Wild Witchcraft Conference 2026

Saturday 21st March 2026 (10:30 – 5pm) – Tickets £25

Merchistoun Hall, 106 Portsmouth Road, Horndean, PO8 9LJ

Wild Witchcraft returns for the 8th year to the picturesque Merchistoun Hall with a selection of widely regarded national speakers, authors and publishers. Mechistoun Hall is easily accessible located in Horndean, just above Portsmouth (off the A3). There is free parking for delegates at the venue.

The doors open at 10.30am and close at 5pm, giving you plenty of time to listen to the speakers browse a few select stalls. Merchistoun Hall is set in beautiful grounds, you can bring your own lunch, there is no food available at the venue, however hot drinks are provided. The conference is timetabled so you can listen to all the speakers, as well as take time out in the breaks to meet friends and make some new ones.

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Rachel is an English Pagan Witch and best-selling author with over 30 books published, High Priestess, podcast host and Elder of the Kitchen Witch Coven and School of Witchcraft.  Her Craft is a combination of old witchcraft, folk magic, kitchen witchery and Wicca.Rachel hosts the Pagan Portal Podcast, produced by Moon Books Publishing and released twice a month on the Moon Books YouTube channel and all your usual podcast providers, such as Spotify.  She co-runs open rituals and workshops run by the Kitchen Witch Coven.High Priestess of the Kitchen Witch Coven and an Elder at the online Kitchen Witch School of Natural Witchcraft. A regular columnist with Fate & Fortune magazine, and Pagan Dawn. You will find my regular ramblings on my own personal blog and YouTube channel.​​It was my honour to be added to the Watkins ‘Spiritual 100 List’ for 2023

Sef is an experienced occultist and sorcerer with over twenty years of magical practice. Trained initially as a Gnostic Mystic, he joined Ordo Templi Orientis in 2010 and went on to found several influential occult initiatives, including Gentlemen 4 Jupiter and the Occult Conference in Glastonbury. Since 2019, he has co-founded and led Star Club, a modern magical order within the Western Mystery Tradition. He also runs The Visible College, a non-profit organisation hosting and facilitating esoteric events across Britain. Based near Bristol, Sef teaches, lectures, and leads workshops internationally, including major retreat programmes in Europe.

Siân is a traditional witch, author, and ecological activist with over 30 years of experience in the craft. Leader of the DragonOak Coven for over three decades, she employs magical practices derived from the Greek magical papyri and plant spirit work, as well as deep ecological ethics. Her work blends science and spirituality, drawing on her academic background – an MSc in Biological Science and an MA in Ecology and Spirituality – to explore how animism and witchcraft can nurture a sustainable, reciprocal relationship with the natural world.
Sian is the author of “Unveiling the Green and Black Paths” and “Green Cathedrals.” These books explore the meeting point of magic, ecology, and animist philosophy

Rik is a Heathen and has attended several events across the UK.  He is well known for his different talks on the subjects of Norse Mythology, Rune’s and Viking History. And also his personal workshop on Modern Sigil Magic by Runebinding.  He is also a historical reenactor covering the early dark ages, mainly the Viking period. Through this he attends schools to give educational talks on Viking history and through living history he shows what Viking life would have been.

A talk focusing more on the lesser know Deities of the Norse Pantheon. Their place within the Norse Mythology, their role and what they represented.

Suzie is an eclectic crone, usually found in the Woking area of Surrey but frequently lurking around Huntingdon. She has been on the pagan scene for 30 yrs and runs a moot in West Byfleet, Surrey. She enjoys international travel and has grandchildren living in South Africa and The Philippines, who she enjoys visiting whilst learning local culture and history.  She is a Reiki Master and practises SKHM and EFT. She enjoys running workshops and talks on a wide variety of pagan topics.  You can follow her on Instagram @Paganwoking or on her Facebook page Aspects of Witchcraft and Shamanism.

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