Witchcraft beliefs are a part of every day life in Ghana and a part of aging in Ghana as well. This is typically not a problem for older adults, in a country where the connotation of the English word “old” is more positive; a colloquial term for translating, “I am old” means “I have grown” (van der Geest 2005). In addition, older adults who are known to have the wisdom that comes with knowing w...

Witchcraft and witch-hunt have been practiced widely almost all over the world. It is known as magic in Europe, maleficium (wrong-doing) in Latin America, and superpower in Asia. In Africa those accused of being witches often face execution. A range of accusations are leveled against witches such as causing impotence, turning milk sour, causing disease and death.Three cases are presented here t...

This article explores the uses of witches' night-flight in Johannes Kelper’s Somnium (1634). It situates Kepler's engagement with motif broader context debates on reality among early modern witch theorists, including contemporary and friend, Georg Gödelmann. proposes that Kepler understood as a phenomenon disputed status and, such, an appropriate imaginative space through which to pursue though...

Este artículo presenta el problema de la multitud y variedad creencias narrativas del centro México asociadas con los seres que toman forma una bola fuego voladora. Aunque frecuencia se les denomina “brujas” adscribe comportamientos extremadamente antisociales, entre indígenas nahuahablantes región Estado Veracruz a este tipo personajes considera como defensores comunidad guardianes tesoros. Un...

During 2021 surveys, greengage witches’-broom (GWB) and decline (GD) diseases were respectively observed in Fars Yazd provinces of Iran. Presence phytoplasma the symptomatic plants was confirmed by PCR amplifications 16S rRNA gene. Sequence analyses showed affiliation GWB GD phytoplasmas to‘Candidatus Phytoplasma phoenicium’ (16SrIX-B) and‘Ca. P. aurantifolia’ (16SrII-C) related strains, respec...