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Historical information and images on witches and witchcraft in history, especially witch trials and persecutions.
A True History of Witchcraft
Allen Greenfield on Wicca's origins.
Growing the Seeds of Witchcraft
Theorizes that the Salem witch hysteria was due to rye ergot.
The Derivation Of The Word "Witch"
A brief essay on a touchy sub ject.
The Witches' Sabbat
Definition from our glossary of witchcraft and magick.
New Picture of Witches and Witch Hunts
Debunks many exaggerations about witch persecutions, including inflated numbers and false assumptions about accusers and the accused.
Witchcraft and the Occult in Iceland
Magic and spells in early Iceland. Has some great images of historical Norse magical sigils.
A Who's Who of Witches
A historical Index with biographies of more than a hundred historical witches,magicians, and persons accused of witchcraft.
Witchcraft Etymology
The origins of many words associated with modern witchcraft.
What is a Warlock?
What 'everyone knows' isn't always true-redux.
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