That's still the case with modern forms of witchcraft today. In her new book Witches of America , Alex Mar writes about Dianic Wicca , a type of Wiccan tradition that focuses on women, their power ...

Witchcraft is open to interpretation depending on the practitioner or scholar. It dates back to the 10th century, but there are modern practitioners.

My research originally focused on historical witchcraft, with my dissertation on the witch trials of the early modern period in England. In 1986, after years of research, I received a call from the ...

DETROIT (Talk Radio 1270) Forget brooms and cauldrons, Wiccan high priestess Julia McGowan of Rochester visited the Charlie Langton show this week to dispel myths about modern witchcraft -- just ...

While modern witchcraft is inclusive of many different genders and identities, witches in ancient myth and literature were almost exclusively women. Their stories were in part about navigating gender ...

Witchcraft is open to interpretation depending on the practitioner or scholar. It dates back to the 10th century, but there are modern practitioners.

He’s not Wiccan or pagan, religions that are rooted in witchcraft. He has a few cats, though they’re better suited for snuggling than serving as helpful familiars. There is no one way to be a ...

However you became interested in magic – it’s valid. For me, it was fiction that led me to look into old beliefs, societies like the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, modern Wicca, and ...