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and Protection from Witchcraft An inyanga Mr Zondi becomes an inyanga pp90ff Julio Clementes question His own sickness in young adulthood in 1962 That was when I was called Ancestors direct his healing. HI266 Deviance and Non-conformity. Naomi. . Pullin. n.r.wood@warwick.ac.uk. Aims of today. Pre-modern magic and popular belief – debates about witchcraft. Th. e European witchcraft persecutions . Conclusions: . Accusation Part I. http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/salem/witchhistory.html. Works Cited. The Bible condemns witches. Exodus 22:18 “Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live” (KJV). Leviticus 20:27 “A man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard shall surely be put to death …” (KJV). Witchcraft. England and the Continent. 15. th. – 18. th. Centuries. With thanks to Professor Ken . Wrightson. Ursula Kemp. 1582. Hanged for . maleficium. Buried in a road instead of consecrated ground. Witchcraft as Modern. In the West, African beliefs in witchcraft are what make it primitive. Yet witchcraft (and anti-witchcraft medicine) is “modern”. Because it indexes social relations (envy), it increases with growth of social inequality (post-apartheid South Africa, 1920s Ghana during cocoa boom). A time of vengeance and power.. The Crucible Review. Characters. Abigail Williams- . Niece of Reverend Parris, in love with John Proctor. She is the first of the girls to cry witch.. Judge . Danforth. The ability of a person to cause harm by means of a personal power that resides within the body of the witch. Witchcraft in Pop Culture. Has become a bit distorted from traditional views of witchcraft:. & Sorcery . in The Holy Bible. Defined . as the performance of magic forbidden by God for non-biblical . ends…old . English word . for . "practice of magical arts. .“. As a witch. , . he/she enters . Albigensian. or . Cathars. became a rising religious force. ☼ 1184 A.D. – An Episcopal bull was issued giving the Dominican order authority to perform inquisitions, in part because of the . a. The . colonists saw the folly of European’s bloody wars of religion. b. Of . the example of the puritans coming to America for religious reasons. c. Of . the English tradition of strict separation of church and state. not . walk.  in step with the wicked. or . stand. in the way that sinners take. or . sit.  in the company of mockers,. but whose . delight is in the law of the . Lord. ,. and who meditates on his law day and night.. Witchcraft . Trials. They wanted to reform their national church by eliminating every shred of Catholic influence . Their attempt to “purify” the Church of England and their own lives was based on the teachings of John . What were some beliefs about witchcraft and witches people held in the past?. Belief in magic was almost universal in the past.. Almost all cultures believed that you could use supernatural means, to help make crops grow or to make humans or animals fertile.. Puritanism. Christian faith that originated in England during the early 1600s. They split from the Church of England in 1633. Many emigrated to American colonies. The Puritan Way and Beliefs. Puritan church very basic—no crucifix, no statues, no music, no stained glass. The Historian’s Toolkit: Block 2 lecture. Beat . Kümin. . TYPES . & PATTERNS of . witchcraft. . lecture . oUTLINE. Religion and ‘White’ Magic in Europe. ‘Black’ Magic and Cavorting with the Devil.