Witchcraft is a supernatural idea invented in human civilisation. The idea of getting rid of witches has a longstanding history which we can trace back to the time before the Common Era. Yet, the disapproval of witchcraft did not go extreme and shift into a craze of hunting and killing until the 14th–15th centuries. Witch… Read more

O Fortuna, the well-known prelude of Carl Orff’s cantata Carmina Burana, has been used widely across media. Did you know it was originally about something from a darker time in history? Read more