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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Witchcraft is on the rise. In an age of uncertainty, dislocation and environmental turmoil, ... TikTok isn’t the first place that modern-day witches have congregated online, ...

Doreen Valiente, the mother of modern witchcraft, was nine-years-old when she had what she called an indescribably mystical experience, and saw the veil of reality tremble.

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 ...

For instance, the girls had a “familiar” which in modern Wiccan culture translates to any animal with which someone has developed a spiritual connection with.

"Modern witchcraft seems to be more centered on women as leaders and teachers as well as practitioners than other forms of neo-Paganism," Tarin Towers, a witch who practices the Reclaiming ...