What types of witches are there?

Answer 1

Gardnerian Wicca - Gerald B Gardner Alexandrian Wicca - Alex Sanders Seax Wicca - Raymond Buckland These are the three oldest "Traditions" of Wicca. There are so many different traditions of Wicca; many are unknown to the general public. (In Wicca we use the word "Tradition" instead of Denomination.) -------------------- Those are called Traditional Wicca. Apart from Traditional Wicca, there is a large number of wiccand who are... Solitary Wiccans Ecclectic Wiccans Most of the Solitary and Ecclectic Wiccans are Self Initiated

Answer 2

A few of the many types are:

Alexandrian Wicca Tradition: Formed by Alex and Maxine Saunders in the early 1930s and modified from the Gardenarian with ceremonial magic and Hermetic Kabbalah.

British Traditional Witch: A mix of Celtic and Gardenarian beliefs. Their covens are usually co-ed.

Caledonii Tradition: Also known as the Hecatine Tradition, it's the denomination of The Craft with a Scottish origin.

Celtic Wicca: They go by the elements, nature and the Ancient Ones. They often work with stones, trees, flowers, fairies and plants.

Celtic Witches: Traditional and family Celtic practices including Irish, Scottish, & Welsh. Often performed in Gaelic.

Ceremonial Witches: Witches that mainly use ceremonial magic.

Dianic Tradition: Includes a lot of different traditions. Their prime focus now-a-days is the Goddess. It is the more feminist side of witchcraft.

Eclectic Witches: These witches don't follow a particular religion or tradition. They study and learn from many different systems and use what works best for them.

Egyptian Witches: Based in the ancient belief system of Egypt and revering the old gods.

Gardenarian Wicca Tradition: Follow a structured root in ceremony and practice developed by Gerald Gardner in the twentieth century. They have a foundational set of rules.

Hereditary (or Family Tradition) Witches: Someone who has been taught the 'Old Religion' through the generations of their family. Or has been accepted into an existing Family Tradition.

Kitchen Witches: Witches that practice at home.

Pictish Witchcraft: It's a solitary, or small family/clan form of witchcraft devolved from the Picts of ancient Scotland. It is more magical in nature than it is in religion.

Pow-Wow: These witches concentrate on simple faith healing.

Solitary Witch: This is one who practices alone, without a coven.

Strega Witches: Originally coming from Italy this path is known to be the smallest group in the US. They follow the old Roman and Greek traditions.

Wicca: Wicca is a relatively new (twentieth century) spiritual path, and although it is commonly used as the "politically correct" term for Witches and Witchcraft, it is just one of many spiritual paths that fall under the umbrella term "Pagan."

Answer 3

Gardnerian Wicca - Founded by Gerald Gardner

Seax Wicca - Founded by Raymond Bucklands

Alexandrian Wicca - Founded by Alex Sanders

Those three are the most classical traditions of Wicca popular in the beginning. There could be so many different traditions stemmed from these traditions.

There are number of Solitary Practitioners following the teaching of Raymond Bucklands and Scott Cunningham.