Witchcraft is also the power to beguile, deceive, and persuade others to believe a lie No, that's called conning people. Don't give manipulative dirtbags more credit than they deserve. Unless you're actually going to say that Madison Avenue is a den of wizards and covens, in which case you're beyond hope.
Who do you think sold all those people that Enron stock . It was the Wizards of Wall Street. Magicians were economic forecasters whose job it was to predict the future and sell people on those forecasts -- seen any of them lately on the financial channels. They were also known as false prophets.