Women weren’t the only victims of the Salem Witch Trials; six men were also convicted and executed. Other Old Testament verses condemn witches, such as the oft-cited Exodus 22:18, which says, “thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.” Additional Biblical passages caution against divination, chanting or using witches to contact the dead. Their spells and incantations are often derived from their Book of Shadows, a 20th-century collection of wisdom and witchcraft, and can be compared to the act of prayer in other religions. A modern-day witchcraft potion is more likely to be an herbal remedy for the flu instead of a hex to harm someone. Like the Papal Bull of VIII which is now considered integral with the Malleus, future commentators will make much of the statements of Summers, a "modern" man. Witch hysteria really took hold in Europe during the mid-1400s, when many accused witches confessed, often under torture, to a variety of wicked behaviors. and 721 B.C. Today’s witchcraft spells are usually used to stop someone from doing evil or harming themselves. Many, however, were simply natural healers or so-called “wise women” whose choice of profession was misunderstood. The daughter and niece of the local minister, Samuel Parris, claimed to be afflicted by invisible forces who bit and pinched them, ...read more, 1. About two-dozen witch trials (mostly of women) took place in Virginia between 1626 and 1730. The distraught parents, grasping at any ...read more, The Devil, also referred to as Satan, is best known as the personification of evil and the nemesis of good people everywhere. Wiccans avoid evil and the appearance of evil at all costs. First written in 1484 (and reprinted endlessly), “Malleus Maleficarum” was immediately given the imprimatur of the Holy See as the most important work on witchcraft, to date. In Virginia, people were less frantic about witches. The publication of “Malleus Maleficarum”—written by two well-respected German Dominicans in 1486—likely spurred witch mania to go viral. You can find him on Google+, Twitter and Facebook. 2020 The Malleus Maleficarum. Most people associate vampires with Count Dracula, the legendary, blood-sucking subject of Bram Stoker’s epic ...read more, A mummy is a person or animal whose body has been dried or otherwise preserved after death. iLike Adolph Hitler’s “Mein Kampf,” Heinrich Kramer and c0-author Jacob Sprenger’s “Malleus Maleficarum” is a book that is read for historical importance rather than enjoyment.
