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Hey Chuck, it could also be argued that Mary terminating her pregnancy would have spared humanity from the Crusades, the Holy Inquisitions, the witch-trials, the Russian pogroms and the Holocaust!
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Or the part with the medieval witch-trials - real wizards and witches were quite safe from the Inquisition since they could simply protect themselves from fire, but they never made any attempt to save those countless innocent humans who were burned at a stake instead of them.
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Wasn't that how the Salem witch-trials had happened, anyway?
Omnibus Lackey, Mercedes 1993
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During the ascendency of the Presbyterian party from 1640 to the assumption of the Protectorship by Cromwell, witches and witch-trials increased more than ever; and they sensibly decreased only when the Independents obtained a superiority.
The Superstitions of Witchcraft Howard Williams
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Towards the close of the century witch-trials still occur; but the courts of justice were at length freed from the reproach of legal murders.
The Superstitions of Witchcraft Howard Williams
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The acts of Incubus assume an important part in witch-trials and confessions.
The Superstitions of Witchcraft Howard Williams
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The question of familiars is one which has always puzzled the student of witch-trials, and almost more than any other has been the cause of the belief that hysteria and hallucination were the foundation of the witches 'confessions.
The Witch-cult in Western Europe A Study in Anthropology Margaret Alice Murray 1913
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The Forfar witch-trials give much information: Helen Guthrie
The Witch-cult in Western Europe A Study in Anthropology Margaret Alice Murray 1913
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It will be observed that the cases are from England and New England only; if the phenomena of polymastia and polythelia occurred in France and Scotland, there are no records of the fact in the witch-trials of those countries.
The Witch-cult in Western Europe A Study in Anthropology Margaret Alice Murray 1913
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This accounts for the fact, commented on by all students of witch-trials, that a witch was often condemned even though she had invariably used her skill for good and not for evil; for healing the sick, not for casting sickness.
The Witch-cult in Western Europe A Study in Anthropology Margaret Alice Murray 1913
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