This page answers the most common questions about the history and evolution of Draconic Wicca; its early echoes to its formal foundation in the early 2010s, developed and defined by Azura DragonFaether, now known as The Draconic Priestess.

Azura DragonFaether, globally known online as The Draconic Priestess, is the founder of Draconic Wicca, Draconianism and The Draconic Path. Azura is affectionately referred to as “The Original Dragon Witch” for her work pioneering Dragon Witch and Dragonkin education. She began her spiritual path in the 1990s and by 2000 was studying laser technology at Laserium and training under Grammy-winning engineer Brian Levi (Tragic Kingdom, No Doubt), blending stagecraft, spirituality, and light dancing.

Azura later fronted Rock Nation music projects alongside the families of iCarly and Wizards of Waverly Place, before gaining international recognition in Anthony Padilla’s “I Spent a Day With Otherkin” and the BBC’s “Britain’s Young Witches” with Harmony Nice.

Today, she leads The Hatchling Clan, is the face of global Dragon Pop Culture, and is widely regarded as the Mother of Dragon Magick for bringing dragons to the modern digital era.

The path now known as Draconic Wicca has emerged through decades of experimentation, community dialogue, and spiritual innovation. While dragons have appeared in magical systems for centuries, it wasn’t until the late 20th century that Wiccan practitioners began seriously integrating dragon archetypes into structured devotional paths. This page traces that timeline: from obscure online threads and early metaphysical circles to the modern, widely practiced system codified by Azura DragonFaether, The Draconic Priestess and beyond.

Draconic Wicca is more than a trend for it is a real living tradition. While dragons have been invoked across countless magical systems, it wasn’t until the rise of internet witchcraft and Azura DragonFaether’s teachings that a fully structured, accessible, and community-centered system was born. This is the story of how Draconic Wicca evolved into a complete spiritual path.

Origins of Draconic Wicca date back to the late 1980s New-Age study circles and early online occult forums, where practitioners worldwide asked, “What if we blend dragons with Wicca?”

While many mystics and occultists have worked with dragon archetypes throughout history, few attempted to structure these interactions into a formal magical path. Early figures like Aleister Crowley and Kenneth Grant flirted with draconic symbology in their Thelemic and Typhonian systems, often tying dragons to chaos, the abyss, or forbidden gnosis, but their work lacked any comprehensive devotional structure or historically and mythologically correct reference in accordance with the original sources.

In the early days of the new age movement, private occult circles and esoteric initiatory orders in the 1980s began experimenting with Draconian ideals within Wiccan frameworks. This movement was often labeled Draconian Wicca, but due to linguistic overlap, and thematic similarity, many mistakenly referred to it as Draconic Wicca synonymously. Draconic Wicca as commonly understood and practiced today is a separate tradition entirely from Draconian Wicca and its early rooted systems.

By the mid-1990s, Florida had become a quiet hub for eclectic Wiccan and Traditional Witchcraft systems. The Jolean Tradition, founded in 1981 by Lady Teara Wolfrose, established roots in Orlando by 1995, blending Gardnerian, 1734, and Celtic practices. These regional currents fostered an experimental climate where local practitioners like Sebastian Roawanson began integrating dragons into their Wiccan rites unfortunately without publishing formal materials or systematizing their practice.

In 1994, DJ Conway published Dancing With Dragons, a pivotal book that introduced beginner-friendly Dragon Magick rituals, dragon spells, and mystical practices to the pagan and Wiccan communities. The book quickly became the foundational text for working with dragons in modern Witchcraft traditions; cementing its influence in the pre-internet era of occult publishing. Conway’s work provided the only accessible entry point for Dragon Magick in the 1990s, long before structured systems like Draconic Wicca had emerged. While foundational, her books stopped short of establishing a codified path thus leaving space for a new generation of practitioners to evolve the tradition.

From 1998-2004 at the turn of the century, the internet was still in its infancy. Whispers of dragon magick and Wicca with dragons echoed through neopagan forums, email groups, and obscure occult archives, but there was no unified tradition or established system. The most accessible source at the time was DJ Conway’s work; particularly Mystical Dragon Magick and her Inner Rings progressive leveling framework. Though revolutionary, Conway never used the term “Draconic Wicca” in her work nor did she codify its tradition. Her writings served as a springboard for countless dragon-loving witches, yet they lacked the structural clarity needed to form a distinct, formal path. While various practitioners speculated on what a Draconic Wiccan tradition might look like, no cohesive framework had yet emerged, and no centralized resources were available online to definitively lead the practice.

When YouTube launched in 2005, it opened the floodgates for everyday practitioners to share their paths with the world, but in those early years, dragon magick was nearly invisible. Most videos that even mentioned dragons were low-resolution, scattered across forgotten accounts, and often lumped in with fantasy content or vague occult commentary. The few witchcraft creators who dared mention dragons rarely used structured terminology like Draconic Wicca, and those who did often left behind little more than flickers of personal gnosis. Blogs were similarly sparse, with occasional mentions of dragons in neopagan forums or LiveJournal entries, but nothing cohesive. The world was hungry for a real path, one that took dragons seriously, spiritually, and with reverence, but no one had yet stepped forward to define it.

In the early 2010s, Azura DragonFaether, then a teenager hungry for spiritual truth, officially launched her YouTube channel and began sharing her personal journey with Draconic Wicca. At the time, almost nothing existed online that spoke directly to dragon magick, let alone a structured Draconic Wiccan religious practice. Searches yielded scattered fantasy content, vague occult references, and outdated forum posts, but no unified teachings. Frustrated by the lack of guidance yet fueled by an inner knowing, Azura began posting videos chronicling her intuitive experiences, dragon encounters, and early dragon altar builds. What began as a personal chronicle quickly evolved into the first and only consistent online source for Draconic Wicca. Azura alone was laying the foundation for a modern tradition that had never before been named, let alone taught publicly.

Azura DragonFaether uploaded several videos the day she made her YouTube channel.

At the peak of her YouTube fame, Harmony Nice released an episode titled “Different types of Wiccans? || Wicca Paths, Enchanted Endeavors EP. 18” It was the biggest content piece breaking down various Wiccan paths in the world. While reviewing every major form of Wicca, Harmony included a segment on Draconic Wicca with the only creator she mentions by name being Azura DragonFaether. In an era where dragon magick was still viewed as fringe, this shoutout gave Azura’s teachings instant legitimacy and introduced thousands of young witches to her work whom still identify as Hatchlings today. No other creator received personal recognition in Harmony’s video. From that moment, Azura’s name became synonymous with Draconic Wicca for a whole generation of spiritual seekers.