Today Witchcraft is both a Religion and a way of life practiced by an increasing number of people throughout the world. The answer to the question, is witchcraft real, would be yes, as it is a belief system and thus is real if people believe it to be.
Witchcraft is close to paganism and would be classified as an unorthodox religion in that context. There are many different variations of witchcraft from older more traditional ways to the more modern and somewhat more popular types.
Traditional witchcraft has it's roots in Britain where it has been practiced for centuries and was the predominant way of life up until the Middle Ages. In medieval times some witches went to more extreme lengths with their practices and would use blood in their rituals to summon evil spirits for help. These practices allowed the church powers of the time to denounce witchcraft as heresy which had far reaching consequences and led to the slaughter of thousands of innocent people.
Witchcraft, out of necessity, became a more hidden society to survive. Anti witchcraft laws remained in force in England until 1951 when they were repealed. The last known person to be convicted was Jane Rebecca Yorke in 1944.
The Witchcraft Act remained in force in the Republic of Ireland until 1983 and the British Law is still in force today in Israel, which gained it's independence prior to the laws being repealed in 1951.
The fact that so many countries made specific laws against witchcraft and that it is mentioned in the writings of many other different religions answers the question, is witchcraft real, more than anything else. Christianity in particular denounced witches as heretics which means that if you are a Christian then you acknowledge the existence of witchcraft.
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