The herb is used by modern witches in love potions and for divination and contact with spirits.

Why do you think most modern witches ignore this date?

It is therefore commonly associated with paganism and witchcraft (many modern witches today believe that elves are real creatures).

The most impor-tant asset to the modern witch is her ability to be alluring, or to utilize glamour.

Mrs. Curott said that when it comes to modern witches and Halloween "there is always a lot of balancing going on."

The "modern" witch's costume is much simpler and inexpensive in many details.

One look had him certain that this was the very image of the modern witch.

Even the rituals of modern witch killing come not from tradition but from the struggle.

Gary F. Jensen, The path of the devil: early modern witch hunts.

One example of a modern witch's ladder is a string of 40 beads or a cord with 40 knots.