Witches in ancient literature use smells even more aggressively ... To help him, Medea puts the dragon guarding the fleece to sleep by chanting spells and drizzling herbal potions in its eyes.

Kitchen witches craft their spells through meals ... They may focus on maintaining the purity of ancient rituals and often reject modern adaptations, seeing value in the old ways.

Jacobi and her peers are revitalizing ancient Jewish practices of witchcraft, which have been ... They also do spellwork, creating spells for new love, pregnancy protection and social justice ...