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Helen A. Berger, Affliated Scholar at the Women's Studies Research Center, Brandeis University

As witchcraft becomes a multibillion-dollar business, practitioners' connection to the natural world is changing

The natural world is an important part of Pagan practice. Louise OLIGNY/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images

Witches, Wiccans and other contemporary Pagans see divinity in trees, streams, plants and animals. Most Pagans view the Earth as the Goddess, with a body that humans must care for, and from which they gain emotional, spiritual and physical sustenance.

Paganism is an umbrella term that includes religions that view their practices as returning to those of pre-Christian societies, in which they believe the Goddess was worshipped along with the gods and the land was seen as sacred. Wicca focuses specifically on the practice of the British Isles.

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