But that these individuals formed covens to carry out their religious worship or spellcraft seems highly unlikely given all the reasons above.
2
However precise beliefs differ quite widely between different covens and even among individual witches.
3
I practice as a solitary witch, tho I have the greatest respect for covens and formal magical practitioners.
4
In a same way that some Dianic covens are single sex and have strong feminist presence.
5
In covens devoted to the practice of black magic, the number 13 represents the apostle Judas as the ultimate bringer of evil and revenge against the light of God.