| Witchcraft is a religion that wasn't founded by any | | | | several common deities in different magickal religions |
| single individual. It was a natural development in a | | | | many thousands of miles apart. |
| world that was controlled by unknown forces of | | | | Here are some of the different types of magickal |
| mysterious origins. It is believed that magick in its | | | | religions:African Magick. As human civilization started |
| original form existed in the Paleolithic times that is | | | | to sprout and expand on this planet, witchcraft was |
| almost twenty five thousand years ago! | | | | born. There was no Messiah, no priests and no |
| Recent research has proved that Africa was the | | | | monolithic churches to take charge of private Gods. |
| cradle of civilization. When people spread to other | | | | The people believed in the magick of nature and the |
| parts of the world, they began to develop different | | | | power of the land to help them survive. As the |
| styles of worship and culture. As a result we have | | | | number of humans expanded, the different ways in |
| many different types of magickal religions that | | | | which they worshipped their unseen deities also |
| probably co-existed and thrived in different parts of | | | | expanded. |
| the world. | | | | Africa was a rich land, full of dense forests and wild |
| In ancient times, people used to depend on crops | | | | animals. The only way the inhabitants could help each |
| and hunting for sustenance. As they worried about | | | | other was through prayers and visualization |
| natural disasters and famine, it was only natural to | | | | techniques. Healers were in charge of helping the sick |
| start praying to deities who were assumed to be in | | | | and wounded. They became more and more |
| charge of the future. They knew that the Sun, the | | | | powerful. As people started moving around, these |
| moon and other planets influenced the weather | | | | healers found new ways to help others from a |
| patterns and the crop cycles. So they started praying | | | | distance. Voodoo was born. Later, as Christian |
| to the Sun, the Moon and other deities such as the | | | | missionaries found their way into this pristine land, |
| Fertility Goddess and the Hunter God. As people | | | | they also managed to slander and vilify the African |
| moved from one place to another, the traditions, | | | | way of life. In their fervor to corral humans into their |
| beliefs, customs and the names of the Goddesses | | | | huge business of religion, they decided to describe |
| and Gods changed with them. Interestingly, we have | | | | everything that stood in their way as evil. |