CHICAGO — The witch has haunted the imagination for generations. It’s unclear where the term “witch,” or their rituals began, but it is mentioned in the Bible, in a passage 2,800 years ago. Despite ...

Police say Angela Sanford stabbed man with Wiccan dagger. March 24, 2010— -- A woman who claims she was going to perform a Wiccan celebration of spring is accused of using a ritualistic dagger to ...

As a round white moon rose over the ocean Saturday at dusk and the day's hot sun set in the west, most beachgoers packed up to go home. But on the beach at the foot of Atlantic Boulevard in Atlantic ...

LAKELAND -- At 2:04 a.m. Dec. 22, the Earth was at its farthest point from the sun, the winter solstice. It was nothing more than an astronomical and meteorological footnote for most people -- the ...

Friday, June 21 will be the summer solstice, the longest day of the year. And for one religious group it's a time to celebrate the Oak King falling to the Holly King. We take a look at the often ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (RNS) Founded in the 1990s, the Pagan Pride Project aims to “foster pride in Pagan identity,” according to the organization’s website. One manifestation of this is Pagan Pride Day, an ...

A woman accidentally stabbed herself in the foot with a 3-foot-long sword while performing a Wiccan good luck ritual at a cemetery in central Indiana. Katherine Gunther, 36, of Lebanon, pierced her ...

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