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

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

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The world has gone through many moral panics over the centuries, but none were as dramatic—or fatal—as the paranoia over witchcraft. The most famous example took place in Salem, Massachusetts ...

Reproductive Rites’ unearths the untold story of abortion witch hunts, from the days of Socrates through the Salem Witch ...

Poor Alison was imprisoned on charge of witchcraft, sealed in St. Andrew ... Written in Italy in 1608, the book is a guide to witch hunting. At these events, some believed that there were ...

The book set out to show that witchcraft was not real and often had physical explanations. (Charles Walker Collection / Alamy Stock Photo) It was thought that when a witch pledged herself to the ...

but she still recommends the classic “Buckland’s Complete Book of Witchcraft” — first published in 1986 and often referred to as “Buckland’s Big Blue” — as “a point of ...

Among those drawn to witchcraft is Blake, who says she's been “out of the broom closet for a very long time” and writes books on the subject to help increase understanding around the practice ...

Drama unfolded last Friday when a Makerere University PhD student defended his research on witchcraft—an event that took a chaotic turn when he was abruptly kicked out of the Zoom link due to ...

Senator JD Vance will be attending a town hall moderated by a pastor who has likened Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris to a "Jezebel," and accused her of using witchcraft during the ...