Thursday, 22 November 2018

News: Witches, Witchcraft and Witch Hunts

Here's a round-up of recent stories in the news about witches, witchcraft and witch hunts:

"Number Of Witches Rises Dramatically Across US As Millennials Reject Christianity" - story at Newsweek: https://www.newsweek.com/witchcraft-wiccans-mysticism-astrology-witches-millennials-pagans-religion-1221019

"Meet the Cornish witch casting global spells through social media" - story at Cornwall Live: https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/meet-cornish-witch-casting-global-2231347

"British 'witch' casts global spell from Cornwall home in hope of saving planet" - another story on the same subject at Mirror.co.uk: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/british-witch-casts-global-spell-13613195

"'Being a witch, casting spells and creating potions is my full-time job'" - interview with a witch at cosmopolitan.com (UK) https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/worklife/careers/a25159509/how-to-be-a-witch-interview/

Personally I think you could find better gifts for witches at proper pagan shops like Treadwell'sWicca Moon or Atlantis Bookshop, but Nerdist is running a feature on "10 Gift Ideas for the Amateur Witch in Your Life": https://nerdist.com/10-gift-ideas-for-the-amateur-witch/

"Janet Paisley, poet, novelist, dramatist and witch – obituary" at Telegraph.co.uk: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2018/11/14/janet-paisley-poet-novelist-dramatist-witch-obituary/

"Witch: 60-year-old man beaten to death by villagers in Assam's Karbi Anglong district" - story at indiablooms: https://indiablooms.com/news-details/N/44149/witch-60-year-old-man-beaten-to-death-by-villagers-in-assam-rsquo-s-karbi-anglong-district.html

"Vardø, Norway" - story about the historic "witch capital of Norway" - at The Outline: https://theoutline.com/post/6613/vardo-norway-halloween-steilneset-memorial?zd=1&zi=dwbruz6d

"The case against accused witch Anne Boleyn" - a story about historic witchcraft allegations at SYFY WIRE: https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/the-case-against-accused-witch-anne-boleyn

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