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-[[Afrikaans]] for [[Witch doctor|witch doctor]]. This can have two related meanings,
+[[Afrikaans]] name for a [[Witch doctor|witch doctor]]
-Firstly it may refer to someone with psychic and prophetic powers, a practitioner of [[Ceremony|ceremonial magic]], utilizing a system of occult techniques for healing and spiritual development in an individual and/or community, also used to promote and or social cohesion. In this sense the witch doctor was a powerful and influential member of society, in the same way a court  [[Magician|magician]] or [[Shaman|shaman]] may have been in other cultures.
+See also [[Shaman]],  and  [[Sangoma]].
-Secondly, and more commonly today, refers to a herbalist and traditional African healer, who may or may not also have psychic and prophetic powers.
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-See also [[Shaman]], [[Sangoma|Witch doctor]] and  [[Sangoma]].
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