Written by Witchcraft is not a single tradition. It’s a wide forest of paths, each one shaped by personal experience, ancestry, environment, and intuition. This page is your map into that forest.
Not to tell you where to go, but to help you begin choosing where you might want to explore. There is no “wrong” way to be a witch. Your path is yours to define.
Types of Witchcraft Paths
Here are a few common (and overlapping) paths you might feel drawn to:
🌱 Green Witch
Someone who focuses on the natural world. Herbs, plants, gardening, seasonal cycles.
Practices often include herbal magic, kitchen witchery, and working closely with the land.
🔮 Divination Witch
Uses tools to tap into intuitive insight. Tarot, runes, pendulums, astrology, or dreams.
This path suits witches who love reflection, symbolism, and spiritual guidance.
🕯️ Hearth Witch / Cottage Witch
Centers magic in the home and daily rituals . Cooking, cleaning, crafting, and domestic magic.
Think of this as “home-based witchcraft,” bringing energy into everyday life.
🦉 Shadow Worker
Explores the subconscious, healing past wounds, and working through inner transformation.
Often paired with journaling, meditation, therapy, and ancestral healing.
🧬 Ancestral Witch
Connects with the wisdom of ancestors, bloodline, spiritual, or cultural.
May include honoring family stories, spirit work, or researching magical heritage.
🌀 Eclectic Witch
Mixes practices, symbols, and techniques from various paths.
This path is creative, flexible, and highly personal. Many modern witches are eclectic.
Choosing Your Direction
You don’t have to pick just one. You might blend herbal magic with tarot, or shadow work with moon rituals. Your path may evolve with the seasons, your life experiences, or your spiritual growth.
Ask yourself:
~ What feels magical to me?
~ What do I feel curious or excited to learn?
~ What parts of witchcraft feel familiar, like coming home?
Follow those answers. That’s your intuition guiding you.
Tip: Try a “Path Taster Week”
Spend a few days exploring each type of practice:
~ One day working with herbs
~ Another journaling shadow work prompts
~ A third trying tarot
Notice what lights you up, and what doesn’t.
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