From emoji spells to WitchTok, the mysterious, 600-year-old emblems of tarot and spell books are still resonating in the 21st Century. Clare Thorp finds out why.

Some reports have suggested the symbols were drawn by witches — perhaps unsurprising given the announcement’s proximity to Halloween — but Mr. Berry believes that to be a misinterpretation.

Hate groups have been pulling symbols, words and ideologies rooted in European pagan belief systems to advance racist beliefs for decades. Criminologist and civil rights attorney Dr. Brian Levin has ...

Below is a gallery of 15 prominent artists in the rock and metal world who have been associated with witchcraft, satanism and the occult in one form or another. Some may seem obvious, and others ...

Hot cross buns have long heralded the start of Easter in the western world, with the marked cross on top a symbol of Christian faith — but they actually started as part of pagan rituals.

According to a 2019 report by the Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute research institute "Wicca is a nature-based, pagan belief system founded in the mid-20th century.

EERIE symbols have been found carved into a UK cave network by a Druid who “practised witchcraft” – but you’ll have to get there first. The mysterious markings hidden within… ...

Witches have also emerged as feminist symbols, according to Dr. Christina Oakley Harrington, a retired academic of medieval history and the founder of the London bookstore Treadwell’s, which ...

From emoji spells to WitchTok, the mysterious, 600-year-old emblems of tarot and spell books are still resonating in the 21st Century. Clare Thorp finds out why.