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0:10 Salem, Massachusetts. In 1692 0:13 twenty young women were tried and executed
for practicing witchcraft. 0:18 Now, two hundred years later, more than
400 women practice the Black Arts a 0:23 sorcery
0:23 Why? And, especially, why here? 0:26 I'm Leonard Nimoy. In: " In search of
Salem witches" 0:59 The woman calls herself "A witch". She
claims to be performing an ancient 1:04 ceremony of candle magic.
1:06 The power of the planets has been petitioned and as the paper burns
1:11 a spell is cast. This writer of witchcraft is being practiced in Salem
1:16 Massachusetts 1:17 A place where people believed: to be
a witch is were once put to death. 1:49 This series presents information based
in part on theory and conjecture. The 1:53 producers purpose: is to suggest some
possible explanation but not necessarily 1:58 the only ones
1:59 to the mystery we will exempt. 2:07 Salem Massachusetts is richly endowed
with history and culture. 2:11 For most of us it is still best known
as the side of America's witch trials. 2:17 The past has left a permanent mark
2:21 and Salem has come to embrace the witch 2:24 at least in some respects.
2:27 The witch is the town's symbol and also a constant reminder
2:30 Of a rain of fear and terror . 2:34 The witchcraft hysteria of 1692 actually
began here, 2:41 in the neighboring city of Danvers. It
was once called Salem Village. 2:45 Doctor Linda Caporale
2:49 is a social psychologist.She has studied the witchcraft hysteria
2:53 that once swept over the people here. Recently she visited the Historical
2:58 Society in Danvers 3:00 In December
3:03 In 1691 eight girls 3:07 were afflicted with what puritans called
"Diabolism" 3:11 these were characterized by
3:15 Delusions, another by 3:19 severe convulse sets, by gestures
3:23 By the slurred speech. The girls were examined and
3:27 judged to be possessed. 3:31 Several months later and accusations
3:34 in witchcraft for many and these were taken quite seriously by the
3:39 Community. Now we have the beginning of witchcraft trials.
3:46 They were had full of frenzy.The girls told the court of numerous people who
3:51 they felt were in league with the devil. 3:53 In 1692 witchcraft
3:56 was a capital offense. At the end 4:00 Of the Salem Witchcraft Trials 20 people
had dying. 4:06 Nearly all of the victims were hung here
4:12 on Salem's Gallows Hill. Now it's old 4:16 and deserted playground. At the cemetery
in Salem 4:21 lie the bodies are some other judges
who presided 4:24 at the trials.
4:31 Despite its terrible history, witchcraft now thrives in Salem.
4:36 Meet Laurie Cabot - the city's official witch.
4:40 People commonly don't understand what witches are..
4:44 The exact definition 4:47 that Webster's Dictionary halls and it
says that 4:51 witch is a hack who concords with the
demons 4:54 And Devils or makes a pact with the devil
in blood 4:58 People also believe that witch is probably
5:03 Drink blood and eat babies. And,of course, that's not true.
5:07 The word 'witch' comes from the words 5:10 Magath Mazhai and a great word "magi"
5:14 which still means witch today and a word "witch" means wise person
5:19 A seeker of knowledge-basically. 5:25 In the centre of Old Salem stands a shop
called "Crows Haven corner" 5:29 it's a kind of a sorcery boutique which
was opened by Laurie Cabot 5:33 It has become a popular gathering place
for those who claim to be witch is. 5:46 The shop has appealed to curious tourists
5:52 but it also stocks the herbs and potions that are needed
5:55 By a witch. 5:59 Lorie's daughter, Jodie is an actively
practicing which 6:03 It's the wonderful sense if the person
you know or 6:06 like to know in the area. It will just
by smelling the scent of the Britannia. 6:11 Lorrie's younger daughter,Penny will
soon become a member 6:16 Of the coven.
6:23 Lorrie's coven has gathered to initiate a new witch.
6:42 The initiated is Penny, Lorrie's 16 year old daughter.
6:47 This rarely photographed ceremony is based on ancient rites.
6:51 Today it is an amalgam 6:55 Of many different practices gathered
over the centuries and adapted to modern 6:59 times
7:05 Lorrie begins the rite by casting a magic circle
7:12 around the entire coven. 7:23 Each witch is there immanent.
7:33 I charge this circle to protect us from all negative and positive energies and
7:38 forces that may come to do us harm. 7:40 So mote it be. (chorus) So mote it be.
7:43 I'm draught to the center of this circle, 7:46 The energy of the Universe and the wisdom
of the Pentacle. 7:51 So mote it be. We are tied your hands
in infinity. 7:58 We send our creativity to the Earth
8:01 To the Eidos and Logos. To the Aces, to the Great Mother
8:04 and a Holy Maiden. 8:44 I charge you: "A witch"
8:47 A coven's witch. 8:49 I give you the wisdom the universe, I
give you the responsibility 8:55 on creativity, fertility to all
8:59 wonderful things to the Earth. So mote it be. So mote it be.
