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    this city’s rule told them should not dance.; Paris saw that so everyone run away, but two of young girls didn’t wake up several days, so everyone thought the girls were had by the devil but it was escapade. Abigail and women wanted to secret about magic and didn’t want to die, so they and the girls lied with tears and act. They said they can see evil and witched to Judge Danforth, Reverend Hale and everyone. They believed women so they tied people’s neck who was innocent people but the women said

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    “Silhouetted against the moon, pointy hat pushed back by the wind, the witch on her magic broomstick is an iconic image, ubiquitous during the Halloween season.” states Dylan Thuras, writer for the Atlas Obscura article “The Origins of the Iconic Witch.” Like most, you have probably gone throughout your daily life unaware of the reasoning behind witches flying on brooms, and, you probably just accepted it as a weird ideology created in the past. The truth of the story, however, is due to “witch’s

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    The Salem Witch Trials of colonial Massachusetts is infamously known throughout the entirety of the world. This is consequently a result of the unessential executions of a collection of individuals. The bloodshed of the number of citizens is referred to as ‘unessential’ for the reason that the trials were surrounded by paranormal activity. Proof that the accused legitimately participated in demonic activities such as witchcraft was incapable of being found. Although this may be factual, the government

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    The Salem Witchcraft Trial The Salem witchcraft trials of 1692 represent a very dark period of early American history. It began with a group of young girls accusing three area women of practicing witchcraft. From there, witchcraft hysteria continued to grow until there were over a hundred – fifty accused witches in jail. Twenty of these innocent victims ended up being executed, while countless others died in prison. The Salem witchcraft trials serve as an excellent example of religious prejudice

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    fears of the world around them. Supernatural phenomena were the people’s attempts to explain the good and bad things that were happening around their towns. Due to their lack of knowledge in the medical field and of the outside world, people used magic and witchcraft as a justification for disease or growing crops (cite). Witches were believed to help the devil, using their powers to harm others. When the witch scare spread around, people were afraid of their friends and neighbors who could potentially

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    The change in nature of the construction of the Salem witch trials from Cotton Mather’s traditional recount of the 1692 witch crisis, The Wonders of the Invisible World: The Devil in New England, written in 1693, to postmodern writers of history, has resulted in the absence of objective truths that is merely manipulated to satisfy the historiographers’ purpose. Karlsen’s 1987 work, The Devil in the Shape of a Woman: Witchcraft in Colonial New England, attempts to rediscover women’s history by shedding

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    During the spring of 1692 in Salem, Massachusetts, a group of young girls believed they were possessed by the devil. This became the start of what is known as the Salem Witch Trials. The witch hunts originated in Europe and was spread to the New England colonies by the 17th century. The trials were a time of mass hysteria where many people of the village were suspected to be practicing witchcraft and afflicting others. The Salem Witch Trials lasted less than a year, but has made a significant impact

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    You heard about me in hushed folk tales and Creepypasta I'm the original, though there are a few lame imposters. Do you know who I am? Yes, I think you ought to. Seeking me out is a bad plan that will dearly cost you. I spend my time among the trees with the other fairies. You think we're cute and sweet, but in fact we're kinda scary. We are not cute little pixies who spend the days picking berries. In fact, we are much more sinister, so when you see us be leery. I'm tall and slender and

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    Occult Museum I found this to be interesting. I knew that lots of museums displayed many odd and unusual items especially history museums but I never knew there was a museum that had to do with the paranormal. Ed and Lorraine Warren are paranormal investigators and they chose to display items from their career of ghost-hunting and demon-busting in their own Occult Museum. The museum has been open since 1952 when the Warrens founded the New England Society for Psychic Research in the U.S. Items

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    Besom Research Paper

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    The definition of a Witches Besom is a handmade broomstick (typically 14 feet long) made from twigs and herbs and used to purify, cleanse, and protect. The Besom is traditionally crafted using ash wood for the handle, birch twigs for the bristles, and willow bark for bindings, it can however be crafted using anything of the individuals choosing. Early Celtic pagans associated the broom with Faeries. This was most likely due to it's relationship to the wood and a common belief in forest sprites. There

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