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Several Christian groups believe in witchcraft and view it as a negative force. Many fundamentalist Christians believe that witchcraft is a danger to children. [ 30 ] The 2006 documentary Jesus Camp , which depicts the life of young children attending Becky Fischer's summer camp, shows Fischer condemning the Harry Potter novels and telling the ...
In colonial America and the United States, views of witchcraft were further shaped by European colonists. The infamous Salem witch trials in Massachusetts, along with other witch hunts in places like Maryland and Pennsylvania, exemplified European and Christian fear and hysteria surrounding accusations of witchcraft.
Christian views on alcohol encompass a range of perspectives regarding the consumption of alcoholic beverages, with significant emphasis on moderation rather than total abstinence. The moderationist position is held by Roman Catholics [ 78 ] and Eastern Orthodox , [ 79 ] and within Protestantism, it is accepted by Anglicans , [ 80 ] Lutherans ...
And, of course, there was the dark chapter in America's own history when, in 1692, dozens of men and women (as young as four years old) were arrested and charged with suspicion of witchcraft in ...
The Christian view was that magic was a product of the Babylonians, Persians, or Egyptians. [77] The Christians shared with earlier classical culture the idea that magic was something distinct from proper religion, although drew their distinction between the two in different ways. [78]
(Biblical interpretation, the architecture of the Jewish Temple, ancient history, alchemy and the Apocalypse). "The Chymistry of Isaac Newton: original manuscripts of alchemy". dlib.indiana.edu. Newton wrote and transcribed about a million words on the subject of alchemy "Catalogue of Newton's Alchemical Papers". newtonproject.sussex.ac.uk.
The occult (from Latin occultus ' hidden, secret ') is a category of esoteric or supernatural beliefs and practices which generally fall outside the scope of organized religion and science, encompassing phenomena involving a 'hidden' or 'secret' agency, such as magic and mysticism.
The teachings of the Order include ceremonial magic, Enochian magic, Christian mysticism, Qabalah, Hermeticism, the paganism of ancient Egypt, theurgy, and alchemy. [a] Ordo Templi Orientis (O.T.O.) was founded by Carl Kellner in 1895, and is said to have been "reorganized and reconstituted" from the Hermetic Brotherhood of Light. [8]