In this episode of Salem Witch Trials Daily, we discuss the practice of folk magic in Colonial America. They discuss how accusers and neighbors in Salem employed so-called countermagic, such as witch bottles, concealed objects, and apotropaic symbols, for protection and future-telling. The infamous witch cake, a pivotal element in the Salem Witch Trials, is also examined. For more insights, viewers are encouraged to check out episodes featuring historian Emerson Baker and Maya Rook.

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⁠Emerson W. Baker, A Storm of Witchcraft: The Salem Trials and the American Experience

⁠Bernard Rosenthal, ed., Records of the Salem Witch-Hunt

⁠Marilynne K. Roach, The Salem Witch Trials: A Day-by-Day Chronicle of a Community Under Siege

Mary Beth Norton, In the Devil’s Snare: The Salem Witchcraft Crisis of 1692

Folk Magic and the Salem Witch Trials with Maya Rook