Ordained Ministers

As a 501(c)3 federal religious nonprofit, the Temple of Witchcraft ordains ministers to serve the community and further the Great Work. In addition to our referrals (via [email protected]) the following ordained ministers wish to publicly list their availability for services and events:

Varuni Lai Pui Ting, HPS

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 [...]

Karen Williamson, HPS

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, HPS

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, HPS

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 Kyle, HPS

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, HPS

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 8 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 [...]

Niklas Ugander, HP

Niklas (Blue Parrot) lives at a Nature Reserve in the south of Sweden. There he is known as a spiritual teacher and adviser for therapists in natural medicine. Niklas started his path in the mid ’90s. His interest in health has taken him from Orthomolecular Medicine and the pH levels effects on our health, to worlds [...]

Karin Ugander, HPS

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 [...]

Tristol Boehlke, HPS

Tristol Boehlke is a High Priestess and an ordained minister with the Temple of Witchcraft and a teacher within the Sagittarius Ministry. Tristol is a walker between the worlds and teaches psychic development courses encompassing the Three Rays. She is also a shamanic practitioner and Usui Reiki Master. Tristol incorporates her psychic abilities into her [...]

Amanda “Sellena” Dear, HPS

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. [...]

Thundar “Storm” Herron, HP

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, HPS

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 [...]

Dragon Witchfyre, HPS

Dragon Witchfyre is Capricorn Deputy Minister as well as a teacher, high priestess, environmental educator, shamanic witch, bard, Tarot reader, and magickal gardener. Dragon’s spiritual path has always been practical and eclectic, weaving together old-world craft with modern-day living. She believes the body and the mind are a witch’s greatest tools and hones hers through [...]

JT Mouradian, HP

JT Mouradian is a panentheistic, monotheistic, pantheistic, polytheistic, animistic, and agnostic, eclectic witch, enamored with all things Irish, and with a healthy obsession around Jesus of Nazareth and his companion Mary Magdalene. He has been studying everything that he can get his hands on since he was a little boy. In his late teens, he focused [...]

Scott K. Smith, HP

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 [...]

Justin Gaudet, HP

Justin Gaudet is a High Priest, ordained minister, and certified teacher for the Temple of Witchcraft. Working with the Sagittarius Ministry, Justin offers in-person training in the Temple’s Mystery School, and mentorship to students in the Online Mystery School. He also works with the Pisces Ministry, leading public rituals for the Wheel of the Year [...]

Dan Lupacchino, HP

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 [...]

Allison Charron, HPS

Allison Charron is a High Priestess and ordained minister of the Temple of Witchcraft. She serves as lead minister of the Leo Ministry, fostering and celebrating the arts within the Temple community. Allison has always been drawn to embodied spiritual practice: the ability of dance to induce trance states, the crafting and uttering of poetry [...]

Ryan Cucchi, HP

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, HP

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 [...]

Steve Kenson, HP

Steve Kenson is a Founder of the Temple of Witchcraft with his partners, Christopher Penczak and Adam Sartwell, holding the Three Rays of Love, Will & Wisdom. Steve is also lead minister of the Gemini Ministry, in charge of the Temple’s communication networks, its Queer Spirit ministry, and the “insubordinate” or questioning aspect of its structure [...]

Silver Lyons, HPS

Silver Lyons is an ordained minister, High Priestess, teacher, and writer. Silver has traveled the seeker’s road her entire life, finding her spiritual footing in the path of Witchcraft, Shamanism, and Buddhism, culminating in a path she refers to as the Witches Dharma. She has been teaching on these subjects professionally for over 15 years. [...]

Adam Sartwell, HP

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 [...]

Jameson Ford, HP

Jameson is a High Priest and Ordained Minister of the Temple of Witchcraft. After taking a deep interest in religion and spirituality from an early age, Jameson began to explore witchcraft and divination in his teen-hood. After completing Witchcraft I and II as a solitary practitioner, he began Witchcraft III with the Temple in 2011, [...]

Kriya, HPS

Kriya became Taurus lead Minister in July of 2014, a few months after graduating from the Temple of Witchcraft Seminary and becoming a High Priestess, and left that role at the end of 2019. Kriya has many years of experience working in the animal welfare and veterinary fields and maintains employment as Medical Director for a [...]

Irmalyn Hackett, HPS

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 [...]

Michael Cantone, HP

Michael is a Witch, ordained minister, and Witchcraft V High Priest graduate of the Temple of Witchcraft. Michael is also a third degree black belt in Karazenpo Go Shinjutsu Shaolin and Hawaiian Kempo Method of karate. Besides a professional career in business, Michael maintains an active solitary witchcraft practice and an active public practice with the Temple. [...]

