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Witchcraft, Magic and Satanism
Witchcraft, Magic and
Satanism
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Obviously, every person has come sort
of mark on their skin if you look closely enough,
but the mark could be anywhere, even in a
woman’s private areas. So, they would search
the woman’s body and inevitably they would
find one. This mark would confirm that this
woman was a witch, that she participated in
Black Masses, she worshipped the devil and
took part in group orgies.
According to the thinking of that time,
the mark was proof that she participated in
Black Masses and the belief that Black Masses
were being held, proved that she was a witch.
It was a vicious cycle.
Obviously, under torture, a woman
would admit to anything, including to have
participated in Black Masses.
While Pierre de Lancre was busy hunting
down the devil’s disciples, witch trials were
being held throughout Europe.
In England, Matthew Hopkins was
tasked with clearing the country of all witches.
Between 1644 and 1646, the inquisitor hung
about 250 people.
In the middle of the 17th century an
opposition movement began to surface,
particularly in urban centres.
The intellectual class which was
basically philosophers, writers and doctors
found these punishments to be excessive. It was about 60,000 were burned at the stake.
pointed out that people would confess to
practically anything being under torture, so, how consider the fact that the population was a lot LaVey and had once carved a pentacle on his
valid were their confessions?
In 1692, the most famous witch trial of
all was held in Salem, Massachusetts, in the
United State where twenty women were
executed following a speedy trial.
The case came to a close in the fall of
1692 when the accused admitted, under torture,
that they had participated in Black Masses also
attended by the Governor’s wife, a woman
above reproach.
Seeds of doubt became to be planted.
The confessions which seemed highly
unlikely put an end to the witch hunt.
That trial of Salem witches had a huge
impact both in America and Europe.
More and more people began to wonder
how real the all edged devilish behaviours
actually were.
In the first half of the 18th century,
legislators reviewed the laws that made
witchcraft a crime.
Most of the 1,604 articles in effect in
England and North America were reviewed and
replaced by less repressive measures.
The great witch-hunt was finally coming to an
end.
It was the age of enlightenment and the civilized Scott Mathers, had invited him on a gruesome she observed and was abused by devil
world sought to redefine itself through
philosophy and reason.
The big question, of course, is how many been decapitated.
people were actually executed during the witch
hunt?
In his novel, :”The Da Vinci Code,” Dan
Brown estimates that 9 million women were
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burned at the stake. The detectives went to Mathers
We have to keep in mind that this was a apartment to arrest the 15-year-old murderer.
novel. Nowadays, huge figures like that just While he was being questioned, the
don’t hold water. young man volunteered the fact he had gone to a
Specialists have been working from one shopping mall after the murders to get his ears
region to the next and have been able to pierced. He admitted that he worshipped the
determine how many people were burned at the devil and “Eddie” the mascot for the rock group,
stake. Nowadays most specialists agree that “Iron Maiden.”
about 110,000 people were brought to trial and During the course of the criminal
investigation, it was discovered that Mathers
That’s a pretty high number when you was also studying the Satanic Bible by Anton
smaller than it is today and naturally, the oven abdomen.
majority of individuals accused of being a witch Mathers claimed that he did not know
were women. the victims and did not have any intention of
Although the end of the witch trials killing them but once he was inside the Irwin
marked the return of order to a society gone house, he was afraid of getting caught in the act.
astray, it did not eliminate the presence of the That was when he decided to kill the entire
devil. family and cut off Arthurs head to please the
Satan continued to pray on the mind of devil.
people in other ways, pushing them to commit In the famous witch hunts crimes
the most abominable acts. committed in the name of the devil were far
Very early in the morning, April 12th more imaginary than real, but there was nothing
1984, a prowler broke into the luxurious home imaginary about the Scott Mathers case.
of Arthur Irwin in Scarborough, Ontario. Crimes are unfortunately quite real and
The intruder crept silently into each fall into the distinct category of Satanic Crimes.
room pocketing trinkets here and there along the In the middle ages and during the Renaissance
way. When he got to the basement, he found period, these types of crime were rare indeed.
Irwin’s shotgun . He loaded it with ammunition The twentieth century changes that.
and went back upstairs, where he shot Joyce and Since the 1970s Satanic crimes have
Arthur Irwin in the head. been on the rise At an alarming rate. According
Their daughter didn’t get off any easier. to books written on the subject, these killers are
She received a shot in the chest. on the top of police Wanted Lists, even above
The intruder then returned to the master the terrorist threat.
bedroom and cut off Arthur Irwin’s head. According to John Robert Colombo, a
Much later that day, the local police received a Canadian author and anthologist, “’Michelle
phone call from a woman. Her teenage son had Remembers’ which was published in 1980, is a
told her that earlier in the day, one of his friends, fascinating memoir of a woman who claims that
tour of a house in Scarborough where they had worshippers.
seen three dead bodies, including a man who had (Continued on Page 30)
When detectives arrived at the Irwin
home, they were horrified at what they found. Send us your comments, stories or
At that point, the victims had been dead suggestions to
for about 15 hours. publisher@xchroniclesnewspaper.com