Ceremonial magic and divination were considered heresy and immediately outlawed by the church. By the 's, witch hunts began to break out across Italy and Spain. In the late 16th-century, English Protestants condemned all forms of magic. The response from the Catholic Church then accused Protestants of being witches and consorting with the devil.
This split in Christian beliefs led to the most heinous acts being committed against people accused of witchcraft on both sides. Historians call this the most brutal witch hunt in human history.
Witch hunts still surface occasionally in Africa and Asia. Today, many elderly women are murdered by their neighbors on accusations of being witches. This can be seen predominantly in India and several countries in Africa. Some nations still have laws prohibiting the use of witchcraft. Hutton's "The Witch" is a historical account witch hunts all around the world. Twenty years of research went into writing this book. Hutton warns that witch hunting is not dead. It is still very much alive and could potentially get worse.
According to Fowler:. John Hale, who was an eye witness to many of the transactions at Salem village, and one of the minsters called for consultation, that Mr. Parris proceeded with caution at the commencement of the troubles, and was anxious to seek council and advice.
He likewise wished to inform himself on the subject of witchcraft, and for that purpose received as a loan from Dea. We are among those who believe Mr.
Parris was honest in his belief in witchcraft, and that he was not moved in his affair by personal malice, or the desire to promote the cause of religion in his Parish, as has been supposed by the author of the History of Danvers. We have not as yet, found a particle of evidence, that he entertained ill will against those who were accused and executed.
John Wesley Hanson, the author of the previously mentioned History of the Town of Danvers, accuses Samuel Parris of being the driving force behind the accusations and suggests Parris could have prevented the witch trials from happening but instead encouraged them:. Tituba afterwards declared that Mr. Parris had whipped her until he forced a confession from her! Parris seems to have been not quite so malignant as these and some others; he seems to have been desirous of using this excitement to promote a religious awakening in his parish…Had Mr.
Parris and others, whipped their children for accusing instead of whipping them to oblige them to accuse, this great blot upon human nature might have been prevented.
This is a fact because the girls did behave afflicted during the examinations. Whether they were merely pretending to be afflicted is unknown. Parris never made any claims himself about seeing spectral visions or suffering fits or any other claim the other witnesses testified about. Parris has often been accused of being over officious, and a swift witness against the accused at the courts. Parris could not be said to have been a chief witness in the prosecutions, although he may be said to have been a frequent corroborating witness with his neighbors.
The chief witnesses were the accusing girls, as they were called. At the preliminary examinations before the magistrates, Parris and others were required to be present, when the depositions were taken down, as related by the girls, and afterwards made use of at the trials by the courts. These being given in and related by children, and young persons, the Court required an endorsement from some older persons, who witnessed their supposed afflictions, and could attest to their depositions.
It is in this way Mr. Parris appears to have been frequently at the examinations of those accused of witchcraft, and put questions to those on trial.
He also acted as a recorder to the magistrates more frequently than others. The reason for his being often employed by the courts was simply because he was requested to do so, and was discovered to be well qualified for that purpose. It was his practice to take down the examinations in short hand, — he being a good stenographer, — and then write them out in full, in a plain, legible hand.
Meanwhile, Parris also oversaw the excommunication of several convicted witches in his church and even delivered the news to the victims themselves. One such victim was Martha Corey, whom Parris visited in prison in September, according to the church record book:.
Lords day Sister Martha Corey taken into the Church. Accordingly this The 3. The lawful captive, the captives of the mighty, are sometimes delivered. Parris House, illustration published in Old Naumkeag, circa This appears to actually be an illustration of the parsonage addition built in The last hangings of the Salem Witch Trials took place on September 22, Shortly after, the court banned spectral evidence , which made most of the witchcraft accusations baseless, and the witch trials began to die down.
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