Witchcraft Trials in the 20th Century!

Wow! Whatever happened to freedom of religion? I mean, most wiccans practice wicca as a religion and don't go around casting spells on people for their own purposes. That's the golden rule of wicca! (Three times three) You know, whatever you do unto others will come back on you threefold. I practiced wicca for awhile but haven't been for years, and I used to hear a lot of mixed reactions to this, but for people to let their fear take over and take action against someone in that way is ludicrous! Even if the girl did "cast a spell" to make the teacher sick, it only worked because the teacher believed it did! It's a shame to see our country moving backwards and disregarding the Constitution on so many levels... right up to the White House! When did people stop paying attention to the Bill Of Rights?

That was an interesting piece you posted the link for, Riptide. I should not have read that so late at night! Now I am agitated and disturbed (once again) by the ridiculous and heinous acts that people will commit over things that they misunderstand. Our present world is, possibly, no less littered with these kinds of incidents than our past is. I believe that we are, quite likely, still under the influence of 'fear,' which causes stupid actions and decisions, based as far back as the First World War. Do you think we have ever recovered from the PTSD experiences and influences of the world's first global war? I think that we all need to LEARN MORE and ACT LESS, especially where understanding individuals is concerned. I am glad I read that piece, Riptide, but I guess I decided to allow my thoughts to take a very serious and agitated turn after reading the material. More than feeling this way, what does one DO - after reading something like that? How does one make a difference so that things like that don't occur again? Other events in more recent years have been quite as bad as what was in the Paranormal Report site article, too. Again, atrocious action taken against misunderstood people, whereby the result is PERMANENT. People assigned to jail cells who are innocent, people executed who are later found out to be blameless for crimes... I think I will go find a comic book to read before I turn in tonight lol

This and other awful occurrances is a sign that tolerance and understanding are in need of a serious makeover... along with a dose of neighborly love.

1944 was in the middle of the second world war, and one of these women was a medium who was found to be releasing military secrets before the were ready to be released, one was about the sinking of a ship. Later on whe was arrested and tried as a witch because it was suspected that she was releasing secrets about the 'D-Day Landings' which again could have been very useful to an enemy. One of the reasons for the trial was to try and discredit her, otherwise she would have been tried (and probably hanged) for treason, but this would have given legitamacy to what she was saying. Sometimes in the middle of a war it is necessary to revert to extreme measures for the good of the country and help prevent unnecessary loss of life. I hadn't heard ot the recent trial, but from looking at the story it is difficult to decide if the trial was necessary or not.

No the witch hunts have not stopped or even slowed down. Example, the witch hunt for the real perpatrators of 911 and who planted the demolitions. Nothing has changed in the history of man, stupidity reigns supreme.

That is a very strange thing in the new millenium