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| The Science of Witchcraft |
| Written by Laila Pascoli | |||
| Tuesday, 15 December 2009 10:06 | |||
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History has not been kind to witchcraft. But through the past generations, we have come to respect scientific study. But it has become obvious that yesterday's magic is today's science. Could it be that witchcraft is considered scary, while science is taught in respected universities? I hate to bring this up, but it is possible that the fact that women practiced witchcraft that scared the common folk.
History has not been kind to witchcraft. But through the past generations, we have come to respect scientific study. But it has become obvious that yesterday's magic is today's science. Could it be that witchcraft is considered scary, while science is taught in respected universities? I hate to bring this up, but it is possible that the fact that women practiced witchcraft that scared the common folk. Of course, we have all heard of the biblical phrase that commands readers not to suffer a witch to live. But many modern scholars believe that was a mistranslation. After all, those words were written thousands of years ago. Nowadays many people admit the injunction was against people who practiced their arts for evil, and not those who tried to help others. Some spell casters were even presented sympathetically in other sections of the bible. But look at the new book and video, The Secret. It has come out to rave reviews and been endorsed by TV personalities. The idea behind all of this media attention is hardly new. It went by the name, Creative Visualization, a few decades ago. Before that, maybe it was called casting a spell. Most modern spell casters will tell you that their art is mostly mental. They are aided by some actual props, but some of those have been studied. And they have proved to be effective by science. Think about common herbs. Some have evolved into the basis of modern medicine. If a witch brewed a tea that contained a natural painkiller, how different is that from taking a couple of aspirin? Well, willow bark contains salicylic acid, what we know as aspirin. Is making this into a tea really a dark art or is it science? Fragrant oil are also used in spells. Aromatherapy has been studied, and even scientists agree there is substance to this use. While rosemary may make us more lively, mint may tend to relax us. Is this witchcraft? Maybe, but it is also using natural plants to affect our moods and bodies. This is hardly different than drinking a cup of coffee to wake up or a warm glass of milk to fall asleep. Scientists are just barely beginning to study the power of our minds. We can barely understand how our own grey matter works! But it is hard to dispute the power of thought and outlook in our lives. The ancients may have called it magic, but tomorrow we may take it for granted as common science.
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