WITCHES-THE ACCUSED
The Healers
The followers of Diana and Herodias
HERETICS
Manichees
intolerance of the Manichees paving the road for the witchcraft persecutions
Manichaeism-1. a syncretistic religious dualism
originating in Persia, widely held in the Roman empire during the
third and fourth centuries A.D. and in central and eastern Asia for a
longer period, and teaching as a saving wisdom given through the
Hebrew prophets, Jesus, and Mani that a cosmic conflict exists between
a good realm of light and an evil realm of darkness, that matter and
flesh are in the realm of darkness, and that a man's duty is to aid
the forces of good by practicing asceticism esp. by avoiding
procreation and animal food.
Waldenses- a religious movement that originated in 12th
century France, the devotees of which sought to follow Christ in
poverty and simplicity.
Cathars
Albigenses
Vaudois
benandanti
LISTS
- All the lists I have are combined in a
timeline
- A description of people accused of witchcraft.
- The families of the deceased; relatives of witches.
- Marc Carlson's lists of witches
- in North America
- in Germany, Austria
- in France
- in Italy
- in The Lowlands
- in Switzerland
- in England, Ireland and Scotland
- Hexenwahn und Hexenverfolgung in und um Schwabisch Hall- list of witches from Schwabish Hall, German dating 1562-1592.
- A list of witches in Belgium, diocese of Malines, (1565-1793).
- Witches mentioned in the Malleus Malificarum.
- The Pagan 200 list of accused witches here is a link to the original list maintained by Joe Bethancourt ioseph@primenet.com
- Search for a witch (search above files for particular name, place, word, whatever
CASE STUDIES
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