page_title: Witch
hierarchical_section_title: Witch
caption_attribution_description: Title page. Rare Books Keywords: Psychiatry
context_page_description: A witch is a person, who practices witchcraft or magic. Traditionally, the word was used to accuse someone of bewitching someone, or casting a spell on them to gain control over them by magic. It is now also used by some to refer to those who practice various wise crafts such as Hedge witch Witches usually used spells for personal gain.
context_section_description: A witch is a person, who practices witchcraft or magic. Traditionally, the word was used to accuse someone of bewitching someone, or casting a spell on them to gain control over them by magic. It is now also used by some to refer to those who practice various wise crafts  such as Hedge witch Witches usually used spells for personal gain.
caption: title page of the Malleus Maleficarum
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