It seems as if very few students today actually believe in superstitions. Most deem them made-up sayings that come from uneducated people. “Superstitions were made up by idiots who were desperate for ...

(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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

Friday, June 21 will be the summer solstice, the longest day of the year. And for one religious group it's a time to celebrate the Oak King falling to the Holly King. We take a look at the often ...

(RNS) — It’s late October, and witches’ phones are ringing. Every year as we approach Halloween, media outlets hungrily seek out witches for stories that discover, year after year, that witchcraft is ...

There is more to being a witch than just doing spells and reading tarot cards or checking a zodiac sign astrology chart. The practice of witchcraft is used to achieve goals, control your energy, and ...