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.

The Hatchling Clan was born from a deep need, one that no other witchy server or spiritual community could fulfill. Nowhere else allowed space for multiple dedicated chatrooms for mythical creatures, or a safe environment where beings like dragonkin, faekin, and other mythic souls could explore their identities without judgment. At the time, witches who worked with dragons or any mythical beings were often scoffed at and outcasted. This is especially evident by how many Otherkin cringe compilations Azura has been included in over the years along with many others like her.

So Azura created the Hatchling Clan, originally on Amino, as a sacred nest for those of us called to the mythical mysteries. It became a place where the Hatchlings could uncover the forgotten truths of dragons, fae, and legends together. A home not just for study, but for remembrance, a mythic sanctuary for those ready to enter and discover the magick within.

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.

As witchcraft and paganism began to rise rapidly on the internet, major media outlets started taking notice. One of the first viral mini-docuseries that captured the surge of online witchcraft was Britain’s Young Witches, produced by BBC in early 2018.

This marked a major shift in how modern witches were perceived by the public, not as fringe, but as fascinating. Among those featured was Azura DragonFaether, then known as DragonFeather369, an American witch whose influence had already crossed the Atlantic. Seated before one of her signature dragon altars, she delivered the now-iconic line:

“No negativity. Not allowed.”

This moment became a meme, a mantra, and a milestone. It signaled the emergence of dragon magick into public consciousness and foreshadowed the birth of Draconic Wicca as a global, internet-fueled phenomenon.

While Wicca’s roots are deeply embedded in Britain, Britain’s Young Witches spotlighted how a new generation was discovering magick online and falling in love with modern voices like Harmony Nice. Yet the inclusion of Azura DragonFaether, an American witch and Draconic Wicca founder, underscores just how far her influence had spread. Her presence in a series centered on British Wiccan youth is undeniable proof that Azura’s role as the founder of Draconic Wicca was already reshaping the global landscape of modern Wicca in the digital era.

In 2019, Azura DragonFaether was featured in Anthony Padilla’s viral YouTube documentary “I Spent a Day with Otherkin,” which now holds nearly 6 million views and is listed among the channel’s Most Popular videos. Around the 22-second mark, as Padilla introduces the concept of Dragonkin, a clip from Azura’s early YouTube content appears. Wearing her iconic horned hat and black feathered wings, Azura even then was already embodying the mythic identity and spiritual path that would later define her legacy as The Draconic Priestess. This appearance stands as a public timestamp of her early leadership within the Dragonkin and dragon magick communities, marking her as one of the first to represent dragon identity, devotion, and metaphysical embodiment in mainstream media. After seven years of consistent dragon magick content, she continued to shape the narrative around dragon spirituality by bringing it into the public eye with consistent real time documentation over time.

In April 2020, Azura DragonFaether uploaded a lighthearted yet historic TikTok titled “Achievement Unlocked: Dragon Witch Edition”This video was an early spark that would soon ignite the entire subculture. As the world entered lockdown and spiritual seekers turned to TikTok for connection, Azura’s post quietly seeded what would become the viral niche #DragonWitchTok. When COVID-19 reshaped daily life, TikTok became an online oasis for witches, pagans, and mystics to explore their craft, express their identity, and launch spiritual businesses. WitchTok emerged as a digital renaissance, gaining millions of uses and reshaping the landscape of modern-day witchcraft. Within that wave, dragon magick, Draconic Wicca, and DragonKin identity surged into visibility like never before. Within the online Dravon Realm it was carried on the momentum of a spiritual ecosystem Azura had been cultivating for nearly a decade at this time.

By 2022, the world witnessed an unprecedented surge in dragon-based spirituality, mythology, and community engagement. It marked the apex of a global dragon magick renaissance; one that had been quietly building for over a decade but finally erupted into mainstream visibility. For the first time in human history, the internet provided mass access to dragon myths, religious archetypes, folkloric threads, symbolic art and spiritual practices from every corner of the globe. Platforms like TikTok supercharged this awakening. What once required deep, solitary study was now revealed in bite-sized revelations, stitched with art, storytelling, and daily devotionals. #DragonWitchTok exploded, and creators began forming entire ecosystems around their dragon paths all offering readings, custom courses, mystical artwork, and personal mentorship rooted in draconic devotion. The veil was lifted. Dragons were no longer fantastical myth but a real world movement.

In 2024, Azura DragonFaether, The Draconic Priestess founded Tiamat’s Temple, a global sanctuary for Dragon Witches, DragonKin, and dragon lovers to honor the forgotten Dragon Mother. Reawakened during a livestream reading of The First Sex by Elizabeth Gould Davis, Azura rediscovered Tiamat’s suppressed legacy and answered the call to create a sacred space devoted to her archetype, study, worship, mythic history, and divine feminine power. Tiamat’s Temple is a refuge for those drawn to dragon magick, dragon goddess symbolism, and the ancient power of the feminine a sacred oath to remain an offering of education, community, and sanctuary to all who carry her flame. Unlike other leaders in Draconian traditions, Azura’s path centers the dragon force as entirely feminine power itself leaving little to no room for divine masculine power. These sacred feminine focused rutuals are now free to explore within Tiamat’s Temple.

In 2025 after 20+ years of walking with dragons with 13 of those years publicly documented, Azura DragonFaether became The Draconic Priestess. In earlier videos we see a young Azura expressing her dream to become a High Priestess of Draconic Magick. Over a decade Azura has documented her journey of becoming The Draconic Priestess in real time by creating the first, largest and longest standing online platform for Dragon Magick in the world; founded unique structures and systems for each major form of Draconic Spirituality publicly accessible and free to utilize as well as being the longest standing and most popular personality within the Dragonkin community. Azura’s frameworks were not drawn from mimicry, but from a lifetime of lived gnosis, ancestral inheritance, historical study, and oral traditions.

Azura was raised in the underbelly of Hollywood’s occult circles, where she trained with respected elders, lived in coven homes, helped host rituals, some of which Hatchlings still remember attending, and learned from seasoned witches who passed down the bones of Wicca itself. Alongside her father, a laser artist at the iconic Laserium, she was taught Laser Light Magick, a mystical art of psychedelic transformation through rainbow laser light, dance, music, performance and spirit. Growing up around the prototypes within laser light technology gave Azura an insight into unique occult forms of magick which now weaves through the foundations of her modern work. In every circle she entered, Azura taught Dragon Magick to witches older than herself, introducing dragons as sacred allies to generations that had forgotten their flame. This year in 2025 marks her full emergence as The Draconic Priestess ready to dive deeper uni the magick of Dragons, not just as a guide for hatchlings, but as a liaison between human and the ancient dragon forces from around the globe.