For a short while she stayed with an acquaintance in Lyndhurst, in the New Forest, but soon found the lifestyle there tiresome and decided to run away. Shortly after, she was sent by her grandmother to a French coven based at Gorge du Loup (Wolf Canyon) in the hills above Nice, to replace a distant relative of hers as High Priestess.Įventually she returned to England. Sadly he died only two years later, and stricken with grief Sybil returned home to her grandmother’s house. Sybil soon met a prominent concert pianist who became her music teacher, and she married him when she was 16. Sybil became a keen poet, and she published her first book, a slim volume of poetry, while she was still a teenager.
It was Aleister who encouraged Sybil to begin writing herself. Aleister was a regular visitor to the family home, and used to read his poetry to Sybil. Another famous friend of the family was Aleister Crowley. Wells, Sybil and her father used to take long walks discussing all things metaphysical. Sybil’s family played host to some very scholarly characters. Her family continued to school her at home, but her grandmother focused on her esoteric training, such as the knowledge of herbs, astrology, the psychic arts, and divination much more than she did mathematics and English. However, despite her lack of schooling, she was in no way uneducated.
She only had 3 years of orthodox schooling.
Her grandmother taught her astrology, by decorating biscuits and cakes with astrological symbols and asking Sybil to put them in order and describe what each symbol meant.īy the age of 10, Sybil had acquired more occult knowledge than most learn in a lifetime. She learnt much from her father about nature, animals and the power of herbs, and even discussed eastern philosophies. Sybil’s immediate family all played a part encouraging her to follow the craft. The family had a long history of witchcraft, which can be traced back to the 16th century to her ancestor Molly Leigh. Sybil Leek was born in Staffordshire to a well to do family. She was dubbed "Britain’s most famous witch" by the BBC. She wrote more than 60 books on occult and esoteric subjects. Sybil Leek ( FebruOctober 1982) was an English witch, astrologer, psychic, and occult author.
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