Witchcraft - Geography

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Witchcraft

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Name here

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Geography

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Near East beliefs

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The belief in sorcery and its practice seem to have been widespread in the ancient Near East and Nile Valley. It played a conspicuous role in the cultures of ancient Egypt and in Babylonia.

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Witchcraft

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Traditional witchcraft is a term used to refer to a variety of contemporary forms of witchcraft.

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Did you know?

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New Testament

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The New Testament condemns the practice as an abomination, just as the Old Testament had.[129] The word in most New Testament translations is sorcerer/sorcery rather than witch/witchcraft.

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Witchcraft

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Happy Halloween!