Solitary practitioners (Wiccans)
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Hedge witches
Solitary witches
Broader Terms
Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Sources
found: Work cat: A.S.P.E.N. leaves (Phoenix, AZ), Yule 1995:(A.S.P.E.N., or Arizona Solitary Practitioner's Empowerment Network)
found: Cunningham, Scott. Wicca: a guide to the Solitary practitioner, 2006:(this book ... is written with the solitary student or practitioner in mind)
found: Buckland, Raymond. Witch book, [2002]:page 446 (Solitary witch: A solitary witch is one who does not belong to a coven .., dedication of oneself to the gods ... can be done just as well by a Solitary as by the coven ... Self Initiation is as valid); page 229 (Hedge witch: those who have great herbal knowledge and deal in the healings and magics of everyday life ... a practitioner of low magic, i.e., magic that does not involve compliccated rites and the use of ritual force to call upon entities ... invariably works alone, as a Solitary)
found: Guiley, Roremary Ellen. Encyclopedia of witches, witchcraft and Wicca, [2008]:page 325 (solitary: a contemporary Pagan or Witch who practices a tradition and worships alone rather as a member of a coven or group: see: Hedgewitch); page 159 (hedge witch: contemporary yet traditional village witch or wise woman or man who practices alone without a coven ... practices spellcraft for the purposes of healing, and teaches the mysteries ... versed in the ways of nature, skilled in herbalism, proficient in the casting of spells)
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2018-10-14: new
2019-01-24: revised
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