Witchcraft

Witchcraft , in various historical, anthropological, religious and mythological contexts, is the use of certain kinds of supernatural or magical powers.A witch is a practitioner of witchcraft. The Online Etymology Dictionary states a "possible connection to Gothic weihs "holy" and Ger. weihan "consecrate," and writes, "the priests of a suppressed religion naturally become magicians to its successors or opponents." [http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=witch] While mythological witches are often supernatural creatures, historically many people have been accused of witchcraft, or have claimed to be witches. In "Some Reflections on the Relationship Magic-Religion", author H. S. Versnel writes: "Anthropologists in particular have argued that no meaningful contrast between religion and magic can be gained from this approach and that our notion 'magic' is a modern-western biased construct which does not fit representations of other cultures." [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0029-5973%28199112%2938%3A2%3C177%3ASROTRM%3E2.0.CO%3B2-P&size=LARGE&origin=JSTOR-enlargePage] Witchcraft still exists in a number of belief systems, and indeed there are many today who self-identify with the term "witch" .While the term "witchcraft" can have positive or negative connotations depending on cultural context , most contemporary people who self-identify as witches see it as beneficent and morally positive.The majority of Europeans historically accused of witchcraft were women, and in legends and popular culture the stereotype is female; however males were also often referred to as witches. (From the Wikpedia article Witchcraft.)

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