Click on the titles to read the full articles. Top 5 best witchy manga you can read right now You gotta love a good witch. In anime and manga, they’re kind of like the cousins of magical girls, though the latter is much more popular than the former. In a literal sense, they are magical girls; witch-centred manga can often emulate similar shojo-ish themes, but are usually quite different in terms of tone and worldbuilding. If you’re looking to get into the Halloween spirit a

Click on the titles to read the full articles. Building a Truly Pagan Culture I’m always amused when religious or political conservatives claim that the United States or the West or the whole world is “becoming Pagan again.” They show their ignorance about Paganism, both ancient and modern. What they usually mean is that their part of the world is becoming more tolerant and accepting, and that their version of Christianity is losing its cultural dominance. I wish all the peop

Click on the titles to read the full articles. Are Black Cats Really Bad Luck? If you name some of the spooky symbols of Halloween, you're sure to mention witches, jack-o'-lanterns, bats, ghosts, and of course, black cats. With spiky arched backs and glowing green eyes, they certainly add to any spooky scene if they creep around your Halloween decorations. Perhaps you or someone you know truly fears black cats, but have you ever wondered why? That fear may stem from the bla

Podcast: Witches and Ritual Around the Globe Photo: LARRY LAMSA/CC BY 2.0 Explore the mysteries of Mexico’s Indigenous healers and Denmark’s gruesome witch burnings with Condé Nast Traveler’s Women Who Travel Podcast. IN THIS SPECIAL PARTNER EPISODE of The Atlas Obscura Podcast, with Condé Nast Traveler’s Women Who Travel Podcast, we visit Mexico to hear about the country’s long history of female healers and explore Denmark’s brutal history of witch burnings. Remembering the

Book Explores the History of Witchcraft The history of witchcraft and the centuries of persecution that it has aroused have been explored in a new book focusing on 13 of the most infamous cases from around the world. Witchcraft: A History in 13 Trials covers a 700-year time span that encompasses some of the earliest witch trials in Europe to the very modern ‘witch hunt’ of Stormy Daniels in Donald Trump’s America How to Spot a Witch... Find Out If She Annoyed a Powerful Man!

Google sends me daily emails with links to articles on Wicca, Witchcraft, Paganism, and Tarot. Here's the weekly round-up of the ones I find intriguing. To read the entire article, click on the link in the title. Introducing Yourself to the Spirits of a New Place What happens when you move? House spirits will often move with you – land spirits do not. How can we get off to a good start in our new home? And that brings us to this question: I’m moving into a new place, and was