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As witchcraft becomes a multibillion-dollar business, practitioners' connection to the natural world is changing

  • Written by Helen A. Berger, Affliated Scholar at the Women's Studies Research Center, Brandeis University
imageThe natural world is an important part of Pagan practice.Louise OLIGNY/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images

Witches, Wiccans and other contemporary Pagans see divinity in trees, streams, plants and animals. Most Pagans view the Earth as the Goddess, with a body that humans must care for, and from which they gain emotional, spiritual and physical...

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