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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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.

Moonlit libraries, whispered curses and girls learning the cost of power shape these young adult witch stories. Each novel blends magic with friendship, fear and choice, capturing the thrill of spells ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you took movies and TV shows seriously, witches, or those who practice witchcraft, would all be wearing pointy black hats, ...

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 ...