We shall take witchcraft beliefs, mainly in tribal contexts, as our point of departure for a wider-ranging general discussion of tribal religions.

Evidence is emerging that witchcraft belief is an increasingly common tool in controlling children who have been trafficked.

The final part of the book is an overview of modern neo-pagan witchcraft belief and practice, drawing principally on Ruickbie's own doctoral research.

In other parts of the world witchcraft beliefs are common especially in parts of Asia and Africa.

In Africa, there appears to be a revival of witchcraft beliefs as African traditional beliefs mixed with Evangelical fervor have given it a new impetus.

"Puritans' witchcraft beliefs are finally inseparable from their ideas about women and from their larger religious world view," Ms. Karlsen writes.

In both respects, Puritan culture resembles other cultures with witchcraft beliefs: the witch image sets off in stark relief the most cherished values of these societies.

Surviving evidence regarding Anglo-Saxon witchcraft beliefs comes primarily from the latter part of this period, after England had been Christianised.

Europe's Inner Demons has come to be recognised as one of the most influential historical studies of European witchcraft beliefs.

She knew that if the banana plant was taken to the chief, someone would die because of the witchcraft belief.