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That's what this website is here to find out. Witchology.com is the website of WICA - the Witchcraft Information Centre and Archive - founded in 1999 by Dr Leo Ruickbie as a research and education provider specialising in the areas of Witchcraft, Wicca, Paganism, Magic (Magick) and the Occult. We have been online continuously since 2000.

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Witchcraft out of the Shadows: A Complete History"Witchcraft out of the Shadows: A Complete History is an engaging book which deserves to be the benchmark for all future analyses of the Craft."

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Histories of the Barbarians: Vandals, Goths and FranksBeowulf in Anglo-Saxon and English Translation


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Voodoo Caused Quake, Claims Minister

A minister in Northern Ireland has blamed Voodoo for the earthquake catastrophe that has hit Haiti, saying that Voodoo was a ‘dangerous and destructive religion, involving the worship of evil spirits’.

Witches Cast Spell for Haiti

Witches across the world joined forces to cast a global spell to help the people of Haiti. Rev Terry Power, a High Priest of the Correllian Nativist Tradition of Wicca, issued a call to all witches to join him in performing a ritual for Haiti.

Robertson Blames Quake on Devil Pact

American evangelist Pat Robertson called the earthquake that has devastated Haiti a “blessing in disguise”. Speaking on the Christian Broadcasting Network on Wednesday 6 January, Robertson told viewers that the Haitians “got together and swore a pact to the Devil”.

New Witch for Wookey HoleNew Witch for Wookey Hole

When Wookey Hole Caves advertised for a witch they were inundated with 3,000 applications for the Ł50,000 job. In scenes reminiscent of a Witches’ Sabbat, some 300 finalists with broomsticks and pointed hats queued for hours to take part in what one newspaper called the Hex Factor.

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Has Michael Jackson come back fom the dead? Speculation reaches fever pitch as reports of sightings come in from all over the world. Are we witnessing genuine paranormal phenomena or mass hysteria?

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‘What an excellent day for an exorcism’ (Queens Chronicle)
The Rev. Peter Thompson, left, with the Rev. Kehinde Olufemi Akojenu perform a deliverance service on Janet Durbin to rid her of what she believes are evil spirits who entered her life through a witchcraft curse.
Ruby's Spoon (The Christian Science Monitor)
Mystery, betrayal, folklore, and a hint of magic work together in this enchanting debut novel set in 1930s England.
Star traces her roots back to Salem Witch Trials (North Shore Sunday)
Actress Sarah Jessica Parker has gone from “Sex and the City” to the Witch City. The star’s quest to trace her ancestry led her to Salem, among other places, during an episode of the new show “Who Do You Think You Are.” (Open this story to watch a video of Parker discovering her North Shore roots.)
Ruby's Spoon, By Anna Lawrence Pietroni (Independent)
Anna Lawrence Pietroni's debut novel takes place in the summer of 1933 in a small industrial town in the Black Country. Cradle Cross and its canal-bound environs provide a realistic backdrop to the florid melodrama of this tale about "three women, one witch, one mermaid and one missing". The 13-year-old Ruby lives with her grandmother. Her mother is dead and her father a recluse who never leaves ...
Town Column : West Tisbury (The Martha's Vineyard Times)
People are coming and going at this time of year. I was thrilled to see my friend Linda Hearn home after three weeks away in Florida with her husband, Glenn. It sounds like they had a terrific time.
Burden of Aids for Zimbabwe's women (Mail and Guardian)
Since testing positive for HIV six years ago, Cecilia Chinhamo has endured a torrent of verbal abuse from her husband.
Stoughton named for Salem witch trial judge (The Brockton Enterprise)
William Stoughton was the judge who presided over the 1692 Salem witch trials, where he convicted 19 people to death by hanging and ordered a man pressed to death. Several others died in prison. Stoughton also served as the first chief justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Court.
Holy madness (Trinidad Express)
Several allegations or assumptions have been forthcoming to explain, justify, or lampoon the Prime Minister’s now celebrated speech in which he complained that he and members of the Full Gospel Church were being ’persecuted’ for reasons having to do with their faith as ’born again’ Christians.
Stunned Sarah Jessica Parker learns her relative was accused of witchcraft du...
The actress learns the shocking secret as she appears on the American version of the popular British series Who Do You Think You Are.
MARCH AT THE MOVIES (Asbury Park Press)
Make way for the March Hare in March — and all of Alice's other friends, too.

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