Answer to Question #269712 in Philosophy for Jojo

Question

In what ways does witchcraft reflect human culture and human nature?

Answer 1

The classic definition of witchcraft relates to what anthropologists refer to as spellcaster: the use of rituals to affect the outcome of situations.

Sorcery may be present in practically every society and time frame.

Witchcraft has also been applied to two additional, totally distinct occurrences.

The initial is earlier advanced Europe's and its colonies' claimed devilish witchcraft, and the other is Neopagan witchcraft, a twentieth-century resurgence.

The relationships between these three events are rare and thin, thus this essay will make a clear distinction amongst each.