BUFFALO, N.Y. – Phillips Stevens Jr., PhD, a University at Buffalo cultural anthropologist, says that while magic and witchcraft are both thoroughly researched topics across various academic ...

As a Peace Corps volunteer teaching English in Nigeria, Phillips Stevens witnessed an act of sorcery that blew his mind. A young boy at Stevens’ school had tried to put a curse on the opposing team in ...

Most perfume ads suggest that the right scent can make you sexy, alluring and successful. A blend by Black Phoenix Alchemy Labs, meanwhile, offers to make you smell like Hecate, the three-faced Greek ...

Mention of spell books—textbooks of magic, also known as grimoires—may conjure images of secret places and mystical objects. But a spate of new books about magic and witchcraft won’t have readers ...

In this installment of Practical Magic, Lisa Stardust speaks to witches about what magic really is. Sabrina Spellman said “witches are having a moment,” on an episode of Chilling Adventures of Sabrina ...

These are antsy days for anyone who has loved C.S. Lewis’ “Chronicles of Narnia.” Even people with unambivalent memories of the series have reason to be apprehensive about the new big-budget film of ...