About me
Matthew Venus is a traditional witch, artist, and folk magician based in Salem, Massachusetts, whose craft is centered around a deep heart of animism and a dedication to ancestral and land-based traditions.
Over the past two decades, Matthew has been sharing his teachings with students around the world through classes and courses that explore a diversity of topics related to witchcraft, herbalism, and folk magical traditions.
His practice is further enriched by his role as Tata Ndenge in a lineage of Quimbanda de Angola, and his experience as an aborisha in the Lucumí Orisha tradition. .
Matthew is the owner and lead apothecary of Spiritus Arcanum (SpiritusArcanum.com). He is also the co-founder of the Salem Witchcraft & Folklore festival (SalemWitchFest.com), and author of the forthcoming title Ensouling the Effigy from Crossed Crow Books (available for pre-order here https://www.crossedcrowbooks.com/shop-crossed-crow-books/p/ensouling-the-effigy)
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