tsafi Aládance tsafi na nufin yin amfani dasiddabaru ko sihiri domin cutar da wasu.[1][2]tsafi Wanda keyin tsafi ana kiransa da mai sihiri ko boka.A medieval farko farkon kasarEurope inda aka samo asalin kalmar,wadanda ake tuhuma da yin tsafi yawancin sumatane inda suka yarda amafani da karfin tsafi a cikin alúmmar su,suke kuma yawan yin magana da shaidanu.Da yawa a wurare da dama wadanda ake tuhuma da yin tsafi sune masu duba da kumaungozomomi.[3][4]
Ko da yake ma'anoni sun bambanta daga tabbatacce zuwa mara kyau a wasu lokuta a cikintarihi,[5] sihiri yana ci gaba da samun muhimmiyar rawa ta addini da magani a cikin al'adu da yawa a yau. cikinal'adun Yammacin Turai, an danganta sihiri da ra'ayoyinSauran, [5] bakon,[5] da primitivism;[6] yana nuni da cewa “wani alama ce mai karfi ta bambancin al’adu”[7] haka kuma, al’amarin da ba na zamani ba.[7] A karshen karni na sha tara da farkon karni na ashirin, masanan yammacin duniya sun fahimci cewa yin sihiri alama ce ta tsattsauran ra'ayi kuma galibi suna danganta shi ga gungiyoyin jama'a.[7]
A cikintsafi na zamani da addinanneopagan, da yawa masu sihiri da bokaye da suka bayyana kansu suna yin sihirin akai-akai;[8] ayyana sihiri a matsayin dabarar kawo sauyi a duniyar zahiri ta hanyar qarfin son rai.Aleister Crowley (1875–1947), kwararren dan boko ne na Biritaniya, ya shahara da wannan ma'anar, kuma tun daga lokacin wasu addinai (misali.Wicca daLaVeyan Shaidan ) da tsarin sihiri (misalihargitsi sihiri ) sun karbe shi.
Kalmomin Turanci'magic'mage damai sihiri sun fito ne dagakalmar Latinmagus, ta hanyarGirkanci μάγος, wanda ya fito ne dagaTsohon Farisamaguš . (𐎶𐎦𐎢𐏁|𐎶𐎦𐎢𐏁, mai sihiri). [11] Tsohon Farisamagu- an samo shi dagaProto-Indo-Turai megʰ-*magh (zai iya). Kalmar Farisa na iya haifar daTsohon Sinitic*Mγ ag (mage koshaman ).[9] Tsohuwar sifar Farisa da alama ta mamaye tsoffinharsunan Semitic kamarTalmudicIbranancimagosh,AmgushaAramaic (mai sihiri), damaghdimKaldiya (hikima da falsafa); daga karni na farko KZ zuwa gaba,magusaina Syria ya shahara a matsayin masu sihiri da bokaye.[9]
