Tatler Malaysia

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“Witches don’t burn, honey,” Sabrina Villard, a modern-day shaman, tells me as we’re standing in a ceremony room inside her chic apartment on Robinson Road in Hong Kong’s exclusive Mid-Levels district. “We are not going anywhere.” As a baby, Villard

The Guardian

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We all know what a witch looks like. A gnarled old face full of warts with teeth missing and bright green skin. Then there’s the long black coat, the tall black hat and let’s not forget the sizable crooked nose, sniffing the fumes rising from a bubbl

History Revealed

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Although contemporary witches are connected by a belief in magic, what this magic looks like can vary hugely. While their craft typically draws upon folk traditions, mythology and pre-Christian beliefs from around the world, 21st-century witches span

The Guardian

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One eve of Witchfest event, radicals say they believe magic and occult are natural extensions of feminism and eco activism

Los Angeles Times

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LOS ANGELES - The Oracle of Los Angeles was feeling frazzled. It was already 2 p.m. and she hadn't had time to prepare lunch, much less wipe the ash from her altar. A tarot card client had just left her yellow Craftsman house in West Adams, evidenced

Australian Women’s Weekly NZ

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As the quote by Roald Dahl reads: “Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.” For jewellery designer Kim McKay, who created the company Wicken three years ago, believing in magic was never the issue. It’s how it found her that’s the real s

NPR

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A slightly witch-y mother, an astrologer, and the co-writer of a guide for Basic Witches share their eclipse rituals.

ImagineFX

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Editors Jessica Hundley and Pam Grossman Publisher Taschen Books Price £30 Web taschen.com Available Now Witches have appeared in cultures around the world for centuries. Bringing together a wealth of art and articles, Taschen’s 520-page Witchcraft p

Chat It's Fate

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Working with herbs and earth magic, hedge witches possess the ability to ‘jump the hedge’ – that is, to communicate with the spirit world and send messages through the astral plane. It’s possible the myth of witches flying on broomsticks is a metapho

Chat It's Fate

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There’s been a huge explosion of interest in witchcraft in recent years. According to data collected by Trinity College, Connecticut, in the USA, there were an estimated 8,000 practising Wiccans in 1990. By 2008, that number had risen to 340,000 – an

The Atlantic

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Americans’ interest in spell-casting tends to wax as instability rises and trust in establishment ideas plummets.

Guernica Magazine

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I just want a version of the occult that isn’t built on plunder, but I suspect that if we could excise the stolen pieces, there would be nothing left. The post White Witchery appeared first on Guernica.

Los Angeles Times

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Witches continue to work their dark arts in some parts of the world, at least in the minds of their accusers. For example, in a rural farming community in southwestern China, 13.7 percent of the population has been labeled "zhu," or "witch," by their

Chat It's Fate

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Using my psychic gifts, I tuned into the worried student’s situation, then pulled out one tarot card. The Justice card told me that the decision was a mistake. I messaged the student saying, ‘Don’t worry, there’s been an admin error. The mess will be

Tatler Singapore

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“Witches don’t burn, honey,” Sabrina Villard, a modern-day shaman, tells me as we’re standing in a ceremony room inside her chic apartment on Robinson Road in Hong Kong’s exclusive Mid-Levels district. “We are not going anywhere.” As a baby, Villard

Fortean Times

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While much of Europe and the US spent Hallowe’en weekend trick-or-treating, in the Russian Republic of Chechnya it was an excuse for reinforcing the state’s crackdown on “sorcery and witchcraft”. After being secretly filmed for more than two weeks, Z

History Revealed

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Most people will be aware of the notorious traditional superstition that a witch can be detected by throwing her (or more rarely, him) into a body of water. If she floats, then the water has rejected her, and she is guilty. If she sinks, then it has

DIVA

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My stepmother’s pack of Goddess oracle cards was one of my earliest bisexual awakenings. Ever the story-teller, I’d make up narratives where they’d marry each other and thrive in a world without men. Whilst tarot, astrology and holistic philosophies

Fortean Times

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A disoriented elephant seal wandered the streets of a Chilean seaport town after taking a wrong turning. Residents of Puerto Cisnes, 1,500km (932 miles) south of the capital Santiago, said they are accustomed to seeing the creatures offshore in the w

New Idea

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Dressed in head-to-toe black robes, Mara Carter lets her fingers hover over a steaming hot cauldron as she chants quietly and a black cat looks on ominously. Candles flicker, incense smokes and a spell book, filled with mystical symbols, is laid ope

Fortean Times

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“I was interested in magic and witchcraft and things like that from an early age,” says Dave Arthur. “Twelve or so. Dennis Wheatley’s novels… I read those. The Devil Rides Out, To the Devil a Daughter, The Ka of Gifford Hillary. Occult novels fascina

History Revealed

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When most of us think of witches, the image of three cackling women chanting the refrain “Double double toil and trouble / Fire burn and cauldron bubble” probably springs to mind. But when Shakespeare added those infamous lines to Macbeth, witches we

History Scotland

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The newly-launched online exhibition has been curated by MLitt Museum Studies students at the University of Aberdeen. Drawing on the university’s rich collections, it takes virtual visitors on a journey of discovery, examining aspects of early modern

SFX

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RELEASED OUT NOW! 464 | Hardback/ebook Author VV James Publisher Gollancz Sanctuary is being described as “Big Little Lies meets The Craft”. You could think hard for a month and still fail to come up with a better description – and it’s clearly entic

Tatler Hong Kong

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“Witches don’t burn, honey,” Sabrina Villard, a modern-day shaman, tells me as we’re standing in a ceremony room inside her chic apartment on Robinson Road in Hong Kong’s exclusive Mid-Levels district. “We are not going anywhere.” As a baby, Villard

History Revealed

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While it has often been used as an interchangeable term to describe any form of witchcraft in popular culture, Wicca is a specific religious belief system that firmly has its roots in 1940s England. Wicca is known for its worship of both a god and a

Chat It's Fate

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Standing in the wooden pulpit dressed in my long black cassock, I smiled down at the congregation before me, but my heart was heavy. I had just finished preaching a sermon about forgiveness. I was hoping that when the time came, my flock would find i

History Revealed

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The history of witchcraft is a dark one, filled with persecution and terror; an estimated 30,000 to 60,000 accused witches were executed across Europe between 1427 and 1782. It is a story of witch-hunters and paranoia, torture and trials, as well as

NPR

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Police say the woman "attempted to elicit funds ... in return for protection from some form [of] potential danger." The law was scrubbed from Canada's criminal code last week.

The Millions

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Here’s a quick look at some notable books—new titles from the likes of Jami Attenberg, Elizabeth Chiles Shelburne, Hisham Matar, Silvina Ocampo, Robert Pinsky, and more—that are publishing this week. The post Tuesday New Release Day: Starring Attenbe