What is witchcraft?

There are many definitions of what a witch or witchcraft? ask 3 different people that are not pagans and you will receive three different answers. witchcraft is discussed, including that witches Celabrate the Sabbat  and sacrificed babies to the Devil, renounced the Christian faith, and engaged in orgies.  from the anthropological approach, a witch is a sorcerer,  from the historical approach, a witch is a Satanist, from modern definition, a witch worships ancient gods and practices magic. The point is Witchcraft means many different things to Different people.

 In general witchcraft is the magical manipulation of the supernormal forces through the use of spells, signs and Sigils for the conjuring or invoking of spirits.To assist in sorcery.  sorcery is the activity of trying to cause change toward a desired end through symbolic means and of using the forces of Nature as a primary Tool and the elements of its practice vary from one system or culture to another. There is no Black or white Witchcraft While the term "witchcraft" can have positive or negative connotations depending on cultural context most contemporary people who self-identify as witches see it as beneficent and morally positive, and yes There are those who seek nothing but to do Harm.but that is not who we ARE. My definitions is This: A True Witch Is Neither Good Nor Evil But neutral like nature, and her/his knowledge should be that of both aspects of good and evil as identified by society –huh- you might say– here it is put very Simple

The truth is Within The heart of the Witch-

The history of witchcraft is as old as the History of humanity itself

Archeological discoveries have revealed that people worshipped hunter god and fertility goddess during the Paleolithic period. This has been proved by the discovery of cave paintings which are estimated to be 30,000 years old These relics go to prove that witchcraft is one of the oldest religions in the world. Wiccan view of God and Goddess aspect of the supreme creative force predates thousands of years before Christianity.

Craft of the Wise

The word ‘Witchcraft’ has been derived from the word ‘Wicca’ which means ‘the wise one’ The word 'Witch'  means 'Magic Maker'.  In ancient times, The first witches were the primary healthcare providers for ancient peoples, with several traditions focusing on herbs and medicinal plants Witchcraft was known as ‘craft of the wise’ as the wise persons were those who followed the path of nature and were in tune with its forces, had the knowledge of herbs and medicines, gave wise counsel and were held in high esteem as Shamanic healers and leaders in the community. They understood that nature was superior to Human beings, and that  we are simply one of the many parts of nature . In the process of researching such plants, witches discovered that some plants, when ingested, made you see wild Things that were out of the ordinary. That led to shamanism, in which the witch communes with the divine in very particular ways.

Note: Opposition to witchcraft by the church did not appear until the late Middle Ages. Nearly all those who fell under suspicion of witchcraft were women.The persecution of witches declined by about 1700. One of the last outbreaks of witch-hunting took place in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692 And the devil Was born