Black John's Office of Witch Trials

Welcome to Black John's Office of Witch Trials where I hold all of the information that pertains to the earlier days of Witchcraft, Salem, and the hanging hysteria. If you have any information that pertains to my office, please e-mail it to BlackJohn. Thank you very much.

Listen to the story of Salem Witch Trials as written by L. J. Smith and read by Marcy.

The Salem Witch Trials

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Witch Hunt Part Two

Here is a song that Red sent in from an "Inkubus Sukkubus" CD that deals with the Witchcraft trials. She wrote: "It's from the track Burning Times which is basically about the Inquisition and the killing of the innocent for their own religious reasons...The chorus is pretty much self explanatory, but I take it as an important lesson that means that our generation has a voice, has the power and has the opportunity to never let those dark days happen again..."

"Forget not the days of old
And recall the stories told
Of the burning and the screams
Did they ever haunt your dreams?

There was a time when freedom died
It was an age of genocide
The Inquisition at the door
The church of Rome in a holy war
The broke children on the wheel
In the madness of their zeal
In the shadow of their wake
The innocent burning at the stake

Children resist a return to the burning times
People be wise to the power of their lies
Be not fooled as those who were fooled before
Children, oh children, be free, be wild

They came to bring the 'good news'
To burn witches, pagans, Jews
Said they were the Shepherd's sheep
Whipped old women through the streets
Then the turning of the tide
From the truth they could not hide
Now the darkest age has passed
The Goddess has returned at last!

Children resist a return to the burning times
People be wise to the power of their lies
Be not fooled as those who were fooled before
Children, oh children, be free, be wild."

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