Emily Jones, HPS

Please note: Emily is on sabbatical from her Temple duties at this time and may not respond to inquiries. Please direct general inquires to [email protected]. Emily Jones  is an eclectic Wiccan Priestess who works closely with the tarot, shamanic journeying, mantra practice and the Egyptian pantheon. She is always looking for new ideas, events, and practices [...]

Elsa Elliott, HPS

Elsa Elliott is the Lead Minister of Scorpio, the role of the Guardian. The Scorpio ministry provides support in the areas of death and dying, bereavement, and ancestor honoring. This ministry also works in the area of Sacred Sexuality which is lead by deputy minister Wren. Scorpio ministers offer services including comfort and assistance to the [...]

Valerie Schuster, HPS

Valerie is an eclectic witch who received her witchcraft training through the Temple of Witchcraft. She received her ordination in June of 2011. She currently teaches levels 1 – 4 of the Temple Mystery School classes in Colorado. She also teaches classes on meditation, tarot and sigils. She has developed and teaches the class Spinning [...]

Helen O’Hara, HPS

High Priestess and Minister in the Temple of Witchcraft.  I work with the Scorpio Ministry for crossing over, end of life issues and ancestor work. Astrologer and Tarot card reader with 30 years experience. I offer Natal Charts, Event Charts, Transits, Synastry, Business consulting, life coaching, career counseling, divinations and time forecasting. I like to [...]

Nicole D., HPS

Nicole D. is a 2003 graduate of the Mystery School and a member of the Temple community since its inception. Raised in a fairly progressive household, Nicole began her spiritual shift away from the Catholicism of her youth in her early 20s, starting with a correspondence course in Wicca. (This was in the infancy of [...]

Cat Kelly, HPS

Cat Kelly is a High Priestess and Ordained Minister in the Temple of Witchcraft, in addition to being co-owner of Heart, Body & Soul, a metaphysical store and center for conscious living located in Columbia, MO. (For more information about HBS and other upcoming classes & offerings there, you can visit their website: www.heartbodyandsoul.org.) A life-long [...]

Krista Carmichael, HPS

Ordained minister Krista is available for services that require a vocalist. Mirroring inclusiveness found in pluralism, Krista’s approach allows an affirming space for a multitude of beliefs. Krista’s ministerial experience is shared over various faith traditions: as high priestess in Pagan ritual, as youth director (grades 9-12) for a Unitarian Universalist church and interim music [...]

Airmid Plantwalker, HPS

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, [...]

Tim T., HP

Tim is a High Priest and the Temple’s Capricorn lead minister, located in southern California.  He offers rites of passage services: weddings/handfastings, baby blessings, home blessings, and funerals. Contact: [email protected].

Leslie Hugo, HPS

Leslie Hugo is a Shaman, Usui Reiki Master, Yoga Teacher, High Priestess, Ordained Ministerand Lead Capricorn Minister for the Temple of Witchcraft. As the Volunteer Pagan Minister for the Utah Department of Corrections, she works with over to 200 inmates in five facilities who identify as Wiccan, Asatru or pagan. She provides spiritual counseling, teaches [...]

Matooka Moonbear, HPS

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 [...]

Gwen Owen, HPS

Gwen Owen, MSW, LCSW, HPS came to the craft by way of Spiritualism. She was born as the third generation of Spiritualists who studied and worshipped in Lily Dale, NY. While Gwen enjoyed being from Spiritualist family, she longed for a deeper connection to the meaning, and science of life. To understand what the connection is that we [...]

Virginia Ann Villarreal, HPS

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 [...]

Stevie Grant, HPS

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 [...]

Rachael Mueller, HPS

Rachael Mueller is a witch, occultist, shaman and teacher.  Her graduate work was in Religious Studies and Philosophy and has a passion for the vocation of a Witch and community.   She began ministry work over 20 years ago and has been an ardent student of spirituality and religions since childhood.  She has studied with [...]

Lisa K., HPS

Ordained Minister, Aquarius Deputy Minister Services: Public events, house blessings Contact: [email protected]

Karen Ainsworth, HPS

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 [...]

Deborah Stellhorn, HPS

Debbie Stellhorn is a High Priestess, Ordained Minister of the Temple of Witchcraft. She works as the Libra Ministry’s Lead Minister, as a Deputy in the Sagittarius Ministry, and as the Temple’s Fundraising Coordinator.  She is also a board member of the Temple for the 2022-2024 service term. As the Libra Lead Minister, Debbie is [...]

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