>>9907054>magicLook up the word, and it's associated with Zoroastrian priests. So forbidding sorcery and witchcraft is like forbidding the practice of the old religion. Targeting women in particular, is a rather curious feature, which for me goes to show that men are supposed to be in charge.
The rabus of old times knew how to make fire! And they could read a book to come up with more weird stuff to teach. Absolute magic.