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Popular ideas about witches arise in England between 1500-1800. These ideas, and the subsequent witch trials, shape literary portrayals of witches for centuries to come.
http://fairytales.suite101.com/article.cfm/early_modern_witchcraft_theories
The Church tolerates magic during the early Christian era (AD 1-1000). But in 906 a.d, it lays the foundation for a religious persecution lasting until 1800.
http://fairytales.suite101.com/article.cfm/conceptions_of_witchcraft
In medieval times, witches, real or imagined, were greatly feared and blamed for many of society's problems.
http://medievalhistory.suite101.com/article.cfm/witchcraft_in_the_middle_ag
es
Christopher Penczak is an award winning author of pagan and witchcraft books. In this interview, he speaks about his youth.
http://paganismwicca.suite101.com/article.cfm/growing_up_with_christopher_p
enczak
Many Wiccan practitioners choose to keep a Book of Shadows in which they set down and evolve their Witchcraft spells and rituals.
http://pagan-wiccan-practice.suite101.com/article.cfm/wiccan_book_of_shadow
s
Incantations, rituals, spells, and charms were integral to witchcraft in Southeastern Europe. Folk healing was the task of the village witch, who possessed special skills
http://balkan-history.suite101.com/article.cfm/south_slavic_witchcraft
Wicca is a way of life. A way of living in harmony with nature and with those around you. The difficult decision is whether to practice alone or in a group or coven.
http://paganismwicca.suite101.com/article.cfm/what_is_witchcraft_a_brief_gu
ide
Science proved eating contaminated rye bread can result in this disease. Evidence tends to support the theory that this was the primary cause of Salem's witchcraft mania.
http://paganismwicca.suite101.com/article.cfm/ergot_caused_some_witch_hunts
_theory
Why were witch trials relatively numerous in 17th-century New England, but much less so in the other colonies? The answer lies in New England's Puritan religion.
http://colonial-america.suite101.com/article.cfm/witchcraft_in_colonial_ame
rica
Persecution of witches was most apparent in Colonial New England where strict Calvinist views formed the basis of a theocratic, Old Testament model that accepted witches.
http://colonial-america.suite101.com/article.cfm/witchcraft_in_the_american
_colonies
Although nearly 90 years old, Häxan, from Danish director Benjamin Christensen, still has the power to shock, engage, enthral and thrill.
http://horrorfilms.suite101.com/article.cfm/haexan_witchcraft_through_the_a
ges
There is a popular misconception that it is a religion or connected to Gerald Gardner's Wicca. It is not. There are no courses that will transform a person into a Witch.
http://paranormal.suite101.com/article.cfm/the_elucidation_of_witchcraft
Martha Cory is jailed for bewitching Ann Putnam, Sr. Some thirty-nine people are accused for witchcraft and sent to jail.
http://americanhistory.suite101.com/article.cfm/martha_cory_jailed_for_witc
hcraft
Another woman confesses to witchcraft, revealing that there is a Witch Church in Salem Village with George Burroughs as its minister.
http://americanhistory.suite101.com/article.cfm/burroughs_accused_of_witchc
raft
In Medieval times, belief was that witches had these powers, granted by the devil. The Malleus Maleficarum, most widely used witch hunting manual, provided a remedy.
http://paganismwicca.suite101.com/article.cfm/witchcraft_storm_raising
Amulets, words, objects and symbols were believed to keep people, animals and homes safe from harm. Some were worn, carried in pockets or used as wall hangings.
http://paganismwicca.suite101.com/article.cfm/witchcraft_protection
Belief in were-animals was universal throughout Europe. In the Middle Ages, different countries had names for the creature and believed witches could shape-shift.
http://paganismwicca.suite101.com/article.cfm/witchcraft_and_werewolves
Italian witchcraft is derived from the Shamanic or Pagan Roman-Greco traditions. Technically, Strega is a female witch and Stregone is a male.
http://paganismwicca.suite101.com/article.cfm/stregheria_italian_witchcraft
Cotton Mather: Investigated cases of witchcraft in Salem and Boston and orders execution of George Burroughs for witchcraft.
