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Witchcraft

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Witchcraft Today : A glimpse of the Early and Modern Witchcraft

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Witchcraft Today : A glimpse of the Early and Modern Witchcraft

Witchcraft , for centuries before , is attributed to evil and magic a practice in which supernatural beings or practitioners called witches and wizards execute . Witchcraft in either way could be regarded into both good and evil . Exercising witchcraft is believed to make a person capable of controlling people and occurrences , more specifically the

br knowledge and use of sorcery (magic . Aside from being a magical phenomenon , it is recently attributed to pagan worship as a religion now known as Wicca ( HYPERLINK "http /www .witchcraft .com .au /witchcraft-history .html http /www .witchcraft .com .au /witchcraft-history .html . Today witchcraft is recognized as a pagan religion more than the practice of a secret society for magic and the supernatural . The new-found knowledge people have today marks the difference between the beliefs about early witchcraft and the modern witchcraft

History of Witchcraft

The word witchcraft ' believed to originate from wic ' that means the to turn ' or to bend ' and is believed to be a magical phenomenon , religion , or sorcery in different periods for centuries that heavily observe such traditions (http /www .witchcraft .com .au /witchcraft-history .html . It is also known as to be the ability of a person to execute supernatural things that would do harm or influence nature . Earliest records showed that the concept of witchcraft can be traced since the days it was seen more of a trend that only assure to bring good luck , protection against diseases successful hunting and other reasons that is valid enough for its existence . It was not until on 1000 AD when witchcraft was associated with heresy and pagan worship . This triggered the Church to campaign on stamping out heresy along with the occult groups and not long before those who had been accused of being a witch or had been practicing witchcraft were sentenced to death by burning alive . Witchcraft , then was seen as evil practices and regarded as anti-Christian and heretical Supporters of witchcraft then were later named witches (females ) and wizards (males . The Church regard them as evil , making pacts that only cause harm , and have connection with the Devil himself (Guilley 2002 They even suspect them having the abnormal abilities such as flying invisibility , calling curses , transformation , taming black wolves and cats that would comply with their s and spy people and the like Because of this , Pope Innocent VII made a declaration in 1948 about their alarming existence and increase of numbers following Pope Gregory IX authorization to kill witches and the kind . Inquisition thus began around 1200 , in an effort to wipe out and punish heretics and to force them to change their beliefs and abide with the common religion Persecutions for witches became worse and prominent as more stories about them brought moods of fear and anxiety

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