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“I knew that this must be the place for me first by the smell of it,” writes Meg Elison. “Nag Champa on top, followed by the bright-colored mega sticks of incense marked “Rain” in electric blue and “Goddess” in gold and “Money” in dollar green.”
A Northumberland shop owner was visited by a local vicar who accused her of “spreading evil” for selling crystals and tarot cards.
Fort Wayne metaphysical shop owner was assaulted in his store after being accused of Witchcraft. The assailant shouted “Kill all the witches,” and left the shop owner with injuries, The attack raises renewed concerns about hate-motivated violence against the Pagan community.
At the end of it, I know that the projects I do take on – be they jars of herbs or small rituals, necklaces made of certain stones or clothes woven just so – are few and far between. If I light a candle and say a few words, they are more likely to be a prayer than an incantation. Surely that’s not Witchcraft.
The Craft is one of the only movies that shows, not in montage or in dream sequence, not in hints or in glimpses through a not-quite-closed-door, how Witches cast a circle, consecrate their spaces, and bring one another into the space between worlds.