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The witches or wizards addicted to such practices were alleged to reject Jesus and the sacraments, observe "the witches\' sabbath" (performing infernal rites which often parodied the Mass or other sacraments of the Church), pay Divine honour to the Prince of Darkness, and, in return, receive from him preternatural powers.
It was believed that a witch often joined a pact with the devil to gain powers to deal with infertility, immense fear for her children\'s well-being, or revenge against a lover.
Witches may also be depicted as essentially good, as in Bewitched, or Terry Pratchett\'s Discworld novels, as well as in the television show Charmed, where the main characters are witches and they must protect the innocents from demons and other malevolent creatures.
Necromancy, the conjuring of the spirits of the dead, is also regarded as a typical witchcraft practice; the Biblical 'Witch' of Endor is supposed to have performed it, and it is among the witchcraft practices condemned by Aelfric.
Witches were believed to create figures in clay, wax, or from rags, to represent people, and the actions performed upon these figures were believed to be transferred to the subject.
Boniface declared in the eighth century that belief in witches is unchristian.
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