Also known as ‘The Malleus Maleficarum’, The Witch’s Hammer was a book, arguably one of the most infamous books ever written, by Heinrich Kramer and Jacob Sprenger. The actual translation of it is “Hammer of Witches”. It was published in the year of 1487. During the Inquisition, it served as a guidebook for Inquisitors and was designed to aid them in the identification, prosecution, and dispatching of Witches. It came to be widely regarded as irrefutable truth and are held today by a majority of Christians and their beliefs in regards of modern, or revived, religion of Witchcraft. Even though The Malleus is not widely known today, in modern times, the effects are proven to be long lasting.
This sounds like a horrible book and I feel like anyone who is interested in Paganism and Witchcraft should learn about it. I feel like learning about it could protect people, depending on location because I know some cultures are worse than others about it, when it comes to them dealing in the Arts of Magic. As stated in the previous paragraph, there’s still some whose belief is in regards to The Malleus. While they may not know about the book or what it was generally about, they’ve probably been taught wrongly about witchcraft, about magic, about Paganism that it is a strongly believed in superstition that’s false. Modern Pagans and Wiccans may use the term “The Witch’s Hammer” in their studies or teachings to others. …show more content…
They may describe what the book is about, why it was written, and how it is still involved in today’s culture with other religions or other people in general who are suspicious of Paganism and Witchcraft, finding it the work of the “Devil”. It is clear that this book was written by someone with a prejudistic way of thinking. In reality, it targeted people with disabilities, who acted abnormal. In personal opinion, it seemed to target those they did not understand and usually with lack of understanding comes fear. Misinformation, lack of understanding, can cause a lot of harm.
I cannot claim I would never use this term in my practice, but I do not think I would. The only time I can think of ever using the term “The Witch’s Hammer” is when I have to teach someone else about it. Or I may have to explain it to someone else if they ever ask about it. It might even be tempting to bring it up to those who I may hear speaking badly about Paganism or Witchery, claiming it is the work of the Devil. More people, in my personal opinion, should know about this book and how awful it portrays people. I find that The Witch’s Hammer is a book that should be common knowledge for it is a bad book and the beliefs held within it has been taught, with or without knowledge of where the beliefs come from, to other people in different religions. It being the main reference book during the time where superstition was high and witches were thought more as women, than men, and what they did was classified as evil and unnatural. Knowledge and correct information taught is good and allows people to make their own decision on if something is good or bad. After-all, the teachings were in a time of hysteria and we did not know most of the information that we do know now, back in the Middle Ages. The misconceptions of anyone who is different; be it someone that practices Paganism, witchcraft, healing, or any
This sounds like a horrible book and I feel like anyone who is interested in Paganism and Witchcraft should learn about it. I feel like learning about it could protect people, depending on location because I know some cultures are worse than others about it, when it comes to them dealing in the Arts of Magic. As stated in the previous paragraph, there’s still some whose belief is in regards to The Malleus. While they may not know about the book or what it was generally about, they’ve probably been taught wrongly about witchcraft, about magic, about Paganism that it is a strongly believed in superstition that’s false. Modern Pagans and Wiccans may use the term “The Witch’s Hammer” in their studies or teachings to others. …show more content…
They may describe what the book is about, why it was written, and how it is still involved in today’s culture with other religions or other people in general who are suspicious of Paganism and Witchcraft, finding it the work of the “Devil”. It is clear that this book was written by someone with a prejudistic way of thinking. In reality, it targeted people with disabilities, who acted abnormal. In personal opinion, it seemed to target those they did not understand and usually with lack of understanding comes fear. Misinformation, lack of understanding, can cause a lot of harm.
I cannot claim I would never use this term in my practice, but I do not think I would. The only time I can think of ever using the term “The Witch’s Hammer” is when I have to teach someone else about it. Or I may have to explain it to someone else if they ever ask about it. It might even be tempting to bring it up to those who I may hear speaking badly about Paganism or Witchery, claiming it is the work of the Devil. More people, in my personal opinion, should know about this book and how awful it portrays people. I find that The Witch’s Hammer is a book that should be common knowledge for it is a bad book and the beliefs held within it has been taught, with or without knowledge of where the beliefs come from, to other people in different religions. It being the main reference book during the time where superstition was high and witches were thought more as women, than men, and what they did was classified as evil and unnatural. Knowledge and correct information taught is good and allows people to make their own decision on if something is good or bad. After-all, the teachings were in a time of hysteria and we did not know most of the information that we do know now, back in the Middle Ages. The misconceptions of anyone who is different; be it someone that practices Paganism, witchcraft, healing, or any