E316 Em's Apothecary and a Tincture of Frenzy
And That's Why We Drink
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Satan and Beelzebub
In the 1500s, Satan and Beelzebub were two of the main demons often attached to witchcraft. They played roles in witch accusations because witches were often angry at someone in town. Sabbaths often involved excessive feasts and that would be gluttony. A lot of roots of all of those stereotypes were actually rooted in anti-Semitism.
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