For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high [places].
(Ephesians 6-12)
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are [these]; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, sedition's, heresies, Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revel lings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told [you] in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
Many "old wives" remedies are considered and often included in "witchcraft" Herbals (publications of remedies using natural herbs, minerals, spices, etc.). In many cases, these are medically beneficial.
since witchcraft draws on the power of the evil one, Satan, yes, i suppose it does work, but you'd do best to stay clear of it.
please consider turning to Jesus, our loving Lord and Savior, and find rest for your weary soul, instead of turning to the devil. the decision you make will affect you for eternity.
Wicca's founder, British occultist Gerald Gardner (1884-1964), was a personal friend of the notorious satanist Aliester Crowley, a member of Crowley's Ordeo Templi Orientalis, and a member of the Fellowship of Crotona, Gardner was supposedly initiated into a coven of witches who claimed to belong to a lineage going back hundreds of years, and who worshiped the "goddess" and the "horned god". In 1951 the law against witchcraft was repealed in England, and shortly thereafter Gardner began to publicly promote witchcraft under the old British name "Wicca". Gardnerian Wicca combined the practice and ideas of his coven together with those of the Ordo Templi Orientalis, Eastern philosophy, and Freemasonry. Today, having been impacted by various spiritual and cultural trends, Wicca has become an amalgam of medieval witchcraft, feminism, goddess worship, pantheism, "deep ecology", and worship of the earth. In terms of percentage, Wicca is the fastest growing religion in the US and Canada. Numbers of adherents went from 8,000 in 1990 to 1340,000 in 2001. With adherents being inducted from among the old and the young alike, it is estimated the number of Wiccans in the US and Canada is doubling every thirty months. According to polls taken by the Covenant of the Goddess, the total number of self-styled pagans in the US, including witches, is now nearing a million and a half.
Wicca is but one of the varied expressions of the New Age spirituality. As Wiccan author Carol LeMasters explains: " The impact of New Age spirituality on the goddess community has also been incalculable. Emerging approximately at the same time, the two movements have now become so intertwined as to appear indistinguishable."
Expert from Saint Seraphim Rose's book "Orthodoxy and the Religion of the Future"
Of course it does. Magick is within everyone, it's ever present within everyone lives. It is in mountains, trees, forests, plants, animals, reptiles, and everything else in the natural world. Prayer is a form of magi ck, whether you want to realize it or not.
According to my experiences with the Craft, a lot of my spells have worked. Magick does exist.