recognised me and I recognise them as regular people. Then they told me that that was a good bye party, Then In the dream the Goddess Diana appear and told me to follow her that she would change my life.

Then a few months later , That was 2006 For some reason I started finding hundreds of quarts around my house, rose, white ones and smokey looking. Then some how I stated reading all Raven Grimassi books looking for something I did not Know. Today I'm still reading his Italian Witchcraft teachings and follow what the Goddess the old and the new had reveal to me. So I have some form of Italian Witchcraft Tradition and still learning as much as possible.
I'm getting ready to take his course in Italian Witchcraft and keep learning hopefully enough to get Initiated in Ravens Tradition in the future. I follow the Treguendas and follow the Old Ways of that tradition. I have learned a whole deal from the Goddess herself and I'm happy to call my self a strega Witch. After all this years of searching I have found my path. Don't get me wrong I use strega as a religion but base myself on Ritual Magick.
Bless be all

[tallwoman.9169]

Although I haven't gotten any formal training from anyone in particular, I'm most drawn to the Feri trad. I've completed Be A Goddess by Francesca DeGrandis with a group. Will be buying Etheric Anatomy soon. I've done some research and study online, anywhere I can find info on this trad. Am looking forward to the day I find my teacher.

[Shosha]

Ok, because I chose "other" I'm making this post as requested.

My witchcraft is a combination of family traditions, learned traditions and beliefs (outside the family), and thing that have been intuited or learned from within (ie: learning from ancestors or Otherworld teachers and friends during meditations and trances)

:bow:

[David19]

Although I haven't gotten any formal training from anyone in particular, I'm most drawn to the Feri trad. I've completed Be A Goddess by Francesca DeGrandis with a group. Will be buying Etheric Anatomy soon. I've done some research and study online, anywhere I can find info on this trad. Am looking forward to the day I find my teacher.

This may be OT, but, I hope you find a really cool teacher soon, the Feri Tradition is a very cool, and interesting, tradition, before I became a Sumerian Recon, I was really interested in learning about it (I still am, actually). I've heard a lot of good things about those books too, I actually might try and pick them up sometime.

BTW, if you want to find a teacher, have you thought about asking Elise (http://mysticwicks.com/member.php?u=12023)?, she's, I think, a Feri Witch, and really does know her stuff, maybe, she might be able to help you find a good teacher, or something?.

[Ben Gruagach]

This may be OT, but, I hope you find a really cool teacher soon, the Feri Tradition is a very cool, and interesting, tradition, before I became a Sumerian Recon, I was really interested in learning about it (I still am, actually). I've heard a lot of good things about those books too, I actually might try and pick them up sometime.

BTW, if you want to find a teacher, have you thought about asking Elise (http://mysticwicks.com/member.php?u=12023)?, she's, I think, a Feri Witch, and really does know her stuff, maybe, she might be able to help you find a good teacher, or something?.

SoulFire is another on here who is a Feri initiate.

[tallwoman.9169]

Actually, Elise is my HP, she's the one who first introduced me to Feri, and led the class I mentioned of the Be A Goddess book. She's pretty terrific, but don't tell her I said so, her head is big enough as it is. LOL! I found SoulFire here, and have considered PMing her. Thanks. I appreciate the help.

[David19]

SoulFire is another on here who is a Feri initiate.

That's right, I forgot, SoulFire would be very good to contact too, IMO.

[David19]

Actually, Elise is my HP, she's the one who first introduced me to Feri, and led the class I mentioned of the Be A Goddess book. She's pretty terrific, but don't tell her I said so, her head is big enough as it is. LOL! I found SoulFire here, and have considered PMing her. Thanks. I appreciate the help.

Elise is cool, especially when it comes to the Feri Tradition, she helped me learn about it, when I was still trying to find my path. BTW, just so you know, SoulFire is a guy, not a girl ;).

[tallwoman.9169]

OOPS!!!!! Gotta quit doing that!

[David19]

OOPS!!!!! Gotta quit doing that!

Don't worry, everyone makes mistakes, I've mistook some peoples gender (it's hard to know what gender some people are with the gender icon thing gone now).

