Magic

From the Old World to the New, throughout history and within pop culture, witches, both real and imagined, have been a source of enduring...

Midnight is the fairy hour, and the edge of night is when their revels begin. But to the Victorian and Edwardian imagination, fairies not...

For the Victorians, witchcraft was a thing of both fantasy and all too real fact. As late as 1895, there was the terrifying case...

Down in New Orleans, there is a place that exists at the crossroads of magick and moonlight. I am here now. I write this...

Grandmother Elder, that’s what they call me. They can’t seem to agree if I am a tree or a shrub, which is fitting really—I’ve always...

I think that it is a truth universally acknowledged that you might well have a challenging relationship with your mother-in-law. My own dear-departed Ma-in-Law...

Feature Image: The Silent Voice (1898), by Gerald Moira There once was a village so small that the tall conifers that surrounded it kept it hidden...

Illustration by Guinevere Von Sneeden     In the crazy-making noise of the world today, it is easy to feel pushed, pulled, and called to follow a...

You would be forgiven for not knowing her name. She isn’t Morgan le Fay or fair Titania. In fact, we could find only one...

Writing a list of our top five witches is surprisingly hard, but not for the reasons you might assume. It’s not that we can’t...