Folk magic goes by many names in the Appalachian Mountains: root work, granny magic, kitchen witchery, Braucherei, witchcraft ...

Folk horror has been a favorite of horror fans for decades, stretching back to the original Wicker Man and continuing to the ...

The Last Sacrifice’ combines true crime with insight into the heyday of British folk horror, connecting a real murder to The ...

Cunning folk were people who the community believed that had powers of healing and knowledge of spells and magic. At a time when most people could not afford treatment from a doctor, the cunning ...

How did so many innocent people like Alison find themselves embroiled in a Scotland-wide witch hunt? Folk customs and belief in magic existed across the world for centuries. In Western Europe ...

We dive deep into an exploration of the associations between queer women and witchcraft throughout the centuries.

Across the U.S., witchcraft has been growing in popularity. Paganism – or Neopaganism – is an umbrella term for various belief systems that pull from pre-Christian folk traditions. A 2014 Pew ...

From the astounding wealth of material included in this publication, I’ve chosen eight herbs that are linked to particularly interesting folk beliefs. It was considered ‘the mother of all herbs’ and, ...

Accusations of witchcraft have offered a convenient way to subjugate and silence persecuted people for centuries. In Europe, this frequently also stemmed from a growing stigmatization of folk ...