WHO:	PHILLIPS STEVENS JR, Ph.D. , Department of AnthropologyUniversity at Buffalo
TOPIC:	"COGNITIVE IMPLICATIONS OF DIABOLICAL WITCHCRAFT BELIEFS"
ABSTRACT:	The term "diabolical witch" is used here to distinguish this belief from the several other meanings of the loaded words "witch" and "witchcraft." This is the nearly universal complex of beliefs in an evil supernatural being that flies through the night, steals children, and engages in the most despicable acts imagined by people. Allegations of certain of these behaviors have been made in all cultures and throughout history, most recently in the satanism scares of the 1980s and early 1990s. They seem to represent fears deeply-rooted in human nature, like Jung's "archetypes" or Rodney Needham's "primordial characters." Illustrated with slides
WHEN:	1/21/2004 2:00:00 PM
WHERE:	SUNY Buffalo, 280 Park Hall SUNY Buffalo, 280 Park Hall

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