The
seeds of the hysteria that afflicted Salem Village, Massachusetts were sown in
January 1692 when a group of young girls began to display bizarre behavior. The
tight-knit community was at a loss to explain the convulsive seizures,
blasphemous screaming, and trance-like states that afflicted the youngsters. The
physicians called in to examine the girls could find no natural cause of the
disturbing behavior. If the source of the affliction was not attributable to a
physical malady, the community reasoned that it must be the work of Satan.
Witches had invaded Salem. In February the village began praying and fasting in
order to rid itself of the devil's influence. The girls were pressured to reveal
who in the community controlled their behavior. Three women were identified and
examined. One, Tituba (a slave), confessed to seeing the devil who appeared to
her "sometimes like a hog and sometimes like a great dog." Even more troubling,
Tituba confessed that a conspiracy of witches permeated Salem Village.
In March the afflicted girls
accused Martha Corey. The three women previously denounced as colluding with the
devil were marginal to the community. Martha Corey was different; she was an
upstanding member of the Puritan congregation - her revelation as a witch
demonstrated that Satan's influence reached to the very core of the community.
Events snowballed as the accusatory atmosphere intensified and reached a fever
pitch. During the period from March into the fall many were charged, examined,
tried and condemned to death. The hangings started in June with the death of
Bridget Bishop and continued through September. As winter approached, the
hysteria played itself out as criticism of the procedures grew. In October, the
colonial governor dissolved the local Court of inquiry. The convictions and
condemnations for witchery stopped. Nineteen victims of the witch-hunt had been
hanged, one crushed to death under the weight of stones and at least four died
in prison awaiting trial...
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The
seeds of the hysteria that afflicted Salem Village, Massachusetts were sown in
January 1692 when a group of young girls began to display bizarre behavior. The
tight-knit community was at a loss to explain the convulsive seizures,
blasphemous screaming, and trance-like states that afflicted the youngsters. The
physicians called in to examine the girls could find no natural cause of the
disturbing behavior. If the source of the affliction was not attributable to a
physical malady, the community reasoned that it must be the work of Satan.
Witches had invaded Salem. In February the village began praying and fasting in
order to rid itself of the devil's influence. The girls were pressured to reveal
who in the community controlled their behavior. Three women were identified and
examined. One, Tituba (a slave), confessed to seeing the devil who appeared to
her "sometimes like a hog and sometimes like a great dog." Even more troubling,
Tituba confessed that a conspiracy of witches permeated Salem Village.
In March the afflicted girls
accused Martha Corey. The three women previously denounced as colluding with the
devil were marginal to the community. Martha Corey was different; she was an
upstanding member of the Puritan congregation - her revelation as a witch
demonstrated that Satan's influence reached to the very core of the community.
Events snowballed as the accusatory atmosphere intensified and reached a fever
pitch. During the period from March into the fall many were charged, examined,
tried and condemned to death. The hangings started in June with the death of
Bridget Bishop and continued through September. As winter approached, the
hysteria played itself out as criticism of the procedures grew. In October, the
colonial governor dissolved the local Court of inquiry. The convictions and
condemnations for witchery stopped. Nineteen victims of the witch-hunt had been
hanged, one crushed to death under the weight of stones and at least four died
in prison awaiting trial...
The Biblical
Succubus (Lilith): When the
Almighty created the first, solitary man, He said: It is not good for man to be
alone. And He fashioned for man a woman from the earth, like him (Adam), and
called her Lilith. Soon, they began to quarrel with each other. She said to him:
I will not lie underneath, and he said: I will not lie underneath but above, for
you are meant to lie underneath and I to lie above. She said to him: We are both
equal, because we are both created from the earth. But they did not listen to
each other.
When Lilith saw this, she pronounced God's
avowed name and flew into the air. Adam stood in prayer before his Creator and
said: Lord of the World! The woman you have given me has gone away from me.
Immediately, the Almighty sent three angels after her, to bring her back. The
Almighty said to the Angels: If she decides to return, it is good, but if not,
then she must take it upon herself to ensure that a hundred of her children die
each day. They went to her and found her in the middle of the Red Sea. And they
told her the word of God. But she refused to return. They said to her: We must
drown you in the sea. She said: Leave me! I was created for no other purpose
than to harm children, eight days for boys and twenty for girls. When they heard
what she said, they pressed her even more. She said: I swear by the name of the
living God that I, when I see you or your image on an amulet, will have no power
over that particular child. And she took it upon herself to ensure that, every
day, a hundred of her children died. That is why we say that, every day, a
hundred of her demons die. That is why we write the names Senoi, Sansenoi and
Semangloph on an amulet for small children. And when Lilith sees it, she
remembers her promise and the child is saved.
