0 the use of power gained from evil spirits. -- ilmu sihir‘
1 witchcraft or magic in general. -- ilmu sihir
They said, in effect, that there were no such things as witchcraft, sorcery, enchantment or conjuration, and that consequently no prosecutions could be instituted for any such offence.
That is not so much a fiscal study as fiscal sorcery.
I am not an economist and have no understanding of the spells and incantations of that particular brand of sorcery.
It abolished proceedings for witchcraft, sorcery, inchantment or conjuration, and substituted a provision penalising fraudulent pretences to exercise or use such arts or powers.
Marginal (warfare) or illicit (sorcery) circumstances, allowing victorious warriors or skilled witches to access the forces of foreign bodies, provided opportunities and models for such practice.
The present monograph is the first of a projected trilogy; work is under way now on the second volume, a monograph on marriage, sorcery, and violence.
Sorcery (boloi) was its inverse, implying the negation of value through attempts to harm others and/or unravel their endeavours.
A significant proportion of them were young, male beggars who were feared capable of working sorcery as a rite of revenge against householders who rejected their pleas for alms.
