'Witchcraft' families killed

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  • MrBrian
    MrBrian Posts: 2,672
    tybird wrote:
    And sometimes the accusers have a profit motive behind what they do.......

    well of course! Money can be a dangerous spell, it can truly be an evil majic.
  • Kat
    Kat Posts: 4,984
    tybird wrote:
    And sometimes the accusers have a profit motive behind what they do.......

    Really? Do you know something else about this particular story? I shouldn't be surprised though...I've recently come to the conclusion, maybe late, that most things in life are driven by economics of some kind.

    Love,
    Kat
    Falling down,...not staying down
  • tybird
    tybird Posts: 17,388
    Kat wrote:
    Really? Do you know something else about this particular story? I shouldn't be surprised though...I've recently come to the conclusion, maybe late, that most things in life are driven by economics of some kind.

    Love,
    Kat
    Not this particular story...........but I do believe that there was some greedy reasons behind some of the Salem accusations. In pre-modern societies, the "she/he's a witch" claim was very effective in rallying the people against a person or persons. It got the people all up in arms and pro-active before anyone could start asking the right questions in regards to both the accused and the accuser.
    All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.
  • Garden Dogg
    Garden Dogg Posts: 226
    Kat wrote:
    I thought this was interesting because it shows something from another time and place in American history. I wonder if every culture had a "witchhunting" phase in their history and exterminated their own out of fear?

    Love,
    Kat

    I had to write a paper in college on the Salem Witch Trials. Not all of it was based in fear. Some were "accused" due to land and family disputes. Others, according to the author of my main source, were "afflicted" with encephalitis-lethargica. The author even traced migratory bird paths to strengthen her theory.
    "let's hug it out, bitch."

    "and onward goes this thing of ours."
  • SuzannePjam
    SuzannePjam Posts: 411
    I read a novel recently which had a reference in it about the Malleus Maleficarum (Hammer of Witches-- a famous 15th century manuscript which was Catholic Church approved on how to detect witches) and when I looked it up came across this interesting article about the history of witch hunting.

    http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/history/world/wh0056.html
    "Where there is sacrifice there is someone collecting the sacrificial offerings."-- Ayn Rand

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