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The witch doctors were said to have the power to invoke these stillborn babies, adopt them as their children, and use them to help them in their endeavours. According to ancient Thai manuscripts used by practitioners of black magic ( Thai : ไสยศาสตร์ Saiyasat ), first the unborn fetus was surgically removed from the womb of ...
A witch doctor (also spelled witch-doctor), or witchcraft doctor, [1] is a kind of magical healer who treats ailments believed to be caused by witchcraft. [2] The term is often misunderstood, and they could more accurately be called "anti-witch doctors".
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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]
Compendium Maleficarum is a witch-hunter's manual written in Latin by Francesco Maria Guazzo, and published in Milan (present-day Italy) in 1608. [1]It discusses witches' pacts with the devil, and detailed descriptions of witches’ powers and poisons.
V. Witch-doctors. VI. Training of a novice in the art of a witch-doctor. VII. The place of witch-doctors in Zande society. VIII. The Poison Oracle in daily life. IX. Problems arising from consultation of the poison oracle. X. Other Zande oracles. XI. Magic and medicines. XII. An association for the practice of magic. XIII.
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Other types include sobadors, who are masseurs, and brujos or brujas, who are witch doctors. [13] Among these broader terms, there are several subspecialties. For instance, yerberos who work primarily with tobacco to heal patients are known as tabaqueros. Healers who work primarily with ayahuasca are known as ayahuasqueros.