As a classics scholar who studies both magic and the senses in the ancient world, this idea of a witch-inspired perfume ...

Two “witch doctors” were recently arrested in Zambia ... This belief in, and fear of, malevolent sorcery is both ancient and universal. Close to home, many people in Hong Kong still pay ...

In the deepest villages of Nepal the witch doctor is king. The sick, injured and dying are not taken to the doctor or to hospital but to shamans. These ancient medicine men - known locally as ...

The ancient Celts believed that Samhain had a ... but instead celebrate nature. A witch doctor, or ojha, in Uttarkuchi village in India's northeastern state of Assam, 2007. There are many parts ...