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*=Registration may be required.<\/p>\n US: New Witch-owned publishing company focuses on underrepresented voices<\/a> New York is No. 1 US city for witches<\/a> Historic Parliament of World\u2019s Religions<\/a> New book explores witchcraft\u2019s rebellious history \u2014 and modern transformation<\/a> Being a witch on TikTok seems just as controversial as it was in the 16th century<\/a> Why the secret symbols of magic and witchcraft fascinate us<\/a> How studying witchcraft changed my relationship with the outdoors<\/a> Meet Delaware\u2019s own witchy woman and spiritual healer<\/a> Nigerians show growing interest in halloween\u00a0<\/a> Connected by bamboo, Kyoto shrine honors Thomas Edison<\/a> \u2018Kumade\u2019 ornaments sold once a year at Tokyo festival rake in good luck<\/a> A priest\u2019s calling<\/a> Fewer than 80,000 climb Mount Fuji in 2021 summer season<\/a> The convenience of casting curses and charms in Japan<\/a> Archaeologists uncover statues of Aphrodite and Dionysus in Turkey<\/a> Ancient \u2018hangover prevention\u2019 ring found in Israel<\/a> Designs on Stonehenge\u2019s chalk plaques depict real objects and not abstract patterns<\/a> Narcissus: The Greek myth re-envisioned<\/a> Haitian revellers honour the dead in Vodou festival<\/a> The Great God Pan is all things to all men<\/a> US: far more support than oppose separation of church and state<\/a> US: Satanists convince Pennsylvania school district to change anti-satanic dress code<\/a> Russia: Chechnya arrests three for practising witchcraft in Halloween crackdown<\/a> UK: Church apology on cards for witchcraft executions<\/a> Cambodia: Man arrested, 2 more sought, in \u2018witchcraft\u2019 murder<\/a> Malawi: Man forced out of village over \u2018witchcraft\u2019 allegations<\/a> Nigeria: Two farmers arrested for accusing neighbour of killing her daughter through \u2018witchcraft\u2019<\/a> \u2018Witchcraft verification\u2019 is primitive and illegal, Kenya National Commission on Human Rights says<\/a> Ghana: Whiles we await the passage of anti-Witch Hunting Bill, let\u2019s use existing laws to prosecute witch hunters \u2014 NGO<\/a>![\"\"](\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/632\/2021\/11\/Tarot01.jpg\")
<\/a>Pagan News<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n
\nThe Wild Hunt
\nBoth Devora and Burnett are writers and Witches and share a love of the esoteric, the mythological, and also of history. And they are very invested in the Salem community\u2026<\/p>\n
\nNew York Post
\nThe Big Apple has been named the best city for witches, according to a new study\u2026<\/p>\n
\nThe Wild Hunt
\nThis year\u2019s Parliament of the World\u2019s Religions was a historic first for the Pagan community\u2026<\/p>\n
\nCNN
\n\u201cWitchcraft\u201d offers a deep dive into the many facets of a centuries-old tradition in the Western world, weaving more than 400 classic and contemporary artworks with essays and interviews by what editor Jessica Hundley describes as \u201ca diverse coven of writers, scholars and modern-day practitioners, each embracing the practice in their own individual ways.\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n
\nThe Next Web
\nVideos labeled #WitchTok have so far clocked up an impressive 18.7 billion views\u2026<\/p>\n
\nBBC
\nFrom emoji spells to WitchTok, the mysterious, 600-year-old emblems of tarot and spell books are still resonating in the 21st Century\u2026<\/p>\n
\nOutside
\nWhat a witches\u2019 year taught me about our relationship to wild places\u2026<\/p>\n
\nDelaware Today
\nMandie Stevenson, a Delaware-based Wiccan, uses her magic to make the world a more harmonious place through spiritual healing\u2026<\/p>\n
\nLegit
\nNigerians have surprisingly shown a growing interest in the holiday of Halloween with terms like, \u2018When is Halloween?\u2019, \u2018Halloween meaning\u2019 and \u2018History of Halloween\u2019 topping Google Search queries in the week leading up to October 31, 2021\u2026<\/p>\nShinto News<\/span><\/h2>\n
\nThe Asahi Shimbun
