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Originally posted by The Wanderer:
And I never did put together why it was that if all these people being put to death had fantastic powers due to an alliance with Satan himself, not a single one ever could manage to save their life from some simple ropes and fire. Odd, isn't it?

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Originally posted by Babylon the Bride:
Nyssa, I think you need to consider the attitude at the time: Dying and going to heaven was the reward.
It was what you looked forward to, the final bombastic recompense for all that mediaeval hardship.
So it wouldn't have been "burn as a witch" or "drown as an innocent" but: "burn as a witch and continue burning in hell" or "get what you always wanted: free ticket to heaven".

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Charges of nocturnal conspiracy, black magic, child murder, orgiastic sexuality and perverted rituals were nothing new in Europe when they were applied to witches. They had been used against the early Christians, then later against Jews, lepers and heretics, […] the stereotype is obvious; it consisted of inverting all the positive values of society, adding a lot of lurid details (often borrowed from earlier allegations) then throwing the resulting bucket of filth over the selected victims.

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