⚐ Ancient Stories & Lore

Money magic isn't greedy—it's practical. Use cinnamon and basil for prosperity spells. Keep a charged coin in your wallet. Visualize abundance flow...

Between 1626 and 1631, over 1,000 people were burned as witches in Bamberg, Germany—one of history's deadliest witch hunts. Prince-Bishop Johann Ge...

Every witch must face their shadow—the parts of themselves they've rejected, denied, or hidden. Shadow work isn't comfortable. It requires honest s...

Violet Mary Firth, better known as Dion Fortune, was a British occultist, author, and founder of the Society of the Inner Light. Her books, both fi...

In many magical traditions, knowing something's true name gives you power over it. Rumpelstiltskin is the obvious fairy tale example. Many witches ...

Doreen Valiente rewrote the Wiccan rituals, crafted The Charge of the Goddess, and fought for the rights of witches to practice openly. Initiated b...

Between 1626 and 1631, the Prince-Bishopric of Würzburg in Germany became the epicenter of the deadliest witch hunt in European history. Approximat...

In 1644, England was tearing itself apart in civil war. Puritan against Royalist, Parliament against King, brother against brother. Into this chaos...

In 1610, the Spanish Inquisition came to the Basque village of Zugarramurdi investigating reports of a witch's sabbath. What followed was Spain's l...

Everyone knows about Salem. The Massachusetts witch trials of 1692 are seared into American consciousness—films, plays, and history classes ensure ...

In 1632, the Ursuline convent in Loudun, France, became the site of one of the most sensational and controversial cases in witch trial history. Wha...

In the 1980s and 90s, if you wanted to learn about witchcraft, you had few options. You could seek initiation into a coven (difficult to find and o...