to shop now, am i ready to dive into the hands of gentlemen to us with you one day? have you ever won the front porch and the unexpected side to side they fly through the air on broomsticks, they cast spells, conjuring both good and evil. that can be hideous, in frightening or sassy, seductive, and downright sexy. which is the remain, stay in western pop culture. but jokes and entertainment, aside being labeled, which can still get you killed. imagine you find out your ancestor with which at least they said she was a witch. apparently she poisoned people. someone even said she. so

she was tried and burned as a witch. that's what happened in my family history. so let me take you on a journey to learn all about which and don't think from one minute the i was a teenager when i found out about my ancestral magazine to clarify how over 300 years ago in 1642, she was accused, tried, tortured and ultimately burned as a witch for years i was haunted by her story and wanted to find out what really happened. so i traveled to venting in a small town in south western germany. it's wine country, surrounded by an and dillard patchwork of sloping hills and vineyards. but one of those hills is a mass grave. in the 17th century, more than 20 people died here and during the vending in which trials their names

are interesting to germany's oldest monument to persecuted, which is actually the place where the witches were burned. this is the execution placed for come over here. been up here several times with my family. we always came up to see our ancestor, montgomery to cuba. so what kind of a woman was she and why was she accused of witchcraft? to find out i tracked down local historians, i to whom he knows the details of every which trial in this area including that of my ancestor. if i did, i mean to send a file via a screen indeed since she was an interesting woman because a lot of clues indicate she was very clever that she had a deep sense of responsibility. oh indeed, stackhouse. but that this inner strength and confidence probably menchie overstepped her boundaries of it was meant with regard to others in the community

to the tyson viewed. it sounds like she was a bit of a rebel, someone who didn't quite to the line of social norms and possibly a bit before her time. not going to came from a well to do family and married a judge. so she belonged to the town socially. she was the mother of 2 small boys in the accusations against her grew life. here in the church, she suffered a mortifying attack of dysentery. in front of the entire congregation. later her accusers said that satan had followed her into the sacred space. it was just one of many charges, including allegedly giving various people food or drink in the past, after which they become gravely ill. in the state archives in nearby copeland's, the original records of the beginning in which trials are extraordinarily well preserved. and with walter's help, make a shocking discovery. it turns out magazine to his own mother was burned as a witch before her. in fact,

malia neighbor was the 1st person and then again to be executed for witchcraft. already in 1631, support montgomery to already have the card stacked against her. but when did this, we time craze actually begin. and why the daemon? ology is the science has existed since the beginning of few logical thinking. stomach, the christian n. c, a logical teaching, grappled with these questions from the start. and i'm booking on the already the old testament headed in for which is in the book of exodus, which states shall not suffer a witch to live. but it was thomas aquinas, of 13th century, dominican friar and theologians who had a profound impact on the church's view of witchcraft. he argued, the world was full of evil demons,

and that witches were practitioners of malevolence or 3. according to him, women were not only particularly susceptible to demonic possession, but we're lining up to make a pact even to have sex with the devil himself. he was backed up by pope john the 22nd in 1326 who declared any practice of magic to be an act of heresy. after that, the church went whole hall to warn people of this new threat. these ideas led to the definition of a new criminal offense which cr, and laid the groundwork for the great european, which on the by the 15th century. this brand of fake news with spreading like wildfire in the form of the level smell in chicago, where the hammer of which is by dominican inquisitor hines, these comma, 1st published in 1486. it was essentially the manual one. how to identify, try torture and kill, which is kind of described in obsessive detail,

which is make their lustful packed with the devil renounced the christian faith, the children. and generally, we come back on the surroundings. a book full of toxic masculine obsessions coincided with the realize that the printing press meaning its message could travel far and fast. over the next 200 years, the millennial sold like hot cakes becoming 2nd only to the bible. in terms of sales images, they have form to these ideas. a seminal works like these 15th century. wood cuts inspired, many artists like german painter and print maker, a place to live and his student hunts by don't dream whose interpretations of deviant devilish women were pretty salacious. stuff and continued to inspire the public imagination through the ages. right on into the 20th century. like here in the 1922 called horror film exxon. the

