Profiles

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 is a High Priest 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. Michael has been with the Temple [...]

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 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 is an eclectic witch who received her witchcraft training through the Temple of Witchcraft. She received her ordination in June of 2011. She taught levels 1 – 4 of the Temple Mystery School classes in Colorado as well as classes on meditation, tarot and sigils. She developed the class “Spinning Spells” that focuses on [...]

I was born first-generation American to parents of Eastern European heritage, which led me to feeling between worlds, between cultures, at an early age. I remember being interested in the arts for as long as I can remember. I remember drawing pictures since I was able to hold a pencil, crayon or pen. I had [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Tim is a High Priest in the Temple tradition, located in southern California.  He offers rites of passage services: weddings/handfastings, baby blessings, home blessings, and funerals.

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 [...]

Simon (he/him) is Gemini Ministry Deputy for Information Technologies, known as the “Temple Tech Witch” helping maintain our information infrastructure. In addition to Gemini Ministry, Simon is Sagittarius Ministry Deputy working closely with the Temple Mystery School in maintaining their online classes, and mentoring a handful of students each year. A former Deputy of Cancer [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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

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 [...]

In its continuing Mentor Spotlight series The Temple Bell is highlighting mentor Jameson Ford. Nominated by his student Kurt, who tells us he was “initially apprehensive about having a mentor younger than me, his (Jameson’s) knowledge and experience of the work quickly put me at ease and it has been a joy to watch him [...]

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

Silver Lyons is a Clinical Hypnotherapist, Reiki Master Teacher in both the Usui and Shamballa traditions, ordained minister, Seminary graduate with the Temple of Witchcraft, initiated and ordained High Priestess, and a graduate of the Eye of the Eagle two-year Shamanic Healer Training Program with Leontine Hartzell. Answering the call of Spirit at a young [...]

The next in our Mentor Spotlight series is newly graduated High Priestess Virginia Ann Villarreal. Nominated by three of her mentees, Hannah, Jacki, and Debbie, they tell us that, “Virginia, embodies the best qualities of encouragement and challenge while also expressing faith in those she mentors.” Starting her mentorship of Hannah and Debbie in the aftermath of “Super [...]

For our third installment of the Mentor Spotlight, The Temple Bell presents Elsa—Lead Minister of the Scorpio Ministry. Her student Helen O’Hara, tells us that she is “a sensitive and empathic individual who can ‘read between the homework lines’… she also is a wonderful combination of cheerleader, devil’s advocate and Mother Superior.” Ms. O’Hara tells us [...]

Please join the Temple community in celebrating Aurielle Nazro, who was chosen not only for our Student Spotlight feature, but who graduated from Witchcraft Five on March 21st and was initiated as a ministerial member of the Temple of Witchcraft. Aurielle completed Witchcraft One with Alix Wright and the remaining four classes with Christopher Penczak, [...]

“Part of my W2 lesson…is about becoming an ‘Ambassador for the Kingdom of Witchdom’ and by perfect example, I give you Irma Hackett,” says Karen Ainsworth a student that Irma is mentoring. This edition of The Temple Bell’s Mentor Spotlight focuses on Irmalyn Hackett, a 5th year student who also has written The Herb Garden [...]

Along with our Student Spotlight, The Temple of Witchcraft felt that our Mystery School mentors deserved equal time so The Temple Bell is proud to announce our new Mentor Spotlight! To open our new series here at The Bell we find it quite fitting that the first mentor to be highlighted is one of the three [...]

Please welcome Dragon to our Student Spotlight! She is a Witchcraft III student with Alix Wright, who was also her Witchcraft I and II teacher. In her recommendation, Alix said of Dragon, “She is fully supportive of everyone in her class, while honoring and maintaining her own practice. She created Shadow Journals for her class [...]

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This edition of the Student Spotlight brings us Karen Ainsworth, a Witchcraft Two graduate from England, soon be be enrolled in Witchcraft Three through the Temple’s Online Mystery School. Karen’s mentor, Irma Hackett, had this to say about her: “I have had the honor, the pleasure and the blessing of mentoring Karen during her TOW studies both in [...]

Our Student Spotlight shines the first light of 2014 on Daedalus (also known as Bob Hackett), who explains, “The guy you see out on the street or setting up chairs and tables in the hall is usually Bob. The person who is fully engaged in Magick in all its forms is most likely Daedalus. If [...]

Our Student Spotlight shines this week on Darryl McGlynn. Darryl has completed Witchcraft III in the online Mystery School and is enrolled in Witchcraft IV. His mentor, Silver Lyons, said in her recommendation: “Darryl has been, truly, an ideal student: curious, determined, motivated, disciplined. He’s a seasoned practitioner on the path, but came into WI [...]

Stevie Grant is Dean of Students of the Temple and an ordained deputy minister of the Sagittarius ministry. She oversees class registration, mentor and teaching assistant activities, and general student body morale, troubleshoots problems within the Mystery School and Seminary, and offers personal student support. She also supervises the Healing Case Study Group for Temple [...]

This edition of The Temple’s Student Spotlight features Justin Gaudet, a Witchcraft II student in the online Mystery School. Justin’s Mentor Steve Kenson said in his nomination, “Justin is a great example of what I hope will be the next generation of the Temple’s priesthood. He is a talented psychic, works his Craft with passion, [...]

The Libra Ministry’s Lead Minister is Nicole D., a 2003 graduate of the Mystery School and a member of the Temple community since its inception. Libra Ministry is responsible for mediation services within the Temple community; advanced education for Ministerial members — typically non-magickal; and press relations. Raised in a fairly progressive household, Nicole began [...]

This edition of the Student Spotlight features Erica Baron — Erica is a Witchcraft IV student in the online Mystery School. She was nominated by her mentor, Steve Kenson, who said that Erica “has shown consistent, steady progress and deep dedication to both her work in the Mystery School and her work as a professional [...]

The Aquarius Lead Minister, Lisa, has been a Pagan since the late ’90s, but it’s not a path that happened suddenly. As a child, she spent more time in the woods & water than at home, but it’s where she was happiest and, as she got older and attended a small private Catholic College in [...]

In this, our first Student Spotlight feature, we introduce Varuni, a Witchcraft I student in the online Mystery School. Varuni was nominated to us by her Witchcraft I mentor, Erica Baron, who wrote in her recommendation, “Varuni has strong gifts in the realms of sensing energy and healing.  To me, Varuni exemplifies the Temple’s mission [...]

Matooka MoonBear has been on an Earth-based spiritual path since the late 1980s, from Native American ways to Pagan. For over 20 years, she has worked with animals in a spiritual way on many levels. Their powerful medicine taught her how to use their bodies and call on their spirit to create strong medicine that [...]

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 [...]

Adam Sartwell is one of the three founders of the Temple of Witchcraft, along with his partners, Steve Kenson and Christopher Penczak. Gifted with psychic talents from a young age, as a teenager, Adam experienced a recurring dream about his own death, leading him to study religion and spirituality and leading him to the study [...]

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 [...]

Christopher Penczak is a Founder of the Temple of Witchcraft, along with his partners in both life and love, Steve Kenson and Adam Sartwell. While originally a professional in the music industry, with a degree in vocal performance and music business, his path led him to working with others through divination, healing, and teaching meditation [...]

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 [...]