European witchcraft is a multifaceted historical and cultural phenomenon that unfolded over centuries, leaving a mark on the continent's social, religious...

forces.[citation needed] The term witchcraft arrived with European colonists, along with European views on witchcraft. This term would be adopted by many...

Neopagan witchcraft, sometimes referred to as The Craft, is an umbrella term for some neo-pagan traditions that include the practice of magic (also spelled...

Witchcraft in Latin America, known in Spanish as brujería (pronounced [bɾuxeɾˈi.a]), is a complex blend of indigenous, African, and European influences...

Empire. Prosecutions for witchcraft reached a high point from 1560 to 1630, during the Counter-Reformation and the European wars of religion. Among the...

people were prosecuted for witchcraft in Europe between 1560 and 1630. Until around 1440, witchcraft-related prosecutions in Europe centered on maleficium...

through a comparative lens vis-a-vis European witchcraft. The definition of witchcraft differs between Africans and Europeans which causes misunderstandings...

Witches' Sabbath is a purported gathering of those believed to practice witchcraft and other rituals. The phrase became especially popular in the 20th century...

stages of the development of witchcraft in Mesopotamia were "comparable to the archaic shamanistic stage of European witchcraft". Witches were not considered...

Satanism and Witchcraft is a book by Jules Michelet on the history of witchcraft. Originally published in Paris as La Sorcière in 1862, the first English...

forces.[citation needed] The term witchcraft arrived with European colonists, along with European views on witchcraft. This term would be adopted by many...

witchcraft. Practicing evil spells or incantations was proscribed and punishable in early human civilizations in the Middle East. In medieval Europe,...

-4.692 The Museum of Witchcraft and Magic, formerly known as the Museum of Witchcraft, is a museum dedicated to European witchcraft and magic located in...

Unlike neighboring England and Scotland, there were few witchcraft (Welsh: dewiniaeth) accusations and trials in Wales throughout the 1500s to mid-1700s...

in-depth research during the 1960s and 1970s. Contemporary experts in European witchcraft beliefs view the 'pagan witch cult' theory as pseudohistorical. There...

Goetia (goh-eh-TEE-ah) is a type of European sorcery, often referred to as witchcraft, that has been transmitted through grimoires—books containing instructions...

originally a type of healer who treated ailments believed to be caused by witchcraft. The term is now more commonly used to refer to healers, particularly...

commonly called it "Witchcraft". Gerald Gardner—the man regarded as the "Father of Wicca"—referred to it as the "Craft of the Wise", "Witchcraft", and "the Witch-cult"...

witches across Europe met in groups of thirteen which they called "covens". In Wicca and other similar forms of modern pagan witchcraft, such as Stregheria...

Wicca documents the rise of the Neopagan religion of Wicca and related witchcraft-based Neopagan religions. Wicca originated in the early 20th century,...

pagan rituals alive in Christian Europe." Murray's work became widely accepted and she was considered an expert in witchcraft studies after its publication...

ISBN 978-0-7387-1876-7 Buckland, Raymond (2002). Buckland's Complete Book of Witchcraft (2nd ed.). Llewellyn Publications. ISBN 0-87542-050-8. Cunningham, Scott...

whereby the witch was the recipient of the kiss. Anilingus Kiss of peace Witchcraft Guiley (2010), pp. 191–192 Durrant (2005), p. 40 Guiley (2010), p. 192...

illegal; England's Witchcraft Act 1603 prohibited only evil and wicked spirits".[citation needed] Familiars are most common in western European mythology, with...

magical potions and brews. These were entheogenic preparations used in European witchcraft for their mind-altering and hallucinogenic effects. Starting in the...

the expert on western witchcraft, though her theories were widely discredited. Over the period 1929-1968, she wrote the "Witchcraft" article in successive...

In Jewish folklore, Broxa is a bird that is said to suck the milk of goats and sometimes human blood during the night. In medieval Portugal, the Broxa...

Dianic Wicca, also known as Dianic Witchcraft, is a modern pagan goddess tradition focused on female experience and empowerment. Leadership is by women...

Galactorrhea (also spelled galactorrhoea) (galacto- + -rrhea) or lactorrhea (lacto- + -rrhea) is the spontaneous flow of milk from the breast, unassociated...

hallucinogenic ointment said to have been used by witches in the practice of European witchcraft from at least as far back as the Early Modern period, when detailed...