Essays on Witchcraft

Paganism and witchcraft can be in one way or the other inborn. One should not be charged because of practicing witchcraft or even being a pagan. From the history, people used to practice witchcraft; it was a way of preserving culture (Harrow 19). An individual born from a witchcraft family...

The chapter starts with the main statement ‘Witches, as the Azande conceive them, clearly cannot exist’ (p18) The author spends nearly the chapter discussing how the idea of witchcraft for the people of the Azande is not as obscure as we are made to believe. 2. Argument For the people in Azande, witchcraft...

In many areas of Africa and Melanesia, witchcraft discourses are rooted in the local context and the intimacy of kinship. These aspects are reflected in the practices and rituals of these communities. In this article, we will explore these characteristics and discuss how they have changed over time. This article also...