Mystery School Teachers

Varuni Lai Pui Ting, also known magickally as Varuni Athena Phoenix,  is a Witch, Healer, Astrologer, and Tarot Reader based in Hong Kong. She has studied with the Temple of Witchcraft Mystery School since 2012, is a High Priestess and Ordained Minister in the Temple of Witchcraft, and has been a part of the education [...]

As an Ordained Minister and High Priestess with the Temple of Witchcraft, Karen has been a Teaching Assistant for Shamanic Witchcraft and High Magick (Witchcraft III and IV, for HPS Kelley Ross). Beyond her role as TA, she has created a 10-month Reiki Master Practitioner program that meets once a month. In her program, you [...]

Asteria Dominy is a High Priestess and Ordained Minister of the Temple of Witchcraft, based in St. Peters, Missouri. Her Mother was psychic and as a teenager, the process of discovering her own skills sparked Asteria’s interest in the unseen and inspired her to become a lifetime student of all things metaphysical, magickal and spiritual. [...]

Amy Dove is a High Priestess and Ordained Minister within the Temple of Witchcraft, and an active energy worker and practitioner for the larger community. Amy works as a certified Sound Healer and Reiki Master Teacher, offering both in-person and remote sessions.  As part of her practice, she offers personalized meditations and creates custom flower essences [...]

Shell is a High Priestess and Ordained Minister of the Temple of Witchcraft. Her favorite type of magick is kitchen witchery but she considers herself eclectic, as she loves to learn and try new things. Shell is an active participant in her coven and enjoys hosting and occasionally leading esbats and sabbats. She calls her [...]

Kelley Ross is a High Priestess and Ordained Minister of the Temple of Witchcraft.  She has actively served the St. Louis Pagan community for the past 10 years as a Walker between the Worlds by teaching the Crystal and Gemstone Series, Candle Magick, and Star People originally taught by her first mentor, Rev. Deborah Ann [...]

Karin Ugander (Spirit Talker Turtle Red) is a spiritual channeler living in the south of Sweden. In Scandinavia she is known for the AstroNumerology and psychic readings she’s been doing for over 20 years. Together with her husband Niklas, she runs KaniSkolan, a school of astrology, numerology, tarot, StarCode Healing, and natural medicine. They are [...]

Sellena is a High Priestess and Ordained minister of the Temple of Witchcraft. She is Aquarius Lead Minister and works with the Sagittarius Ministry as a Teacher and Student Mentor online as well as moderating the Temple’s Runic Stones Study group. She also works with Pisces Ministry facilitating sabbat and ritual events in Jackson, MS. [...]

Storm is a High Priest and an Ordained Minister of the Temple of Witchcraft. As a Walker Between the Worlds, he loves communicating with spirits and practicing martial arts. He describes himself as eclectic, absorbing what’s useful from all spiritual modalities and disciplines. Teaching experience includes three years of Mystery School courses in St. Louis [...]

Jae Aleenaja is a High Priestess and an Ordained Minister of the Temple of Witchcraft. As a Walker Between the Worlds, she loves communicating with nature spirits and spending time outdoors. She describes herself as eclectic, ranging from Ceremonial when she has a need to feel structure to Shamanic when nature calls. Teaching experience includes [...]

Scott is a Healer, Writer, Witch, High Priest, and ordained minister in the Temple of Witchcraft. He is lead minister of the Aries Ministry and also works with the Temple’s Sagittarius Ministry. In Los Angeles, Scott runs a healing practice including energy arts (such as reiki), body work, ritual healing, meditation, public ritual, teaching groups [...]

Dan Lupacchino is a High Priest and Ordained Minister of the Temple of Witchcraft. He works within the Sagittarius Ministry as an ordained teacher, teaching assistant, and student mentor in the online Mystery School. He also helps co-facilitate the Connecticut TOW sabbat ritual events alongside Ryan Cucchi. Dan is a Licensed Massage Therapist and Healer in [...]

Ryan is a High Priest, Ordained Minister of the Temple of Witchcraft, teacher & Deputy Minister of the Cancer Ministry. Ryan works with Community Outreach for the Cancer Ministry and is the author of “Round About The Cauldron Go” a monthly (ish) musing of Kitchen Witchery here on the Temple website. You can typically find [...]

Christopher Penczak is the co-founder of the Temple of Witchcraft religious nonprofit organization and the creator of the Temple of Witchcraft Mystery School and Seminary education programs. Developed through his extensive work as an award winning author, ritualist and minister, the educational core of the program comes from his six book and CD set Temple [...]

Jocelyn is a person of many hats: witch, student, equestrian, farmer, landlord, bookkeeper, eco-freak, teacher, and lover of life with a talent for not knowing when to stop talking. She came to the Temple of Witchcraft already partially self-taught, but studying intensively with Christopher from 2000 to 2003 solidified her identity as a witch and [...]

Adam Sartwell is a co-founder of the Temple of Witchcraft and Virgo lead minister, in charge of healing and magickal crafting work. A self-initiated witch since his teens and a Reiki master, Adam is also a graduate of the Temple’s Mystery School and an ordained minister. He is the author of the book 21 Days of [...]

Irma is a High Priestess and Ordained Minister of the Temple of Witchcraft and a Deputy Minister in the Taurus Ministry. Irma is also a Reiki Master in both Usui and Shamballa Reiki and is certified in level 1 of the Bach Flower Essence Program. She has worked closely with other hebalists and practitioners in [...]

Airmid is a witch who explored several paths before she began her studies with High Priest Christopher Penczak in the Fall of 2009. She completed the online curriculum in 2015. She is also a practicing Rosicrucian. In December of 2015, Airmid and Virginia Villarreal began offering events for the community on land in Porter, Texas, [...]

Matooka MoonBear is the Pisces lead minister and an Ordained Minister and High Priestess of the Temple of Witchcraft who has  journeyed an Earth-based spiritual path since the late 1980s, from Native American ways to Pagan. In 1989, she opened a seasonal metaphysical shop over her garage and named it MorningStar Loft. It was at that [...]

Virginia’s Native American heritage and her love for magick has lead her to study with many traditions before coming to Temple in 2008. Over 35 years  looking for the right tradition lead her to study with a Dianic coven, a Sumerian Tradition, a Welsh Witchcraft Tradition and Walking the Medicine Wheel with a Native American [...]

A high priestess and ordained minister of the Temple of Witchcraft, Stevie is Dean of Students of its Mystery School and Seminary. In addition to her training in the Temple tradition and service to other Temple ministries, Stevie brings with her over 25 years of experience as a spiritual counselor, psychic and metaphysical healer, Reiki [...]

Karen Ainsworth is a High Priestess and Ordained Minister of the Temple of Witchcraft, working within the Sagittarius Ministry as the Assistant Dean for the Mystery School. Based in the UK, Karen first met Christopher when he invited her to join Temple members in a ritual for the Ancestors at Stonehenge, UK, in 2011. Karen [...]