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.

The only thing more ironic than making a movie about curses and witches is accidentally ending up cursed yourself! Before Practical Magic became a cozy, pop-culture favorite, cherished for its ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Phillips Stevens Jr., PhD, a University at Buffalo cultural anthropologist, says that while magic and witchcraft are both thoroughly researched topics across various academic ...

From their mysterious witch names, like Celeste and Esmeralda, to the potions and spells they conjure up in cauldrons, they're positively fascinating. Which probably explains why so many people dress ...

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 ...

(RNS) — The witch trend says something about the current generation's dependence on technology to fashion selves we can identify with and love. (RNS) — October is upon us, and with it the beginning of ...

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 ...

Recently a Canadian woman was charged with pretending to practice witchcraft under a law on the verge of disappearing from the Canadian Criminal Code. She had attempted to extort considerable sums of ...