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Posted inEditor's Pick

In the Glimmer

by Peter Rubin July 11, 2023July 11, 2023

“The good witches of Pennsylvania.”

Posted inEditor's Pick

They Were Labeled Witches. They Just Had Dementia.

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands October 26, 2022October 28, 2022

“In tribal communities across Namibia, older, eccentric people are often accused of witchcraft and violently attacked.”

Posted inEditor's Pick

Has Witch City Lost Its Way?

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands October 26, 2021October 19, 2022

“Is a witch-based tourism economy the best way to honor the legacy of executed individuals who weren’t even witches in the first place? Or is continuing to transform the town into the epicenter of modern-day witchcraft actually the perfect way to right the wrongs of the past?”

Posted inCommentary, Feature, Story, Unapologetic Women

How to Tell Your Husband You’re a Witch

by Lisa Richardson April 8, 2020December 9, 2022

Witches we need you. Now more than ever. In the time of COVID-19 we can find respite in place-based reverence, plant magic and the divine feminine. So writes Lisa Richardson, who came to witchiness with nothing but white hetero straight-lacedness and a crush on a yoga teacher.

Posted inReading List, Unapologetic Women

Double, Double, Toil and Trouble: A Reading List About Witches

by Sara Benincasa November 27, 2018October 19, 2022

Witchcraft: it’s spirituality, it’s a philosophy, it’s a lot more than flowy black dresses and cursing your exes.

Posted inNonfiction, Reading List

Reading List: The Witching Hour

by Emily Perper November 2, 2014October 19, 2022

Even as Starbucks switches to its Red Cup holiday menu and the radio plays Christmas music, Halloween tugs at the coattails of my subconscious. To honor our dearly departed All Hallows’ Eve, here are four pieces about witchcraft in the United States and abroad.

Posted inNonfiction, Reading List

Reading List: The Witching Hour

by Emily Perper November 2, 2014October 19, 2022

Even as Starbucks switches to its Red Cup holiday menu and the radio plays Christmas music, Halloween tugs at the coattails of my subconscious. To honor our dearly departed All Hallows’ Eve, here are four pieces about witchcraft in the United States and abroad.

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