Witchcraft is the art of bringing magical power to manifest that which you desire, it can be used to benefit or to harm, certain individuals are thought to have supernatural powers and everyone has a thought or image of what they deem a witch to be. In the fifteenth and eighteenth centuries witchcraft was thought of as a heretical sect and in direct opposition to Christianity. It was a particularly difficult time for witches as they were considered doers of evil, and witchcraft was considered a crime, the European witch hunts reached the American colonies in the seventeenth century. The original word for witch was Wiccan, and the meaning changes from society to society, witches were seen as female and considered old crones. This was the thinking even if they were beautiful, although if this was the case it was thought that they would lure unsuspecting men with their charms. Many who distrusted witches were convinced that they were shape shifters, and were able to present themselves in any guise they chose, it was also thought they could turn people into other beings, it was believed that a witch could appear in human form, as an animal, or as energy, a witch could also fly on a broomstick and was able to become invisible.
