In the New World, Witchcraft evolved as a patchwork quilt of beliefs and practices. Many different concepts, cultures, and customs existed side by side, sometimes overlapping and influencing one another. Each new group of immigrants brought with them their individual views and Traditions. Over time, they produced a rich tapestry of magical thought. 

Medicine men and women of the native tribes in North, Central, and South America had engaged in various forms of Magick for centuries. They tapped the plant kingdom for healing purposes and divined the future. They communed with Spirits, ancestors, and other nonphysical beings, seeking Divine aid with crops and the hunt. Like Pagans of other lands, these indigenous people honored Mother Earth and all her creatures. And, like Magicians everywhere, they manipulated the forces of Nature to produce results.

When white settlers migrated to the New World, they infused their concepts and customs into the territory. Not all of the early European immigrants were Christians. Some followed the Old Religion and sought freedom to practice their beliefs in a new land. Old World Pagans continued with their magical workings as they had in their native countries. Evidence suggests that some of these people joined Indian tribes whose ideas were compatible with their own.

The African slave trade brought the traditions of African Witches to the Americas.

Followers of voudoun, Santeria, macumba, and other faiths carried their beliefs and Rituals with them to the Caribbean and the southern states of the United States, where they continue to flourish today.