Most of us understand the popular form of witchcraft that comes through a person’s words– used to persuade a person to agree to their will. We also know of actions, like crying or pouting with the intent to make someone feel guilty and stop them from doing what they set out to do or feel. A person that is being manipulated will feel a certain way, but then feel guilty for feeling it. As they sit through someone crying, thinking they are an awful person because they should be feeling compassion when all they feel is disgust or irritation.
This is how witchcraft works. To play head games with the victim. That is what happens when the victim’s will is being warped, twisted and bent out of shape to be molded to fit someone else’s desire. The victim will be in a mental battle and feel completely out of sorts and think they are going crazy. The victim won’t see anything but the person’s face before them, they will FEEL their presence hovering over them. This is all part of the witchcraft spirit. What they don’t understand is that “face” they see is just a host. The real enemy is satan.
Ignoring someone, or giving someone the silent treatment, in my opinion, is the most dangerous form of manipulation for not only the victim but for the person being used to dish it out.
Why? First, let’s talk about the person who is choosing to withhold and closes the door to conversations. They may buy into the lie that they are protecting themselves, or they are just too overwhelmed with other things to deal with someone. They may feel that it’s not worth their time, or they are upset over the way that person keeps choosing to disrespect their time, or choice of communication. “I prefer texts over phone calls. I have told them a million times yet they continue to call. I will no longer respond this way.”
Even when that call is harmless, kind, considerate and loving. Even if they are requesting really important information and it would not take but a moment of their time to respond. BUT because the manipulator feel ignored, disrespected, and pride takes over, they refuse to acknowledge. So they ignore it. They will ignore until they feel their silence has driven home the message. Ignore until they are good and ready to reply. In their mind, this is all about them, all about being disrespected in how they feel, or if their time or space has been invaded. Deep down, they know exactly what they are doing, but the reasons are absolutely justified in their mind.
NOTE: there are some that are FULLY aware they are giving the silent treatment and ignoring because they are punishing, and the person receiving the punishment is fully aware of what is going on. I don’t believe so because not all forms of control and manipulation involve witchcraft. This is just a blatant form of control.
To the ignored, they can FEEL the silence. It comes over them and hangs upon them like a dark cloud. They can sense the person’s anger, disdain, and the mind plays out all kinds of scenarios that distract them.
“What did I do? Did I offend them? Did they misunderstand me?”

This is the spell of witchcraft that covers the person. The victim may become so insecure, they fearfully reach out to test the waters. They may resort to kissing butt to win that person over, and stop the fear and torment, entering into their own form of deception as none of it’s pure in motive.

It’s a cycle of two people using lies and manipulation to not only communicate, but to get what they need from each other. What ultimately happens is the victim becomes sick of the mind games, sick of feeling this way and will no longer want to be a part of the game. They stop kissing butt, the very thing the other person needs. You see, to them, that is what honor and respect looks and feels like, and when that is gone, they too will feel the other person is no longer filling their need.

Each person has issues that need to be worked out in their hearts with God. Places that are left open to offense, pride, fear insecurity and darkness. They have to self examine and be brave enough to confront themselves. Bold enough to stand up to their own pride and humble enough to allow someone to invade their space, or disrespect their choices.
They have to confront themselves with open eyes and a willing heart to not allow themselves to be used by the enemy to create a stronghold of witchcraft around someone else, therefore creating their own prison. That means they need to confront what keeps opening the door. Jealousy? Fear? Insecurities? Unworthiness?
Most manipulators are not sadistic. They have HUGE gaping holes in them that have only been filled one way, through themselves filling their own needs. These holes are crying out relentlessly to be filled which drives them to fill them the only way they know how. By being in charge. Buy putting themselves first because that need is too loud and won’t give them peace.
Control and manipulation are not the roots of the issue. It’s the means to get what is needed driven by the core root. Fear, insecurity, identity, pride, unworthiness, jealousy. All these things can be quieted when the person gets their needs met through manipulation and control.
To break free from either using witchcraft, or being the victim of witchcraft the answer is the same. Truth and letting go. Since witchcraft feeds off of control and lies, then to be free, you must confess the truth, walk in truth, and let go of those things that keep you bound. That letting go is not easy, it means being healed so you can be delivered.
Honesty and denying the roots that make you act. Opening the door to communicating when you want to punish with the silent treatment, or shutting the door when you want to react out of insecurity and kiss butt. It’s about sel