Execution of Johannes Junius for Witchcraft: Johannes Junius ( 1573- August 6, 1628) was the Burgomeister of
Bamberg, famous today for his letter written to his daughter from jail while he
awaited execution for witchcraft...
From The Hebrew
Myths by Robert Graves and Raphael Patai (New York: Doubleday, 1964)
Presented here is a chapter discussing Lilith, taken from Hebrew Myths:
The Book of Genesis by Robert Graves and Raphael Patai (New York:
Doubleday, 1964), pp 65-69. Graves and Patai have collected traditional
Hebrew myths that amplify (and sometimes radically alter) stories found in the
Book of Genesis. This chapter, titled "Adam's Helpmeets", deals in part with
the Lilith myth. Each section of the chapter excerpted here recounts a
"story" collected from non-biblical sources, frequently the Talmud -- sources
are footnoted. The footnotes are followed by notes of author commentary.
Hebrew Myths is recently back in print in a new hardcover edition . The
best detailed discussion and historical evaluation of the Lilith myth will be
found in The Hebrew Goddess, by Raphael Patai (Wayne State University
Press, 3rd edition, 1978). Patai presents an in-depth evaluation of the
important but oft ignored role played by the feminine in Hebrew myth and
religion, following the story of the Hebrew goddess from antiquity through its
manifestations in Kabbalah and in the developing myth of Lilith. We highly
recommend this work to those interested in the story of Lilith. Those
interested in the Lilith myth might also find interesting an essay discussing
Gnostic creation mythology and the important role played by the feminine in
the unique Gnostic reading of the Book of Genesis:
The Genesis Factor:
Gnostic Creation Mythology.
Chapter 10: Adam's
Helpmeets (Excerpt from The Hebrew Myths by Robert Graves and Raphael
Patai (New York: Doubleday, 1964), pp 65-69.)(a) Having decided to give Adam a helpmeet lest he should be alone of his
kind, God put him into a deep sleep, removed one of his ribs, formed it into a
woman, and closed up the wound, Adam awoke and said: 'This being shall be
named "Woman", because she has been taken out o f man. A man and a woman shall
be one flesh.' The title he gave her was Eve, 'the Mother of All Living''. [1] (b) Some say that God created man and woman in His own image on the Sixth
Day, giving them charge over the world; [2] but that Eve did not yet exist.
Now, God had set Adam to name every beast, bird and other living thing...
A
ouija board is a medium through which messages are supposedly communicated by
the dead to or through the players of seance. Ouija boards are also known as
"witch boards" and "talking boards." The nickname "ouiji" or "weejie" is also
used quite a bit. The word "ouija" is actually a combination of two words, the
french word "oui" and the German word "ja." Both words mean "yes" in
english.
Many Spiritualists and investigators into the occult have held that the
board is a means for making direct contact with the dead and that the messages
which are spelled out are from the dead. Others have held that the messages are
suggestions from the unconscious mind or the result of muscular tension and
unconscious direction of the hand. The playing pieces consist of a game board
(like a Monopoly board) and a pointer, called a planchette. The game
board has all the letters of the alphabet written on it. The numbers 0-9 are
also usually included, along with yes/no and hello/goodbye spaces. The layout
of a typical board looks like this: The pointer is made of plastic or glass, and
either points to the letters with one end or has a clear window embedded in it
through which one can view the letters.To play, two or more people lightly touch
the pointer and concentrate on a question. Now, first place your fingers (this
works best with a friend, by the way) gently on the glass and concentrate. Than
after having asked the relevant question, the glass will start to move and point
to various letters, which will form words and sentences and provide with the
answer to your question .The pointer may work as the result of tiny involuntary
physical movements, and the messages you see are coming from your subconscious
or psychic mind...
In every
culture the human imagination has populated the world with extra-dimensional
denizens (EDDs) and created myths about the dangers of dealing with them.
