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Over the ages, witches real and fictional—the courageous and the comical—have mingled together and blurred the lines between pop and profound. All of this leaves the non-witch world with many questions. The biggest of all might be the most basic: What is a witch? In the modern world, being a witch is often a well-earned source of pride. And the real question we should be asking is “Why did anyone ever see it any other way?” The questions
...Witches and witchcraft are everywhere in the modern world—from pop culture to book stores, universities to protest marches. But, for many, what is known about witches is still rooted in the past. Being labelled a witch in the earliest days of the North American colonies was to be persecuted, prejudiced and—in many cases—killed. Why? To those making accusations at the time, it was for being evil and in cahoots with the devil. In hindsight,
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What does it mean to be a witch? From ancient folklore to modern-day witches of social media, we’ll open the broom closet and find out. Did you know that no one executed in the Salem Witch Trials was actually a witch? But there are a lot of witches in Salem today. We’ll examine that history and spotlight some of the most powerful and influential witches who changed the course of history. We’ll also examine quintessential tools like Ouija
...Whether she’s in a black cape stirring a bubbling pot or a teenager discovering her magic for the first time, witches have been a part of pop culture since humans began writing stories, even before. We’ll tell you all about the history of the witch, including the infamous trials in Europe and Salem. Learn about how the witch became a feminist symbol and check out spellbinding places to see. Practicing witches let you know how to get in touch
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“[Anne] Rice’s descriptive writing is so opulent it almost begs to be read by candlelight.”—The Washington Post Book World
In seventeenth-century Scotland, the first “witch,”...
