magic
What’s behind the enduring popularity of crystals?
By Joseph P. Laycock — July 6, 2022
(The Conversation) — Crystals are part of a larger tradition of metaphysical religions that have a long history in the U.S.
Where the witches were men: A historian explains what magic looked like in early modern Russia
By Valerie Kivelson — June 15, 2022
(The Conversation) — The idea of a ‘witch’ was usually female in Western Europe, but not so in Orthodox Russia – partly because of the period’s rigid social hierarchies.
House of Intuition founders want you to tap into your ‘inner magic’
By Alejandra Molina — January 14, 2022
LOS ANGELES (RNS) — In 'Your Intuition Led You Here,' Alex Naranjo and Marlene Vargas advise readers on how to find their own inner magic.
Is magic immoral? It played a role in the development of early Christianity
By Shaily Shashikant Patel — April 14, 2021
(The Conversation) — Early Christians worked to distinguish the miracles of Jesus from the magic of local sorcerers.
Pagan sues Panera Bread Company alleging religious discrimination
By Heather Greene — March 27, 2021
(RNS) — A former baker for the chain said she was told that she 'needed to find God,' according to a court filing.
Magic Resistance: Michael M. Hughes reflects on four years of witches casting spells to ‘bind’ Trump
By Emily McFarlan Miller — November 3, 2020
(RNS) — ‘No matter what magic that people do, the real magic is when you walk into the voting booth and change the course of America,’ said Michael M. Hughes, author of ‘Magic for the Resistance.’
How do Buddhists handle coronavirus? The answer is not just meditation
By Pierce Salguero — May 15, 2020
(The Conversation) — For millions worldwide, Buddhist talismans, prayers and protective rituals offer a meaningful way to confront the anxieties of the global coronavirus pandemic.
The next stage of witch resistance is here
By Tara Isabella Burton — November 15, 2019
(RNS) — If all realities are equally plausible in the Internet age, then there is no reason that magic should be less plausible, indeed less powerful, than any other form of reality-creation.
Witch season provides a deep look into the millennial mindset
By Tara Isabella Burton — October 10, 2019
(RNS) — The witch trend says something about the current generation's dependence on technology to fashion selves we can identify with and love.
Is Tumblr witchcraft feminism – or cultural appropriation?
By Aysha Khan — October 27, 2017
(RNS) — A perfect storm of Instagram-era online branding combined with leftist political posturing has made witchcraft the latest victim of cultural appropriation.
Beyond Halloween: Witches, devils, trials and executions
By Thomas Reese — October 24, 2017
(RNS) — As Halloween approaches, the Rev. David Collins, a Jesuit professor of history at Georgetown University, takes us back to a time in European history when witches were persecuted and executed by society.
Michael Muhammad Knight reclaims the magic from Islam’s margins
By Aysha Khan — June 1, 2016
(RNS) When Muslims and non-Muslims talk about Islam, they tend to leave out a lot of the internal diversity, he says.
Theologian says Jesus was a ‘trickster’–but it’s not as offensive as you think
By Jonathan Merritt — January 28, 2015
"In Jesus, we see a trickster figure, one who respects the beliefs and traditions of real people, yet also questions them, challenges them and subverts them for the sake of political and religious transformation," says post-modern theologian Peter Rollins.
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