This Witchy's Takeaway: Rebel Witch by Kelly‑Ann Maddox
- Mystic Moon Momma
- 11 minutes ago
- 4 min read
There are witches you learn from, and then there are witches who shape you long before you even realize it. Kelly‑Ann Maddox has always been the latter for me. I adore everything she creates — her videos, her teachings, her decks, her Patreon. I look forward to her monthly OCRs a.k.a one card riffs like they’re tiny spells dropped straight into my inbox. But what’s wild is that she was teaching me long before I even knew her name.
Years ago, I saved a YouTube video explaining the Elder Futhark runes — a deep, psychological, witchcraft‑rooted breakdown of the runes that hit me in a way nothing else had. The video didn’t show her face, so I had no idea who I was listening to but I adored her voice straight away. It had an English sing to it and something about it felt raw and powerful. A confidence breed from speaking truth no doubt. Fast‑forward to me diving deeper into tarot, other facets of witchcraft, and online spiritual spaces… and suddenly I recognized that voice. It was Kelly‑Ann. She had been an integral part of my understanding spiritual divination long before I ever connected the dots.
That’s the magick of Kelly‑Ann Maddox: she teaches in a way that sticks to your bones.
Rebel Witch is exactly that kind of teaching — raw, honest, unfiltered, and deeply empowering. It’s not a book that tells you how to be a witch. It’s a book that reminds you that you already are one. Kelly‑Ann writes with a voice that feels like a friend, a mentor, and a mirror all at once. She doesn’t sugarcoat the work. She doesn’t romanticize the path. She invites you into the messy, beautiful, deeply personal reality of witchcraft as a lived practice.
What struck me most about this book is how unapologetically authentic it is. Kelly‑Ann doesn’t present witchcraft as an aesthetic or a checklist. She presents it as a relationship — with yourself, with your wounds, with your power, with your intuition. She encourages you to build a practice that is yours, not borrowed, not performative, or curated for a social media platform. But a practice that is real and rooted in who you are.
Reading Rebel Witch felt like a permission slip. Permission to be imperfect. Permission to be my own kind of intuitive. To be messy yet powerful. To be a witch in the way that feels true to me not the way the internet told me it should look.
Kelly‑Ann also dives into the psychological layers of witchcraft — shadow‑work, identity, trauma, sovereignty — in a way that feels grounded and accessible. If you ever get a chance to get a reading with her, DO IT! She doesn’t shy away from the hard stuff. She doesn’t pretend that this craft we all love is simply candles and crystals. She acknowledges the wounds that feed the fears, the conditioning that internalizes damaging narratives, and that more than likely shape our magick, or wish to strip us of it. But, honest to who she is, makes sure she offers you tools to work through the hard stuff, not bypass it.
For someone like me — someone who has had to rebuild her sense of self, reclaim her voice, and learn to trust her intuition after years of being silenced — this book felt like a reclamation. It reminded me that witchcraft isn’t about fitting a mold. It’s about presence. About the sacred honesty of showing up as you are and letting your magick grow wildly from that vantage point.
Rebel Witch is ideal for witches who crave authenticity over aesthetics, and depth over dogma. If you seek sovereignty over structure it's for you my fellow witch. Those like us who want to build a practice that feels like a home decorated by their eclectic inner child. It’s for the witch who is tired of rules, of comparison, of feeling like they’re “doing it wrong.” It’s for the witch who wants to rise in their own way, on their own terms.
This book doesn’t teach witchcraft. It's teaches the witch how to better connect to their craft.
It teaches self‑trust.
It teaches self‑ownership.
It teaches rebellion as a form of spiritual liberation.
And honestly? That’s exactly what witchcraft should be.
✨ Witchcraft Journaling Prompt
(Use this as an invitation, not an expectation.)
Where in my practice am I still trying to follow someone else’s rules, and what would my witchcraft look like if I let it be fully, unapologetically mine?
Let the answer be messy, honest, and real — Kelly‑Ann would approve.
✨ Altar Suggestion Inspired by the Book
A “rebel witch” altar might include:
- a black candle for sovereignty, and banishing other people's BS opinions
- a piece of obsidian or hematite for grounding into your truth
- a symbol of rebellion (a key, a thorn, a rune, a feather)
- a handwritten note: “My magick is mine.”
Keep it raw, simple, and authentic — no aesthetics, just rebellion and veracity.