Matthew Venus is a Folk Magician, Artist, and Witch currently residing in Salem, MA. whose practice revolves heavily around folkloric witchcraft and ancestral traditions. He is the owner and lead apothecary of Spiritus Arcanum (www.SpiritusArcanum.com), an occult shop with a focus upon handcrafted and quality magical wares including incenses, oils, and ritual tools.
Matthew has been a teacher of the magical arts for over twenty years and a practitioner for the past thirty years. He currently teaches hundreds of students throughout the world through his online courses Foundations of Witchcraft, Foundations of Herbcraft, and Foundations of Folk Magic. Matthew is also the co-founder of the Salem Witchcraft and Folklore Festival (www.SalemWitchFest.com), a yearly magical gathering focused upon magical education, community, and the preservation and sharing of magical history, traditions, and practices., Matthew Venus is a Folk Magician, Artist, and Witch currently residing in Salem, MA. whose practice revolves heavily around folkloric witchcraft and ancestral traditions. He is a level 5 graduate of the ToW, a Tata Ndenge in a lineage of Quimbanda de raiz, and and Aborisha in an ille of the the Lucumi Orisha tradition.
Matthew has been a teacher of the magical arts for over twenty years and a practitioner for the past thirty years. He currently teaches hundreds of students throughout the world through his online courses Foundations of Witchcraft, Foundations of Herbcraft, and Foundations of Folk Magic.