That being said, I also understand that we are living under the dispensation of Grace where Salvation is now paid for by the Blood of Jesus and is freely offered to anyone who chooses to receive it.
To even further demonstrate it, the Gospels recounts an instance where some towns actually confronted Jesus and his disciples as they were about to enter there. 2 of the disciples asked Jesus "shall we call down fire from heaven upon them?" at which point Jesus chided them and told them NO and went on to teach that his mission is to save lives and not destroy!
So yeah, I understand that the death penalty seems have been rescinded as Salvation is now offered to all. However, I can tell you instances when dealing with these wicked ones who Can & Do real Harm & Death to people, in the various battles, they pay a dear penalty when the spiritual weapons that they hurl are reversed back unto them!
I've had to teach others that when a human spirit astral projects into their homes and they are detected, they are to issue a strong verbal warning to the human that unless they retreat and cease from visiting them, then they will sever their silver cord which will automatically kill them!
Alas, Restraint is always the first order even though these evil ones has no such desire towards us.
Also, for those who are claims that witches are fiction or just girls making fun, have absolutely no idea of the real world! The devil loves and hides in darkness.
Do I have that straight? Because honestly, this sounds like it’s being spoken verbatim from Dungeons and Dragons, where it’s a 9th level spell.
http://www.d20srd.org/srd/spells/astralProjection.htm
By freeing your spirit from your physical body, this spell allows you to project an astral body onto another plane altogether.
You can bring the astral forms of other willing creatures with you, provided that these subjects are linked in a circle with you at the time of the casting. These fellow travelers are dependent upon you and must accompany you at all times. If something happens to you during the journey, your companions are stranded wherever you left them.
You project your astral self onto the Astral Plane, leaving your physical body behind on the Material Plane in a state of suspended animation. The spell projects an astral copy of you and all you wear or carry onto the Astral Plane. Since the Astral Plane touches upon other planes, you can travel astrally to any of these other planes as you will. To enter one, you leave the Astral Plane, forming a new physical body (and equipment) on the plane of existence you have chosen to enter.
While you are on the Astral Plane, your astral body is connected at all times to your physical body by a silvery cord. If the cord is broken, you are killed, astrally and physically. Luckily, very few things can destroy a silver cord. When a second body is formed on a different plane, the incorporeal silvery cord remains invisibly attached to the new body. If the second body or the astral form is slain, the cord simply returns to your body where it rests on the Material Plane, thereby reviving it from its state of suspended animation. Although astral projections are able to function on the Astral Plane, their actions affect only creatures existing on the Astral Plane; a physical body must be materialized on other planes.
You and your companions may travel through the Astral Plane indefinitely. Your bodies simply wait behind in a state of suspended animation until you choose to return your spirits to them. The spell lasts until you desire to end it, or until it is terminated by some outside means, such as dispel magic cast upon either the physical body or the astral form, the breaking of the silver cord, or the destruction of your body back on the Material Plane (which kills you).