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 ...

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

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That text was spread throughout the Western world thanks to the newly invented printing press.

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Early modern Europe was no place for witches. Over the course of about 300 years up until the end of the 18th century, some ...

Researchers at the Santa Fe Institute found that the printing and dissemination of manuals on witch hunting, particularly the ...

A new study reveals that the invention of the printing press in 1440 fueled the world's deadliest witch hunt, leading to ...

The sudden emergence of witch trials in early modern Europe may have been fueled by one of humanity's most significant ...