The public image of witchcraft, Wicca and Paganism is of a tradition that embraces women and places them at their centers. After all, the stereotypical image of a witch is of a woman: brewing potions, ...

(RNS) — The Great Rite, a Wiccan ritual celebrating the creative union of the masculine and feminine, commonly occurs after a priest and a priestess call in the God and the Goddess, the Earth-based ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. LEWISTON — The beliefs and practices of Wiccans and pagans will be examined ...

Taylor, a 28-year-old nonprofit worker who lives in Tennessee, is still reeling from her recent breakup. She made the difficult decision to end the relationship when her long-distance partner broke ...

The Contemporary Pagan Movement is hard to pin down by design. Paganism is a very big (and often literal) tent and those inside form and un-form groups freely. The Pagan belief in the supremacy of ...

Broomsticks, cauldrons and pointy hats often come to mind when someone says the word "witch." Around Halloween and spooky season, famous characters and specific imagery surfaces when witches are ...

Slate contributor Lee Ann Kinkade was online on Washingtonpost.com to chat with readers about her Wiccan faith and the hassles of trying to organize a coven for Halloween. An unedited transcript of ...

If you took movies and TV shows seriously, witches, or those who practice witchcraft, would all be wearing pointy black hats, riding broomsticks and wickedly cackling over cauldrons. Unsurprisingly, ...

It’s Witch Week at Refinery29 Canada, and we’re exploring the modern world of witchcraft. Each day, we'll examine a different aspect of the culture — as well as the camaraderie, controversy, and ...

Kiley Mann was 10 when she was gifted her first set of runes, a Nordic divination tool, which sparked a lifelong journey into witchcraft. "I've been studying spirituality and religion for about a ...

“I met a woman in a spiritual center in western Massachusetts. It was summer, and there was no one there but us,” American photographer Frances F. Denny recounts. “She seemed nervous about having her ...