The Temple of Witchcraft offers:
Spirit, Community, Education
in Salem, NH and online.

Co-founded by Christopher Penczak, Steve Kenson, and Adam Sartwell, the Temple of Witchcraft started in 1998 as a system of magickal training and personal development, and eventually developed into a formal tradition of Witchcraft.

Now, as an outgrowth of the work of students, initiates, and graduates of the programs, the Temple of Witchcraft has evolved into an organization based on traditions of modern magick, Witchcraft, and neopaganism.

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The Terms of the Witch

by Christopher Penczak, edited by Tina Whittle As a teacher, I find myself saying the same thing in multiple ways because you can never be sure what language, which symbol, and what moment will help someone understand a subtle teaching. Magick is taught in a twilight language of poetry, ritual, and symbol along with metaphysics, philosophy, and mythology. Teaching is often stirring up the right atmosphere and circumstances to transmit an idea that is not easily put Read More...

Voices of the Temple – Karen Ainsworth (part 2)

It's part 2 of Adam's conversation with Karen Ainsworth, High Priestess and Assistant Dean of the Temple Mystery School Read More...

Magick in the Mundane: Finding Oneself

I used to be a lady. Very compliant. Very demure as they say. The smiling, cheerful, obedient one. When I was a child, there was a song they taught us to sing each day. Like a mantra over and over again. Warning: I have encircled these words to mute and silence the power of them, because I believe songs are spells…this one certainly is a tool for brainwashing young, innocent minds. So, before you read the following Read More...

Voices of the Temple: Karen Ainsworth (part 1)

It's part 1 of an extended conversation between host and Temple founder Adam Sartwell and Karen Ainsworth, High Priestess and Assistant Dean of the Temple Mystery School. Part 2 coming soon Read More...

Attainment and Embodiment

by Christopher Penczak, edited by Tina Whittle Magickal spirituality is many things to me, but two keys have always been the quest for attainment and the intention of embodiment. I see myself as part of an ancient, non-linear, decentralized timeless tradition of magickal priesthood, and I find kinship in others who are also a part of it, in this time or ages past, whether they would necessarily use this description or not. Despite identifying as a Witch Read More...

For Broom Closet Witches

Samhain: Through the Eyes of a Broom Closet Witch Blessed Be! Welcome back and welcome to “For Broom Closet Witches”, with a new twist! Claire de Lune here, a High Priestess in the Temple of Witchcraft tradition, with the 21st article in our “For Broom Closet Witches” column, where, as a Broom Closet Witch, I turn inward and show that, even if a Witch can do nothing outwardly to celebrate the Sabbats, there will always be ways Read More...

Voices of the Temple: Dawn Costorf

Host Adam Sartwell talks with High Priestess Dawn Costorf, the new lead minister of the Temple's Cancer Ministry, associated with the archetype of the Mother and the Divine Feminine Read More...

Magick in the Mundane: The Acts of Meditation

Meditation does not come easy for me. I enjoy meditation journeys to be sure: I have an active imagination and it loves meander and discover along a guided path. Sitting still in silence is another thing completely. Yet, for the past several months, without fail, I have been diligently sitting for five minutes of “being still”. Then seven minutes. It is a daily struggle. So this week, I decided to flip my morning routine on its head Read More...

Voices of the Temple: Airmid Plantwalker

Adam talks with Airmid Plantwalker, a long-time Temple High Priestess, teacher, and ordained minister in Texas and her work and local community Read More...

La’Nessa “Fae” Witherspoon, HPS

La’Nessa is a Reiki Practitioner, Witch, High Priestess, ordained minister in the Temple of Witchcraft, and a high school English teacher. She completed her Temple training under High Priestess Airmid Plantwalker (Houston, TX). In addition to facilitating rituals with Airmid, she works closely with Scott Smith and the Aries Ministry. La'Nessa can be reached by email at [email protected] Read More...

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