[tallwoman.9169]

Yeah, but I've found that I assume everyone is female unless there is something to show otherwise. I have to learn to remember our beautiful BROTHER pagans!!!

[David19]

Yeah, but I've found that I assume everyone is female unless there is something to show otherwise. I have to learn to remember our beautiful BROTHER pagans!!!

Don't worry, I'm sure you'll get used to it :).

[Rilasciato]

I am a Hereditary Witch. I practice Sicilian Witchcraft. For the purposes of the general public, I identify myself as Sicilian Stregheria. However, my Family Tradition has no name. It has always been called just the "Old Ways" or the "Old Religion"

A note to detractors and hecklers of Raven Grimassi who say there is no "La Vecchia Religione", my grandmother would heartily disagree, and she'll be haunting you any day now....)

Our boschetto (coven) is called, simply, Boschetto di Leone because it's roots are in the area now known as Capri di Leone in Sicily.

My Family Tradition is a simple one. Few tools, simple altar, orally handed down (with the exception of the grimoire) and rituals are in keeping with traditional witchcraft. Stregoneria is a part of our magic, as is much that has been developed throughout the years by the Family itself. The spells, rituals and ceremonies are Family secrets, so I cannot go into great detail.

I am not sure exactly how old our Family Tradition is. I have records that go back to about the middle 18th century, around 1740, but there is mention in my records of family members that date back another hundred years or so.

Who knows. It is not really that important in the grand scheme of things. There is already enough elitism in the world to choke an elephant. I respect all Pagan paths whether they are brand new, older than mine or an eclectic mix of whatever.

We do not follow a rede, but use our magic as we would any other craft, depending upon the conditions on the ground, so to speak. While I do not seek to harm anyone out of malice, but I will use magic to protect myself, my family and our personal property to whatever ends I feel neccessary.

I am, as it stands, the last surviving member of our boschetto. I hold out hope that at least one of my four children will express an interest in continuing on. If not, perhaps grandchildren.

[Stormwt]

lol, I think I classed myself as wiccan for about a month when was 13!

Now I'm difficult to define...

[David19]

I am a Hereditary Witch. I practice Sicilian Witchcraft. For the purposes of the general public, I identify myself as Sicilian Stregheria. However, my Family Tradition has no name. It has always been called just the "Old Ways" or the "Old Religion"

A note to detractors and hecklers of Raven Grimassi who say there is no "La Vecchia Religione", my grandmother would heartily disagree, and she'll be haunting you any day now....)

Our boschetto (coven) is called, simply, Boschetto di Leone because it's roots are in the area now known as Capri di Leone in Sicily.

My Family Tradition is a simple one. Few tools, simple altar, orally handed down (with the exception of the grimoire) and rituals are in keeping with traditional witchcraft. Stregoneria is a part of our magic, as is much that has been developed throughout the years by the Family itself. The spells, rituals and ceremonies are Family secrets, so I cannot go into great detail.

I am not sure exactly how old our Family Tradition is. I have records that go back to about the middle 18th century, around 1740, but there is mention in my records of family members that date back another hundred years or so.

Who knows. It is not really that important in the grand scheme of things. There is already enough elitism in the world to choke an elephant. I respect all Pagan paths whether they are brand new, older than mine or an eclectic mix of whatever.

We do not follow a rede, but use our magic as we would any other craft, depending upon the conditions on the ground, so to speak. While I do not seek to harm anyone out of malice, but I will use magic to protect myself, my family and our personal property to whatever ends I feel neccessary.

I am, as it stands, the last surviving member of our boschetto. I hold out hope that at least one of my four children will express an interest in continuing on. If not, perhaps grandchildren.

That sounds very cool, and, like I said, I hope your family tradition continues on :).

[David19]

lol, I think I classed myself as wiccan for about a month when was 13!

Now I'm difficult to define...

I used to be like that, until I became a Sumerian recon, although, I'm still a bit like that!.