full, this had a nervous, early modern europe was fraught with problems. invasion flores, of religion, new illnesses like civilized, even a climate crisis. from the early 14th to mid 19th century, much of northern europe was in the grip of the big chill, known as the little ice age. that many years of crop failure, extreme weather, an economic hardship on to the phil wouldn't moving on to hit people got the idea that which is we're responsible for all of this. but that's how that's out of greed, envy and resentment. they were in league with the devil and using malevolent magic to create this, whether chaos does this list, and that's all, that's what it was quite literally a perfect storm which is offered europe's beleaguered populations. a simple explanation for widespread famine sickness and suffering. and that's when which one's really took off the contemporary historians estimate that

between 50 and 60000 people died as a result of the european witch trials. and about 80 percent of the victims were women. about half of those victims or $25000.00 people were killed within the boundaries of present day germany, which brings us back to august. they to whose ordeal was pretty typical. for the time she was denounced and arrested, her body searched for an incriminating devil's mark. they shaved off all her hair, but she refused to confess. so the witch commission resorted to torture a legal policy at the time. you know, that i'm not good for anyone who was accused was assumed to be guilty and the person had to prove their own innocent bucket of that's the idea was that the confession was inherently there just under the surface and had to be drawn out. torture was seen as a necessary means of killing off the body to free the soul to allowed to reveal remorse sent to confess. who could still go he to was strapped into the iron boot,

an instrument designed to slowly crush the lower leg. when she still maintained her innocence, they hoisted her up by her hands with a root out of her mind with pain. she was forced to denounce another woman, a common practice that led to more witch trials, and kept the brutal cycle going. after 2 days, she could stand no more and confess to being a witch, sealing her own death sentence. the trial makers revealed much more about my family and that even more relatives were victims of that which on here in the nearby town of coast alone, in this freezing dungeon, one of them was imprisoned for weeks. his family fought in vain to save him. wait a minute, him you heard? right. and in fact, nearly $1.00 and $4.00 victims of the european, which hans was a man, a detail that's often ignored but wasn't

a cunning women midwife and he lose who were most likely to be accused of witchcraft. * the hip only to us, this midwife smith has incredible longevity that church and state colluded to go after cunning women healers and midwives, and destroyed their knowledge of birth control into motions. that's not true at all . so initial assessment of all kind 5 research and her colleagues agree that some of them is common miss, about which ones have been perpetuated by feminist interpretations where they fit perfectly into a political agenda for decades. women's movements eager to rebel against patriarchal structures, embrace to which as a potent symbol of power, which he remains to this day in most of the western world. she is this symbol of power that is subversive. she is a symbol of women, be free and independent,

getting justice. and so she is ultimately this really inspiring figure because nobody can keep her down. oh, no. back in 1642, a woman like that was certainly a provocation. but neither midwives, nor red haired women were more likely to be accused of witchcraft. in the end. it could happen to anyone, but back to vending in such a seemingly peaceful little place. why were 20 which is executed in this town alone . one explanation could be that as a one growing region, it was hit hard by the little ice age. the people here just need someone to blame for the hailstones that ruined their harvest. or were their religious radicals at work. who was actually on the local, which commission historians i to whom it says it was a group of local citizens, eager to better their status. a secular court that sees the opportunity to up in

social power structures to its own advantage, and the victims, fortunes along with it. it was all about power, money, envy, and resentment, as a well off family high up in the pecking order. it's no wonder magazine each. it was a target whereby we can clear up yet another misconception that the catholic church was the driving force behind the european which trials does i smoke? the notion of the catholics hunted witches and protestants were restrained, doesn't hold any water. indeed, after the reformation vending and was predominantly protestant and it turns out, protest to communities were often farm or zealous in their persecution of witches. then catholic ones and tough shots. d, in an area of the converted to protestantism, in 1557, surrounded by the so called the wrong catholic religion. they were under enormous pressure to prove that protestantism was the better religion sd pointed to the right religion. and you faced and that had quite an effect on the accusations hot

