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[–] ImWaitingForRetcons@lemmy.world 3 points 8 hours ago (3 children)

The last statement is not necessarily true- witchcraft has until very recently been understood to derive power from a concord with the devil.

[–] skisnow@lemmy.ca 1 points 27 minutes ago

"been understood to" is doing a lot of shady sleight-of-hand there.

[–] Alaknar@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 hour ago

I think the concept of "witches" is older than the concept of "church".

[–] LanguageIsCool@lemmy.world 5 points 7 hours ago

Here, I googled it for you:

“Witches were sometimes said to have communed with demons or with the Devil, though such accusations were mainly made against perceived opponents of the Church.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witchcraft (This specific section has a paper citation)