WITCHCRAFT 



WITCH-HAZEL 



thnr power to oppose tin .In tit,- of reason 



:iti.| hllim- 



Tin Deeded 



Upon I l lief HI lli- 



U .it" \ il In 



< inntiM- i 'i unseen 



di nions into 'ion- 



l-i pninifn >"'' 



lipse was interpn t..l a- the 



..f :i ill '1111)11. :itl'l drums \\, D to 



,|m. lli.- n ' iv Th- 



di-< a-e jjro\v- din dlv out nf 

 rteWJ pnmitiM- exorcism draws .1 ,t of 



. potwibly I'.v :i mac',- itOOfl 

 . possibly by incantation- 

 - of illness, such MS rpilep-y. with its 



i oatortiont, failure of -ness 



tronnly l.rar out thi- 



, \|.| niaiion. 1'nder the mcenti\e of an ad- 

 the kim'.dom 'id angels 



is sot up auam-t tin- kingdom of tvil an.l de- 

 mons, of light au'im-t dirkne.v*. of In > 

 against hrll. Tin- \\oik of the | >, \ il i- d. t, 

 in crime ami temptation ami MIL Tin re arise 

 Mich ii ali-tir imagining- MS vamp itch- 



thi blood of living \irtim- 

 i so late as 1788 an ipili-phr lad had 



-i\iii d< \ ll- r\orci-i d l>\' M'\III cli U'\ UK n in 

 th, T, mplr ( 'huirh. London I 



SUppOSed tO IDHIIUatr |||IIIIM|\, , into tin- 

 I. o.l n -i of patunt> and altark lunatic- at full 



moon D, monology includ. d th. h, lu-f in 

 were-wolvea (posKiMv to \plam nociurnal 

 :i-dations) and th< p..\\. i ..f \\itchrs to . 

 th' nisclves into such form-. In later be- 

 th, \\nch turnrd into moir innocent crea- 

 I, such as hares. On no more convincing 

 thin ihii ,.i a child who saw a hag 

 lOOf ami tin in M mom, nt | , 

 run l>v ulule th, \\om .m had 'disappeared, was 

 she accused of turning In r-i If into a hare by 

 uii, hcraft. 

 \\ hil i ivagant fancies of d monolo^y 



'he uli. i d an essential 



part of the \\oild of idcan \\huh made the 



il'li . \\ilhout it the 



n li^iou- p,.j... ., M |d not h |ff 00) MM. d 



U i' i, hgiouH 



ntal attitude that has 

 I a large part m ci\ih/ation 

 The Salem Witchcraft. Reference has been 

 made above t < acnce of witchcraft m 



Salem, Mass. U hi. that city bears the greater 

 Iniiili U in connection V.MI, thm delusion m 

 1 1 " i : . . d States there were persecutions, also, 



m Othei parts of Massachusetts and m Con- 



tieuf ami Virninia. Iii Siili'in the* per- 



dlle to the Illiquid, d 

 ' In I . faih' 



and 01 iior. Throunh a work entitlid .Wrmo- 

 rabi. Hilnttnj and 



Pos*' d Ins pulpit uttrnintvH 1 



the peoj'le to fli ll/V III 1092 a tlllie \\h< I 



lif in \M' is abating in Iairo|M Nm. - 



i. . n p, op|, u, i, put tQ dl ktfa : t ,-on\iction 

 as witch. | persons \- 



in pn-on when the jinl.lic .. I to 



i \iews a few month- later. No further 

 - utions shamed the \ colonies. 



The End in Europe. In Kimland the last 

 trial for witchcraft OCCUTTt d in I 



i - < i . a woman, was not col,-, ieted iu tin 



ition occurred in Scotl 

 and \\a> followed in ]7.'Jo by laws repeal in 



ft lating to Witchcraft < >n th Conti- 

 nent many of the p,a-anti\ 



to influence their liven. JJ. 



Consult (JuinnM-re's \\'itrhi-r,ift nml (Jtial 

 History of English Witchcrnft 



t<> \nrioiiH llrllrfH. The articles on 



the fnllMwIn^ tnpl'-^. while all do not IHMT on 

 \\ii- < y be of lnti-r-st In n 



A I, homy 



W 

 Clalnr< 



< 'on jurlng 

 I i. in,. i, 



I 'l\ ill.ltlull 



l-'alili Cure 

 i Ism 



im 

 i lm 

 EUadinf 



PalalBtry 



1 AnalynlH 



S|>lrliiiallnm 



SlllM MttSClOUB 



till, m 



Ti ,:.. 



WITCH-HAZEL, a tall shrub of the wood- 

 landH.of Kiustern Cmtod States and Canada, 



easily diMini.-ui-h d l-\ d and cu: 



bran. .. ir t. ndriicy to 



and point in all 'wigs 



I used by treasure seekers as divining rods, 



: ip. rn it'll .1 pou, i t|,, 



plant WIIM thus supposed to possess it was called 



the witch-lin:i I. 



hnib is its un- 

 usual season of bloom In < < t,.l,. r or No 



i.dlniK of the leaves, which th, 

 >ts have turned a clear ycllu. th, 

 straggling branches are n -.nh th. 



<lusters of the Ion 



do not ripen until the f,,|. 

 year, and tin n tin liullethk. seeds are 



