who knows anything about salem witch trials that is really helpful?
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http://www.salemweb.com/guide/witches.shtml\n\nI hope this helps pretty interesting site
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Here's one:\n\nhttp://www2.kenyon.edu/Projects/Margin/witch.htm\n\nI'm trying to base the research on the time of Macbeth re your question (he died c 1058) and, as you see from the beginning of the above, there is no clear definition of the witch as someone in league with the devil until 1500.  I assume that you are looking at how Shakespeare described the witches, from the 16th century point of view?\n\nTry also:\n\nhttp://homepages.tesco.net/~eandcthomp/macbeth.htm\n\nhttp://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/salem/witchhistory.html\n\nhttp://www.twingroves.district96.k12.il.us/Renaissance/Castles/Witches2.html\n\nhttp://www.engl.uvic.ca/Faculty/MBHomePage/ISShakespeare/Resources/Witches/Witches.html\n\nhttp://witches.monstrous.com/witch_hunt.htm\n\nThere is a lot of information to go through, but these sites seem to be fairly comprehensive.
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Early Modern Europe is a big window.  Please Elaborate.  Are you referencing the period after 1500, or before?\n\nIn terms of numbers and percentages, there actually were few cases of witchcraft and few people accused.  The majority of people accused were heretics, and also midwives.  Logically speaking, there are several possibilities.\n\n1.  They were witches.\n2.  They were political enemies of their accusers, or the handlers of their accusers.\n3.  They had wealth, and their death allowed its capture.\n4.  They were ideological opposed to the belief structure, and suffered the fate of all iconoclasts.
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Anything to do with witchcraft or devil worship (Ouija boards, tarot cards, upside down stars, etc)
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The best ting to do is to start with info directly from the state's web site. Most second and third grader's can handle reading the basics on these sites. If not, she can read through it with an adult.\n\nhttp://www.el.com/to/oregon/\n\nThere are many websites with this type of info. Also, you can write to the chamber of commerce for specific info on a particular area in the state. Here's one for Salem, Oregon--\n\nhttp://www.salemchamber.org/\n\nYou can also have her search for web quests on line--\nThese are learning activities for certain grades and subjects. Here is one on Oregon.\n\nhttp://www.webinstruct.net/webquest/trail2/\n\n\nThese might also be helpful.\n\nhttp://www.classroomhelp.com/links/lewisandclark.html\n\nhttp://www.kidsclick.org/cgi-bin/searchkids.pl?keywords=oregon&searchtype=all&readinglevel=&illustrations=\n\nhttp://www.ed.gov/searchResults.jhtml?col=free&qt=oregon\n\nhttp://www.askforkids.com/web?q=oregon&o=0\n\nhttp://www.marcopolo-education.org/home.aspx\n\n\nHere's a web site with links to safe research sites for kids.\n\nhttp://www.wiredkids.org/safesites/star_search_bitwiseS_new.php?age%5B%5D=3&cat%5B%5D=5&cat%5B%5D=11&cat%5B%5D=17&spec=Yes&submit=Search\n\n\nGood luck with the project to both of you!:)
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I downloaded the following PDF file called "Following Clues: Do's and Don't's."\n\nI thought it has some useful infomation.\n\n\n"How to Identify Misinformation" is something have not read, but may be of interest.
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If I knew what you felt so stupid about I could help you better, but pick up a bible ,and no matter what it is it will help. Psalm 23, read this and pray through GOD he can make any happen GOOD LUCK !!!!!
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Try the Illinois page on Witchvox.\n\nhttp://www.witchvox.com/vn/hm/usil.html\n\nBlessed Be.
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Wow.  There's a whole lot of misinformation out there!  If you're interested in Witchcraft the best thing you can do is study, study, study.  I'd also advise staying away from books by Silver Ravenwolf or anything else published by Llewelyn.\n\nWitchvox.com is a great place to start.\n\nThere's nothing evil about Witchcraft.  You'll hear about "white" and "black" magic.  Ignore it.  Everything needs balance...light and shadows, black and white...everything.  Also, Wicca is NOT the only form of Witchcraft.  In fact, it's one of the newest.  There are many, many types and forms of Witchcraft.  Witchcraft in and of itself is not a religion, it's a craft.  Many Pagans practice the craft without being "Wiccan".  Additionally, there are also Christians who practice it, although that is a hot topic of debate among both Christians AND Witches.\n\nLastly, many rituals that people perform are rooted in Witchcraft (birthday candles, lighting candles in church, etc.).  However, their current religion may call Witchcraft "evil"...it all depends on how open your mind is, what you've already been taught and your willingness to explore and learn and make your own decisions.
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Merry Meet\n Witch school .com has extensive info that would be of good ues to you and also give free online classes, you can take at your own pace. also if you would like a place to chat and learn try www.cepf-usa.org .
