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History & Facts about Witches and Witch Hunts in Europe; US/Salem
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Witches are somewhat mystical to us mortals and the Great Witch Hunt in Europe is something we can hardly understand. To this end, we have collected links to fascination facts and history articles about witches and witch hunts in Europe as well as in the US, namely Salem which trials has been excellent documented.

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INTRODUCTION TO WITCHES & WITCH CRAFT

Get a good overview about the nature of witches in this section:

Witch - Clarifying the origins of the word (Article)
Witches, Fire, and Other Dangerous Things: Why I Use the "W" Word (Essay by a modern witch)
Witches (Introduction, by the Sceptics Dictionary)
The Witches: Myths and Reality (Introduction)
Witchcraft F.A.Q.s ("..The following "frequently asked questions" are offered here to dispel many of the myths of the Craft of the Wise, Wiccan and Neo-Paganism.." )
What Witches Belief - Of basic beliefs and ethics
Witchcraft 101: So Ya Wanna be a Witch?
Witchcraft Terminology
Facts or Myth? The Witch of the Old St. Thomas Church
Common Misconceptions: The Death Toll
Thou Shalt Not Suffer a Woman to Live: The Reasons Behind the Hiding of Women's Sexuality During the Witchcraze (Detailed)
Witch Trials: Social Persecution

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ENVIRONMENT & TOOLS

Witches need tools and symbols and they operate within a certain environment. Find out more here:

The Witches Pentacle (The symbol of Witchcraft)
The Pythagorean Pentacle (Detailed, a historical introduction)
Sabbaths (Detailed, including history)
Walburgisnacht ("..In Germany, among witches and other occultists Walburgisnacht, or Walburgis Night, is one of the greatest sabbats celebrating fertility.." - Detailed article)
The Tools of Witchcraft
The Tools of the Craft (Nicely done Overview)
Witches Tools (Practical advice/info)

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THE GREAT EUROPEAN WITCH HUNT

The histories largest witch hunts happened in Europe. Read here about the latest available knowledge about them:

Recent Developments in the Study of the Great European Witch Hunt (Very interesting and detailed article)
Deaths from the European Witch Craze (Stats)
Witch Hunting and Population Policy: Population Policy, the Origin of Christian Family Morals and their Impact on World History
Calendar of Witchcraft Trials 1300-1500
The Witches' Sabbath At Christmas Eve - Christmas Witchcraft in 17th-century Finnmark (Northern- Norway)
The Shaman Of Alta - The 1627 Witch Trial Of Quiwe Baarsen
Finnish Witch Trials In Synopsis (1500-1750)
Marc Carlson List Of Witches - Witches and Witch trials in The Holy Roman Empire
Lindheim Witch trials (Witch Hunt & Trial in Germany)
Witch-hunts of Scotland: How the trial of Doctor Fian Began a New Craze
The Witch In Scotland And The Witch In East Anglia - A Comparative Study
The Witches Of Forfar - Burn the Witch: the Forfar witch hunts of the 1660's ("..In 1563 the newly created Church of Scotland made it illegal to either be a witch or to consult a witch in an attempt to stamp out pagan practices. This Act of Parliament was not abandoned until 1736. In between..")
Witches and Witch trials in England, the Channel Islands, Ireland and Scotland
Malleus Malificarum 1486 (Text only translation)
Bibliography to Malefice Justice (Approx. 3500 titles in this bibliography of materials available for download)
Inquisitions of Scotland - Witch Trials of Scotland ("..Scotland is second only to Germany in the barbarity of its witch trials. The Presbyterian clergy acted like inquisitors, and the church sessions often shared the prosecution with the secular law..")

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HISTORICAL WITCH CRAFT & WITCH TRIAL IN THE US/SALEM

Witch hunts happened in the US as well. The most famous one has been in Salem. While not large, the trials itself have been very well documented:

Witch hunt in East Hampton - A Long Island farmer's wife is accused of witchcraft three decades (1657) before the trials in Salem (Article)
The Witches at Salem 1692 (Genealogy Forum)
Salem Witchcraft Trials 1692 (Documents, Trials, Warrants, Images, Accounts. Very detailed site about Salem)
The 1692 Salem Witch Trials: Documents and Participants (Full eText version. Very detailed. Searchable documents)
Thomas Brattle's Attack on the Witch Trials (1692) (Letter Of Thomas Brattle, F. R. S., 1692)

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RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY, THEOSOPHY, PHILOSOPHY

The church has been involved very heavily in the witch hunts and trials:

Witches in the Bible and in the Talmud (A detailed explained reference)
Church/Responsibility of the Clergy ? (Theologians and priests inflicted with magic hunt. Several pages; with images)
Witchcraft Bibliography: Table of Contents (Excellent Reference)
The Story Of Religious Controversy, Chapter XXII - New Light on Witchcraft (Written by Joseph McCabe, 1867 - 1955)
Who's to Blame? ("..When skeptics refer to the inquisitions, witch hunts, and other persecutions that Christianity has left in its wake as reasons to oppose the religious right's intrusion into civil and political affairs, many Christians will argue that those who were responsible for such atrocities as these were not "real Christians."..")

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