Is there a place for witchcraft in today's Christianity ? And what form would it take ?
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If you mean holidays Christianity has a long history of adapting pagan holidays. Yule and Easter both predate Christ.
If you mean the craft, magik, I think this is the most nuanced answer. The Catholic church and several other branches of the faith of Christianity allow for prayer to Saints and Angels, while they are not "gods" they are similar in level of respect to high spirits. I know and have known people who see no issue praying to these spirits in a spell like fashion. Ex. I have overheard many statements such as this, "I asked my guardian angel to watch over me at my job interview." or similarly "I prayed to my brother, who is now in heaven, to look out for my little sister and I."
For a more obvious crossover look at the religion Santeria which is a pagan religion with such heavy Catholic influence many groups require baptism. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santer%C3%ADa
If over the years there was a developed hybrid of Witchcraft and Christianity I imagine it would look like this, with a single god at the top of the faith, but a spectacular respect for saints and angels as agents of God.
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I recently picked up a book at a local bookstore which peaked my interest. The title "A Witch's Halloween" by Gerina Dunwich caught my eye for a "spell". Just had to buy this book "written by a Wiccan High Priestess" which offers insight to "magick, incantations, recipes, spells, and lore". Although it focuses mostly on Halloween, there is plenty of informative, interesting information about witchcraft in today's world. The following excerpt from this book seems to cast a theory on your question:
"As a new era begins, the pagan path is shining its light on more and more people who are experiencing a growing spiritual need to reconnect with Mother Nature and the ancient ways. Individuals throughout the world are discovering that Wicca (an earth-based religion embraced by many contemporary witches) is a positive, nature-oriented spiritual path, similar in many ways to Native American shamanism. No devils are worshiped and no evil spells are employed to bring harm to others. Instead, most witches seek to live in harmony with the forces of nature and work positive magick to help, heal, and shape a better world for themselves and their children."
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@marlene - that quote is quite on the dime. I have been a practicing witch and pagan for many years. I think with rise in awareness and concern with the environment... that more and more people will be accepting of us tree hugging dirt worshippers!
http://www.acton.org/pub/religion-liberty/volume-2-number-7/environmentalism-newest-paganism
There's already a hybrid of Wicca and Christianity. It's called something as simple as "Christian Wicca".
I'm not going to type up a long post, as this question was already answered but I'll post this, along with a link.
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