How Has Witchcraft Changed Over Time Essay

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Over time the world and society have both changed tremendously and one thing that has changed with that is the idea of Witchcraft. Witchcraft has never been prosperous but has been around ever since society has had any written records of time. Different societies and areas all experienced Witchcraft and were driven by the same motives like naivety and fear. Society has a very different view on witchcraft from 35,000 BC compared to present present day because things change over time. Witchcraft has never really been socially acceptable in most countries but the view and ideas about Witchcraft has definitely changed over time. Witches, depending on the country and time period, were characterized with specific traits and appearance …show more content…

Some countries are even accepted for the religion. Countries like India, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Indonesia all still practice witchcraft and have had people recently executed. Witches nowadays have no stereotype and could possibly be anyone. In the Democratic Republic of Congo there were 50,000 kids accused of witchcraft simply because they had a bad dream, wet the bed, or were mentally disabled. There are currently still 80,000 in the United States who practice witchcraft which is a surprisingly big number. Witchcraft has changed so much since it was created and has gotten so much more diverse being there are hundreds of different types of witchcraft when they all had to branch off of one type of it.

Everything is constantly changing over time and one of the things that has changed drastically is our society's view on Witchcraft. It started out as being a regular religion but was more negatively talked about as the years went by. Society’s view on Witchcraft never really changed but our morals as people did. We have accepted that it is a religion and
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we cannot just kill people because of that. Society’s view on witchcraft has changed so much and you can tell by looking at the execution

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