From a self-described witch school to homegrown "witchfluencers," academics and witch communities say a renewed interest in ...

(RNS) — A spirit of reunion permeated Sacred Space, a pagan conference held annually in early April. After a three-year hiatus, the event in Hunt Valley, Maryland, welcomed more than double its ...

I spent five years immersed in the American pagan community—first at arm’s length as a journalist, then as someone personally curious about the rituals I’d observed, and finally, for a couple of years ...

The ruins of Lagina in southwestern Turkey are home to what is believed to be the largest shrine to Hekate, an ancient ...

The practice of using metaphysical methods and rituals to shift energy, effect change, create spells, or connect with a higher power—commonly known as witchcraft—has existed since long before many ...

It seems that around Halloween every year there are articles in Christian publications and comments on Fox News about how Halloween is a pagan holiday. Participate, some warn, at your own peril. I'm a ...

(RNS) Young adults born to pagan parents are a lot like their peers of all faiths: They do spirituality their own way and many don’t do it at all. (RNS) Oh, the kids. They don’t know the history. They ...

In Steven Veerapen’s ‘Witches,’ nearly two centuries of persecution and torture of innocent women and citizens of the ...

Witchcraft has long been associated with sex. From Aleister Crowley's use of sex magic to the obviously phallic broomstick imagery, the occult has long "occupie[d] a vital place within the history of ...