Witchcraft | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-03-26

This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witchcraft


00:00:36 1 Concept
00:04:17 2 Etymology and definitions
00:06:01 3 Overview
00:06:10 3.1 Alleged practices
00:09:03 3.1.1 Spell casting
00:10:03 3.1.2 Necromancy (conjuring the dead)
00:10:46 3.1.3 Demonology
00:13:22 3.1.4 White witches
00:15:32 3.2 Accusations of witchcraft
00:17:46 3.2.1 Violence related to accusations
00:19:17 3.3 Contemporary witchcraft
00:20:19 3.3.1 Wicca
00:22:27 3.3.1.1 Witchcraft, Feminism, and Media
00:23:42 3.3.2 Stregheria
00:24:53 3.3.3 Traditional witchcraft
00:26:28 3.4 Contemporary witchcraft, Satanism and Luciferianism
00:31:17 4 Historical and religious perspectives
00:31:28 4.1 Near East beliefs
00:32:33 4.2 Abrahamic religions
00:32:42 4.2.1 Hebrew Bible
00:35:52 4.2.2 New Testament
00:36:28 4.2.3 Judaism
00:38:25 4.2.4 Islam
00:42:58 5 By region
00:43:07 5.1 Africa
00:45:55 5.1.1 Cameroon
00:46:19 5.1.2 Central Africa
00:47:28 5.1.3 Democratic Republic of the Congo
00:49:08 5.1.4 Ghana
00:50:32 5.1.5 Kenya
00:50:49 5.1.6 Malawi
00:51:46 5.1.7 Nigeria
00:53:12 5.1.8 Sierra Leone
00:54:34 5.1.9 Tanzania
00:55:11 5.2 Americas
00:55:19 5.2.1 Caribbean
00:56:25 5.2.2 Colonial North America
01:00:25 5.2.3 Diné / Navajo
01:02:09 5.2.4 North America (Mexico)
01:03:38 5.2.5 South America (Brazil)
01:08:02 5.3 Asia
01:08:10 5.3.1 India
01:08:57 5.3.2 Nepal
01:09:47 5.3.3 Japan
01:13:15 5.3.4 Philippines
01:14:43 5.3.5 Saudi Arabia
01:15:56 5.3.6 Syria and Iraq
01:16:30 5.3.7 Tocharians
01:17:00 5.4 Europe
01:22:12 5.4.1 United Kingdom
01:25:52 5.4.1.1 21st century
01:28:35 5.4.2 Italy
01:30:32 5.4.3 Spain
01:31:17 5.5 Oceania
01:31:26 5.5.1 Cook Islands
01:33:38 5.5.2 Papua New Guinea
01:34:05 5.6 Russia
01:34:28 5.6.1 Spells
01:37:48 5.6.2 Societal view of witchcraft
01:39:57 5.6.3 Witchcraft trials
01:44:47 6 Witches in art



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Witchcraft or witchery broadly means the practice of and belief in magical skills and abilities exercised by solitary practitioners and groups. Witchcraft is a broad term that varies culturally and societally, and thus can be difficult to define with precision, and cross-cultural assumptions about the meaning or significance of the term should be applied with caution. Witchcraft often occupies a religious divinatory or medicinal role, and is often present within societies and groups whose cultural framework includes a magical world view.