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Old 02-22-2007, 05:35 PM   #18 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by AlicornsPrayer View Post
Considering that not one person killed during those trials were witches...

Sorry Jeff. You many believe the hype of those times but I don't. And I think that anyone within the Pagan communities that try the 'Look we're prosecuted, all you have to do is look at the Salem trials' need a good swift kick in the bumm.

The Salem Witch Trials were started by girls trying to get attention. Then it mushroomed and anyone with a vindetta against another accussed that person of being a witch. Nothing but innocents were accused in those trials and I for one am thankful that their good names were cleared.
The salem witch trials were started because of ergot in thier grain, which is what LSD comes from. They were all tripping face which lead to odd behavior and the accusations.
There was one girl in Salem, that was a slave, that was practicing here native African tribal religion, which was preceived by the Puritans as witchcraft.
Here is one of the many links on this:

Ergot Poisoning (LSD) - the cause of the Salem Witch Trials - PBS Secrets of the Dead
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