Witchcraft refers to the use of supernatural powers and powers or curses with the intention of affecting people’s lives and property for profit. Historically, there have been many trials, witch hunts and campaigns that took place in places such as Salem, Fulda, Val Camonica, Scotland, Wurzbeg and Africa.
Witchcraft refers to the use of supernatural powers and powers or curses with the intention of affecting people’s lives and property for profit. Almost all religions recognize the existence of this phenomenon and prohibit the use of witchcraft. A sorcerer is said to have sold his soul to the devil in exchange for power such as: Dr Faustus, who is said to have given his soul to the demon lord. Cruel torture methods were used to interrogate, coerce and punish those deemed witches such as the drowning chair – this is how the person being tortured would be repeatedly submerged in the water. For those convicted of witchcraft, they will be burned. Historically, there have been many trials, witch hunts and campaigns that took place in places such as Salem, Fulda, Val Camonica, Scotland, Wurzbeg and Africa.
Never before in human history have we seen the churches play such a cruel role as in the hunts, convictions, and cremations of witches. Countless innocent people were executed, countless so-called witches were burned to death, because the cardinals and rulers feared losing their place to the witches. According to their words, the reason behind the witch trials is for the benefit, safety of life and property of the whole community. But, in reality, these sentences only served to strengthen the social status of cardinals and rulers.
Abigail Hobbs was convicted of witchcraft and arrested on April 8, 1692. Giles Corey, Mary Warren, Bridget Bishop and her parents, Deliverance Hobbs and William Hobbs were also accused of witchcraft and were arrested around the same time as Abigail Hobbs. Before being taken to Salem, now Danvers, Massachusetts (USA), her family lived in Casco, Maine, Massachusetts. She was tried from April to June 1692. When questioned in court, she confessed to harming Mercy Lewis with witchcraft, and also admitted to communicating with the devil. At the same time, she also uttered the names of several other witches. Judge William Stoughton signed her death warrant shortly after.
Agnes Sampson and the Witches.
Agnes Sampson, also known as the “Wise Midwife of Keith”. She was a midwife living in the estates of Baron Keith, in East Lothian, Scotland. She was known as a healer and a witch. At the end of the 16th century, for using witchcraft, she was put on trial in the “Northern Berwick Witch Trial”.
King James, after facing numerous sea storms during his travels, investigated the cause and discovered Agnes Simpson had created storms in the seas to harm the king. Therefore, he ordered her to be put to death for this crime.
Also around this time, in 1590, a large-scale witch hunt took place here, 23 men and women were convicted, staked and burned alive by the court. According to the government statement: “Agnes Sampson was an old witch, convicted and brought to the Haliruid house in the presence of the king and the Scottish nobility…”.
Joan of Arc.
Joan of Arc, also known as “Saint of Orleans” , was the daughter of Jacques D’Arc and Isabelle Romee. She was born in 1412 in Domremy, east of France. After being brought to court, she was convicted of heresy and using witchcraft. She was burned alive on May 30, 1431, when she was only 19 years old. Behind her conviction, however, were political intrigues: Because of her great battles, she paved the way for her coronation. of King Charles VII of France. When asked: “Does God favor you or not?” She replied , “If not, then I ask God to support me. If yes, then God continue to support me.”
One witness described: “…they burned her body twice until it turned to ashes and no one could get anything. Then they dropped her ashes into the Seine from a tree. Mathilda Bridge”. After her death, the church re-tried her, and declared her a martyr.
Temperance Lloyd (Celebration beer).
Lloyd is known to be the last person to be hanged for witchcraft in England. She was arrested when a street vendor in Bideford complained that Lloyd had performed witchcraft. She was locked in the church until she was put on trial before a jury that included: Thomas Gist, Mayor of Bideford, and Alderman John Davie.
The crimes attributed to her are: using suspicious magic on Grace Thomas’s body, communicating with the devil disguised as a black person or a black bird. When she was put on the scaffold and in the few minutes before being hanged, when asked by the judge if she believed in God, she replied: “I believe in God and I pray to Him for forgiveness. for all his crimes”.
