Sybil Leek was an English witch, astrologer, occult author and self-proclaimed psychic.
15 Facts About Sybil Leek
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Sybil Leek wrote many books on occult and esoteric subjects, and was dubbed "Britain's most famous witch" by the BBC.
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Sybil Leek was born on 22 February 1917 in the village of Normacot in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England to a comfortable, middle-class family.
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Sybil Leek claimed to have been descended from the historical Molly Leigh, who had been accused during the witch hunts.
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At the age of 16 she married her music teacher, though he died two years later, whereupon Leek returned to live with her grandmother, quitting the Witchcraft research association.
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Sybil Leek later stayed with an acquaintance in Lyndhurst, in the New Forest, and claimed to have spent some of the following years living amongst the New Forest gypsies.
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When she was 20, Sybil Leek returned to her family, who had now moved to the edge of the New Forest.
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Sybil Leek opened three antique shops; one in Ringwood, one in Somerset, and one in the New Forest village of Burley.
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Sybil Leek soon moved to Burley herself, into a house behind the shop Lawfords of Burley.
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Media interest grew, and Sybil Leek became tired of the attention from news reporters and tourists.
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When Sybil Leek moved to America, she became an astrologer, describing astrology as her "first love".
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Sybil Leek took the opportunity to go, and flew to New York City, where she gave many interviews.
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Sybil Leek was strong in the defence of her beliefs, and sometimes differed with, and even quarrelled with, other witches.
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Sybil Leek disapproved of nudity in rituals, which is a requirement in Gardnerian Wicca, and she was strongly against the use of drugs, and she contrasted with most other witches in that she did believe in cursing.
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Sybil Leek died of cancer on 26 October 1982 at the Holmes Regional Medical Center in Melbourne, Florida.