Author: A. Monroe, AMonroe Aurand, Jr.

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Published: 2014-09-19

Total Pages: 42

ISBN-13: 9781502432902

This is a small book that explains some of the myths, persecutions, theories and history of this ancient and controversial practice. Chapters include, What Makes A Man Superstitious; His Religion, Or A Lack Of It?, Witchcraft And Beliefs In Evil Spirits Came To America Long Ago, Puritans Raised Hell With Witches In Early Days, Strange Evolution For Getting Rid Of Evil Spirits, Charms And Trinkets Are Revered By Many Of Our People, Some Of The "Famous" Witch Trials In Pennsylvania, and, And So They Celebrate Pagan Days In Our Public Schools. "According to a ritual of Jewish behavior, it appears witches can get into clothes and into man over night; lying-in women should be apprehensive of "evil spirits," hence magic words are prepared for such as lie-in. Christians use Bibles under their pillows, and Catholics use medals, beads, or prayer-books for a similar purpose. Orthodox Jews believe that witches abound in heaps of rubbish, or in bunches of tops of vegetables, if thrown away together; egg shells must be broken; witches can harm a person, alone, in darkness, but not if there are two or three persons together; a burning light is proof against evil spirits. Have we not heard of many of these same "notions" among people not of Jewish extraction?" Table of Contents WHAT MAKES A MAN SUPERSTITIOUS; HIS RELIGION, OR A LACK OF IT? WITCHCRAFT AND BELIEFS IN EVIL SPIRITS CAME TO AMERICA LONG AGO PURITANS RAISED HELL WITH WITCHES IN EARLY DAYS STRANGE EVOLUTION FOR GETTING RID OF EVIL SPIRITS CHARMS AND TRINKETS ARE REVERED BY MANY OF OUR PEOPLE SOME OF THE "FAMOUS" WITCH TRIALS IN PENNSYLVANIA THOSE LITTLE "DIFFERENCES" BETWEEN SCIENCE AND FOLKLORE AND SO THEY CELEBRATE PAGAN DAYS IN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS WHO GETS HURT IF OUR WITCHCRAFT IS TAKEN FROM US? A WITCH CASE IN THE MAKING--THAT NEVER WENT TO COURT (YET)!