"We can see no easy origin to magic," Chris Gosden writes in Magic—A History, "because it has always been with us." Every culture that we know of has had magical beliefs and practices. Sometimes, as ...

Of all the abductions, this one is different.

We have all heard of black magic. Evil magic that often comes with a price. A dark, mysterious power that many use for their own personal gain and to wreak havoc on others. But is there a counterpart ...