A self-excited reluctance motor capable of driving a motor with a commutator and without having to use a commutator logic for power electric circuit. The self-excited reluctance motor includes a stator having a plurality of stator poles respectively wound by wires of different phases; a rotator having a plurality of rotator poles formed on an outer circumference thereof, the rotator rotatably inserted in the stator; and a commutator. The commutator includes a body coaxially arranged with the rotator, and formed of an insulating material; an electrode formed on an outer circumference of the commutator body; a plurality of switching portions formed on the outer circumference of the commutator body at a predetermined distance from each other, and electrically connected with the electrode; a plurality of switching brushes connected to stator wires of different phases and to the plurality of switching portions, for permitting an electric current to flow the respective stator wires; and an electrode brush electrically connected to an external power source and to the electrode.