Witchcraft

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Witchcraft

• By
• Michael Swan

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What is Witchcraft?

• Religion- Wicca
• It is not Satanic
• The One or The All
• Gods and Goddesses of the North, South, East,
  West
  

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Religious Beliefs

• Reincarnation
• Male and Female everything
• Gender equality yet females normally hold higher
  offices as priestesses
  
• All living things considered to have a soul
• Astrology

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Witchs Law

• Bide the Wiccan Law ye must,In perfect love, in
  perfect trust.Eight words the Wiccan Rede
  fulfilAn harm ye none, do what ye will.What ye
  send forth comes back to thee,So ever mind the
  rule of three.Follow this with mind and
  heart,And merry ye meet, and merry ye part.
• Rule of Three
• "All good that a person does to another returns
  three fold in this life harm is also returned
  three fold."

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Becoming a Witch

• Becoming a witch is like joining a new religion.
• Wicca is a very strict religion and not for
  everyone

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Penalties for Being Accused of Witchcraft in
1500-1900

• Blooding
• The boots
• Burial
• Cleansing the soul
• Burning
• The Ducking Stool
• Many others