Traveling within the World
Witch History
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Abigail (Dane) Faulkner
Abigail (Dane) Faulkner (October 13, 1652-February 5, 1730) was an American woman accused of witchcraft during the Salem witch trials in 1692. In the frenzy that followed, Faulkner’s sister Elizabeth Johnson, her sister-in-law Deliverance Dane, two of her daughters, two of her nieces, and a nephew,…
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Witches of Cornwall Volume 61 Number 6, November/December 2008 by Kate Ravilious
Macabre evidence of age-old spells surfaces in an archaeologist's front yard Archaeologist Jacqui Wood holds a fragment of a cauldron unearthed from a buried spring-fed pool near her home. This and other artifacts she has found point to a long history of ritual and witchcraft. (Manuel Cohen)Over…
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"Witches grave" in Italy by Betuel-Lilith Sairalindë Elanessë
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Witches of Arras, by Betuel-Lilith Sairalindë Elanessë
The victim of the first organized witch hunts in northern France, which were carried out in the years 1459 1460 by the Inquisition. At a time when the ideas were still poorly defined by a witch, put the Inquisition connections between the alleged practices of certain locals and recognized heresy of…
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Witches of Bamberg, by Betuel-Lilith Sairalindë Elanessë
Scene of some of the cruelest witch trials in German history was the principality of Bamberg. Under the reign of the Prince-Bishop Gottfried Johann Georg II Fuchs von Dorn home, at least six hundred people were burned as witches in the years 1623 1633. The persecution began under Bishop Johann…
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European Wytchcraft
Catholic faith denunciation children unbaptized desecrated eucharist inverted crucifix shifting shape cannabalism evil intercourse midnight flight pact with satan soul is sacrificed Pagan rites idolatry heathen templars tried sodomy apostacy clergymen shall die Aristotelian high magik granted…
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Scottish witch report shows executioners’ crisis by MARTYN McLAUGHLIN
A group of supposed witches are beaten in front of King James VI about 1610. Picture: Hulton ArchiveIT WAS a macabre and dreaded career to take, during one of the darkest chapters in Scotland’s history when superstition brought about a culture of fear and panic that claimed the lives of hundreds of…
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Elizabeth Morse
Posted on a building in Market Square, Newburyport, Massachusetts. In May 1680, Elizabeth Morse was convicted of "not having the fear of God before her eyes, being instigated by the Divil and had familiarity with the Divil." According to a detailed article in The Newburyport Daily News: "Gov.…
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scholar unearths details about Salem witch trails, lifting shroud off long-held notions
As Giles Corey lay dying, pounds of stone crushing his chest, his accusers asked the old man one final time if he would plead guilty to the crime of witchcraft.Instead, Corey, with his final breaths, defiantly replied, “More weight!” It’s an enduring declaration of the craziness that was Salem in…
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~Elizabethan Witchcraft: An Era of Persecution~ by ★Mystic♥Pagan★©•*¨*•.¸¸¸.•*¨*•☆
The reign of Elizabeth I, Queen of England during the late 1500s, marked an intellectual era of the Renaissance. Sadly, it also marked an era of intensified persecution of Witches, a persecution supported…
This group explores Witch throughout History. From the early european witch hunts to the witch trials of Salem