Introduction

Witches have been around pre history, meaning that when history starts all over the european near eastern world, you find peoples who fear witches and often persecute people as witches. Puritanism is exceptionally fertile soil for witchcraft beliefs to sprout and flourish. And there is this biblical text that appears to tell you to kill witches - it's in the book of exodus. The most devout bornagain christians are those who feel themselves on a hot line between god and their enemies. They are always on the lookout for the devil and his works which includes witchcraft. In early modern europe, people who believe most fervently in the figure of the satanic witch are people who are