A sorcerer is a magic or sorcery practitioner. This title is usually given or adopted by those who practice high magic or ceremonial magic.
It can be used by a witch man with preference on the term witch or sorcerer or can be used as a general term for any user of magic that does not self -identify as a sorcerer, although some reserve this term for those who practice dark arts.
A woman can choose to identify with the female variant sorcerer.
Origins of this term
The word sorcerer comes from Latin SORS which means «luck» or «destiny, fortune», possibly referring to the response given by an oracle.
The literal translation of the word sorcerer is something like «someone who influences the destiny» or perhaps «fortune teller».
The word sorcerer can be used as a synonym for magician, sorcerer or magician.
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About Morningbird (Founder of Witchipedia)
I am a home witch that grew on the banks of the Hudson River and has lived among the big lakes during the last 20 years. Together with my husband, musician, and my youngest son, administer a minigranja of an acre with gardens of herbs, vegetables and flowers, chickens, ducks, geese and rabbits, and areas reserved for native plants and wildlife.
I have three children, two older, and I have been practicing magic alone and with family and friends for more than 30 years.