[dr_zeus440]

I voted other. I hate voting other, it's like voting for the Greens party- you don't win, and even though you are a statistic, you're the most useless statistic in politics. But I do like that this thread has been around for years and is still getting responses. Makes me all nostalgic.

I don't practice. I've had something of a sabbatical from any kind of active spiritual beliefs for some time now. There have been other lessons that have been mine to learn. But the old urges are awakening inside me once again, and, as Spring bursts merrily forth in my twenty-second year, I am, I suppose, called.

I am interested in the folk beliefs and practices of the Anglo-Saxon people from whom I am descended. This is partly because I feel the most attachment to this 'mythology', and partly because I feel that the distant connection by blood means something. I am interested in exploring a connection with the Land, and with the many creatures that traverse the Land. I would like to learn more about "trance-states" that facilitate communication with the aforementioned entities, and with those that have gone before. I would like to learn more about myself, genealogically. And I would like to come to know more of this world and of the Otherworld, as I understand it to exist. Of course, the fostering of wisdom and personal power are goals, but for now, it is curiosity that drives me forward. I wouldn't, really, even consider myself a witch, but that my inclinations have been called, by others, traditional witchcraft of the Anglo-Saxon variety.

[pkm]

I'm a major loner, self taught and I go mostly by instinct. I have always known who I was from a very young age (around 6) and never had any doubts but I also never had anyone to guide me.

If I remember correctly my aunt was a witch also, but it has been close to 30 years since my mother utters those words, along with a very severe scolding for ever going near her, so I could be mistaken.

[Darth Brooks]

I chose, "My witchcraft is based on a non-English magical tradition." Specifically I consider myself a Setian witch - a particular term that no one has ever used before, to my knowledge, but which belongs to everyone as far as I'm concerned. My witchcraft is based on the religious/magical rituals of the ancient Egyptians as well as on the religious/magical rituals of the Greek Typhonian magicians.

[Moonrise]

I consider the word wicca to mean male witch and wicce to mean female witch and wiccan to be plural (similar to child->chidren Wicce- wiccan). To me it is just Witch in a different language.

It's all a matter of what the word wicca means to you I guess, and I see the words as one and the same, as written about in Mike Nicols 'A Witch by Any other Name- the great Wicca vs Witchcraft Debate' http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/7280/wvsw.html

[Bansheekisses]

My own plus what my family has taught me

My heritage is a hodge podge of beliefs. I have studied Druidry and Shamanism. I have also, been on a different path now for quite some time. A balance of black and white magic.
If you want to know more information, feel free to PM me and ask.

[lavenderdawn]

Though my circles are Wiccan based and the spells I use are primarily influenced by Wicca I do not consider myself a Wiccan. My first teachers( in human form) were Reclaiming trained which identifies itself as a Goddess tradition but exactly Wicca. Reclaiming was founded by people trained by Victor and Cora Anderson. My teachers considered themselves eclectic practitioners of nature spirituality and though my path has verged away from theirs somewhat the term still fits.

I am an First Degree Priestess( training for Second) in the Correllian Nativist Tradition which considers themselves Wican but came from Fam Trad roots.

So Wicca all through my training but I do not indentify as Wiccan.

[Hærfest Leah]

I practice real Appalachian Granny/Mountain Magic because that is where I am from, not the Edain McCoy/Silver Ravenwolf trash. I do not travel in any witchcraft "circles," I've met too many fairy dust toting lead paint flakes to bother meeting up with any other RL practitioners. My practices are derived from family, and Appalachian History and Culture studies only.

[Cunae]

Borderline Christian witch, I suppose. I call myself a "mystic Christian" more accurately... believing there is power in the cross, certain stones and crystals, feathers, ornaments, the rosary, etc. These things channel God's power if He is the focus (in my own belief) and Christ is my advocate/counselor/Saviour just the same. He is the one who connects me to the Creator.

CC

[Glowy]

I think I voted for the wrong thing... Um.. I was raised Christian but never was all comfy about it. Pagen yes, Witch yes, Wiccan.. so so

[Élistariel]

Other. I don't consider myself to be a witch at all. I don't practice or have any desire to practice magic.

I just consider myself pagan. Eclectic if you prefer.

