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Why Are Women Witchy Again?

September 21, 2026 · 41 min

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While we’re past the days of witch hunts and trials, some people think there’s something magical that still lingers in our blood - some would even call it “women’s intuition”. But why are we now seeing a resurgence of modern women engaging with the spiritual and supernatural world, and reclaiming the word ‘witch’? In this episode we take a look at the history of witches and paganism, and figure out why in modern times we’re seeing women turn to the ways of old - crystals, tarot, manifesting, astrology, even potion making, spell-casting and hexing.

SHOW NOTES:

Dee’s Hack story on witches: https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/programs/hack/witches-witchcraft-wicca-tiktok-witchtok-young-people-magic/13572930

Women as witches: past, present and future

https://stories.uq.edu.au/shorthand-uq/small-change/women-as-witches/

In A Burning World Witchcraft Is On The Rise

https://atmos.earth/ecological-wisdom/in-a-burning-world-witchcraft-is-on-the-rise/

Witchcraft and the Feminine: Reclaiming Power Through Spirituality

https://medium.com/modern-women/witchcraft-and-the-feminine-reclaiming-power-through-spirituality-0f01c867059a

Female intuition

https://medium.com/never-stop-writing/why-female-intuition-is-so-powerful-7e480a4c93b8https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12466681/

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