Difference between revisions of "Sybil Leek"

In 1967, Sybil came to the tiny town of Wapwallopen, in rural Pennsylvania. Here, she visited with [[Frederick Santee]], a medical doctor and ritual magician. Her time in Pennsylvania was documented in a series of articles in the ''Press Enterprise'' by reporter Ted Fenstermacher. Her reason for coming to such a remote area was, as she claims, "to get away from newsmen."

During this time, she inducted both Dr. Santee and his head nurse, Janie, into her witchcraft lineage, allowing them to form their own coven, the [[Coven of the Catta]]. The coven regards Sybil as the grandmother of their lineage.

Strong in the defence of her beliefs, Leek sometimes differed and even quarrelled with other witches. She disapproved of nudity in rituals, a requirement in some reconstructed traditions, and was strongly against the use of drugs, but she was at odds with most other witches in that she did believe in cursing. She also claimed to have had an out-of-body experience.