Witchcraft has been feared, mocked and romanticized — but rarely has it been fully understood as a story of feminist resistance and enduring cultural power. Feminist studies scholar Jane Ward has set ...

About 400 years ago, the European witch hunts were at their peak. Between the 15th and 18th centuries, an estimated 50,000 people, mostly women, were executed for witchcraft across Europe. They were ...

Wicca and witchcraft are popping up in pop culture these days, from teenage witches on TikTok to a Marvel comic superhero called Wiccan. It has even led The New York Times to ask: “When did everyone ...

26 year old Dancer Mimi Elashiry reckons she's always been into 'witchy' things like manifesting, collecting crystals and creating rituals. But over the past couple of years she's turned to witchcraft ...

The annual Essex Witchcraft and Pagan Yule Market took place at Marks Tey Parish Hall, in Old London Road, on Sunday from ...

"So, um, right ... Wicca," people will say. "How did you even get into that? That's, like, superstition right?" I find that people rarely have any idea what Wicca is beyond the fact that it somehow ...

Does witchcraft have a place in modern society? BBC Africa Live wants to know if it is relevant to you. In Africa, witchcraft has played a role in rebellions, fighting wars, gaining independence and ...

Yoko Ono once noted: "People respect wizards. But a witch, my god, we have to burn them." Witches were maligned for centuries because of their perceived dark power and influence — but could this fear ...