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Magic, Ritual, and Witchcraft 8, no.1: 18–49. Wilby, Emma (2019). Invoking the Akelarre: Voices of the Accused in the Basque Witch-Craze 1609-14. Sussex Academic Press. ISBN 978-1845199999. Sharpe, James. (2013) "In Search of the English Sabbat: Popular Conceptions of Witches' Meetings in Early Modern England.
Their subject was the doctrine and practice of a tradition of sorcery which he called 'Sabbatic Craft', a term which, according to Chumbley, "describes the way in which elements of witch-lore, Sabbath mythology and imagery were being employed in the cunning-craft tradition into which I was originally inducted". [3]
Neopagan witchcraft, sometimes referred to as The Craft, is an umbrella term for some neo-pagan traditions that include the practice of magic. [1] These traditions began in the mid-20th century, and many were influenced by the witch-cult hypothesis; a now-rejected theory that persecuted witches in Europe had actually been followers of a surviving pagan religion.
Psychology of religion – Analytic approach to religion; Illusion of control – False belief in an ability to control events; Psychological resilience – Ability to mentally cope with a crisis; Self-deception – Psychology of false perceptions and their impact on human behavior; Catharsis – Psychological event that purges emotions
In Jungian psychology, archetypes are innate, universal psychic structures that influence human thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. The witch archetype emerges as a dynamic representation of the collective unconscious, encapsulating both the light and shadow aspects of human existence. The witch symbolizes the repressed, marginalized, and ...
Technopaganism is concerned with spiritual and magical aspects of technology and, sometimes, the interconnections between technology and society.Dos Santos classified technopaganism into two types: the first pertains to the adaptation of various neopagan currents to online environments (e.g., via virtual communities or collaborative software), while the second comprises a body of neopagan ...
Witches' Sabbath 13th-century CE portrayal of an unclean spirit. In folklore, the witching hour or devil's hour is a time of night that is associated with supernatural events, whereby witches, demons and ghosts are thought to appear and be at their most powerful.
The Horned God is one of the two primary deities found in Wicca and some related forms of Neopaganism.The term Horned God itself predates Wicca, and is an early 20th-century syncretic term for a horned or antlered anthropomorphic god partly based on historical horned deities.