This lengthy and detailed essay on witchcraft by James Russell Lowell examines a number of topics related to witches.
In 1642, witchcraft became punishable by death in the Connecticut Colony. This capital offense was backed by references to the King James version of the Bible: Exodus (22:18) says,Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live. And Leviticus (20:27) says,A man also or woman that hath a familia...
The earliest record of a witch was in the Bible’s book 1 Samuel, though it was unclear whether this was the first instance. The book was thought to have been written between 931 BCE and 721 BCE. In the witch story, King Saul requested help from the Witch of Endor to communicate with...
Sometimes witchcraft is used to refer, broadly, to the practice of indigenous magic, and has a connotation similar to shamanism. Depending on the values of the community, witchcraft in this sense may be regarded with varying degrees of respect or suspicion, or with ambivalence, being neither int...
Our main source for this is The Witch at the Forest’s Edge, by Christine Grace. We mention Mother Lane, the New Moon Curandera, who is also mentioned in Cory’s book, New World Witchery. The mention of Pop Cliff is found in Rocky Sexton’s article “Cajun and Creole Traiteurs.” ...
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a book written using black ink on white pages when it is unread, once you read it, it is red, which before the King James version of the Bible, was the color of ink they used to translate or clarify some concepts in the Bible, therefore, it is the origin of some spells, and there...
It is not easy to draw a clear distinction between magic and witchcraft. Both are concerned with the producing of effects beyond the natural powers of man by agencies other than the Divine (cf. Occult Art, Occultism).
Witch marks were most popular in medieval churches and houses. For example, witch marks were recently discovered under 17th-century floorboards atKnole housein the civil parish of Sevenoaks in west Kent. The marks were carved anticipating a visit from King James I, a man obsessed with witchcraf...
In Lancashire, a statute of an accused witch was commissioned to be made to commemorate the 400th anniversary of her death. Parish councilor, James Starkie even said that it was their way of ridding her of the image of a witch (BBC News. 2011). A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE CRIME OF ...