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The Witch Craze (Radio Edit)

You're Dead to Me

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Why Scotland Burns Witches

In england, hangs them or crushes them. Of god. In spain theyl also burn them. And whereas in new england, like england, they hang them. If you think the crime of witchcraft is heresy, then you need to burn them. But if it's a maleficium - so doing harm with magic, and that's a crime under law, then you are hanged like a murderer or a thief. That ilow. It's so weird, isn't it? Because you have to believe that magic is real, yes, to believe that that woman is guilty of it. At the time, it was orthodox doctrine to find and search out witches

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