i think this is bogous why believe in something that doesnt excist it seems unreal that people believe in magic

Actually magic does exist if only they are into witchcraft. Witchcraft deals with the devil. People would actually see that person do real magic because the devil is helping that person do the magic. It only happens if they have a strong belief in the devil.

People belive in anything that can, i suppose offer them a solution. There are peopel in the United States that belive in witchcraft, and a whole slew of other metaphysical things.

thats fantastic , so anyways whats up? ;)

In Salem people accused other people for witchcraft if they did things that they couldn't do. Like swimming for example. People who did this thing or other things that they did was impossible. They would be called witches. Innocent victims would lose their lives, get hanged or executed. Because they were believed to be witches. Witchcraft still goes on today but only in certain areas.

During the 1600s in England was the witchcraft hysteria. In the village of Salem innocent victims were accused for witchcraft and were killed because they were considered witches. These innocent victims even confessed that they weren't into witchcraft. The people who were accusers thought they were physchics of the devil and they were hanged, beaten, and executed.

Try to explain WHY people believe, not what they believe. try explaining in shorter words!

The reason why people believe in anything, is because it gives them hope that they can do somethign to intervine in their lives, and answers the basic question of what happens to the body after death. The reason why peopel practice witchcraft one answer would be life to that person isn't an equal playing field and they practice magic to even it out or give them an advantage over others. From those who practice it's because they feel that they are remembering where they came from and the gods that were erased by christianity and islam, or as another person said they have had a results and believes there must be truth in it somewhere. I did practice witchcraft, but then i learned that a spell only gives the person the confidence to act, to do something, but will never replace hard work and determination.

I actually agree with this text... A person who seeks to practice magic feels that as the above text said, as if the universe is not benevolent enough to that person. All of it is a pseudoscience, none of it is based on scientific fact. People continue to keep these traditions and practices alive on the notion that there must be a reason why people practiced them back in the old ages is because they believe them to work, such as people believed the greek gods to exist and all other sorts of myths and fairy tails... The neo-pagan religion of Wicca is based on myths that have been taken out of context. Chirsitanity and other world religions are the same way, this does not mean that there isn't any truth in them. I think the picture this paints is the willingness for people to believe in something that connects them to each other and a higher power. http://www.angelfire.com/ia/Geoff/famous.html that is a link to famous people who practice witch craft or claim some sort of affiliation.