. The term “witchcraft” (Fr. sorcellerie) can be used for maleficent magic or sorcery, but in France from the 1430s onward this and related terms were applied to an alleged “sect” of conspiratorial Devil worshipers bent on...

15,000 B.C. Ancient peoples revere healers, known as witches, who practice magic. 600 A.D. Christian pope Gregory the Great proclaims "all the gods of the heathens are...

The term witchcraft embraces a wide variety of phenomena. Its meaning varies according to historical and cultural context. The word witch derives from the Old English noun wicca (sorcerer) and the verb wiccian (to cast a spell). The original concept of...

Witchcraft (from Old English wiccecræft "sorcery , necromancy"), in various historical, anthropological, religious and mythological contexts, is the use of certain kinds of supernatural or magical powers. A witch (from Old English masculine wicca,...

The adventures of boy wizard Harry Potter can stay in Gwinnett County school libraries, despite a mother's objections, a judge ruled Tuesday.Laura Mallory, who argued the popular fiction series is an attempt to indoctrinate children in witchcraft, said she still wants the best-selling books removed...

IDF troops battle militants in Bureij refugee camp-IDF troops clashed with Hamas militants during an operation in the Bureij refugee camp in Gaza.  Five soldiers were wounded in various incidents that saw at least five militants killed and some 34 injured.Vital medical supplies transferred to...

J.K. Rowling marked the spot where she finished the final "Harry Potter" book. "J.K. Rowling finished writing 'Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows' in this room on 11 Jan 2007," read the message on an antique-style statue at Edinburgh's five-star Balmoral Hotel.The writer announced on...

Two Indonesian housekeepers who say they were abused and forced into servitude by a millionaire couple concocted many of the stories they told federal prosecutors, a defense attorney said Tuesday."Nobody saw anything except what Enung and Samirah wanted them to see," attorney Stephen Scaring said...

A critical examination on how anthropologists use examples of witchcraft in different societies to comment upon the rationality debate.