The cause of the Salem Witch Trials of 1692 began when three girls named Samuel Parris, Betty Parris, and Abigail Williams became strangely ill. When meeting with doctors, several of them suspected that witchcraft was the cause of their illness. The girls accused three women as the origin of their symptoms. When the “witches” were put on trial, the judge held them accountable for torturing the girls even though he could not see what the “witches” had done to the girls. The “witches” were proven…
How did a Diverse Group of Followers Lead to the Modern Practice of Wicca? What is Wicca? Wicca is a religious movement that stems from both Christian beliefs and practices to Christian fear of witchcraft practices. This had mostly derived on several islands of Great Britain and Ireland, but later evolved in American events, such as the Salem Witch Trials in the seventeenth century. Though many religions fear forms of witchcraft and sorcery, often Christians (Who’s Afraid of…
The Salem Witch Trials The belief in the supernatural has been around for ages in many different countries. The Salem Witch Trials were based on the belief in the supernatural. The Salem Witch Trials began in the spring of 1692 when two girls claimed to be possessed in the small village of Salem, Massachusetts. These girls were doing things out of the ordinary, like random fits of screaming. Doctor William Griggs said that the cause for all of this was bewitchment; soon after other…
“women constituted about 80% of the people tried” (956 ). In fact, for a long time women were believed to be the ones capable of conducting magic rather than men ( Clive Holmes 51). Now one may wonder why this notion was accepted by the public? Its acceptance had a great deal to do with the type of magic they perceived witches to wield, which was mainly harmful magic. Brian P. Levack remarks that women were initially targeted as they engaged in activities that would be optimal to cause harm to…
Wednesday, February 16, 1777, Exactly 100 years later from the hanging of the witches…. It's cold, ice covering the ground, dead grass, gray skies, dead trees, all for except the weeping willow. Yes, the weeping willow that grew right where the 4 witches had been buried, 100 years ago, the weeping willow is still alive!! They’ve invented a sport, called “football”. Really weird sport. In The Field, which is now the football field. They just recently built a school. It is said that, near by…
Salem, a small town located in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, in the Puritan time period was shaken when twenty people and two dogs were sentenced to death for crimes that were not even rational. From a peaceful little community Salem had become a town of nightmares in a matter of months. Certain aspects of the Puritan lifestyle could be to blame for the hysteria. The Puritan time period was one of the most interesting, complex, and strangest milestones in early American history. Even after…
Those with magical ability use willpower to perform magic.If an indiviual can get their mind focused upon the target of his spell and think about the effect of the spell to the exclusion of outside stimuli , it will cause his him to direct more magic toward his effort. The levitation charm , requires more willpower throughout the casting of the spell. However , if you dont have enough willpower to make an object move , then nothing happens. The sticking charm's strenght however…
All crazy stories we hear about the Salem Witch Trials today all started on January 1692. This tragic and strange time, although only lasting around a year, this event was a cause of twenty known executions. This was a dark time where the accused would turn on friends and the trials would cause people to give in as declare guilty, just to stop the torturing. Of the twenty known kills from the Salem Witch Trials, almost all were women or young girls. Of the few men that were killed, most were…
The Salem Witch Trials was an excruciatingly violent and depressing time in American history, led by the reactions of a group of girls. Fourty - Fifty thousand people were killed, in all the world, over the course of 300 years because of the thought of them being a witch and worshipping the devil, many before The Salem Witch Trial began. Witchcraft was considered treason, a capital offence, and punishable by death. The Witch Trials were very misogynistic because it was believed that the common…
Is She a Witch? The courtroom was loud with excited voices of women and men gossiping about the people who were about to go on trial. The whole town had shown up for the trial. They were there to accuse the people they had once called their friends and family. They were afraid of what had happened in town. The town’s people did not want to be accused of being witches themselves. One of the judges looked out into the crowd and yelled for everyone to quiet down. The other judge announced that…