Ri Kallady, a self-described witch, celebrates the sacred day of Beltane, a fire festival that marks the start of summer and celebrates fertility. He practices traditional Cornish folk magic and Haitian Vodou.
Ri Kallady has been a self-described witch for 25 years. Each day, he makes offerings to pagan spirits. A couple of times a month, his group meets to perform secret rituals. Sometimes the witches gather at a temple or a forest – other times, in someone’s spare bedroom. “ a lot of cleansing and banishing unwanted energies…it could be things like prosperity or for love or for fertility,” he told The Feed.
Over 7,500 Australians put down "Wiccan " as their religious affiliation. With so many other varieties of witchcraft, it's hard to estimate how many witches there are in Australia. People need to be initiated into some types of witchcraft, like Wicca and Vodou, while others can be practised by anyone. Ri said the community "would have at least doubled, if not tripled" since he became a witch over two decades ago.
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