[Athanareiks]

Own home-grown brand of magic, usually involving crystals that seem write for what I want to do, directions, and incantations.

My influence is primarily all the crap I was doing as a child. I find I disagree with most books on the topic of magic..

[iceskater12]

A Wiccan and a witch are two different things. However you didn't have that answer so I chose other, because I consider myself to be both.

[Ben Gruagach]

A Wiccan and a witch are two different things. However you didn't have that answer so I chose other, because I consider myself to be both.

Personally I have a hard time with the claim that a person can be a Wiccan without being a witch. Not all witches are Wiccan, of course, but all Wiccans are by definition witches.

I think that people who say they are Wiccans but are not witches are missing one of the main points of Wicca.

[Meisopomenos]

I am a solitary Witch... However, I blend whatever seems right for me...

I am a Priest of Hecate and called to Her service, however, I am a Goddess-Only Witch and see Hecate as the embodiment of both Masculine and Feminine energies. I do not worship/honor a God or any other Goddess... However, I do not deny their existence.

[muninnskiss]

My witchcraft is from both Robert Cochrane (specifically 1734) and from Victor and Cora Anderson (Feri).

FFF
~Muninn's Kiss

[MankyCat]

Non-wiccan witch, though I wouldn't say it has much of a 'system' that I could pinpoint. It just is what it is and works well for me.

[sarabethv]

I'm a Taoist witch. Taught by family traditions.

[PhoenixRevival]

Cherry-picking witch who created a path to suit his needs.

[Nesta]

I'm a Heathen following my own personal shamanistic path.

[Willowbark]

I am a solitary witch mostly of my own design. I draw from various sources for reference but I'm trying to personalize my craft as much as possible. Pretty much from the school of "whatever works."

[angelblosom]

welll i am a wiccan but i guess u can say i am eclectic. my influences are from many traditions

[Calli]

I don't know how to label myself, exactly. Not because I don't know what I am, but because I don't have the vocabulary. I am a witch. I am not Wiccan. I belong to Aphrodite, and my path is where she leads me. I answered not Wiccan, but created myself, because that seems closest.

[*oonagh*]

i'm a blue witch.
that's really all i know. it just is part of who i am.

[Faelon_Moon_Hawk]

i'm a blue witch.
that's really all i know. it just is part of who i am.

What's a blue witch? I've never heard of that before.

[roguetamlin]

I'm such a witch mutt. Right now what I practice is the refinement of a combination of the practices of my Scottish ancestors as passed down through my mother's Christian family, some Starhawk, some ecology, 6 months of Alexandrian training and off and on attendance of "fitz" Alexandrian practice, Buddhism, Tai Chi, yoga, stuff I've accumulated from various books and visits to the services of everything from Masonry (I was in Rainbow for 5 years) to Mormons, Quakers and a Celtic/Hindu spin. I am the child of the Morrigan and Kwan Yin.

I am the American melting pot of religion. :crown:

[Cappy]

i practice magick, but more as energy manipulation than anything else. so i call myself a witch, because i consider my kind of magick witchcraft. but i take an almost athiestic approach to religion. i don't believe in any "real" gods or goddesses. i believe in Nature, and i know that there are patterns in nature that can be represented by pagan symbols and deities. so i definitely do not call myself wiccan. i used to call myself wiccan, when i was first learning about paganism, but i never really went for the literal god and goddess bit, so i quickly moved on.

Thats pretty much it for me too. I have a hard time believing in a personified "God".

[LadyDancer1181]

For years I considered myself a Wiccan, but that was mainly due to convenience rather than practice. Almost all of the Pagan books available in my area are about Wicca. After years of studying I found it increasingly difficult to properly experience the ceremonial aspect of Wicca without being a part of a coven. I felt rather silly casting a circle alone in my room and many of my rituals never felt "right". It was at that point I began to realize the assertion that coven work is more beneficial to the practitioner of Wicca than solitary work is an accurate one and I began searching a new path.

