The history of witchcraft 19 Articles

by Reverend Ashira Goddard

Basis of the Old Religion to Modern Day Modern Paganism or Neo Paganism is relatively new. However, it is based on what is known as "the old religion". As with all historical insights, there are many venues of thought...read more

by Royce Radcliffe

The practice of Witchcraft is interesting not only because of its inherently fascinating qualities but because it does not fit into an easily discernible category when tracing it back down the timeline. It is not a religio...read more

by Bryan Belrad

Misconceptions about Wicca This article is not about how Wiccans are misunderstood, or how witchcraft isn't "evil", but merely worshiping nature. There are plenty of those articles already. Instead, this article deals...read more

by Joan Liu

The European Witch Hunts was a period of time when Roman Catholic bishops, in an attempt to destroy evil, would seek out and persecute alleged witches, and would send many of them to their deaths. The witch craze began in ...read more

by Scott Heritage

Witchcraft in one form or another has been around for millennia, although many people don't actually know what witchcraft is or where it started. The first thing that should be realized is that modern Wicca, as most people...read more

by Abjata Abdi

WITCHCRAFT Many people, not only in the traditional society, but also in the Western world, believe in witchcraft. Though many may perceive this to be a purely traditional African thing, it is not. Witchcraft is almos...read more

by Laura Jean Karr

What is Wicca? In basic terms Wicca is a nature based ceremonial polytheistic Pagan religion but Wicca is by no means a basic Pagan religion to explain. The history that surrounds Wicca and its many different sects comp...read more

by Elizabeth Blue

July 5, 1706. A steady rain fell, but a crowd had gathered, despite the miserable weather, at the Second Princess Anne Courthouse in Pungo, Virginia. Grace Sherwood, "the Witch of Pungo," was to be tried for witchcraft tha...read more

by Mirella

I am Aradia and I was born beneath a full moon in Tuscany on August 13, 1313, the feast day of the goddess, Diana. My father was a widower with four grown children when he married my mother. My mother had many miscar...read more

by Allen Teal

Witchcraft defined as such goes back at least 4,000 years. In the Old Testament law as written by Moses, Israel was told that a witch should be put to death. A thousand years or so later the Biblical prophets spoke again...read more

by Rob Bryant

Magic is as old as civilization. From the days of hunting and gathering to the advent of farming and herding, magic has been utilized as a way to try to influence the factors that affected the quality of life. This was mos...read more

by Michelle Mueller

Christian History for a Pagan-Christian Interfaith Conference I. Opening Statement to the Audience Welcome to the Religious Pluralism Council Meeting. This weekend Christians of Protestant and Catholic churches jo...read more

by Anastasia Tropsha

We have all heard about magic and extraodinary powers from our grandmas, read about them in books and, of course, have seen a stack of low-quality movies about so-said witches, fairies and other outlandish magical creature...read more

by Miss Dameanor

Earth based polytheistic religions have been around since Paleolithic humans looked up in reverence and awe at the enormous bright orb dominating the ancient sky. A god or goddess was created to represent the mystical powe...read more

by David Evans

Angels to some, Demons to others: The Religious tensions within John Dee's magical Christian heresy This essay briefly examines John Dee, and the detailed citations have been removed to make it easier to ...read more

by Syllvermyst

I am not going to spout off a million titles that will lead you directly back to the same question being ask right now. The history of Witchcraft? There are many levels of that. There are the modern times, where it is Holl...read more

by Jeva Singh-Anand

The Philosophical History and Gnostic Mission of Contemporary Paganism by Rev. Jeva Singh-Anand, M.A. As Wiccans, we struggle with the terms with which we identify ourselves. The meaning of the word 'witch' has becom...read more

by Billy Sunshine

"Witch" is another one of those words that has, through its history, been used primarily as a slander; Only fairly recently have women and men of modern Wicca taken this name for themselves. Witches, the fictional creat...read more

by Savinder Dhadli

MURDERING PRINCESS DIANA USING WITCHRAFT AND BBC TV'S PROGRAME CALLED AS," TELEPATHY" DEATH .. THE ONLY CROWNING GLORY Diana looked at me with a question, "Are you here for me?," She wanted to ask. M...read more