Magic realism

of it could only come from the devil. Witches had the pleasure of copulating with the devil. Witches were supposed to cause sexual dysfunction in men. They were also accused of abortion and giving birth control advices. The church believed that the magic originally came from the body temptation,…

The legacy from goat-devil connections appears as a reality concerning demonic “human” manifestations witnessed by numerous references. Conspicuously, demons persisted being linked to malformed persons described as goat or demon monster babies. Plato and Aristotle mention these deformities in their writings. Bother philosophers discuss such phenomenon as humans producing grotesque children that resemble animals instead of their parents called terata. Moreover, the ancient Talmud mentions…

The Year of Magical Thinking (Pg. 208-217) Section Synopsis This section is dominated by her reminiscing about her husband, but her thinking has changed since earlier in the book. Instead of showing the same desire to bring to husband back, to ‘think magically’, she becomes more reflective, thinking of mistakes made by her during her marriage. She mentions she had trouble thinking of herself as a wife just as much as she struggled with her widowhood. She criticises her role as a wife,…

Fauxwood Plantation Shutters Give Style Antebellum One of the most romantic periods of architecture and interior designs is referred to now as the antebellum period, which literally translates as ‘before the war’ – in this case, the American Civil War. In particular, the antebellum design refers to the old South, with elegant plantation homes appearing in the early 1800s, characterised by Greek or Classical revival touches or the grand federal style. Today, this period is much sought after by…

Paganism is a very ancient religion the word paganism comes from the word "pagus” which means a "country dweller or villager" This is not a christian religion it is stated that paganism is older than Christianity. Paganism is a polytheistic or pantheistic nature-base religion. Pagans worship many Gods and Goddess or they just chose one or the other to work with Pagans are not set in stone type of people there are many different traditions throughout paganism. Most pagans do not tell everyone…

In 1692, Massachusetts Bay Colony became a site of mass hysteria, defined by Merriam-Webster, as a situation in which a myriad of people behave or react in an extreme or uncontrolled manner as a result of fear or anger. This mass hysteria dispersed itself throughout the region of Salem, involving witchcraft accusations that ushered in a period of trials, torture, imprisonment, and executions. By the time the trials came to a halt, an astonishing 20 people were executed, while an additional 162…

Witchcraft was a very serious topic in Salem. For just one act of witch craft a woman could have been set to prison or hanged. The causes for this were the fact that they were settled in a new area and it was very difficult for them. While adjusting to a place after leaving home can be difficult, I personally think that in the stress of getting their new life settled they started to practice forms of witch craft. Another reason that caused witchcraft was religion. The puritans were so religious…

The witch trials of Salem occurred in Massachusetts between the years of 1692-1693, this is considered a dark time in American history. It first began because of a group of girls who became very ill after playing some sort of game. During this time period more than two-hundred people were accused of practicing witchcraft. A majority of the accused were women. If and when you were accused everybody would turn against you until you were able to prove them wrong which was hard to do. Women who had…

The Salem Witch Trials were incidents, which took place in the 1600’s, and which had proved the absolute devotion the Puritans had to God. The people of Salem targeted others, and even put them to death, for their ‘betrayal of God’ through any kind of unexplainable incidents that are given the scapegoat of witchcraft, even though it was never explicitly against any kind of law in their colonies. This same type of event has happened again and again throughout the history of the United States, and…

tribal culture of the places where he traveled to but what most intrigued him was tribal ritual magic. Once he was back home, he began taking part in rituals. They even went as far as casting a spell to prevent Hitler from crossing the sea. What Gardner wanted was for Wicca to reach the masses so he published a book called High Magic's Aid under a pseudonym, which was the first published account of Wiccan magic. Although a fascinating story, I do not feel that…