Witchcraft
Witchcraft (or witchery) is the practice of magical skills, spells, and abilities. Witchcraft is a broad term that varies culturally and societally, and thus can be difficult to define with precision. Historically, the most common meaning is the use of supernatural means to cause harm to the innocent; this remains the meaning in most traditional cultures worldwide, notably the Indigenous cultures of Asia, Latin America, Africa, the African diaspora, and Indigenous Nations in the Americas.In the Philippines, as in many of these cultures, witches are viewed as those opposed to the sacred Indigenous religions. In contrast, anthropologists writing about healers …
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DDN: Dundurn Press · 13 February 2024 English
His wife died before their second son turned one. How can he keep her memory alive when there’s so much he wants to forget?There was a time before his wife …
prime each of the letters. I was fascinat- ed by witchcraft but had absolutely no working knowledge of it …
CHRC: Canadian Human Rights Commission · 16 August 2023 English
It is enshrined in both international and domestic law, including in: the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms; the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; the International Covenant of Civil and …
was framed as being superstitious or a form of witchcraft. They were depicted as inferior beings to justify …
DDN: Dundurn Press · 6 June 2023 English
Embodiment coach Tara Teng helps us untangle ourselves from centuries of body-based oppression built into our societal systems. When we embrace our relationship with our bodies, we can take back …
munity and two hundred people were accused of witchcraft, result- ing in the death of a number of people …
DDN: Dundurn Press · 9 May 2023 English
A world-famous wine writer’s quest to clear her name after an onslaught of sexist online attacks and find love after the sudden crumbling of her twenty-year marriage. Natalie MacLean’s experience …
Ann Hibbins, who encourages her to practise “witchcraft” — learning about healing herbs. Hibbins is …
CBA: Canadian Bar Association · 5 May 2023 English
Fifty percent of women in prison are Indigenous.3 This level of mass incarceration of Indigenous people in prison follows on the heels of over 100 years of residential “schools” (which …
told that to practice Indigenous culture was witchcraft and that Christianity and the Catholic faith …
QSEP: Research Institute for Quantitative Studies in Economics and Population · 2 May 2023 English
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MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 1 May 2023 English
Perhaps more than ever before, young people entering the workforce are searching for meaning and authenticity in their careers. This book helps managers understand the postmodern worldview held by generation …
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QSEP: Research Institute for Quantitative Studies in Economics and Population · 19 January 2023 English
The first half of the seminar will frame the colonial project of anthropology, the purposes of fieldwork, the ethics and politics of ethnography, and the objectification of the field. [...] …
Reminiscences and Reflections on Fieldwork,” in Witchcraft, Oracles, and Magic Among the Azande (Oxford: …
QSEP: Research Institute for Quantitative Studies in Economics and Population · 5 January 2023 English
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(1976). The Notion of Witchcraft Explains Unfortunate Events (Chapter 2). In Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic …
ASC: Alzheimer Society of Canada · 20 September 2022 English
He is also Co-Director of the Quebec Network for Research on Aging and is the Academic Lead of the Dementia Education Program of the McGill Faculty of Medicine and Health …
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