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    term maleficium applied to forms of sorcery or witchcraft that were conducted with the intention of causing harm. Early in the 14th century, maleficium was...
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  • Look up maleficium in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Maleficium may refer to: Maleficium (sorcery), a Latin term meaning "evildoing", "wrongdoing",...
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  • Magic square Magic word Magical formula Magical thinking Magick Maleficium (sorcery) Mami Wata Martinist Mass (liturgy) Mathers table Maypole Mediumship...
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  • use of supernatural powers or magic for evil and selfish purposes Maleficium (sorcery), malevolent, dangerous, or harmful magic Bad Magic Records, an imprint...
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    difference in sense can be seen in constructions like "zagovory from maleficium"/"from bullets" (defensive, apotropaic aspect) and nagovory onto water...
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    Until around 1440, witchcraft-related prosecutions in Europe centered on maleficium, the concept of using supernatural powers specifically to harm others...
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    heretical—of engaging in magical activities. Medieval Europe also saw the term maleficium applied to forms of magic that were conducted with the intention of causing...
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    for sorcery only if it had been combined with murder (maleficium), but there are no confirmed case that anyone was actually executed for sorcery in Sweden...
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  • According to the Masoretic Text, practitioners of kashaph – incanting maleficium. According to the Septuagint version of the same passages, pharmakeia...
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    increasingly comprehensive theology of Satan as the ultimate source of all maleficium. These doctrinal shifts were completed in the mid-15th century, specifically...
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