Witchcraft were the accusations made, when all along it was the ergot contaminated rye flour that gave those people Very Bad Trips. When the little ice age happened, the Jews in Germany were blamed, and persecuted. I brought it up for historical reference and has nothing to do with the actual practice of such.

The point is that what we now know through science to be natural, the superstitious often blamed on the gods, devils, or whatever whipping boy was handy to persecute.