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Witchcraft, Magic and Satanism 27
Witchcraft, Magic and Humans have always tried to take charge imprisonment.
of their own destiny and to achieve this some Nathan Brooks didn’t have many friends
Satanism have gone so far as to called upon the forces of and he was always dressed in black and never
darkness. Whether it’s witchcraft or Satanism, hid his interest in the occult and black magic,
isn’t magic just make believe anyway? describing himself as an expert in Satanism,
In 1692 several residences of Salem, which according to him was a philosophy which
Ambition drives the world, perhaps even to
Massachusetts, were beginning to develop would open new doors for him.
insanity.
Some people have such a thirst for strange behaviour problems. Some were According to Professor Stephen Kent of
suffering from sporadic convulsions and would the University of Alberta, “The basic definition
power, a desire to dominate the world and
blabber incoherently, making crude and of Satanism is that it is the worship of the devil,
everyone in it, that they do not hesitate to call
blasphemous remarks. that particular Judeo-Christian concept where as
upon the Prince of Darkness and willingly bow
Others claimed to be pricked by other world religions have other evil figures.
before him in exchange for dark powers. But
beware, once you have sold you soul to the devil invisible needles and the matter was becoming Satan is supposed to be the Lord of the
disturbing particularly since one of the victims Underworld and of course some of the believers
you cannot just buy it back with a credit card.
was the daughter of Reverend Samuel Parris, the would say that Satan is the lord of this world for
In a courtroom in France in the Fall of
most influential man in Salem. people who think in religious terms.”
1609, people were pushing and shoving to get a
It wasn’t long before the Devil was Professor Kent continued saying, “Part
front row seat in the small courtroom gallery.
The crowd had gathered for the trial of blamed for these woes. of the debate about Satanism is the possibility
A witch hunt began and officials sought that some people actually think that there is a
Marie Dundard, a 17-year-old peasant girl,
out the Devils agents that were living in Salem. God, a force of good, and force of evil, and this
suspected of being a witch.
In the month that followed, at least 147 force of evil actually is in control of the world.
The young woman was dragged before
people were arrested for practising witchcraft. Consequently, the argument goes, these people
the court and the gallery of the curious.
At the judge’s signal, the prison guard In August of 1992, a 15-year-old girl that worship Satan do so because they want
went for a drive with her friend. They drove to worldly power… worldly success. They want
approached the accused and with a sudden
an abandoned factory on the outskirts of Athens power, drugs, money in this life.”
gesture, the guard ripped off Maries’ dress while
where they were met by a two other young men. That is exactly what Nathan Brooks
the young woman modestly held on to a small
The young girl knew that the three young wanted.
piece of the now tattered garment fully exposing
her back, right down to her buttocks under the men belonged to a 20 member Satanic Cult and As daylight faded one day, he went to an
once at the factory under the pretext of initiation abandoned house just outside Bellaire, Ohio,
curious gaze of the onlookers.
the young girl into the cult, she was led into the where he had set up a small alter for celebrating
The judge rose from the benchand
abandoned building. Black Masses. It was said that Nathan took
slowly approached the accused in a theatrical
When inside the building, the young pleasure in torturing and killing animals.
manner.
A strange perverse light shone in his woman let herself be handcuffed believing it to On September 30, 1995, Nathan decided
be part of the initiation. Unfortunately, it was that the time had come for a huge sacrifice.
eyes.
anything but. Close to midnight, he snuck into his
He lightly brushed the young woman’s
Bound by her captors, the female teen parents’ bedroom armed with an axe.
skin momentarily enjoying this forbidden caress
was ripped of her clothing, beaten, raped, and He hit his mother in the head several
. With a bent finger he pointed to a birthmark
on the back extending to the curve of the spine sodomized by two of the men. She was then times and then shot his father. He then went
strangled by her own undergarments. down to the basement and chose a chainsaw to
of the accused, turned and addressed the crowd,
The young girl was the cult’s first victim. cut off his father’s head which he planned to use
“Look there, the mark of the devil.”
In the following months, the Athens in a ritual later that night.
Who dared to deny that this was proof of
devil worshippers committed several Nathan’s brother Benjamin discovered
the devils presence here on Earth?
The judge turned towards the prison abominable acts. the horrific sight the next day. In Nathan’s
In December 0f 1993, the two young bedroom the police found a bowl in which the
guard. There was no doubt in the mind of the
men were arrested and at their trial, former cult murderer had placed a rubber mask and inside
judge that this woman was a witch.
members went into explicit details about the the mask was the head of John Brooks, Nathans
There was no appealing his sentence.
horrific acts their group had committed. Both father.
The woman was condemned to burn at
the stake. youths were found guilty and sentenced to life (Continued on Page 28)