by Kate Dolan | Oct 31, 2012 | Holidays, Latest Posts, Living History, Religion and Magic
I’ve found witchcraft in some pretty unexpected places, so in honor of All Hallow’s Eve, I thought I’d share a few. They’re in the Bible, for starters. Although the Lord tells Moses in Deuteronomy that His People aren’t allowed to practice sorcery or divination, He...
by Kate Dolan | Oct 31, 2011 | Latest Posts, Living History, Religion and Magic
“[W]here the Devill findes greatest ignorance and barbaritie, there assayles he grosseliest, as I gave you the reason wherefore there was moe Witches of women kinde nor men.” Daemonologie, Volume the Third, Chapter III That’s what King James had to say about...
by Kate Dolan | Oct 20, 2011 | Articles, Latest Posts, Living History, Religion and Magic
Did you know that before James I of England began work on the Bible that bears his name, he wrote a book about witchcraft? That’s not something we ever learned about in Sunday School, although interestingly enough, it was religious fervor that inspired King James to...