A witch doctor (also spelled witch-doctor), or witchcraft doctor, is a traditional practitioner, primarily in African indigenous societies, who employs divination, rituals, and herbal concoctions to identify supernatural causes of illness (such as witchcraft or malevolent spirits) and to effect cures through magical or spiritual interventions. The term is often misunderstood, and they could more accurately be called "anti-witch doctors".
A witch doctor (also spelled witch-doctor), or witchcraft doctor, is a traditional practitioner, primarily in African indigenous societies, who employs divination, rituals, and herbal concoctions to identify supernatural causes of illness (such as witchcraft or malevolent spirits) and to effect cures through magical or spiritual interventions. The term is often misunderstood, and they could more accurately be called "anti-witch doctors".
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