Now, though, with the widespread circulation of magic manuals, grimoires, and related compendia—with the recording, on paper, of words, spells, histories, stories—witchcraft has taken an irreversible step into the exoteric realm.
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Kristen Roupenian,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
These substances have long histories of use in Traditional Chinese Medicine, says Naidoo, but are today rarely consumed in their raw form.
This documentary chronicles the lives of two NBC News journalists who, for 22 months, became the network’s sole on-the-ground presence as the conflict unfolded in the Gaza Strip.
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