Laurie Cabot

Who is Laurie Cabot?

Laurie Cabot is an American Witchcraft high priestess, one of the most high-profile witches in the world, one of the first people to popularize Witchcraft in the United States, and author of several books.

She founded the Cabot Tradition of the Science of Witchcraft and the Witches' League for Public Awareness to defend the civil rights of witches everywhere.

In the 1970s she was declared the "Official Witch of Salem, Massachusetts" by Governor Michael Dukakis to honor her work with special needs children.

She continues to reside in Salem, where she owned a shop called The Cat, the Crow, and the Crown, which closed in early 2012 after 40 years. Cabot claims to be related to the prominent Boston Brahmin Cabot family. She is a part of Salem lore, and a local celebrity in that city and throughout the Massachusetts North Shore.