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Erika Godwin as Alice Nutter Aidan Collet as Thomas Lister and Sarah Lee Harter as Alizon Device

I was told I had two minutes to sit and contemplate my actions, and while I knew this meant I was missing out on additional plot-building action that was occurring in the dining room, I wanted to be careful to make the most of my time in solitude. While a ghost tale like The Wilows can have, depending on your track, a seance scene or even one that alludes to torture, there will also be moments in which a mother recalls time with her son by speaking of the games they would play together.

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Practical magic: Why California witches are having a moment

LOS ANGELES — She lives in a quaint bungalow on a quiet street in Highland Park, where most days you can find Amanda Yates Garcia tending to her beloved plants.

“This is Yarrow, also known as Soldierswort,” she said, as she clipped one of its stems.

Garcia isn’t a gardener or a chef. The herbs are for a magic potion.

“I’m going to use this to give my client a blessing,” she said.

Garcia is one of a growing number of professional witches, known to her scores of followers as the Oracle of Los Angeles.

For more than a decade she’s been performing energetic healings, full moon ceremonies and exorcisms. She’s written a book about her experiences, “Initiated: Memoir of a Witch.”

“A lot of people have a really wrong idea about witches,” she said. “Witchcraft is very much about the magic and beauty of nature and being fully present in the moment.”

People come to her for all kinds of reasons. Most are at a crossroads, she said, and looking for guidance.

Kathleen McKay, an artist and one of Garcia’s regulars, said the sessions — which cost about $200 each — feel a bit like therapy with a little help from the spirits.

“I think witchcraft is a really interesting to understand the world, like astrology, or tarot or anything else. It just gives a new lens on what we’re experiencing,” she said.

They may not wear pointy black hats like they do in the movies, but witches are very much alive. In fact, they’re enjoying a renaissance of sorts, fueled by social media.

Garcia, who has more than 45,000 followers on Instagram, said most of her work is done online these days.

Garcia is one of a growing number of professional witches, known to her scores of followers as the Oracle of Los Angeles.

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