(Photo by TIZIANA FABI / AFP) Italy celebrates Befana on January 6th, a holiday that rivals Christmas for many Italians. But how did this staunchly Catholic nation come to worship a pagan witch? On ...
The word witch is now associated with malevolent black magic but in medieval Britain white witches or “cunning folk” were an accepted part of village life. These pagan healers were skilled in ...
practicing witches. As followers of a movement called Wicca, these modern day witches don’t worship the Devil, or perform animal or human sacrifices, but instead celebrate nature. A witch doctor ...