It's really hard to look at the idea of witches without a Christian lens since I grew up in a Christian household. Almost any nature based or polytheistic, shamanic religion can look like witchcraft when you grew up with the idea of one God, although many aspects of Christianity have absorbed different Pagan ideas in an attempt to convert...
Salem! Spooky Sassy Comic/TV cat or something completely different? Nathan digs into some of the Salem witch trials for the show. how people were tried, convicted and accused, and what happened during that infamous year.
Japanese folklore is full of magical creatures of tales of persons with mystical abilities. These people aren't referred to as witches per se, the word witch comes from European vocabulary, a single title to encompass all manner of people suspected to have mystical powers
I thought it would be good to start with a proper clarification of what we're talking about. Some of the history we're discussing can actually be seen stemming from accusations made against Christians by Romans, by early Christians against heretics (dissenters from the core Christianity of the period) and Jews, by later Christians against witches,...
When is a doctor not a doctor? Is it when you start practicing alternative, unproven medicine? Or when you open a clinic without a license? Maybe, you go as far as using your middle name and initial to trick folks. Nathan discusses the founder of many essential oils and alternative medicines
What does breakfast cereal, holistic treatment institutes, Arabian horses and abstinence have in common?
Who hasn't told a little white lie? Maybe to assuage someone's feelings or get out of a tricky social situation. Maybe you've even lied just a little about something more personal, like where you're from or your age? Just by a town or a few years.
Since the day that Icarus went public in spring 2005 about his encounter with Jen, letters have poured in describing similar encounter. We've selected a couple of these as well as some journal entries by Icarus that he wrote while living with Jen and Jack
After the death of her husband, Sarah Winchester would begin building a house unlike any other in 1886. One whose construction continued all the way until her death on September 5 1922
An inn. A smuggler's hideaway. A home to priests. A bohemian club. And apparently very, very haunted. Oh and secret passages and a visit from the Queen.