9:08 By her mother's declaration 9:09 Penny Cabot has become a witch.
9:20 As a new witch in the coven it is now Penny's duty to perform alone
9:25 -a sacred ritual. 9:28 In a forest, not far from Salem
9:31 Penny gathers the tools to cast a spell from pine needles,
9:36 leaves ,from her witch's court. She was summoned the powers
9:41 she needs. The spell will be for herself .
9:46 it will focus and concentrate her natural powers of witchcraft
9:57 Her wand is a branch she has found. 10:00 With it, she scribes a circle that she
hopes will harness the earth's natural 10:04 powers
10:05 to strengthen and protector. 10:09 Today in Salem alone at least 400 people
call themselves 10:15 "Witches". All are active and deeply
committed. 10:19 Being witch to me means being a friend
of your surroundings 10:23 being able to use force in mind and
make life around you 10:26 work more for you to help other people.
I became a witch because my goal in 10:31 life is to raise my consciousness
10:34 And it's a tool to do that. I'm a witch because I know better myself and the people
10:40 and animals around me. I became witch just by
10:43 basically getting involved in Arcot man is in the morning to know about
10:48 on the faces a consciousness which i think is really important
10:51 because we don't use enough brain capacity to begin with. The best thing about
10:55 being a witch 10:56 is being able to use the vibration of
material things to work for you and environment 11:00 I can control my environment through
correct thinking to bring the correct mind into
11:05 the 11:06 atmosphere by concentrating. I don't
think everyone should be a witch. I don't 11:11 think it's for everyone because to be
a witch is a commitment. 11:14 and to commit yourself you have to spend.
11:17 A good deal if you're like studying , learning about the world around you,
11:21 various things if we do hearings we have to know about anatomy, have to be willing
11:26 to make that kind of commitment and it's not for everyone.
11:29 For Laurie Cabot every member's of the coven, witchcraft is not an idle interest.
11:36 It is an integral part of their lifes. 11:45 At 6am most of Salem Massachusetts is
still asleep. 11:49 For Laurie Cabot it is a time when the
day begins. 11:53 For Lori
11:59 witchcraft is not something dark or a secret.
12:02 It is power and a knowledge to be shared. 12:05 She does so every morning for a Boston
radio station- 12:10 it's Lori cabbage daily witch report.
12:13 ...So,let's find out what's happening out there cosmically speaking
12:16 with the Good Witch of the East-it's Lori territory here.
12:20 it's Friday, June 12, good morning everyone.The moon in the sky and the
12:24 emphasis is on, 12:25 good manners, consideration and tact.
Venus 12:29 Saturn and Neptune a harsh they sell
hurt feelings are bound to happen. 12:33 Just bless out and fantasize a lot of
rainbows. 12:36 This is Laurie Cabot, grand witch from
Salem. 12:40 Remember: every angle is a beginning
12:43 and for all of us this is law. When he had to go in,
12:47 and then, we must withdraw. Stay my way.
13:00 Like most witches, Lori believes she is expert at making potions at all times.
13:07 When the potion is nearly done she ambuse it with her old power.
13:11 This potion is for protection-it meant to be rubbed on the skin.
13:18 I charge this potion to protect 13:21 Me from all negative and positive energies
and forces 13:26 That may come to do harm.
13:29 So mote it be. 13:35 A potion is a pungent mixture containing
sea salt, 13:39 Water, frankincense, malt and her hair.
13:43 Three times a week Lori travels to the nearby city of Danvers.
13:48 The purpose of her trip is not to practice witchcraft
13:52 but to teach it to interested students. Welcome to witchcraft 2 class.
14:02 This is the class where you're going to learn about witch tool.
14:05 It's our most exciting class, it's fun do it.
14:08 Mixing potion, magic wands 14:12 or anyone thing that is so fabulous-it's
for us. The magic wand is 14:16 Extremely forceful-this is sterling
silver, it has a pentacle on the top. 14:21 We have potions.
14:24 The potion must be contained in a bottle, 14:27 And we will learn how to make a potion
for every sign of disorientation. 14:31 We're going also know how to make
14:34 Our witches sachet. 14:37 This is the Healing sachet, orange for
Mercury. 14:41 A healing came here is something very
simple. 14:44 This is sea salt, for example, very
simple thing. 14:47 What we're going to do --is teach accommodations
about these things 14:52 How to put them together and actually
perform to put a star 14:57 Together and do your magic and use your
energy and willpower. 15:01 To heal and to change things and how
15:04 may be changed the weather. This must be very important to all of you.
15:08 June 21st for most of Salem 15:14 marks the beginning of summer --for
witches is it is a high holiday 15:19 a time for celebration and worship-
15:22 it is the summer solstice. 15:26 Laurie Cabot conducts a magic circle
with a coven. 15:29 I charge this circle
15:33 To protect us 15:35 among negative and positive
15:39 energies and forces that may come to do us harm.
