Tag: Witches
Yule – a celebration of the return of light and warmth
Helen A. Berger, Brandeis University
Yule will be celebrated by Wiccans and many other Pagans in the Northern Hemisphere...
Sacred hares, banished winter witches and pagan worship – the roots...
Tok Thompson, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
The Easter Bunny is a much celebrated character in...
How do you spot a witch? This notorious 15th-century book gave...
Melissa Chim, General Theological Seminary
Books have always had the power to cast a spell over their readers –...
Women used to dominate the beer industry – until the witch...
Laken Brooks, University of Florida
What do witches have to do with your favorite beer?
When...
Most witches are women, because witch hunts were all about persecuting...
Bridget Marshall, University of Massachusetts Lowell
“Witch hunt” – it’s a refrain used to deride everything from impeachment inquiries and sexual assault investigations to allegations...
Why believing in ghosts can make you a better person
Werner Reischel/Flickr.com, CC BY
Tok Thompson, University of Southern...
What witch-hunters can teach us about today’s world
David Frankfurter, Boston University
It is hardly a new observation that political leaders seeking populist appeal will exacerbate popular fears: about immigrants, terrorists...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
