Chant, Invocation and Charms
The Latin incantation means “singing into,” invoking through chant, from canto, “song, chant.” The clergy sometimes called witches by the Latin title of incantatrix, which gave rise to French enchanteresse and, in turn, to English enchantress. Church councils were constantly prohibiting the singing of charms. They usually included divinations alongside incantations, as the council of […]
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