hedge witch

English

From hedge (“boundary”) +‎ witch, where the boundary is that separating this world from the spirit world, which is traversed during hedge riding.

hedge witch (plural hedge witches)

The fungus species Phallus impudicus, a type of stinkhorn.
- 1875, The Gardeners' Chronicle, New Series, Volume 4, page 725,
  The common name of the fungus is, as you say, Hedge Witch or Wood Witch; the scientific name is Phallus impudicus.
A modern, solitary witch who focuses on herbalism and shamanic experience (hedge riding).
- 1997, Lynne Hume, Witchcraft and Paganism in Australia, Melbourne University Press, page 45,
  One hedge witch who is also a practising iridologist and herbalist in a large country town, feels that we should regard all of nature as having a purpose, and continually strive to understand that purpose.
- 2005, Douglas Ezzy, Practising the Witch's Craft, page 14,
  While Hedge Witches may work with other Witches in a coven, their work as a Hedge Witch is performed typically on their own or with one other person.
- 2009, Arin Murphy-Hiscock, The Way of the Hedge Witch, Simon & Schuster, page 16,
  The path of the hearth-based hedge witch is rooted in the parallel paths of nurturing and nourishing.
- 2012, Harmonia Saille, Pagan Portals - Hedge Witchcraft, John Hunt Publishing, page 10,
  Hedge riding is shamanic in nature and is usually solitary as the hedge witch is solitary, but there is no reason why you cannot practice with others.

solitary witch who practises hedge riding