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Okay, there's a sisterhood.
We have new sisters.
I'm gonna light the first candle.
You might think that witches are the stuff of the past or belong locked in myth.
She decided she wanted to boil the children to get herself eternal youth from the drink.
Esme Boggart has one working eye, but.
And with it, she stalks the English countryside.
Even though we're still winter, witches are everywhere.
There is new life stirring in the darkness.
I'm India Raxon, and a while ago, I found myself strangely drawn to the idea of a spell and the world of magic.
So I started to talk to witches and found that there were far more of them around than I could ever have imagined.
But I can get in your cauldron.
There you go.
You can sort of cook me up to the knees.
Yes, exactly.
They're hiding out across the country, but also loudly casting spells on Instagram and witch talk.
I always hesitate to tell this story, to be very honest, because I do not do any form of harmful magic or.
Or malevolent magic anymore.
I wanted to know why so many people are drawn to witchcraft.