13 Facts About Witchcraft

Witchcraft traditionally means the use of magic or supernatural powers to harm others.

Witchcraft is seen by historians and anthropologists as one ideology for explaining misfortune, which has manifested in diverse ways.

Englishman Reginald Scot, who sought to disprove witchcraft and magic, wrote in The Discoverie of Witchcraft, "At this day it is indifferent to say in the English tongue, 'she is a witch' or 'she is a wise woman'".

Witchcraft-related violence is often discussed as a serious issue in the broader context of violence against women.

Witchcraft wrote that "the largest existing body of witches who are true Satanists would be the Yezedees".

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Witchcraft that plunged into the river shall take possession of the house of him who laid the spell upon him.

Witchcraft was an important part of the social and cultural history of late-Colonial Mexico, during the Mexican Inquisition.

Witchcraft accusations were the village's reaction to the breakdown of its internal community, coupled with the emergence of a newer set of values that was generating psychic stress.

In 1542, the first of many Witchcraft Acts was passed defining witchcraft as a crime punishable by death and the forfeiture of property.

Witchcraft's goal was to divert suspicion away from male homosociality among the elite, and focus fear on female communities and large gatherings of women.

Witchcraft thought they threatened his political power so he laid the foundation for witchcraft and occultism policies, especially in Scotland.

The Witchcraft Act 1735 abolished the penalty of execution for witchcraft, replacing it with imprisonment.

Witchcraft's was not seen as a model citizen because her husband was in Venice.