Magic

and those who practice Shamanism is called a “Shaman”. The word “Shaman” derives from the Tungus people of Siberia and arises from the word “saman” which can means “the one who sees” or "one who knows.", A Shaman is a medicine man or woman that uses magic to communicate with the sprits to heal illnesses of the soul, mind, and the body, to have visions, and to mediate. Through this…

In the small town of Salem peace has disappeared. Hell has surfaced due to a series of unholy and unchristian acts. Many people have been accused of witchcraft and speaking or playing with the devil. Peace in Salem is no more only mass panic and hysteria. One person is truly responsible for starting the witchcraft hysteria in Salem. The person who I truly believe is responsible for causing the witchcraft Hysteria is Abigail Williams. To begin the first reason I believe Abigail is responsible…

This can be done to call upon a specific energy for ceremonial magic or magical work. They can be God, Angel, Demon or Spirit. -I will be using it to communicate with my guardian angels and other angels. I have read books of Brian Weiss (who brought the concept of past life regression to the modern world) and thus…

relating back to witches and evil spells. He also counter argued that the spells the witches performed were not all bad. The concept of witchcraft can also be seen as an action that one does that is surprising, unbelievable, or even considered to be magic. Furthermore, the short story, No Witchcraft for Sale by Doris Lessing, a profound writer, focuses on a black man that heals a boy with a plant. The family doesn’t know how their servant healed their boy with it and are shocked.…

children controlled a small section simply by playing possessed. Sadly with how schools normally just gave us numbers and places and don’t really explain how or why anything happened other than the general statement of ‘some girls were playing black magic with a slave, then started acting up.’ it’s amazing to see how personal and in depth this movie gets, it shows how things happened and who did it and why they did it. How it affected people and families, and even the trustworthiness of the…

"Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live." (Book of Exodus, Chapter 22, Verse 18) And with that line from the Holy text came a whole new wave of paranoia. In the 1600's this fear over took New England. What could this fear be of exactly? Economic issues, plagues and diseases, and of course, witches. This led to a chain of massacres, torture, and inhumane behavior throughout New England and Colonial America. Despite the idea of witchcraft showing up as early as the 14th century, an abundance…

The Salem Witch Trials began during the spring of 1962 after a group of young girls in Salem Village, MA, said they were being possessed by the devil and accused local women of witchcraft. With chaos running around the village, the special court began taking on cases. Bridget Bishop, the first convicted witch, was hanged in that June month. Belief that the devil could give certain humans, witches, power to harm others in return for their loyalty emerged throughout europe as early as the 14th…

women play an important role as someone who carries knowledge and leads the rituals, although there are lots of misconception regarding female witches. Wicca is until now a religion which is easily misinterpreted because of the association with magic. Although there is nothing wrong with the religion and the believers of Wicca, it is observed in secrecy from the society because of all the bad reputation it has carried from the past. As an outsider’s view on religion if we teach ourselves more…

putting a curse upon an innocent individual. Interestingly enough, the word actually stems from the German word “hexe” which translates to “witch” and “hexen” which means “to practice witchcraft.” The first instance of hex being used as a noun meaning “magic spell” was recorded in 1909. In the Pennsylvania Dutch community, hex signs are commonly seen painted on barns and homes as both decoration and as a symbol for protection. However, this is debated and there seems to be some crossover in the…

The earliest explanation that was offered about the causation of the Witch Trials was that there was a real presence of witchcraft at large in Salem. Many historians who were writing at this time must have had the belief in both witchcraft and the Devil, which would explain why they believed that this was a logical and acceptable explanation as to why the Witch Trials occurred. This theory is ultimately the result of the personal context of historians, which has affected how this event was…