Wednesday, May 6, 2020

Withccraft in British History Essay - 1995 Words

quot;European witchcraft was a unique phenomenon which differed from European high magic from the low magic or simple sorceryquot; (Russel 658). quot;High magic and simple sorcery differ however in methods and motivationquot; (658). High magic was astrology and alchemy (658). Sorcerers are usually people that are motivated by strong feelings of jealously, revenge, malice which are experienced by everyone (Marwich 3042). quot;More supernatural are witches who are slaves of aberration and addiction that are consideration weirdquot; ( 3041). quot;The word witch derives from the Old English noun wicca sorcerer, and the verb wiccian to cast the spell.quot; The term does not really have a sinister meaning to it. It comes from the†¦show more content†¦An other element in the development in witchcraft in Europe was Christian heresy. It had been established by the fifteenth century. Its chief elements were pact with the devil, formal repudiation of Christ, the secret nocturnal meeting, the ride by night, the desecration of the Eucharist and the crucifix, orgy, sacrificial infanticide and cannibalism (417). At the first formal trial in 1022 is were sorcery was linked with the Devil. quot;In this trial the accused was said to hold orges underground at night, to call up evil spirits, to kill and cremate children conceived at previous orgies and use their ashes in blasphous parody of the Eucharist, to renounce Christ and desecrate the crusifix, and to pay homage to the Devilquot; (417). Ideas introduced by courts suggested the differences in witchcraft and in sorcery, that suppossed these two religions were alike. In deciding the laws against witchcraft than against sorcery in the prosecution of the witches the courts finalized the separation ,although in England that distinction was never made. In England, witchcraft remained a civil crime, so that convinced witches were hung ( Russel 661). quot;Theology , then, made a logical connection between witchcraft and heresy. Heresy is any persistently held belief counter to orthodox doctrinequot; (Eliade 418). The worst imaginable heresy was if one used demons serves the Devil

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