Real-Life Witches Defend ‘Hocus Pocus 2’ From ‘New Wave’ of ‘Satanic Panic’ – Newsweek

Was featured again by Newsweek:

Our culture has become more educated when it comes to non-mainstream spiritual and religious beliefs, occult teacher and witch Mat Auryn wrote to Newsweek. These days, witch depictions tend to me more nuanced.

Tropes like wicked witches with warty, hooked noses and long, pointy hats had previously long prevailed.

But a sort of “new wave” of the satanic panic seems to be rearing its ugly head, said Auryn, who wrote the newly released Mastering Magick.

The still-fu...