except high on cloud and get picked. in fact, protestant countries like scotland and sweden so much higher incidence of which trails and catholic dominated ireland or portugal, italy in spain, both predominantly catholic for comparatively safe for anyone associated with witchcraft. your machine creates on the roman inquisition, persecuted people for sorcery, magic and superstition for what they rarely put anyone to death. the spanish inquisition never executed, which is because very early on they concluded that which is don't even exist on the 6 about the another place where which trial devastated a protestant population was in norway. the tiny town of far do saw one of the biggest rich trials in scandinavia. unimpressive monument commemorates the execution of 91 people for witchcraft back in 1621. nearly

a 3rd of the village at the time the . my ancestor story came to its tragic in the november 1642 magazine to cuba was forced to address the towns, people who had gathered to witness our execution. as god is my witness, i beg anyone whom i may have wronged my life for forgiveness. may i be an example to all and die and treat all of you to keep god before dying eyes and shield yourselves from the evil enemy. as she was granted a merciful death and was beheaded before her body was burned. perhaps the most shocking of all was the feeding frenzy, then ensued, according to records. 250 leaders of wine were hold up to the execution side. a treacherous ploy to ensure the whole town was complicit. now does he does. husband was handed the bill in short, which trials were a lucrative business commissioners,

scribes vintners, executioners all made a handsome living, perpetuating the system by the mid 16 hundreds, europe's witchcraft mania had made its way to the new world. the most famous witch trials began in salem, massachusetts, in 1692 of nearly 200 people accused of witchcraft 19 were executed, one crushed to death, and at least 5 died in jail. so when did all these madness stop? as they counted their dead in salem witch hunting hysteria and europe began to die down as people doubted so many could be guilty of witchcraft. the age of enlightenment gave more credence to science and reason men to superstitious belief . food was more plentiful. in the advent of insurance, when people were less prone to disaster, the last the legend which in europe was be headed in switzerland in 1782 marking

the end of a dark chapter. well, thank god that's over. what is it the so there's never been so many which on this one, as we see in today's world, that the words of which fund expert advice can banning a whose research is a shocker. he says more people were killed for witchcraft in the 20th century. then in the entire 300 years of european, which on in fact, a recent global study shows that belief in witchcraft is to widespread today. and thousands of countries are effected in the pacific on a nation of popular new guinea, the public torture and murder of a legend, which is so common that sorcery accusation related violence. for s a r v has its own acronym. most often the victims are women and according to experts, their numbers on the rise, especially in village and tribal communities,

the u. n. estimate some $200.00 people are killed each year would get super on. well, there's a very high number of murders of a legend which is the go unreported and popular. and you can, you come in either real quick and get to, you can read every week in the times of india in which a village which is, have just been killed to pick some sometimes men, mostly women, and who have been ostracized outcast. these are 10 murdered by the village community, so to speak. it always gets to, it happens every week and that's can cheat eatable in south asia, women are still blamed for crop failure. disease or natural disasters are frequently branded as witches for a trifle like this woman from con to offered medicine to a neighbor. in dealing with the new york city of the village, elder took me captive. he made me eat, beat me for so long. they thought i was dead,

but i was able to escape when single them victims are often helpless in the face of mob dynamics. single women and widows are particularly at risk as they are in africa, where the problem is ramp and then the ones the term and can if we look at recent times, then we see that in a country like tanzania alone since its independence in the early sixties. so between 30 and 40000 people, mostly women have been killed for a legend, crimes of witchcraft mention license hall, and the most likely found guilty by some kind of village tribunal. and then killed by young people to take on. and it's not just to engineer many countries, including nigeria or the democratic republic of congo are also dealing with the problem in northern gonna hundreds of older women have been banished to segregated villages or which kept. one of them is gone by the these women have been denounced

for causing fires, throat and disease. many were accused by their own families. continued land long had to flee her village after a neighbor accused her of witchcraft. she's been in gum biographer, 10 years. my mom was badly abused. my landlord asked me to vacate the property because of the witchcraft accusation layout. i also fled to stop the brutalities. just look at my arm, this is what they did to me. it's broken up into the frontier nigeria and human rights activist lou egret has visited gun biographer, his research. for years he's been fighting the persecution of which is through i would have for eco and urgent governments to protect the victims. his goal that by 2030, which once in africa, will be a thing of the past, the victims, amending women. and let me tell you what we mean by a weaker social quarter opposition in africa. countries offer comes as i say,

