In my own description, witchcraft is an ancient imagination that is in play in the minds of people who were raised and have lived through the indoctrination of non-existent magic into their heads, giving them the impression that things can be achieved through supernatural means.
The Oxford South African Pocket Dictionary, 2006. 3rd edition, wrongly defines witchcraft as the practice of magic especially the use of spells and the calling up of evil spirits.
I don’t understand why they present a fiction as a fact, because they have not seen anybody calling or able to call evil spirits. How does one call evil spirits? Where are the evil spirits? Have they seen somebody practising witchcraft? These types of explanations are the ones that mislead …show more content…
When one’s mind is groomed to accept the supernatural as reality, it is easy to accept the preceding fables. Both preceding fables are about non-existent magic. Only the magic minded will see no problem in accepting them. Reasonably, both of these fables do not make any sense. They are full of improbabilities to say the least. They do not make sense to me and others who disregard supernatural magic, but these fables make a lot of sense to the masses who believe in literalism. They were indoctrinated and are still being indoctrinated and will possibly continue to be indoctrinated about the supernatural in the foreseeable future. We must remember that early indoctrination reaches deep. Believing literally is the way of life for many believers. What makes matters worse is that there is no alternative being put forward to counter these bad and frivolous …show more content…
It is because its opposite number also survived this long. If the beliefs in God, ancestors, traditional healers sayings and the belief in the existence of the devil still thrives, so will the witchcraft belief. If they can vanish into thin air witchcraft belief will not survive either. I guarantee that. I know witchcraft belief personally. I’ve lived through it and now I am observing it. My place of birth, the rural area of the former homeland of Transkei (now Eastern Cape Province) is the bastion of witchcraft belief. This belief prevails as it is the culture. I also believed in its existence as a norm, but I never saw a witch flying or bewitching somebody. The only cases I know personally are only accusations. Nobody ever caught a witch in my village it was always accusations that resulted in the division of families and community. Apparently, this division is deeply rooted it is hereditary. There are always allegations that a witch passes the baton to her offspring to continue with the job of evildoing and it is gender based. The granny could have taught and trained her daughter on how to practice witchcraft, paving the way for her to take over the reins when the old lady dies. The daughter of the alleged witch would live with this unnecessary burden of being the witch for the rest of her
The Oxford South African Pocket Dictionary, 2006. 3rd edition, wrongly defines witchcraft as the practice of magic especially the use of spells and the calling up of evil spirits.
I don’t understand why they present a fiction as a fact, because they have not seen anybody calling or able to call evil spirits. How does one call evil spirits? Where are the evil spirits? Have they seen somebody practising witchcraft? These types of explanations are the ones that mislead …show more content…
When one’s mind is groomed to accept the supernatural as reality, it is easy to accept the preceding fables. Both preceding fables are about non-existent magic. Only the magic minded will see no problem in accepting them. Reasonably, both of these fables do not make any sense. They are full of improbabilities to say the least. They do not make sense to me and others who disregard supernatural magic, but these fables make a lot of sense to the masses who believe in literalism. They were indoctrinated and are still being indoctrinated and will possibly continue to be indoctrinated about the supernatural in the foreseeable future. We must remember that early indoctrination reaches deep. Believing literally is the way of life for many believers. What makes matters worse is that there is no alternative being put forward to counter these bad and frivolous …show more content…
It is because its opposite number also survived this long. If the beliefs in God, ancestors, traditional healers sayings and the belief in the existence of the devil still thrives, so will the witchcraft belief. If they can vanish into thin air witchcraft belief will not survive either. I guarantee that. I know witchcraft belief personally. I’ve lived through it and now I am observing it. My place of birth, the rural area of the former homeland of Transkei (now Eastern Cape Province) is the bastion of witchcraft belief. This belief prevails as it is the culture. I also believed in its existence as a norm, but I never saw a witch flying or bewitching somebody. The only cases I know personally are only accusations. Nobody ever caught a witch in my village it was always accusations that resulted in the division of families and community. Apparently, this division is deeply rooted it is hereditary. There are always allegations that a witch passes the baton to her offspring to continue with the job of evildoing and it is gender based. The granny could have taught and trained her daughter on how to practice witchcraft, paving the way for her to take over the reins when the old lady dies. The daughter of the alleged witch would live with this unnecessary burden of being the witch for the rest of her