179 | Witch Trials
What to Expect:
The second installment of our spooky psychology month! Witches and witchcraft have a long and complex lore. But one of the creepiest things about witches is how the fear of witches was used to bring harm against so many people for so long. This episode explores the terrifying history of the persecution of people accused of practicing witchcraft. Also, turns out “witch hunts” aren’t as outdated as they might seem….
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Links for Today:
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/03/witchcraft-juliet-diaz/605518/ (The Rise of Witchcraft)
https://youtu.be/rW4XFiHUQAs (Crashcourse on persecuting witchcraft)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60653.Cows_Pigs_Wars_and_Witches (Cows, Pigs, Wars, and Wtiches by Marvin Harris)
https://www.theskepticsguide.org/our-book (The Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe Book)
http://hca.gilead.org.il/tinderbx.html (The Tinderbox by Hans Christian Anderson)
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179 | Witch Trials | Why We Do What We Do