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Withccraft In British History
"European witchcraft was a unique phenomenon which differed from European high magic from the low magic or simple sorcery" (Russel 658). "High magic and simple sorcery differ however in methods and motivation" (658). High magic was astrology and alchemy (658). Sorcerers are usually people that are motivated by strong feelings of jealously, revenge, malice which are experienced by everyone (Marwich 3042). "More supernatural are witches who are slaves of aberration and addiction that are consideration weird" ( 3041). "The word witch derives from the Old English noun wicca 'sorcerer', and the verb wiccian 'to cast the spell'." The term does not really have a sinister meaning to it. It comes from the adjective 'white' which means to help others. Throughout British history superstitions regarding witches have affected the lifestyle of the people and literature of the world. One question that everyone wants to know, is if European witchcraft really exists. If it exists merely as a concept, a body of beliefs or whether it exists objectively is the question that baffles people. But whether witchcraft exist or not the concept of witchcraft dominated the period of the late Middle Ages through the Renaissance and the Reformation and down to the Eighteenth century. "Estimated over 100,000 to 200,000 people were executed and millions were tortured and terrified by the government" (Russel 658). Therefore, witchcraft brought the darkest periods in the European history. The first witches knew about nature, they really helped perform remedies, in a time of need. Magic is what people started to beleive the witches were performing at first in their lives (Stallman 11). "They started to beleive they could start making people afraid, and so thats what they did ( 13). People also believed to became a witch, a seed in the mothers milf while breast fedding was placed in a little child durin... Please login to view comments from other users.
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