http://americanhistory.suite101.com/article.cfm/cotton_mather
More people are hung for witchcraft. The hunt spreads to other communities. Mather doubts the "validity of spectral evidence."
http://americanhistory.suite101.com/article.cfm/the_witch_hunt_spreads
A concise account of Temperance Lloyd, Mary Trembles and Susanna Edward, the last women to be convicted and executed for witchcraft in Britain.
http://weuropeanhistory.suite101.com/article.cfm/the_trial_of_the_bideford_
witches_1682
As the first person to be tried for witchcraft in Ireland, Lady Alice Kyteler faced sorcery and heresy charges a century before the start of the European Witch-Hunt.
http://womens-history.suite101.com/article.cfm/lady_alice_kyteler
Bathory, best known for killing and torturing virgins and being a "vampyre," is a study of pathology, but she was arrested for and charged with practicing witchcraft.
http://paganismwicca.suite101.com/article.cfm/who_and_what_was_elizabeth_ba
thory
From witchcraft to the power of underwear, superstition is rife in soccer. What are the more extreme examples of this placebo for the mind?
http://soccer.suite101.com/article.cfm/witchcraft_in_soccer
No one was safe from being accused of practicing witchcraft. The youngest was a child of four. Among the others were a Puritan minister and a prominent family's son.
http://paganismwicca.suite101.com/article.cfm/salem_witch_persecutions_who_
was_who
Cotton Mather, during the Salem Witch Trials, urges the acceptance of spectral evidence. George Burroughs is hanged for witchcraft.
http://americanhistory.suite101.com/article.cfm/cotton_mather_condemns_witc
hes
Looking for something a bit different to read over the holidays? Try this challenging but rewarding story of one woman's battle to scrap the Parliamentary Witchcraft Act.
http://modern-american-fiction.suite101.com/article.cfm/james_morrow_the_la
st_witchfinder
Learn how to make magic in the kitchen and even make household chores enjoyable with this unique form of hearth witchcraft for the solitary witch.
http://pagan-wiccan-practice.suite101.com/article.cfm/what_is_a_kitchen_wit
ch
Bridget Bishop, Elizabeth Proctor, Rebecca Nurse, and others are convicted of witchcraft in Salem and hung on Gallows Hill.
http://americanhistory.suite101.com/article.cfm/death_on_gallows_hill
The Salem Witch questioning begins with John Hathorne grilling Sarah Good, in hopes that she will confess to witchcraft. Her own husband gives the damning statements.
http://americanhistory.suite101.com/article.cfm/the_salem_inquisition_begin
s
The late medieval preoccupation with witchcraft led to a redefinition of demonic possession that still affects certain Christian traditions denying psychological answers.
http://catholicism.suite101.com/article.cfm/demon_possession_and_psychologi
cal_disorders
George Burroughs is arrested for witchcraft. It is suspected that he killed two previous wives, and maybe more.
http://americanhistory.suite101.com/article.cfm/burroughs_suspected_of_murd
er
Life in Salem Village for youngsters: Long Puritan church services, acting as adults, accusing others of witchcraft.
http://americanhistory.suite101.com/article.cfm/growing_up_in_salem__massac
husetts
Sarah Good, an ill-tempered woman living in poverty in Salem Village is accused of witchcraft and of bewitching several young girls.
http://americanhistory.suite101.com/article.cfm/sarah_good_
Giles Cory is accused of witchcraft. He refuses to be tried and is pressed to death in order to get him to confess.
http://americanhistory.suite101.com/article.cfm/the_conviction_of_giles_cor
y
The witchcraft trials in Salem represent a very unique event in American history. Many people today have colonial ancestors who were somehow involved.
http://genealogy.suite101.com/article.cfm/salem_witch_trial_genealogy
For nearly six centuries, the Catholic Church operated a series of inquisitions for the purpose of wiping out heresy and witchcraft.
http://medievalhistory.suite101.com/article.cfm/inquisitions_of_the_middle_
ages
Rebecca (Towne) Nurse, a tragic example of the Salem witchcraft hysteria, has thousands of living descendants.
