Witchcraft, Sorcery and Occult: A Biblical Perspective

Religion has been one of the platforms where either believing in the existence of the evil spirit, bad spirit that causes harm or trouble to general people, or purification, protection from such a spirit has been manifested for ages. Among the different religions of the world, Christianity, in its Holy Bible, also contains numerous references to the practices of Witchcraft, Sorcery, the occult, or Black Magic, where people attempt to gain knowledge of such practices to collect money and become wealthy. Additionally, there are instances where people harness such power to cause harm and settle enmity between them. Bible refers any such practices as un-Godly and also in the old Testament has sanctioned severe punishment to those who practice such acts, the Bible in the New Testament says that those who practice such practices such as Witchcraft, Sorcery, Occult or Black Magic has no place in kingdom of Heaven but if they repent and denounce their evil practice they are liable to be forgiven. The paper discusses various references to such practices in the Bible, extracted from different translations.