Why Limiting Yourself to One Type of Witchcraft May Hold You Back

Sorry in advance, this is going to be shorter.  

So, the other day I was scrolling through Facebook. I came across a post about the different types of witches. The person who posted it didn’t like the concept. It got me thinking, the whole “witch type” thing really is kind of a shitty concept.  

Some of you might not be familiar with what I’m saying. Quite a few Pagans consider themselves witches. Some of these witches will go further. They separate themselves into different types of witches. This can be a multitude of different types including plant, kitchen, book, technology, chaos, elemental, etc. Pretty much anything you can think of could be considered one of these ”types”. There can also be subsections of these types. For example, you can consider yourself a “Kitchen Witch”, by primarily focus on being a “Baking Witch”. 

Back to the post I saw, the person said they didn’t understand this. They couldn’t see why anyone would want to section themselves off from part of their craft. They mentioned that everyone should keep an open mind to everything that might happen. You never know what you might need in life. And honestly, I never even thought of it like that. But it was actually a really good point. It really is limiting yourself to one specific niche, and to me, that doesn’t seem like a good idea.  

I never really thought of myself as a certain type of witch. I have never really felt like I aligned with anything specific enough to put myself in a “type.” Maybe subconsciously I always thought like this? I guess I have always preferred to keep myself open to all aspects of my craft. I never wanted to wall myself off from certain aspects.  

Again, I am sorry for the short post this week. I thought about shifting this into going over the ”main” types of witches. We still might make that post in the future. However, it didn’t feel right to try and rush add it to this one.  

So, what are your thoughts on witches that put themselves into different categories? Do you consider yourself to be a witch? Have you picked a specific type you align with? Let me know if the comments below! Also, share with your friends! Let’s see what they think!