The Salem Witch Trials, had its dealings with the supernatural world, people afflicted (or bewitched) seeing “witches’ in their visions, a “mysterious” man taunting people to sign his book, or even unexplained deaths of livestock or even an infant. Whatever it may have been, the people of Salem Village all assume that it is “supernatural.” Samuel Parris and others speculate that anything supernatural is because of the doings, or even presence of the devil. It is this concept that brought forth the Witch Trials which convicted over two-hundred, and nineteen of them hanged. Their convictions stemmed from people who bewitched, seeing them in visions. Some were even accused, due to the fact that they could foresee the future (“fortune telling”).
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Many have exclaimed him to be the devil. By the beliefs of the puritans, the man who appeared in any supernatural visions (towards any of the afflicted victims), it was easily assumed to be the devil. There are also other accounts to say that it was George Burroughs to be the man behind it all. Burroughs was convicted of being the “alleged leader of the conspiracy.” Burroughs was a likely suspect to the witch hunt, considering he had past ties with Salem Village. He has been seen in visions, by many of the afflicted girls, torturing them into signing a book. Mercy Lewis, a woman that once lived with Burroughs said she saw an apparition of him: “And he brought to me a new fashioned book which he did not use to bring and told me I might write in that book, for that it was a book that was in his study when I lived with him. But I told him I did not believe him, for I had been often in his study but I never saw that book there.” If she was right, that would make George a liar. It could be possible that this book wasn’t just anything, but the book of the devil. It was a way to lure women and men into selling their souls to the devil (by marking their names in it), making them into witches and servants to the
Many have exclaimed him to be the devil. By the beliefs of the puritans, the man who appeared in any supernatural visions (towards any of the afflicted victims), it was easily assumed to be the devil. There are also other accounts to say that it was George Burroughs to be the man behind it all. Burroughs was convicted of being the “alleged leader of the conspiracy.” Burroughs was a likely suspect to the witch hunt, considering he had past ties with Salem Village. He has been seen in visions, by many of the afflicted girls, torturing them into signing a book. Mercy Lewis, a woman that once lived with Burroughs said she saw an apparition of him: “And he brought to me a new fashioned book which he did not use to bring and told me I might write in that book, for that it was a book that was in his study when I lived with him. But I told him I did not believe him, for I had been often in his study but I never saw that book there.” If she was right, that would make George a liar. It could be possible that this book wasn’t just anything, but the book of the devil. It was a way to lure women and men into selling their souls to the devil (by marking their names in it), making them into witches and servants to the