I didn't seek out Green Witchcraft. It sort of found me. I come from a long lineage of people who "did strange things" such as stare at patches of bare earth or cook in the nude while chanting. My paternal great-grandmother had some Shamanic leanings, as she was Cherokee Native American. A family member said when my paternal grandmother was giving birth to my uncle, her mother-in-law was shaking a gourd over her abdomen. On my mother's side of the family it was rumored that one of my great-aunts was a witch which displeased my great-grandfather (her brother-in-law) immensely. He once kicked her out of their home because she was trying to talk my great-grandmother into having a seance and they were devout Christians.

So, for me, Green Witchery came naturally. I had already been working practical magic and using herbs and stones for years.

[MoonBear GreenOak]

Ok, so this is me explaining. I voted "Other" BTW. I'm not a witch and don't consider what I practice to be a form of witchcraft. I'm considered a cunning man by those who know me in the Pagan sense. I travel on a Winding Path, and have discovered most of the history of magick people is hidden in myths and folklore.

As a cunning man, I dabble in wortcunning amongst other things. I don't cast a circle, but instead lay a compass, which isn't really the same thing and isn't used in the same, but is used for some of the same purposes.

Although I've had an account on MW for a while, I'm still very new and haven't come across a sub forum for cunning folk, but I haven't looked all that hard either.

[MoonSpiral]

Because my path seems so eclectic right now, my answer was a system that I created myself. I'm relatively new to all of this, although I've been drawn to witchcraft and magick most of my life.

I am a witch. I'm not Wiccan. I am closest to kitchen witch/green witch/hedgewitch. I do a lot of healing work with energy. There's also Shamanic practices, Christianity, mysticism, and family-learned practices in there too. (Those family practices weren't called witchcraft or magic by family members but they really do fall in the realm of folk magick.) So... I'm a mixture of things.

[SpiritCaller]

I practice folk (sympathetic) magic (or, witchery, as I call it), with some Native American/Shamanic practices and Hoodoo (with some hints of Voodoo).

[amidalen]

I'm such a witch mutt. Right now what I practice is the refinement of a combination of the practices of my Scottish ancestors as passed down through my mother's Christian family, some Starhawk, some ecology, 6 months of Alexandrian training and off and on attendance of "fitz" Alexandrian practice, Buddhism, Tai Chi, yoga, stuff I've accumulated from various books and visits to the services of everything from Masonry (I was in Rainbow for 5 years) to Mormons, Quakers and a Celtic/Hindu spin. I am the child of the Morrigan and Kwan Yin.
I am the American melting pot of religion. :crown:

This is basically what I am, a witch mutt. I am not wiccan since I don't believe in the religion. I practice different types of witchcraft, basically what feels right to me.

[WitchGeek]

I went with "Yes, my witchcraft is based on a magickal system from a non-English culture"; we practice Italian witchcraft (Stregheria).

[Childof_theMorrigan]

my spiritual path is my own mix... most notably, influenced by Feri and buddhist practices though I am not Feri initiated. Yet.

My current initiation is with an eclectic group that has a general wiccan base ritual structure though we are all free and encouraged to try out new ideas within the group and we all have our own personal paths outside the group.

[Cosmic_dragon]

I follow a solitary and rather eclectic path. I use various bits from various cultures :smile:

[kalidasa]

I am what I call a Shaktic (Shakta) Witch.

I practice Witchcraft as a Craft, but employ Shaktism which is one of the four sects of Hinduism as spirituality and way of life.

I am still learning and am putting things together as I go along ... but so far, it's amazing!

[Amulya]

am unsure what i am at the moment if am wiccan or not

[artemis13]

I follow Green Witchcraft path with a bit of kitchen witchery and hedge witchery. I realized early in my studies that there a several aspects of Wicca that I don't agree with.

[~Audra~]

gothic pagan...

[DracoIII]

Me and my friends created one based off of Celtic beliefs but have changed to either fit modern times or in a way that felt better to us.:boing:

[TheLittleWitchy]

I practice a cross between green witchcraft and cottage witchcraft. :cutie:
I used to lean towards Wicca, but realised that it is not for me.