Catherine Monvoisin, also known as La Voisin , the wife of a French jeweler. She began divination at a young age, and after her husband’s business failed, she began concocting both love potions and potions in addition to divination. She also did midwifery work and even performed abortions. She was arrested with her daughter for using witchcraft. During the trial, three pieces of evidence were presented to convict her of being a witch and she was burned alive at the Place de Grieve near Paris.
During the period from the mid-16th century to the end of the 17th century, more than 4,000 women were executed for witchcraft. Maggie Wall is one of those people, but she is still remembered in history thanks to the existence of a 6-meter-high obelisk with a cross at the top even though there is no custom of placing saints. price on a witch’s tomb.
Although there is no clear evidence, it seems that this cross was placed by women in the Congregation with the desire to express their opposition to excessive control and unjust judgment and punishment. unjustified death penalty for the use of witchcraft. Maggie Wall was burned alive in 1679.
Angela de la Berthe is a wealthy French woman who lives in a small town. She was one of the first victims of the famous witch trials in Europe. She was accused of having sex with the devil and giving birth to a son who was a cannibal. The honest villagers were horrified to hear of these accusations. She was put on trial in 1275 and found guilty of witchcraft. She was publicly burned alive. This event is reminiscent of an old European society full of injustice and intolerance towards people but only as murderers.
Anne Boleyn is Queen of England and second wife of King Henry VIII of England, mother of Queen Elizabeth I. She was born in 1501 at Blickling Hall, Hever Castle, England, to Lady Elizabeth Howard and Sir Thomas Boleyn, first earl of Wiltshire. She died on May 19, 1536, at the age of 35 in the Tower of London. She was accused of more than 19 crimes, and most of them were just baseless.
Henry Percy, 6th Earl of Northumberland, sat on the jury that charged her with adultery and treason. She was executed on the morning of Friday, May 19, 1536. Before she was beheaded, she said in front of many people : “Pious sheep, I have come here to die because according to the law, the law forces me to die, so I have no objection. “ . The executioner Rombaud ended her life with a sharp knife.
Marie Laveau, also known as Queen Voodoo , was born in New Orleans, Louisiana (USA) on September 10, 1794 and died in New Orleans, Louisiana on June 16, 1881, at the age of 86. Both she and her daughter Marie Laveau II followed Voodoo, a religion that is considered a combination of African magic and Roman Catholicism, and is widely circulated among people in Haiti.
On June 23, 1874, more than 12,000 blacks and whites gathered at Lake Pontchartrain just to see her perform the ritual on St. John’s night. She has a pet snake named “Zombie”. People are afraid of her supernatural powers. Little is known about her death, because when she died, the New Orleans newspaper only announced that she was resting at home.
Margaret Matson lives with her husband, Neals Matson, in Eddystone, Pennsylvania. Both are of Swedish descent. After Sweden was occupied by the British, neighbors said she was the one who charmed the cattle. On December 27, 1683, the couple were charged in court by evidence that the wife was not only a famous witch but also a cattle charmer. She was not found guilty of witchcraft and was released on parole after six months in custody.
In 1785, Mrs. Elly Kedward of Blair town (present-day Burkittsville, Maryland, USA) was chased into the woods by the people for being accused of using magic and being falsely accused of witchcraft. Since then, many children have been lost in the forest and it is said that this witch lured them back to their lair, forced some to hide their faces against the wall, and then killed the rest…
In 1824, 11 eyewitnesses saw baby Eileen being dragged down Tappy East Creek by an invisible force. Thirteen days later, the creek was so polluted that the villagers had to remove all their livestock from the polluted waters.
In March 1886, a girl named Robin Weaver went missing in the forest, the villagers sent a group of people to search. A few days later, Robin returned and said that a woman had locked her in an old house, Robin escaped through the window and returned home safely but the people looking for her never returned. .
The villagers sought the help of the police, but when they searched, they did not find a single body, but only the smell of corpses rose strongly in the forest. The town of Burkittsville is filled with the smell of death, death and mysterious disappearances and whispers of a witch’s curse.