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Okay that is a fair point. I am genuinely interested to know what opinions people of various faiths have on the subject. However, in fairness to myself, my answer was a response to your question.Then why are opinions sought, if they are only to be contradicted flatly? This isn't a quiz, with prizes, surely?
We have yet to be informed what witchcraft is, in the terms of the OP. If it is nude dancing, how is it distinct from naturism? If it is healing, how is it different from alternative medicine? If it is alleged contact with the dead, how does it differ from spiritualism?
I view witchcraft as the use of knowledge to bring about change. It may be just knowing what herbs to use to cure or ease a headache. It may be, as Shyanekh pointed out, the applied use of psychology, drama and imagination to bring about a desired change. I don't think it is always or even mostly something supernatural, although that can be a part of it.
I took the post about women dancing naked around a fire as a joke, perhaps that was naive of me. Some ritual magic can include that, but most doesn't.
It can indeed be healing, in fact I would guess that is it's most common application. And yes, that might include what you refer to as alternative medicine.
I suppose it can include communion with the dead, but that is pretty rare.
No, to come back to what I said at the beginning, witchcraft is using any knowledge or ability you possess to effect change.