[blackbird]

I suppose what i do is Kitchen Witchery..but really, it is just 'what i do', it is just Witchcraft. I work with what surrounds me, with what is in my home, and the land adjacent to me. i look no further these days than the fields and lanes around me for inspiration..i do still read of course, the theory of others still interests me, but has less influenece than it used to, the actual practice is about where i live and what happens on the land there.

[Kalioppee]

It's easy to find Wiccan and Wiccan-derived witches on the internet and on MysticWicks, but harder to find those who practice non-Wiccan witchcraft, whether as part of an established tradition or as a solitary.

So -- any non-Wiccan witches here on MysticWicks? Tell us what tradition you are part of (if any) and what your variety of witchcraft is about! Is your form of witchcraft a religion or is it a practice that might or might not be done within your religious practice?

Is your witchcraft descended from Robert Cochrane (1734 or Clan of Tubal Cain, or perhaps another one?) Are you a member of the Cultus Sabbati? Do you base your work on Michael Ford's books? Is your witchcraft one that has been handed down within your family line? Is your witchcraft based on magickal practices or magickal religions from non-English cultures?

Tell us more!
My form of witchcraft is what I call Polish tradition. It can be incorporated with or without a religious flare. I do not worship any deities but I do honor and respect them. I made it up from bits and bods from what my family did, their ideas of house spirits, land, and so forth. How they planted the garden and how they harvested its fruits. Their superstitions were taught to me of course. How herbs and food was per-paired and how some was used for medical needs. There long lived traditions were passed down to me, and I took what I did know and made my own path. My family would never consider themselves anything but Christians, but their traditions came from old pagan ways which they mixed with going to church.

[herbal_legends]

My Craft is my own :hyper:

[ParanormalPriest]

Hello there all,

Im digging this thread! Well as for me, I have been exposed to the occult at a very early age. At the age of 4, I began my journey as a Buddhist monk until the age of 15 in a Pure Land Temple, now affiliated with Phuoc Lung Temple in Ansonia CT. I practiced meditation, Tibetan Reiki, Taichi, Qigong, and various Mudra and Puja. I formally left the temple at about 15 for various reasons.

My own family ancestry leads back to a family line (O' Dubhshlaine) rooted in what is known today as "Traditional Witchcraft" of Ireland that we have passed down for years. I have also studied Appalachian Granny Magic and Hoodoo in NC and Va extensively for about 12 years. My approach is very traditional but eclectic. Today I would consider my path Traditional American Witchcraft, forging all that I have learned into a working system That I intend on passing on to others.

Here are a bit of the traditions passed down;


Wortcunning (to include the use and making of oils, and incense)
Symbology
Divination
Conjure
Meditation
Cosmology
Beast Mastery
Ancestry and Genius Loci studies
Folk Arts
Hedgecraft
Energy Arts (as I have added from my Buddhist training)

This is by no means a complete list as each heading as subtopics. I hope this is what you were looking for.

[Twilight Siren]

I didn't really make it up myself, although some things are definitely improvised, which is why I selected "other" . . . I am eclectic, so I value several different things from several different paths (all non-wiccan) from Western, and Northern Europe (predominantly Celtic and Scandinavian), but also Native American. However, I always had a bias towards Greek and Roman dieties (they're all similar and expressions of the same entities, in my eyes, throughout the world anyways, but I feel closer to their Greek personas) and also value Eastern philosophy in my practices.

[Witch Mom]

Formally, I am an apprentice to a Feri teacher, studying towards priesthood. It's the first religious tradition that I encountered that didn't squick me with wonky theology. It is home.

I have been a kitchen witch for many many years- I dunno, 21 maybe? Wicca never sat well with me. I also have a great interest in British Traditional Witchcraft, Cultus Sabbati, Luciferian Witchcraft, and other left hand paths and read about them often, but have not had a chance to learn them properly, from a teacher.

[Sekhmet Soul30]

I'm a closeted witch, though a full out Egyptian follower. My witchcraft is still developing (I'm going back to the beginning instead of running around the world). Sometimes I'm Tameran Wiccan but most of the time I practice just plan old witchcraft, which like I said is developing.