Calling all witches and warlocks … or library enthusiasts. Chicago’s Newberry Library is crowdsourcing translations for three 17th-century manuscripts of spells, charms and magic. Handwritten in ...

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Cauldrons filled with mysterious potions, disappearing animals, and crotchety old women sporting comically sharp, black hats — that's how witchcraft is usually represented, commercially at least.

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The number of books on witchcraft has been on the rise for the past several years, but mind-body-spirit publishers now offer an eclectic mix of authors who draw magic from a range of sources—from ...

The Pendle witches don't conform to modern stereotypes. Spells are cast, clay images pricked with pins, and supernumerary nipples or warts (the mark of the devil) diligently searched for. But there ...

In William Perkins' 1608 A Discourse of the Damned Art of Witchcraft, he opens with a list of the reasons such a treatise is necessary, beginning with one that now reads as far more astute that he ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. This contemporary mythology book is a deeply moving retelling of the story of Circe, the ancient ...

At the dark heart of “Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2,” which opens Friday, hovers the spirit of Elly Kedward, accused of practicing the black arts and driven from Blair Township in 1785. A crude image ...