http://genealogy.suite101.com/article.cfm/accused_witch_rebecca_towne_nurse
_of_salem
Christopher Penczak is a High Priest in the Temple of Witchcraft tradition and organization. In this interview he speaks about his profession and religion.
http://paganismwicca.suite101.com/article.cfm/high_priest_christopher_pencz
ak
Many plants have been used in witchcraft and ancient magic for casting spells; herbs which have been used for love spells include basil, fennel and lovage.
http://botany.suite101.com/article.cfm/plants_for_love_spells
Tituba is questioned concerning witchcraft and tells of hairy creatures, winged women, and being urged to cut of Ann Putnam's head.
http://americanhistory.suite101.com/article.cfm/tituba_s_amazing_evidence
Sarah Osborne of Salem Village, having gone from prosperous to poverty is accused of witchcraft.
http://americanhistory.suite101.com/article.cfm/sarah_osborne_of_salem_vill
age
Sarah Osborne becomes the enemy of Thomas Putnam Junior, father of Ann Putnam, Jr. one of the bewitched girls. Osborne is accused of witchcraft.
http://americanhistory.suite101.com/article.cfm/osborne_incurs_wrath
Wise women/men didn't practice the witchcraft condemned as working with the devil. They used magick only for good. One of the best examples: Pennsylvania Dutch PowWow.
http://paganismwicca.suite101.com/article.cfm/white_witches_cunning_folk
The results of possession by the devil is explored. Puritans believe that misfortune is caused by witchcraft.
http://americanhistory.suite101.com/article.cfm/possession_by_demons
George Burroughs is sentenced to hang for witchcraft along with other accused and sentenced witches.
http://americanhistory.suite101.com/article.cfm/the_hanging_of_george_burro
ughs
Fourteen years after the Salem Witch Trials, Ann Putnam, Jr. admits that she wrongly accused many for witchcraft.
http://americanhistory.suite101.com/article.cfm/ann_putnam__jr__confesses_g
uilt
Bridget Bishop of Salem: Accused of witchcraft, practicing black magic, bewitching men and children, making money disappear.
http://americanhistory.suite101.com/article.cfm/bridget_bishop_of_salem
Following the death of her husband, Henry IV, her stepson Henry V imprisoned Joan for three years, accusing her of trying to poison him through witchcraft.
http://historicalbiographies.suite101.com/article.cfm/joan_of_navarre_wife_
of_henry_iv
For genealogists, there is a serious side to all of the Halloween fun around witches. Thousands of Americans descend from ancestors wrongly accused of witchcraft.
http://genealogy.suite101.com/article.cfm/qualifying_ancestors_for_witch_so
ciety_members
During medieval times, superstitious beliefs about witchcraft led to the killing of large numbers of cats, which allowed the Bubonic Plague to spread unchecked.
http://cats.suite101.com/article.cfm/cats_and_the_black_plague
Once believed to be a vessel of evil, the walnut tree has long been associated with witchcraft and healing. It is now used for fertility magic and smooth transitions.
http://pagan-wiccan-practice.suite101.com/article.cfm/tree_medicine_and_mag
ic_the_walnut
The people of Salem, Massachusetts, like centuries of populations before them well believed in the power of witchcraft.
http://americanhistory.suite101.com/article.cfm/the_devil_walked_among_them
In the 1600s, this Basque village's population was terrorized by the Inquisition, hysteria and charges of witchcraft. Pierre de Lancre presided over the persecution.
http://paganismwicca.suite101.com/article.cfm/the_witches_of_zugarramurdi
Understand a major law of witchcraft concerning the consequences of casting magic spells. Every Witch should know the Wiccan Law of Return.
http://paganismwicca.suite101.com/article.cfm/wiccan_rule_of_three_or_three
fold_law
Amethyst is one of the most popular semi-precious gems, said to calm passions and aid in meditation, healing, restful sleep, good dreams, and protect against witchcraft.
http://gemstones.suite101.com/article.cfm/february_birthstone_amethyst
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