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Hello my little ones! So I wanted to talk about things involving witchcraft, like black magic and these things. Not that I'm an occultist or anything, obviously not, but like, I find this witch theme very interesting and creative.
I will use the Salem witches as an example. In case you don't know what happened in Salem (or what exactly Salem is) I'll tell you briefly. Salem is a city on the north coast of Massachusetts, above Boston. It is well known for her burning of witches, who we all know were probably innocent women who knew how to use science to their advantage. Salem witches have basically become myths in the US, the "real witches".
Imagine how cool it would be to live at that time, I mean, it wouldn't be SOOOO cool like that,hunting witches or even being one.
I think that, aside from the racism against black people at that time, it should be fun, hunting witches (or even being one), living on a ranch waiting for the werewolf to come...... I'm weird for thinking those things, right?
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Camylleon
As the ninth great-granddaughter of Susannah North Martin, Ann Foster, and Daniel Andrews, no I don't think it would be a lot of fun to hunt witches...
Of course because that town was so FREAKING SMALL, I'm also the 9th great-granddaughter or otherwise related to Dr. Gregg (the guy who looked for the witch marks) and many of the accusers.
I doubt it was a lot of fun. Not even for most of the accusers, although some of them undoubtedly enjoyed it. Some of them, though, really believed the hype and thought there were *actual* scary-as-hell witches out and about trying to hurt them or worse, entice them into selling their own soul.
They were extremely weird times.
HOWEVER, I do believe it is highly entertaining to play games or watch movies where the witches get their revenge. Its probably in my genes. :D
YouVVitch
I mean, no one was burned in Salem. Only hung (and the occasional odd deaths like Giles Corey who was crushed to death by stones). Burnings primarily occurred in Europe. The victims were accused not because they knew science or folk healing, but because of mass hysteria in the case of Salem. Also racism, with Tituba, a woman from Barbados who was the first accused of witchcraft in Salem.
In Europe, mostly England, it was actually an exploit in getting money. Matthew Hopkins dubbed himself a "Witchfinder" and would strut around towns offering to find, place on trial, and hunt witches. His book "The Discovery of Witches (1647)" began to be used in the law as well. The famous Hammer of Witches book was essentially a legal document. It was frankly an unfortunate time in history - an excuse to kill the marignalized. Jewish people, women, people of color, the disabled, the elderly. Another example of those in power abusing their power, unsurprisingly though. We see most famous burnings occurring in Ireland, so if you're very interested in that, look into the Irish and Welsh trials! The entire history is very fascinating and is worth a solid looking into... you can get sucked into a research hole so so easily.
Thanks for teaching me more about this topic, I really appreciate it.
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Yeah, no problem! It's a super interesting topic.
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