The paper attempts to critically discuss and situate the phenomena of contemporary witchcraft (both the Wicca tradition and the feminist one). Contemporary Anglo-Saxon witchcraft is one of the components of the “mystic-esoteric nebulousnessâ€. It gains a particular status both among the contemporary practices of witchcraft and among women-dominated religions. Among the recent philosophical trends, it has affinities with ecofeminism and neopaganism. On this line, its roots seem to indicate a connection with the ancient beliefs that characterized the matriarchal civilization of Old Europe. Finally, contemporary witchcraft finds itself well integrated in the framework of New Age movement.