If you took movies and TV shows seriously, witches, or those who practice witchcraft, would all be wearing pointy black hats, riding broomsticks and wickedly cackling over cauldrons. Unsurprisingly, ...

The world’s fascination with witchcraft is a tale as old as time. From legends and folklore to newer incarnations in film and television like Bewitched, Charmed, Hocus Pocus, The Craft, Practical ...

People living 2,000 years ago had beliefs and practices that were quite similar to — as well as quite different from — those inhabiting Earth today, Barbette Spaeth constantly reminds her students.

Ask any witch who casts spells and you will be told that not only is magic genuine, but it's inside of everyone who wants to try witchcraft. Everyone has felt magic in their life. Magic is the energy ...

(RNS) — As children dress up as witches for Halloween, we are reminded that there was a time when witches were persecuted and executed by society. For a look at this ugly period of European history, I ...

As the resident witch in many of my friends and family’s lives, I can confidently tell you that we love a good witchy book. Anything that teaches us more about witchcraft, helps us expand a skillset, ...

Witchcraft has been feared, mocked and romanticized — but rarely has it been fully understood as a story of feminist resistance and enduring cultural power. Feminist studies scholar Jane Ward has set ...

We may earn commission from links on this page, but we only recommend products we love. Promise. But let’s get into a little bit of witch history. If we look back to ancient times, communities around ...

Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches debuted on AMC and AMC+ last week with the latest installment of the network’s Immortal Universe proving to be a big hit. The series is AMC+’s biggest ever series premiere.

In this installment of Practical Magic, Lisa Stardust speaks to witches about what magic really is. Sabrina Spellman said “witches are having a moment,” on an episode of Chilling Adventures of Sabrina ...