Christian invention most people think
This predates Christianity
Homer’s Odyssey 800 BC
The circle who turn men into animals,
described as a witch
Plutarch reference in his treatise,
on superstition that be
Illicit magic features,
heavily in Roman law statutes for plea
Many passed down to the Christian world
Early laws were against sorcery scores
Witchcraft required,
special words tools and skills
The Archaeologists discovered hundreds,
of ancient Greek curse tablets,
that they thought were chic
Katares curses that bind tight
Greeks seemed to have invented this spike
Focus you see was mainly sporting competitions,
and legal contests for he
Inscribed,
these tablets put and left in graves,
wells or fountains were not saved
A chance given for the dead,
to work their magic,
as the Greeks said

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