Articles related to "Witch Hunt"



A Witch Hunt in NH - Part II
Women living during the 17th century in Colonial America risked their lives if they were independent, outspoken, or just plain ornery. Join me as look at the life of such a woman.
• witch • witches • witchcraft • goody cole • eunice cole

A Witch Hunt in NH - Part III
Women living during the 17th century in Colonial America risked their lives if they were independent, outspoken, or just plain ornery. Join me as look at the life of such a woman.
• witch • witches • witchcraft • goody cole • eunice cole

A Witch Hunt in NH -- Part I
Women living during the 17th century in Colonial America risked their lives if they were independent, outspoken, or just plain ornery. Join me as look at the life of such a woman.
• witch • witches • witchcraft • goody cole • eunice cole

Boring Reading or Missing the Point?
Many classics have subtle hidden meanings that some readers miss the first time around. If you think you've just read a really boring book, look again, you might have missed the entire point.
• hemingway • crucible • arthur • miller • communism

The Witch Hunt Spreads
More people are hung for witchcraft. The hunt spreads to other communities. Mather doubts the "validity of spectral evidence."
• salem witch trials • mather • cory • osborne • good

The Witch Hunts in Scotland
An overview of the witch hunts in Scotland.
• witch • witches • witchcraft • execution • dornoch

Torture and the Witchcraze of Early Modern Europe continued
This continues the current series of articles, and focuses particularly on the final torture and deaths of those convicted in the Pappenheimer trial.
• witches • witch hunts • inquisition • heresy • torture

Torture and the Witchcraze of Early Modern Europe: Continued
This article begins to examine the impact of the spectacle of public torture on the women that viewed it.
• witch hunts • witch trials • inquisition • heresy • torture

Witch-Hunts: A Thing of the Past?
We might rarely think of witches, magic and sorcery outside of Halloween, but they are part of a harsh and brutal reality in other parts of the world.
• witch-hunt • africa • south-african witches • male witches • witch burning

Devil's Knot: The True Story of the West Memphis Three
What do you get when three teenagers are accused of murdering three young boys? Devil's Knot
• devil • knot • leverit • leveritt • leaverit

Malleus Maleficarum
The "Witches' Hammer" or "Hexenhammer" was written by Heinrich Kramer and Jacob Sprenger. Montague Summers, friend of Aleister Crowley, endorsed it centuries later.
• malleus maleficarum • the witches’ hammer • hexenhammer • witch persecutions • witch hunts

Misconceptions of Wicca and Witchcraft
An attempt to debunk some of the more prevalent stereotypes and misconceptions about Wicca and Witchcraft. Includes discussions on whether Wicca is Satanic, whether magic is evil, and whether all Wiccans are just teenage girls.
• wicca • witchcraft • misconceptions • stereotypes • paganism

The Church, a Witch, Sex and Satan
The Christian concept of "evil" has for long been synonymous with sexual desire and the rejection of women in general and women's sexuality in particular.
• witches • wicca • pagan • sex • satan

Reinventing Scotland's Grassmarket
Scotland's Grassmarket is host to pubs, shops and soon to be home to an underground recycling facility. Once a place that hanged its criminals, this makes a nice change.
• the grassmarket • grassmarket • edinburgh • scotland • edinburgh castle

The Truth Behind Halloween Legends
Learn the truth behind the myths of vampires, werewolves and witches.
• kids • science • vampires • werewolves • witches


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