Presence of witches has dated back to Biblical times. In the Old Testament, it states as one of the commandments, "Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live" (Exodus 22:18). The Bible says how Lilith, Adam's first wife, worked with striga, the word for witch (Marshall 22).

Fast-forward a few thousand years later to the fourteenth century. Witchcraft is still going on in Europe and several thousand people were killed because they were thought to be witches. During the 1500s, witches became very prominent roles in European literature. "Trials for witches were not unusual either, especially in England, the home of the settlers in Salem a generation before" (Chadwick 21-22).

That brings up the year 1692. This is the year that in Salem, Massachusett

"Witchcraft teaches that you should follow your heart and take responsibility for your actions." We do not follow a Rede, or any Law except that which is written in our own hearts.

"The Goddess of the Witches is frequently invoked as a trinity of maiden, mother, and crone. The God of the Witches is most commonly represented as a man with horns or antlers, or as the Green man." The Green man is also known as the Horned God. It is the Horned God that

that they have the same beliefs. This is not true. Although the beliefs are similar, there are differences, only proving further that Wicca and witchcraft are different religions.

Two main practices of all witches are "dedication" and "rites of passage." When a witch decides to perform a dedication, it means that he/she has decided to worship the Gods and learn the ways of Witchcraft. The dedication ritual varies from person to person. The Rites of Passage, AKA Initiation, is a ritual wherein a person has to spend a period of study and has to have reached a certain point where a set of jobs they must complete are given to them. The Rites of Passage is more formal than a dedication ritual. In some traditions, this ritual has different stages. In others, a person does this when that point in his/her life cycle has come. One of its most

"Witchcraft teaches that you should follow your heart and take responsibility for your actions." "We do not follow a Rede or any Law except that which is written in our own hearts" (Kytheriea).

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