“Your average witch is just somebody who lives next to you and has this spiritual practice you don’t know about,” Deborah ...

In the 21st century, you’re far more likely to encounter a TV witch who’s smart and stylish, and whose beauty is part of her ...

Witch trials relied on a medieval text called the “Malleus Maleficarum” – a book this reference librarian can hold in her ...

The ballad, then, underscores the sensational, multimedia nature of the Logroño auto de fe, which laid bare a nightmarish ...

A TINY witch village in northern Spain has been cursed with a spell so strong that only the Pope can lift it.  Trasmoz, a ...

The belief in witches is an almost universal feature of human societies. What does it reveal about our deepest fears?

Women who possessed special knowledge, such as midwives or herbalists, were more likely to be accused of witchcraft, as were ...

This Halloween, there are likely to be fewer pint-sized witches going door to door in search of candy. Concerns over the ...

This myth was promoted by the Egyptologist Margaret Murray in the early 20th century and was then debunked by the historian C. L'Estrange Ewen almost as soon as it appeared. It was founded on a ...

Capitalizing on promises of power and control, witchcraft and occultist practices have become America’s latest wellness ...

Son and Holy Ghost in the Christian tradition, or the Maiden, Mother and Crone in Wiccan and Pagan practices. The Disney+ ...