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| 'Bewitching' |
There are those things
in life that can be what is called bewitching…a beautiful woman…a special
place…bewitching is defined as to cast a spell on and gain control over someone
by magical powers...in some cases (usually a female) is said to have bewitched
a man and this has caused him to act in a strange manner, thus friends and
family may believe that he was ‘bewitched’ by the woman…although they may put
it as ‘she put a spell on him’, or a hex or something that sounds more witchy
if you will or exotic…or sometimes it may not have a negative meaning…such as
they were bewitched by the house they looked at, or bewitched by a certain area
that they fell in love with…as you might guess, the word bewitched comes from
or is associated with ‘witch’, which conjures up all sorts of curses, hexes, or
evilness…a witch of course is a female who engages in the practice of, and
belief in, magical skills and abilities…a male is called a warlock…now the
whole concept of witchcraft and the belief in its existence and power have
persisted all throughout history...and not just among primitive cultures but in
advanced cultures as well…witchcraft continues to have an important role in
many cultures today…of course back in days of old in some cultures, one who was
thought to be a witch often met a violent and untimely end.