all domains are on this. we may not treated as a single classroom, and as you have these that you'll kind of get to read all in 2022 over 80 women were living in dunbar and squalid conditions with no health care. they live from donations, selling firewood, or doing the occasional work on surrounding funds. illness, famine, floods or drove brought on by climate change. despite the cultural divide, there are striking parallels between the witch hunts in africa and those in early modern europe. asia, your lot, even young. he describes ordeal about doing one way street mean they took it one step to shave me everywhere as part of the rituals with my private parts and my armpits. mm hm. gun is government is well aware of the witchcraft, superstition, and it's often federal consequences yet has announced its intention to close all

which villages the which come is life addresses soon. it's all a good. the students are being targeted. they can, they doubly 50 miles. they can go back to communities. so the government of grandma is approaching the problem wrongly and back is why i think we have not seen any significance sheets in terms of resolving the problem of which prosecutions dig down. this is a bottle that we have to. we have to, we did for africa, we have to wait for the money to new england takes inspiration from 2 women who did when their battle be active. as for the witches of scotland for 2 years. clare mitchell. and so we've ended taught to campaigned for a legal pardon and apology for the 2500 people. mostly women convicted an executed for witchcraft in scotland. although their persecution dates back several centuries,

they saw their demand as a 2nd. well, for the presence that are still people across the world generally vulnerable, often women are old people. they're being accused of witchcraft and in some cases, being killed by more justice. and is that that are some countries that are trying to put it into their legal system where people can still be accused of witchcraft. so we don't think that it's an issue. this past is still sadly very, very valid. on march 8th, 2022. there plea was heard. scotlands been 1st minister, nicholas sturgeon, acknowledged the historic injustice before parliament. on behalf of the scottish government, i'm choosing to acknowledge that agreed to historic injustice, and extend a formal post to miss apology to all those accused convicted, vilified, or executed under the witchcraft act of 15. 63. a signal to the rest of the world. where at least in the west, which is in witchcraft or having something of

a renaissance, new york faced pam grossman is a self proclaimed which author and host of the successful which weighs podcast. while exact numbers are elusive, she has observed the growing interest in witchcraft and paganism in recent years and puts it down to a need for alternatives. in on certain times, we see what is happening with capitalism being so ravenous and so bottomless, that it is destroying the very planet that we live on. and so which craft is a beautiful alternative to all of that? because which craft says that we all are define no matter what our gender or background is. we all have access to in our power from spiritual connection to political and environmental activism. the shape shifting, which has more than proliferated in popular culture and online or so which is of

instagram and videos with the hash tag, which talk a mass millions of use of people find strength, balance and community in modern interpretations of the craft. at the same time, the word which continues to be used to the same strong women, the smear campaigns against hillary clinton prior to the 2016 us election are just one example the. and then of course, there's this guy for years, former us president donald trump has complained about a never ending. we charge against him. he continues to misuse the term and is always the victim. spending millions and millions of dollars punters continued, which on an appalling distortion of history, the trivializes, the plight of so many women, still suffering today. dinning and prefers the more silver approach to it's not past one that owners the victims of which ones and brings them back into the

conversation. all these delving into the history of our family, which has been enlightening and emotionally exhausting. so real to retrace her footsteps and unbearably sad to think so many suffered her fate. even more upsetting is the fact that women are still going through it. which ones are only a phenomenon of centuries ago, but rather an urgent problem that affects thousands of phone number women every day in africa, asia, and elsewhere. the deadly chain of events instigated by envy, as neighbours in montgomery to clear this case is a pattern that keeps getting repeated in life and on line the victims, their pain. they're suffering deserve our awareness and respect. oh, certainly

a strange feeling to be here. it's a good thing that they've been vindicated, or at least recognized historically and by the community. the so the

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