witchcraft

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Witchcraft
religious practice involving the use of magic and affinity with nature, usually to conspire with devil
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White Magic
magic used only for good purposes.
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Cunning Folk
a local person who would use white magic to help a person in need by whatever means.
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Black magic
magic involving the supposed invocation of evil spirits for evil purposes.
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Maleficium
Maleficium is defined as dangerous or harmful magic. In its normal context, maleficium is the act of intentionally harming another through magical mean
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Diabolism
worship of the Devil.
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Demonic possession
Demonic possession is where individuals are supposed to be possessed by malevolent preternatural beings, commonly referred to as demons or devils
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the devils pact
An agreement made by an individual with the Devil in which a person agrees to carry out evil deeds in return for wealth or power.
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the sabbat
a secret rendezvous of witches and sorcerers, characterized by orgiastic rites, dances, feasting,
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the alpine region
the 8 countries surrounded by or surrounding the Alpines
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Malleus Maleficarum
The Malleus Maleficarum documented beliefs about witches and then enumerated ways to identify witches, convict them of the charge of witchcraft, and execute them for the crime
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papal bull 1484
Issued by Pope Innocent VIII on this date in 1484, the papal bull (a written, legal order, so called because of the bulla, or lead seal, used to authenticate the document) known as Summis desiderantes affectibus recognized the existence of witches an
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Sceptics
an ancient or modern philosopher who denies the possibility of knowledge, or even rational belief, in some sphere.
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Humanists
an advocate or follower of the principles of humanism. (a rationalist outlook or system of thought attaching prime importance to human rather than divine or supernatural matters.)
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Johann Weyer
Johann Weyer or Johannes Wier was a Dutch physician, occultist and demonologist, disciple and follower of Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa. He was among the first to publish against the persecution of witches.
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Reginald Scott
Reginald Scot was an Englishman and Member of Parliament, the author of The Discoverie of Witchcraft, which was published in 1584. It was written against the belief in witches, to show that witchcraft did not exist
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Holy Roman Empire
The Holy Roman Empire was a multi-ethnic complex of territories in Western and Central Europe that developed during the Early Middle Ages and continued until its dissolution in 1806 during the Napoleonic Wars.
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the victims
based around: age, gender, marital status, social influence, personalities and numbers
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Card 2

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magic used only for good purposes.

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White Magic

Card 3

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a local person who would use white magic to help a person in need by whatever means.

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Card 4

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magic involving the supposed invocation of evil spirits for evil purposes.

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Card 5

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Maleficium is defined as dangerous or harmful magic. In its normal context, maleficium is the act of intentionally harming another through magical mean

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