Eight Sabbats for Witches and rites for Birth, Marriage and Death

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Abusch, Tzvi (2015). The Witchcraft Series Maqlû. Writings from the Ancient World. Vol.37. SBL Press. p.5. ISBN 978-1628370829. Silverblatt, I. (1983). "The evolution of witchcraft and the meaning of healing in colonial Andean society". Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry. 7 (4): 413–4

Evans-Pritchard, Edward Evan (1937). Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic Among the Azande. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 8–9. ISBN 978-0198740292. a b c Breslaw, E. G. (2011). "Witchcraft in Early North America". Journal of American History. p.504. doi: 10.1093/jahist/jar254. Suggested Celebration Timing: Observe the night before on January 16, 2022 or the exact date until 6:48 pm. In some cultures, witches are believed to use human body parts in magic, [1] :19-22 and they are commonly believed to murder children for this purpose. In Europe, "cases in which women did undoubtedly kill their children, because of what today would be called postpartum psychosis, were often interpreted as yielding to diabolical temptation". [35] Mabon is a time for celebration after the hard work of the harvest. Though it is sad to watch the beauty of the growing season fade away, we revel in the mild weather and rest that autumn brings.

Ritual Function: Balance elemental fire energy, and shadow work for the virtues and vices of Sagittarius. Children who live in some regions of the world, such as parts of Africa, are also vulnerable to violence that is related to witchcraft accusations. [53] [54] [55] [56] Such incidents have also occurred in immigrant communities in the UK, including the much publicized case of the murder of Victoria Climbié. [57] [58] Religious perspectives [ edit ] The word is over a thousand years old: Old English formed the compound wiccecræft from wicce ('witch') and cræft ('craft'). [25] The masculine form was wicca ('male sorcerer'). [26] Wall, Leon and William Morgan, Navajo-English Dictionary. Hippocrene Books, New York City, 1998 ISBN 0781802474.

Burns, William (2003). Witch Hunts in Europe and America: An Encyclopedia. Bloomsbury Publishing. pp.141–142.Ritual Function: Third Harvest of Blood, Divine Funeral, release to death, Ancestor veneration, silence. The concept of witchcraft and the belief in its existence have persisted throughout recorded history. According to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions there is "difficulty of defining ‘witches’ and ‘witchcraft’ across cultures—terms that, quite apart from their connotations in popular culture, may include an array of traditional or faith healing practices and are not easily defined". [16] Ritual Function: Balance elemental air energy, and shadow work for the virtues and vices of Gemini.

By the time of the Code of Hammurabi (about 2000 BC), the use of magic to harm others without justification was subject to legal repercussions:

Geschiere, Peter (1997). The Modernity of Witchcraft: Politics and the Occult in Postcolonial Africa. Translated by Peter Geschiere and Janet Roitman. University of Virginia Press. p.13. ISBN 0813917034. We decorate with evergreens and holly. We exchange gifts with friends and family. On Midwinter Eve, we light candles to herald the return of the sun. (The ambitious among us may set a Yule log blazing.) We eat traditional, calorie-rich holiday foods: Tamales, eggnog, rum cake, ham, and chocolate. We give thanks for the life-giving energy of our planet’s sun.