Witch Crafting: A Spiritual Guide to Making Magic

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Witchcraft-related violence is often discussed as a serious issue in the broader context of violence against women. [47] [48] [49] [50] [51] In Tanzania, about 500 old women are murdered each year following accusations of witchcraft or accusations of being a witch. [52] a b c Lawrence, Salmah Eva-Lina (2015). "Witchcraft, Sorcery, Violence: Matrilineal and Decolonial Reflections". In Forsyth, Miranda; Eves, Richard (eds.). Talking it Through: Responses to Sorcery and Witchcraft Beliefs and Practices in Melanesia. Canberra, Australia: ANU Press. Malevolent magic] is, however, only one current usage of the word. In fact, Anglo-American senses of it now take at least four different forms, although the one discussed above seems still to be the most widespread and frequent. The others define the witch figure as any person who uses magic ... or as the practitioner of nature-based Pagan religion; or as a symbol of independent female authority and resistance to male domination. All have validity in the present. [1] :10 In these societies, practitioners of helpful magic, usually known as cunning folk, have traditionally [ timeframe?] provided services such as breaking the effects of witchcraft, healing, divination, finding lost or stolen goods, and love magic. [1] :x-xi In Britain, and some other parts of Europe, they were commonly known as cunning folk or wise people. [1] :x-xi Alan McFarlane wrote that while cunning folk is the usual name, some are also known as 'blessers' or 'wizards', but might also be known as 'white', 'good', or 'unbinding witches'. [127] Historian Owen Davies says the term "white witch" was rarely used before the 20th century. [7] :xiii Ronald Hutton uses the general term "service magicians". [1] :x-xi Often these people were involved in identifying alleged witches. [1] :24-25 Cumes, David (2004). Africa in my bones. Claremont: New Africa Books. p.14. ISBN 978-0-86486-556-4.

Akosua, Adu (3 September 2014). "Ebola: Human Rights Group Warns Disease Is Not Caused By Witchcraft". The Ghana-Italy News. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014 . Retrieved 31 October 2017.

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Khaldûn, Ibn (2015). The Muqaddimah: An Introduction to History (Abridgeded.). Princeton University Press. p.578. ISBN 978-0691166285. Archived from the original on 18 July 2021 . Retrieved 4 May 2021. Silverblatt, I. (1983). "The evolution of witchcraft and the meaning of healing in colonial Andean society". Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry. 7 (4): 413–427. doi: 10.1007/BF00052240. PMID 6362989. S2CID 23596915. It’s unclear exactly when witches came on the historical scene, but one of the earliest records of a witch is in the Bible in the book of 1 Samuel, thought be written between 931 B.C. and 721 B.C. It tells the story of when King Saul sought the Witch of Endor to summon the dead prophet Samuel’s spirit to help him defeat the Philistine army. Bussien, Nathaly et al. 2011. Breaking the spell: Responding to witchcraft accusations against children, in New Issues in refugee Research (197). Geneva, Switzerland: UNHCR Kanina, Wangui (21 May 2008). "Mob burns to death 11 Kenyan "witches" ". Reuters. Archived from the original on 20 June 2017 . Retrieved 15 September 2016.

Modern-day witches of the Western World still struggle to shake their historical stereotype. Most practice Wicca, an official religion in the United States and Canada. It has been suggested that this section be split out into another articletitled Witchcraft in Oceania. ( Discuss) (September 2023)Witch Hunts in Modern South Africa: An Under-represented Facet of Gender-based Violence (PDF). MRC-UNISA Crime, Violence and Injury Lead Programm. 2009. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.694.6630. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 April 2012 . Retrieved 7 June 2014. The presence of the witch is a constant in the ethnographic history of colonial Brazil, especially during the several denunciations and confessions given to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith of Bahia (1591–1593), Pernambuco and Paraíba (1593–1595). [116]