A History of Halloween
The term 'witchcraft' has different meanings for different people and different cultures. There isn't any way to 'nail down' a specific definition for the term 'witchcraft' other than to point out is it a craft practiced by hags.
You can't call 'witchcraft' a specific faith. Witchcraft has been found in several different cultures and on all continents in some form, both currently and historically. There are common threads that run through all of the several ways in which sorcery is practiced. As an example :
- There are religious elements that include spirits and/or deities.
- There are connotations that deal with the afterlife.
- Sorcery is a part of all the many forms of witchcraft.
The term 'witchcraft' has been used to define any practice that involves sorcery, and the term 'witchcraft' appears to be outlined by the culture and values advocated by each community. Sorcery is viewed by different groups with varying degrees of respect, suspicion, or indifference. But most cultures outline their own version of magic as either 'good' or 'evil', and there's no middle ground.
Many see witchcraft in any form in the same way that they view satanic ritual abuse. Satanic ritual abuse is seen as physical and sexual abuse associated with devilish rituals or the occult. To these people it means that anything even remotely associated with witchcraft is noxious.
The label 'witchcraft' has been applied by most to any practice that is used to influence or control another person's mind or body against his or her will and for evil purposes that may undermine the accepted social or non secular order.
It is commonly difficult to distinguish bad wizardry or 'black magic' from good wizardry or 'white magic.' White wizardry is meant to guard humans from black wizardry spells but white magic also uses 'spells' and 'connotations.'
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