Witch, Shuowen said: Witch, wish, female can do intangible things, and dance to the gods.
Witches can exchange information between gods and people, mobilize the power of ghosts and gods to eliminate disasters and bring happiness to people, and can descend gods, interpret dreams, predict, pray for rain, cure diseases and astrology, which is an indispensable occupation in ancient social life. In the Yin and Shang Dynasties, ghosts were particularly valued, and both the salty and the virtuous reached the phase. "Book of Rites" once carried Lu Jun to beg for rain with witches. Connected with the wizard is Zhu, and Shuowen says: Zhu, the person who worships the Lord and praises the words. That is, the specific etiquette in charge of religious sacrifices plays the role of master of ceremonies. Such as chanting prayers for the main sacrifice, and guiding the way to meet God. I wish you have a good eloquence, guide the sacrifice with clear words, and please God with good words. Witchcraft is a religious phenomenon widely existing in various regions and historical stages of the world. Its usual form is to use and manipulate some superhuman mysterious power to influence people's lives or natural events through certain ritual performances to meet certain purposes. Ritual performances of witchcraft often take the form of symbolic songs and dances, and use some kind of objects and spells that are considered to be magical. According to the records of ancient books in China, witches are religious professionals engaged in the activities of connecting ghosts with gods. "Guoyu" view shot the father said: the ancient people's gods were not mixed, and the people's spirits were not mixed, but they were able to be sincere and upright. Their intelligence was superior to righteousness, their holiness was far and wide-ranging, their brightness was bright and bright, and their cleverness was able to listen to it thoroughly. If so, they would be wise and descend, and they would be stunned in men and witches in women. Note: wizard, the devil is also, Zhou Li-nan is also a witch. The sorcerer's way of getting rid of ghosts is to use song and dance performances. "Shangshu" said: If you dare to dance in the palace and sing in the room, it is called witchcraft. Shu yue: witches do things with songs and dances, so songs and dances are the custom of witches. Generally speaking, it can be concluded that the wizard's dance is a ritual of descending the gods, and the content of the song may be a spell to connect ghosts with gods. This ritual and incantation constitute the main content of witchcraft. Witchcraft has a wide range of purposes, and people use witchcraft to connect ghosts with gods for all purposes and affairs that are not expected to be completed by human beings. Divination, fortune-telling, praying for rain, exorcising ghosts and treating diseases, all kinds of left-wing witchcraft, even medical skills are included in the broad sense of witchcraft. In ancient books, there is not much difference between witchcraft and sorcery, and between sorcerer and warlock.