Josh Hutchinson and Sarah Jack present historian Maya Rook. She is a cultural historian, educator, and host of Illusory Time and Salem Oracle, and a yoga and meditation instructor.  We discuss Salem Witch Trials folklore, divination, and magic facts in depth, along with the pop culture portrayal of the witch.  Find out what can be known by the records about accused witch and slave Tituba. What is Sympathetic Magic? Was Counter Magic being used? We also look for answers to our advocacy questions: Why do we witch hunt? How do we witch hunt? How do we stop hunting witches?

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

Elaine G. Breslaw, Tituba, Reluctant Witch of Salem: Devilish Indians and Puritan Fantasies

University of VA, Salem Witch Trials Documents and Transcriptions

Salem Oracle by Maya Rook

Illusory Time by Maya Rook

Advocacy Against Witch Hunts, South Africa

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