José Ortiz-Pagán is a Puerto Rican visual artist based in Philadelphia. His work focuses on harnessing indigenous spiritual ...

Scholars of Scandinavian studies at the Cluster of Excellence are investigating cultural memories of pre-Christian Nordic paganism from the Middle Ages to the present day – “Brave explorers, strong ...

Holiday traditions feel timeless, like they’ve always existed in their current form. Families gather around Christmas trees. Kids hunt for Easter eggs. Couples kiss under mistletoe without questioning ...

Witchcraft still fascinates and repels. Hundreds of years after England’s witch trials in the Puritan mid-17th century, misconceptions and mistrust linger.

While the religion began as a niche practice, it is now widely recognized and respected as one of the fastest-growing ...

Halloween traces its origins back to the Iron Age and a feast of fire known as Samhain. Also included are the historical ...

Here’s how some of the most classic Halloween costumes came to be — fair warning, some have grim origins. “Once witchcraft ...

Florence + The Machine practices more witchcraft than ever before on their sixth studio album, Everybody Scream.

Although not widespread, this sort of nature-based spiritual belief finds fertile ground in the Pacific Northwest. In the ...

Halloween is an ancient holiday that originated from attempts to scare away evil spirits and bad luck. Despite our ...

I think that the witch crawl is helping us realize that more community exists than we thought,” said Krista Hudson-Melone.

Samhain is traditionally honored between sundown on October 31 through sundown on November 1, and while the veil is at its ...