15:43 So mote it be. So mote it be. 15:48 On the solstice we draught in the energy
of the Sun 15:52 Into this place, may allow it to circulate
15:56 in this circle. 15:59 So mote it be. So mote it be.
16:08 I charge this chaos 16:11 To the energy of Jupiter and the sun
and a gift to to the Great Mother. I say: So mote it be. So mote it be.
16:15 Those, who today practice a witchcraft 16:21 regarded as a religion. It has only
been in recent times, there is an orthodox 16:25 rituals have even been tolerated.
16:31 We ask that we be granted correctness 16:33 Balance, purity
16:37 and the power 16:39 Of the forces in this circle. For the
good for all people 16:42 So mote it be. So mote it be.
16:54 We now hold this energy within our bodies 16:58 Every witch is now full of power, uniting
and concentrating their energy. 17:07 Finally, the magic circle is uncharged.
17:17 The circle is broken 17:26 if Laurie Cabot had practice witchcraft
in colonial Salem she most certainly 17:30 would have been hanged.
17:31 In the 17th century spirits, devils, and demonic possession
17:35 was ought to be very real. Witches were believed to be the human servants
17:39 Of evil. Even so what was the reason that Salem village suddenly fell into a
17:45 Violent episode of 17:46 witchcraft hysteria? Talked to Lynda
Caporale has carefully developed a new 17:51 and compelling theory. Since the time
in the senate child's 17:55 there have been numerous explanations
as 2d causes 17:59 on the crisis and these explanations
include that there was mass hysteria 18:05 that there was fraud that the cross
was 18:09 play-acting and that they falsely accused
people there 18:13 Another explanation is that they're
was indeed witchcraft in the neighborhood 18:17 the girls have been involved it became
mentally ill as a consequence 18:22 kill peace explanations are not really
18:25 adequate because they don't address the originating causes are the symptoms
18:30 which first cost puritan so much concern 18:33 I think that the eap the original causes
18:37 Of the girls behavior and this behavior was but started the Christ
18:41 as eating contaminated bread and bread is contaminated with a parasitic fungus
18:47 known as 18:47 URGA. URGA is a fungus which grows on
brain 18:51 most special MRI and it has a number
18:55 To pharmacologic agents in it especially one call "I saw URGA" from witch
19:00 Hysteria was arrived. Was the Salem Witchcraft hysteria
19:04 the result of demonic possession or over them unknown former of chemical poisoning?
19:10 The symptoms are alluted to a new trial records:
19:13 Pinpricks, choking disorderly behavior and
19:17 Convulsions: these are all kinda symptoms that you would expect
19:22 from compulsory criticized 19:25 Was this the devil loosed in Salem 1692?
19:31 Today the people have Salem seem at least
19:33 to tolerate their witches and the public practice of witchcraft
19:38 is taken in stride. Laurie Cabot it claims to have the power to radically change
19:44 the weather 19:45 on the waterfront of Salem to give it
a try. 19:49 Iconic Archangel Uriel
19:54 to come and do my bidding. 19:59 I call
20:03 An Archangel Gabriel to come and do my bidding.
20:11 I call an Archangel Michael to to come and do my bidding.
20:15 I call 20:21 An Archangel Raphael to come and do
my bidding. 20:35 The weather did change a little but
no one seemed to mind. 20:40 I don't have any objections to witchcraft
in Salem. I enjoy it-it's 20:44 Good for my business
20:45 I have any objection of I I think if they wanna
20:48 practice witchcraft they should be able to and it's great that they're doing their
20:51 own thing 20:52 witchcraft stories to go around here
20:55 through a lot of people and well it's clear that in the Bible
20:59 the witchcraft is condemned I have and the people who are packed thing it are
21:04 not condemn if they're willing to 21:06 given up later just on postponing
21:10 Their source is what am I enjoy. 21:13 if they work for the truth source and
I just I'm 21:17 are playing into the devil's hands which
they're doing for their consciousness 21:23 The proud witches in Salem don't give
us any problems-they are 21:26 very law-abiding. people often ask me:
21:32 do you think the witch trials are over in Salem? could witches be persecuted
21:36 Again? 21:37 I have feeling because of luck of education
21:41 there is a possibility people's believe systems
21:45 that it could happen again if we do not educate yourself well enough. people need
21:52 an excuse the expression scapegoat on 21:56 somewhere to put their anger and their
unexplained happenings 22:00 but if they really khow what we know
it could never happen again 22:05we don't intend it to happen. It won't
happen to the witches asylum 22:09 I can guarantee you that.Despite some
horrifying 22:13 past witchcraft in Salem is alive and
well 22:17 and determine to survive
22:24 witchcraft hysteria 22:26 scriptures Salem nearly 300 years ago
and did 22:29 as quickly as it began many of the accusing
girls made poignant public 22:34 apologies
22:35 and Massachusetts became the first state to remove witchcraft from its catalogue
22:39 of capital offenses 22:41 the perhaps the worst of all demons
and devils 22:44 are ignorance intolerance and fear