\nTo commemorate the achievements of the great American inventor, a flower-offering ceremony was held at the Edison monument on Oct. 15, three days before the 90th anniversary of his death\u2026<\/p>\n
\nThe Mainichi
\nKumade lucky charms can be found in outdoor markets that are a part of the \u201cTori-no-ichi\u201d festivals held at various shrines across Japan\u2026<\/p>\n
\nMimusubi
\nWorking as a Shinto priest is not easy, and does involve doing the same things repeatedly\u2026<\/p>\n
\nNippon.com
\nThe trails on Mount Fuji that had been closed during the pandemic opened up again for the 2021 climbing season, but there were fewer than 80,000 climbers\u2014just a third the number of an average year\u2026<\/p>\n
\nGaijinPot
\nFrom its ancient origins to its modern face, Japan has a world of hexes, malevolent magic and spells waiting to be discovered\u2026<\/p>\nOther News<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n
\nHeritage Daily
\nArchaeologists from K\u00fctahya Dumlup\u0131nar University have discovered statues representing Aphrodite and Dionysus in the ancient city of Aizanoi\u2026<\/p>\n
\nLive Science
\nAn ancient amethyst ring has been unearthed during excavations at the archaeological site of an ancient Byzantine wine factory in Yavne, Israel\u2026<\/p>\n
\nMail Online
\nEngraved chalk plaques from the Late Neolithic found in the Stonehenge area depict real objects \u2014 not only abstract patterns, as previously thought \u2014 a study has found\u2026<\/p>\n
\nGreek City Times
\nChristopher Williams\u2019s new evening-length ballet called Narcissus incorporates themes of the eponymous Greek myth upon which it is based in order to re-envision the original ballet through an imaginative and contemporary lens\u2026<\/p>\n
\nThe Associated Press
\nHundreds of revelers clad in white and clutching candles crowded into the main cemetery at Haiti\u2019s capital on Monday to pay their respects to the dead during an annual Vodou festival\u2026<\/p>\n
\nThe Spectator*
\nPan\u2019s name is thought to derive from \u2018paean\u2019, the ancient Greek verb meaning \u2018to pasture\u2019\u2026<\/p>\n
\nPew Research Center
\nBut there are pockets of support for increased church-state integration, more Christianity in public life\u2026<\/p>\n
\nUSA Today
\nSatanists earned a victory after convincing a Pennsylvania school district to remove a student dress code ban on clothes that are \u201csatanic in nature.\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n\u2018Witch Hunts\u2019 Past & Present<\/span><\/h2>\n
\nThe Independent
\nThe suspects were reportedly \u201ccaught red-handed\u201d, local state television reported \u2013 with maps, tarot cards, and a magical stone one of them had brought into the Islamic republic from the Buddhist<\/a> region of Kalmykia\u2026<\/p>\n
\nThe Times*
\nThe Church of Scotland is preparing to apologise for its role more than 400 years ago in the \u201cmistreatment and execution\u201d of thousands of people accused of witchcraft\u2026<\/p>\n
\nKhmer Times
\nA man was arrested and two more suspects are being sought for the alleged murder of a \u2018sorcerer\u2019 who the suspects accused of invoking \u2018witchcraft\u2019 on them\u2026<\/p>\n
\nMalawi 24
\nVillagers from Benga Mwale Village in the area of Traditional Authority Mzukuzuku in Mzimba district have banished George Tembo from the village on allegation that he bewitched his 44-year-old son who died after getting sick in South Africa\u2026<\/p>\n
\nPulse
\nTwo farmers, Aruwa Kwala, 50, and Shenyi Salihu, 50, were on Tuesday docked in a Magistrates\u2019 Court in Gwagwalada, FCT for allegedly accusing their neighbour of being a \u2018witch\u2019 and killing a three-year-old girl\u2026<\/p>\n
\nThe Standard
\nThe Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) has said witchcraft verification, which involves a \u2018spitting ritual\u2019, practised in Gusiiland is primitive and illegal\u2026<\/p>\n
\nModern Ghana
\nThe Executive Director of Rise Ghana has said while awaiting the law to be passed the country should use existing laws to prosecute witch hunters in the Northern parts of the country\u2026<\/p>\n