And So They Celebrate Pagan Days In Our Public : AND SO THEY CELEBRATE PAGAN DAYS IN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS October 31 a Fertile Day for Witches.--On Hallowe'en teachers and parents encourage, and children indulge their whole hearts and minds in celebrating this event. Doubtless very few teachers, certainly not very many parents, and hardly any...
Puritans Raised Hell With Witches In Early Days : PURITANS RAISED HELL WITH WITCHES IN EARLY DAYS Salem Witches Were Hanged.--The witches of our own New England were largely the development of too-serious interpretations of Biblical law and injunction; actually, by law, authorities (under pressure of the church leaders) took numerous lives...
Untitled : THE REALNESS OF WITCHCRAFT IN AMERICA... BY A. MONROE AURAND, JR. [1942, Copyright Not Renewed] Title Page What Makes a Man Superstitious; His Religion, or a Lack of It? Witchcraft And Beliefs In Evil Spirits Came To America Long Ago Puritans Raised Hell With Witches In Early Days Strange Evoluti...
Witchcraft And Beliefs In Evil Spirits Came : WITCHCRAFT AND BELIEFS IN EVIL SPIRITS CAME TO AMERICA LONG AGO Witches Active in Middle Ages.--In the middle ages in Europe there was great activity in "witchcraft." Then came a time when the Popes took cognizance of the practices to which the layman of the church, and outsiders, were...
What Makes A Man Superstitious. His Religi : WHAT MAKES A MAN SUPERSTITIOUS; HIS RELIGION, OR A LACK OF IT? "THERE'S WITCHCRAFT IN PENNSYLVANIA AND WHEREVER ELSE YOU WANT TO FIND IT--IN AMERICA! Preposterous; I don't believe it; Impossible; Nothing to it; Well, I know where; They say it's true; She's an old Witch," or, "He's a Devil"--sayings...
A Witch Case In The Making That Never Went : A WITCH CASE IN THE MAKING--THAT NEVER WENT TO COURT (YET)! Many "Witch" Cases Never "Ripen."--While we have not recorded the complete history of witchcraft in Pennsylvania by any means, the reader will surely have attained some new slants on this vague subject. We cannot prove the existence...
Who Gets Hurt If Our Witchcraft Is Taken From Us : WHO GETS HURT IF OUR WITCHCRAFT IS TAKEN FROM US? Students Afraid of This Subject.--Our interest in preparing this account is merely to "clear the atmosphere." A discourse dealing with the subject of witchcraft in Pennsylvania has been wanting for years. We find ourselves in a pathetic sort...
Charms And Trinkets Are Revered : CHARMS AND TRINKETS ARE REVERED BY MANY OF OUR PEOPLE Many Charms May be Used.--We mention but a few good luck and health charms, all worn in the hope of avoiding evil, or ill-health--which is just another name for evil (witches). There is the garlic sack; onions; stockings; the bag or sack with...
Title Page : THE REALNESS OF WITCHCRAFT IN AMERICA... WITCH-DOCTORS POW-WOWS ANGELS HEX APPARITIONS HEXEREI DEVILS SEX WITCHES OR NO WITCHES, YOU SHOULD READ THIS ACCOUNT! BY A. MONROE AURAND, JR. THE AURAND PRESS LANCASTER, PENNA. [1942] Scanned And Proofed By Eliza Fegley At Sacredspiral.com, November 2003...
Those Little 'differences' Between Science : THOSE LITTLE "DIFFERENCES" BETWEEN SCIENCE AND FOLKLORE No Witches--No Angels.--The reader must reach this conclusion in his own reasoning--we are not intent on persuading you to believe something you do not want to believe; persuasions are not made that way. If we do not have witches, as some...
Some Of The 'famous' Witch Trials In Pennsylvania : SOME OF THE "FAMOUS" WITCH TRIALS IN PENNSYLVANIA Early Witch Trial in Pennsylvania.--To illustrate the extremely fortunate circumstances in having so few witch trials in Pennsylvania, we bring to you reference to the first reported case (which turned out to be not much of a case at all), in which...
Strange Evolution For Getting Rid Of Evil Spirits : STRANGE EVOLUTION FOR GETTING RID OF EVIL SPIRITS Chasing Witches a Religious Rite.--Witches can make themselves "at home" in many ways. According to a "ritual" of Jewish behavior, it appears witches can get into clothes and into man over night; lying-in women should be apprehensive of "evil...
