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Modern witchcraft revival brings the practice 'out of the broom closet'

From a self-described witch school to homegrown "witchfluencers," academics and witch communities say a renewed interest in spellcasting and spirituality since the COVID-19 pandemic has grown online and in the real world, turning the widely misunderstood practice of witchcraft in

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Modern witchcraft revival brings the practice 'out of the broom closet'From a self-described witch school to homegrown "witchfluencers," academics and witch communities say a renewed interest in spellcasting and spirituality since the COVID-19 pandemic has grown online and in the real world, turning the widely misunderstood practice of witchcraft in
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