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Witches

Witches are practitioners of magic who can allegedly call upon the supernatural to perform spells or curses. In Early Modern Europe, witchcraft associated with consorting with the Devil, leading to witch hunts in Protestant Europe and later in America. Modern witchcraft is associated with the Wiccan movement. Read articles about witches below.

Witches are practitioners of magic who can allegedly call upon the supernatural to perform spells or curses. In Early Modern Europe, witchcraft associated with consorting with the Devil, leading to witch hunts in Protestant Europe and later in America. Modern witchcraft is associated with the Wiccan movement. Read articles about witches below.

Night Battles: How the Benandanti Fought Witches During the Sabbath

The benandanti were an agrarian fertility cult in Northern Italy in the 16th-17th centuries who claimed they would leave their bodies and fight witches 4 times each year.

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A Merchant - Boris Kustodiev

How Political Shifts Led To The Reformation and Witch Craze

Europe underwent a number of political shifts and social transformations between 1000-1700 leading to the Protestant Reformation and the witch craze.

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Aeneas and Dido in Carthage - Claude Lorrain

Nectanebus, the Amateur Witch of Theocritus, Dido, and Canidia

Profiles of four sorcerers and magicians from antiquity.

Read moreNectanebus, the Amateur Witch of Theocritus, Dido, and Canidia
Medea - Eugene Delacroix

Medea

Medea was known as a sorceress who used her magic to fight a monster called Talos during Jason's quest to obtain the Golden Fleece.

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Circe Offering the Cup to Ulysses - John William Waterhouse

Circe the Titan

Circe, the daughter of the Sun, one of the Titans, is a beautiful seductress similar to Calypso.

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Witches in the Air - Francisco Goya

What is a Sorcerer?

A sorcerer is someone who can manipulate higher powers for his or her specific goals.

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Incantation - Francisco Goya

General Overview of Magic vs Religion

From a modern perspective, witchcraft is not only a science, but a way of explaining and making sense out of the world.

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The Captivity is as Barbarous as the Crime - Francisco Goya

Greco-Roman Curses: Belief in Magic

During antiquity, there was a widespread belief in magic. Rome went so far as to outlaw harmful magic. So, did curse tablets and voodoo dolls actually work?

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Justice and Divine Vengeance pursuing Crime - Pierre-Paul Prud'hon

Greco-Roman Curses: Curse Tablets

In the Greco-Roman world, curse tablets are small, thin sheets, intended to influence the actions or the welfare of persons or animals against their will.

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Abraxas - Dictionnaire Infernal

Greco-Roman Curses: Voces Magicae (Words of Power) & Alphabets

Voces Magicae were mysterious words that have no obvious or immediate meaning in Greek or any other language

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The Madness of Fear - Francisco Goya

Greco-Roman Curses: Protection against Curses

With Voodoo Dolls or Curse Tablets abound, how did one go about protecting themselves if they suspected someone placed a curse on them?

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The Great He-Goat Or Witches Sabbath - Francisco Goya

African Witchcraft and Vampirism

Two of the many types of vampires in Africa, the obayifo and the asasabonsam.

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