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Witch
A person who practices
witchcraft,
popularly believed to have supernatural powers and to also perform sorcery, and often
believed to be aided by spirits or a familiar.
Also a believer or follower of Wicca; a Wiccan.
The witch is usually depicted as a female sorcerer or
magician ― an enchantress, the
Devil's consort ―
and has haunted the human consciousness and captured our imagination for
thousands of years. Known for her ability to harness the hidden powers of
nature herself ― she was the caster of magical spells and the brewer of
healing potions.
The quintessential witch of popular
imagination was an old rag, bent upon evil and deriving pleasure from
inflicting pain and misfortune upon others in the name of her diabolical
master.
According to the
Malleus
Maleficarum,
witches,
women or men who have entered into pacts with
Satan, are capable of changing themselves into other
creatures, raising storms, bringing sickness to human and animals, causing sterility, and
flying. They consort carnally with
demons and even with Satan himself.
Whether or not this diabolical form of
witchcraft was ever practiced by actual people is debated among historians. Some say that
it never was or that if there were isolated pockets of
Devil worshipers, they were probably extremely rare.
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