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Fantasy Fiction Telegram, v. 1, issue 3, December 1936
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FANTASY FICTION TELEGRAM in the fifteenth century, His book, "The Witches' Hammer" attracted general attention in Europe therebye causing a dread hitherto unknown. He is reputed to have sentenced to death at one time a hundred old women for Witchcraft. When he was bitterly reproached for his cruelty he appealed to Innocent the Eighth. The Pope supported Springer by a bull adhering that witches should be persecuted and punished with death. Belief in witches became a reality. Neither old age or tender youth escaped. Witches were commonly believed to fly through the air after annointing their body with slave. They were believed to cast spells on their enemies and each year attend the Walpurgie Night on May Eve. Dr. Bartholomew de Spina, magister of the papal palace in 1525, in his work, "Quoestio de Strigibus" cites a number of interesting cases. He relates that one Augustus de Turre, a famous doctor of his time, returned to his home one late night in Burgamo from Pedua. His repeated knocks on the door elicited no response from his servant. Angry and perplexed, he crawled through the first floor window intending to scold her. He found her senseless and entirely naked on the floor of the room. He tried to shake her awake but his efforts were in vain. When morning arrived she recovered her senses, and the good doctor demanded an explanation. She confessed that she had flown through the air and had attended the Witches Festival. Dr. Spina relates another interesting case; that of the diocese of Como in Laguma. The wife of the notary there had been held by him to be a saint, but his suspicions were aroused in the following way. On one Good Friday he could not find her in the house. In his search he found her completely naked lying in the pigsty covered with the filth of the swine. Her (Page 13)
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FANTASY FICTION TELEGRAM in the fifteenth century, His book, "The Witches' Hammer" attracted general attention in Europe therebye causing a dread hitherto unknown. He is reputed to have sentenced to death at one time a hundred old women for Witchcraft. When he was bitterly reproached for his cruelty he appealed to Innocent the Eighth. The Pope supported Springer by a bull adhering that witches should be persecuted and punished with death. Belief in witches became a reality. Neither old age or tender youth escaped. Witches were commonly believed to fly through the air after annointing their body with slave. They were believed to cast spells on their enemies and each year attend the Walpurgie Night on May Eve. Dr. Bartholomew de Spina, magister of the papal palace in 1525, in his work, "Quoestio de Strigibus" cites a number of interesting cases. He relates that one Augustus de Turre, a famous doctor of his time, returned to his home one late night in Burgamo from Pedua. His repeated knocks on the door elicited no response from his servant. Angry and perplexed, he crawled through the first floor window intending to scold her. He found her senseless and entirely naked on the floor of the room. He tried to shake her awake but his efforts were in vain. When morning arrived she recovered her senses, and the good doctor demanded an explanation. She confessed that she had flown through the air and had attended the Witches Festival. Dr. Spina relates another interesting case; that of the diocese of Como in Laguma. The wife of the notary there had been held by him to be a saint, but his suspicions were aroused in the following way. On one Good Friday he could not find her in the house. In his search he found her completely naked lying in the pigsty covered with the filth of the swine. Her (Page 13)
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