Negative images of witches within Western society ... "Devil's magic," and 20 were condemned to execution. Yes, witches are real, and they are no different than anyone else.

While real-life witches are very different from their pop-culture stereotypes, the very idea of them still evokes images of pointy black hats, hexes, charms and witchy movies like “Hocus Pocus ...

Essay of the Day: The common view of witches today—that, throughout time, they have been oppressed for their opposition to patriarchy—is “utter rubbish,” Diane Purkiss argues in Athenaeum ...