Peter Coleman offers this meditation on the similarity between modern
alien abductors and the fairies, angels, demons and elementals of older
mythologies. According to
the Encyclopædia Britannica, a djinn
(jinni or genie) is “in Arabic mythology,
a supernatural spirit below the level of angels and devils. Ghul
(treacherous spirits of changing shape), ifrit (diabolic, evil
spirits), and sila (treacherous spirits of invariable form), constitute
classes of djinn. They delight in punishing
humans for any harm done them, intentionally or unintentionally, and are said
to be responsible for many diseases and all kinds of accidents; however, those
human beings knowing the proper magical procedure can exploit the
djinn to their advantage.”
Djinn feature heavily in the classic ancient story
anthology collectively known as The Arabian Nights or Thousand and
One Nights. The Rev George Fyler Townsend, in his notes to a Victorian
edition, tells us that: “These tales are furnished
throughout with a certain imaginary machinery. They have, as their foundation,
the perpetual intervention of certain fantastic beings, in most cases superior
to man, but yet subordinate to the authority of certain favoured individuals.
These beings may, for our purpose, be generally divided into genies,
whose interference is generally for evil; pens whose presence indicates
favourable issues to those whom they befriend; and ghouls, which have a
less direct control over man’s affairs, but represent any monster repugnant or
loathsome to mankind.” In my travels
to India and Pakistan, I have come across a widespread belief amongst, in
particular, the older generation of Muslims in the actual existence of
djinn. Belief in the reality of the
djinn is held as easily as belief in other
natural forces such as light or darkness...
As the name sufficiently indicates, demonology is the
science or doctrine concerning demons. Both in its form and in its meaning it
has an obvious analogy with theology, which is the science or doctrine about
God. And with reference to the many false and dangerous forms of this demonic
science we may fitly adapt the well-known words of Albertus Magnus on the
subject of theology and say of demonology, A daemonibus docetur, de daemonibus
docet, et ad daemones ducit ("It is taught by the demons, it teaches about the
demons, and it leads to the demons"). For very much of the literature that comes
under this head of demonology is tainted with errors that may well owe their
origin to the father of falsehood, and much of it again, especially those
portions which have a practical purpose (what may be called the ascetical and
mystical demonology) is designed to lead men to give themselves to the service
of Satan.
There is, of course, a true doctrine
about demons or evil spirits, namely, that portion of Catholic theology which
treats of the creation and fall of the rebel angels, and of the various ways in
which these fallen spirits are permitted to tempt and afflict the children of
men. But for the most part these questions will be dealt with elsewhere in this
work. Here, on the contrary, our chief concern is with the various ethnic,
Jewish, and heretical systems of demonology. These systems are so many that it
will be out of the question to deal with them all or to set forth their
doctrines with completeness. And indeed a full treatment of these strange
doctrines of demons might well seem somewhat out of place in these pages. It
will be enough to give some indication of the main features of a few of the more
important systems in various lands and in distant ages. This may enable the
reader to appreciate the important part played by these ideas in the course of
human history and their influence on the religion and morals and social life of
the people...
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The Biblical
Succubus (Lilith): When the
Almighty created the first, solitary man, He said: It is not good for man to be
alone. And He fashioned for man a woman from the earth, like him (Adam), and
called her Lilith. Soon, they began to quarrel with each other. She said to him:
I will not lie underneath, and he said: I will not lie underneath but above, for
you are meant to lie underneath and I to lie above. She said to him: We are both
equal, because we are both created from the earth. But they did not listen to
each other. 
From The Hebrew
Myths by Robert Graves and Raphael Patai 
A
ouija board is a medium through which messages are supposedly communicated by
the dead to or through the players of seance. Ouija boards are also known as
"witch boards" and "talking boards." The nickname "ouiji" or "weejie" is also
used quite a bit. The word "ouija" is actually a combination of two words, the
french word "oui" and the German word "ja." Both words mean "yes" in
english.
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As the name sufficiently indicates, demonology is the
science or doctrine concerning demons. Both in its form and in its meaning it
has an obvious analogy with theology, which is the science or doctrine about
God. And with reference to the many false and dangerous forms of this demonic
science we may fitly adapt the well-known words of Albertus Magnus on the
subject of theology and say of demonology, A daemonibus docetur, de daemonibus
docet, et ad daemones ducit ("It is taught by the demons, it teaches about the
demons, and it leads to the demons"). For very much of the literature that comes
under this head of demonology is tainted with errors that may well owe their
origin to the father of falsehood, and much of it again, especially those
portions which have a practical purpose (what may be called the ascetical and
mystical demonology) is designed to lead men to give themselves to the service
of Satan.
