
Is 'witchcraft' on the rise?
Stuff They Don't Want You To Know
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What Is Witchcraft?
The true history of what's now known as witchcraft is pretty unclear and is largely up to interpretation. The etymology of the current word has its roots in old english, a specifically low german,. A vice for a magician who is a woman, a sorceress, also known as a sorceress. There are several closely related words that describe practices like soothsaying or divination or sorcery. And they describe names or terms for those sus ed of practising it. This love tha werd pointing out that what is called witchcraft has been defined by people outside of these practices forr a whilee. But witches or soothsayers or, you know, practitioners of occult arts exist in
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