The worst kind of witches were thought to indulge in it, as their behavior whilst in the form of wild animals gave them means to satisfy malice. There are several things that must be pointed out at this point. Now, my point is this. Occult lycanthropy is the Devil s imitation of God s power. Second , I know of modern day witches that go into a trance and howl at the moon and cast spell.
Shamans go into a trance and turn into power animals.
History records bizarre practices of the Leopard Men and Panther Men of Africa. To be sure, we would consider someone mentally ill who behaved as the person in the preceeding paragraph. The answer to that is yes. Several years ago I interviewed a young man from Wisconsin who had been heavily involved in Gothic Vampirism. In his public school library he found a book that told him what he needed to make the magical unguent to anoint himself to become a werewolf.