Let's hop back into Spooky Season with a very quick history of Witches! We'll talk about what makes a witch and about witch trials in Germany in the 1600s that led to thousands of burnings, specifically the Würtzburg Witch Trials. On the way there, we will talk about Salem, The Malleus Maleficarum (aka Hammer of Witches), and we will talk about how, between 2019 and 2019, more than 20,000 people were killed on suspicion of witchcraft.

Again, you do you, just don't hurt people. As the judge in a 2010 murder case said - "The belief in witchcraft, however genuine, cannot excuse an assault to another person, let alone the killing of another human being." 

Agree to agree. 

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caliban_and_the_Witch#:~:text=Caliban%20and%20the%20Witch%20explores,Marx's%20theory%20of%20primitive%20accumulation.

Most witches are women, because witch hunts were all about persecuting the powerless

• https://theworld.org/stories/2019/10/23/most-witches-are-women-because-witch-hunts-were-all-about-persecuting-powerless

15 Mind-Blowing Things I Learned from Caliban and the Witch - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dd9N9DueMHs

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caliban_and_the_Witch#:~:text=Caliban%20and%20the%20Witch%20explores,Marx's%20theory%20of%20primitive%20accumulation.

Würzburg Witch Trials - Germany's Deadly 17th Century Witch Hunt - https://www.jahernandez.com/posts/wurzburg-witch-trials---germanys-deadly-17th-century-witch-hunt

The Witchcraft of Salem Village - https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/the-witchcraft-of-salem-village_shirley-jackson/431862/item/2016034/#edition=1934296&idiq=9702038

The Salem Witch Trials - A day by day chronicle of a community under siege - https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/the-salem-witch-trials-a-day-by-day-chronicle-of-a-community-under-siege_marilynne-k-roach/389116/item/10313529/

Ancient Mysteries: DARK HISTORY OF WITCHES

 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiqFVEZZMso

Concept note on the Elimination of Harmful Practices related to Witchcraft Accusations and Ritual Killings - https://www.ohchr.org/en/documents/tools-and-resources/concept-note-elimination-harmful-practices-related-witchcraft

Child witchcraft claims increasing as ‘hidden crime’ is investigated - 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/oct/08/child-witchcraft-claims-hidden-crime-met-police-under-reported

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