In Latin America, it”s called curandissimo. In Europe, it”s folk medicine. And in America, this ancient healing art took hold in the colonies, too. For millennia, medicine for common people was ...

The “Season of the Witch” reflects a cultural reclamation of intuition and feminine power. Explore the real history of witch ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Phillips Stevens Jr., PhD, a University at Buffalo cultural anthropologist, says that while magic and witchcraft are both thoroughly researched topics across various academic ...

Hocus Pocus is one of my very favorite films, and it made me fall in love with the idea of a grimoire. The Sanderson sisters’ grimoire was a giant, sentient tome that featured a creepy, blinking eye ( ...

Carolyn Kerns unwrapped her tarot card deck from several pieces of white linen. There’s a tradition behind storing things that "are magical to contain and protect them,” she said. Kerns is a Duluth ...

In the mid-15th century, Europe was a panicking, volatile witch-hunt hotspot. Thousands of supposed witches (mostly women, of course), thought to have been practising magic or making pacts with Satan, ...

Through celebrity glitz and shouts of female empowerment, witchcraft has become chic. According to Pew Research, witches now outnumber Presbyterians. The brand image these days is “cool,” so no one ...

UB cultural anthropologist Phillips Stevens Jr. says that while magic and witchcraft are both thoroughly researched topics across various academic disciplines, a new effort is needed if we’re to fully ...