PPT-Witchcraft

Accusation Part I httpwwwlawumkcedufacultyprojectsftrialssalemwitchhistoryhtml Works Cited The Bible condemns witches Exodus 2218 Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live KJV Leviticus 2027 A man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit or that is a wizard shall surely be put to death KJV. IT’S ROOTS METHODS AND SYMBOLOGY. . Websters. : . WITCHCRAFT, [witch and craft.]. 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. 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:. Mutually . constitutive. relationships among language, . culture, . and society or human sociality. Constitutive because language doesn’t reflect society/. culture . but constitutes it and is constituted by it as well. . (and Protection from Witchcraft). An inyanga . Mr. Zondi becomes an . inyanga, . pp.90ff. Julio Clemente’s question. His own sickness in young adulthood in 1962: “That was when I was called” . Ancestors direct his healing. 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. First Year Seminar. Salem: Place, Myth, and . Memory. Miguel Peguero. The Witch Trials of 1692. The Salem Witch Trials began Spring of 1692. A group of young girls in Salem Village claimed to be possessed by the devil and accused a few local women 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 . Andrew Nguyen and Anthony Haynes. Sorcery and Herbalism: the basis of Witchcraft. Prior to 1350 and the height of the Roman Catholic church, witchcraft was simply sorcery, and it was an accepted part of life having been ingrained in culture for centuries. . 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 . Muti. Murders and Human Sacrifice. : Harmful Beliefs and Practices Behind a Global Crisis in Human Rights. Presentation by Gary . Foxcroft. , Executive Director, Witchcraft and Human Rights Information Network (WHRIN). 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 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). 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.