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To: alt.witchcraft,alt.magick From: "John B"Subject: Re: 1st Question : Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2000 09:11:47 -0800 This one's pretty good too http://www.britannica.com/bcom/eb/article/1/0,5716,115001+4,00.html The relevant part " The propensity to be a witch is usually attributed to heredity or at least is considered constitutional in the sense of having been implanted at an early age through one's mother's milk or, as among the Cewa of east central Africa, through a child's having been magically inoculated by an adult, such as his grandparent, against the skin rash believed to result from eating human flesh, an activity attributed to Cewa witches. Sorcery, on the other hand, usually demands no special personal attributes and is believed to be practiced by anyone who can acquire the necessary magical substances (especially in Africa) or the appropriate magical spells (especially in Oceania)."
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