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during the salem times, people reffered witch craft as dark magics that is related to satanism and bad spirits and curses. this ideology is because witch craft is considered a religion not practised by Christianity and therefor banned since during that time religion played a big part in governments and social status. people then feared it and against the practice. even today, some people are sceptisism towards witch craft and claim it is dark magic while there are those who claims that witch craft is divided to black and white magic and most witches now used white magic.
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What were witches found guilty for doing?
Witch craft, such as using magic to trick people and riding broomsticks.
Are there real life witches in this world?
No there is not there are witch craft users and wiken's and etc.. but no there are not actual witches that exist.
What is a good book to learn about the history of witches and ancient witch craft?
A History of Witchcraft: Sorcerers, Heretics, and Pagans by Jeffrey B. Russell is good book on the history of witches and witch craft. It is an excellent read.
Are there any modern witch craft trials in the world?
No. "Witches" now describes pagans and wiccans, people who are simply following a religion.
What is the film called with three bad witches and one good witch and then the good witch gets bullied but then she faces upto the bad witches?
I guess you are referring to the movie "The Craft"
Are the witches from the Salem witch craft innocent?
derr.. people were just paranoid because they couldn't explain certain things, and that's how they "explained" it
When did people believe in witches?
actually people have always believed in witch craft ...but it wasnt until the 16th century that people really believed even more then before in witch craft and went on douzens of witch hunts in the idea that they would purge the world of witches and even now though people do believe in witches and wiccans and im not talking about twilight and harry potter their are actuall real things like that out in the world not the far fetched crap the media is trying to push on us.Even though Harry Potter IS and always will be the most amazing film in the universe, it does not explain why people belive in witches :S
What is the significance of the forest to the puritans in The Crucible by Arthur Miller?
the significance of the forest is where the devil is and where all the witches practice their witch craft
Did they ever prove anyone was a real witch during the witch craft time?
no The Witch Trials of Salem was all a lie, though they did convict many of being witches, with no proof other than the testimonies of the colonists.
How many people from Ipswich were condemned as witches?
in "the Salem witch trials" over 100 people were accused of being a witch.
How were witches treated?
Witches were to be believed evil in the old days. They would usually burn a witch to the stake or just hang them.The accused "witches" were treated terrible. The people of Salem thought that if someone was a witch, the witch would do horrible things. The people also thought that they should get rid of the witches, so they would drown people who they thought was a witch and if you were you would be able to undrown yourself with your powers and it you weren't you were just led there to drown!
How did Shakespeare relate to witches?
ShakeSpeare did not relate to witches, but many people belived he wrote storys on witches because him or someone in his family was a witch.
