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25 pages in length. An in-depth analysis of the occult, witchcraft's themes and practices including the 'evil eye' etc.; The writer examines witch craft's history, various theological perspectives, the concept of salvation, the possibility of Hell, cults, and much more. Bibliography lists approximately 20 sources.
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of witchcraft is diametrically opposed to the sum and substance of Christianity; the essence of Christianity is Christ; Jesus definition of himself, which is the locus of Divinity, is in
the Tetragrammaton (YHWH); his words before Abraham was I-Am is the logos, at once indicative of a personality extant, both transcendent and immanent, omnipresent and omnipotent; ubiquitous and in control
of nature.2 My approach henceforth is neither materialist nor theist, atheist or scientific. It is merely observational of the inherent patterns of the phenomenon and
dynamic of witchcraft and the evil eye; its practice, its habit, its value and its meaning. The devil, and witches who were thought to be in league with him, can
be seen as an antithesis to God, yet this interpretation is Christian and Western. The study of the supernatural in general, and the evil eye and witchcraft in particular, is
both global and trans-historical and evidence thereof is as old as the first records of humanity. Various disciplines explore witchcraft, most notably anthropology but also archaeology, biblical scholarship, history, sociology
and psychology. The cult of the evil eye is one of avoidance. The eye roams the village while the village is sleeping. Intellectual inquiry hastens the arrival of the sun
and slowly the esoteric mystery of the evil eye is vanishing. Historians such as Jeffrey Burton Russell (Witchcraft in the Middle Ages) and H. R. Trevor-Roper
(The European Witch-Craze of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries) cover witchcraft broadly and others, such as Wolfgang Behringer (Hexenverfolgung in Bayern) and Sigrid Brauner (Fearless Wives and Frightened Shrews) consider
the phenomenon within specific geographic or thematic limits. This study does not attempt to cover witchcraft in its entirety and themes are selected for their utility regarding this particular projection.
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