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There have been several theories, some of which have already been posted, i.e., mass hysteria, repressed adolescent sexuality, fear of being hanged for witchcraft themselves.  There was also a political/economic factor.  Some of the girls fathers put them up to accusing their neighbors, so the fathers could cease the land.\n\nThe Salem witch trials is fascinating time.  It is a perfect example of how different societal forces can come together to create a mass hysteria.  It began when two girls started to have convulsions and hysterics in which they would scream blasphemies and go into trances.  The behavior spread to other girls in the village, and soon the girls were naming people who had "afflicted" them.\n\nIt was probably several factors, which came together just right in Salem, Massachusettes in 1692.  For one, the Puritans had very rigid religious and social codes.  The Devil was frighteningly real, blamed for crop failures and illnesses, and was believed to live in the woods, which in those days, was literally in a person's back yard.  God was also a literal presence.  Many things were a sin, and sins were punished immediately by a vengeful god.  So, if your kid got sick, that was punishment from god because you sinned.  Many people accused of witchcraft were those that were on the outskirts of society.  The story goes that the girls were having their fortunes told by a slave woman named Tituba.  If this were the case, the girls were probably feeling guilty about the "sin" they had committed.  They would also feel that they deserved to be punished for this, which could have translated into hysterical seizures and such.  Just living in this kind of punitive environment could have fostered hysterical seizures.  These hysterical fits would have been interpreted as the work of the devil, both by the girls and their parents.  To claim bewitchment would give the girls an easy out, because if they were bewitched, it wouldn't really be their fault.  It would relieve guilt and gain them sympathy.  So they started accusing people.\n\nAs for the economic angle, most of the accusers were poorer farmers, and most of the accused lived in the richer part of Salem.  It was likely that there were long-simmering tensions that were flamed and exploited by the hysteria.  And, if a person was accused of witchcraft and hanged, by Salem law, their property was ceased by the village and put up for auction.  So, neighbors accused neighbors in order to get their property.\n\nAnd, of course, as girl children in Salem, the girls had very little outlet for their energy and imagination, and certainly no kind of power to speak of.  The witch trials made them celebrities in their village.  Once started, why should they stop?
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I have read about the bell witch before if you would like to know more about it I have found some good information at the sites below
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http://www.witchvox.com/vn/hm/uspa.html\n\nhttp://www.witchvox.com/vn/gr/uspa_gra.html?id=&offset=80\n\nhttp://www.witchvox.com/vn/gr/uspa_gra.html?id=&offset=80\n\nhttp://www.witchvox.com/vn/pa/uspa_paa.html?id=&offset=1750\n\nlooks like there is at least 3 groups...have you checked meetup.com, or your local yahoo pagan boards?  i am sure there are more indidviduals out there... good luck!
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Does this help?\n\nhttp://www.witchvox.com/vn/sh/ukgb2_sh.html
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Willly Loman is the name of the saleman. That all I can help you.
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my english teacher (a very old very ornery sort of guy) used to say that the only real witch in the crucible was Abigail.\n\nhe also had some other less than kind names for her, but i'll spare you those.\n\ni think most teachers will agree with him though, abigail williams was a rotten little brat girl who played a game she couldn't bear to lose and was too caught up in herself and her games to ever admit that she lied.\n\ninstead of taking the whipping she deserved she had innocent people murdered.\n\ndoes that sound like a victim to you?
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I am Founder and Director of SWAT (Spiritual Warfare and Truth).\nI used to be a paranormal investigator. I formed a team years ago called SEWPI- Southeast Wisconsin Paranormal Investigations and dealt with this on a personal level and then with many clients who saw/experienced encounters with "shadow people".\nAs a teen, I started seeing "shadow people". I assumed they were ghosts, but ignored them because it was scary many times. As I got older, it got worse, seeing them turned to hearing, feeling, and other supernatural things occurring to me, no matter where I lived, or went.\nThen, I lived at a place that after 3 mos, noticed was very haunted. We're talking close to "Amityville Horror" type stuff! I had many friends, family and visitors who noticed/experienced things while at my house, even non-believers, and it got so bad, they wouldnt even come in any longer. I have the story and pics at:\nhttp://www.angelfire.com/wa3/parainvestud\nBut anyways, I began my own team who could help people who were experiencing this type of thing, and who wanted answers and help getting rid of it.\nIn my time in this field (which I still do, only time, experience, study and research has changed my views on the paranormal possibilities to supernatural realities\nhttp://www.srealities.com)\nI have come to know truths about them.\nThey are not ghosts like people view (and there are many views on them). But I have experience in this area, so I;m not replying off theories.\nBut these are demonic beings and are very dangerous.\nIf you or someone you are realted to or have been with when they did any of these things (list on following site):\nhttp://www.angelfire.com/wi3/sriinfo2\nThen chances are, you are seeing demonic beings.\nI didnt, and started ata young age. Come to find out, many years later, my mother and even grandmother did things like saw a psychic, did Tarot cards, took part in a seance, talked to spirits, etc...I never knew until years later. But point being, we often unknowingly call in evil forces/spirits, and even if we dont, and someone in our family (like parents or grandparents) or even friends who we've been with, have, then you are vulnerable and a possible target to these dark forces.\nSounds like TV, I know, but, I can give you plenty of people who have dealt with this (testimonies on our website).\nYou need to understand what they are and stop seeing them, because their presence can cause a lot of problems and harm- things you wouldnt think of. It is dangerous to you to see them (if you see them, they are around your life...)\nIf you have any other Q's, etc...please go to our website and email me- thats what I do!  :)\nI'll say a prayer for you :)\nHeidi