The last witch trial in Germany took place 250 years ago. This fate also threatened Maria Anna Schwegelin, for the people wanted to see the former maid burned in April 1775. Maria Anna Schwegelin was ...

Witchcraft has long been dismissed as superstition or spectacle — but a new interdisciplinary field reframes it as feminist ...

Yet a global study shows that the belief in witchcraft is still alive and well ... entire life feeling that she is in contact with the spirit world. Her room smells of incense, and she's about ...

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Belief in witchcraft persists globally, with a significant portion of the population convinced of its existence. While historical witch hunts targeted vulnerable individuals, modern witches ...