Episode 43: Bewitched, Bothered and Burnt, The Honest Truth about Witch Hunts

Double, double, toil and trouble! The Two Humans grab their wands and broomsticks and fly off to discover the truth about witches and witch hunts. Episode 43: Bewitched, Bothered and Burnt: The Honest Truth about Witch Hunts An Intro to Anthro with 2 Humans Human Number One, John McCray, and Human Number Two, John Lehr, re-assess what it means to be human. http://www.intro2anthro.podbean.com https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100093893313542 IG @introtoanthrowith2humans   Resources: Ben-Yehuda, Nachman 1980 The European Witch Craze of the 14th to 17th Centuries: A Sociologist’s Perspective. American Journal of Sociology, Jul., 1980, Vol. 86, No. 1 (Jul., 1980), pp. 1-31.   Caporael, Linnda R. 1976 Ergotism: The Satan Loosed in Salem? Science, New Series, Vol. 192, No. 4234   Chollet, Mona 2022 In Defense of Witches: The Legacy of Witch Hunts and Why Women are Still on Trial (Helen Weaver, trans.). St. Martin’s Griffin, New York, NY.   Combs, Josiah Henry 1914 Sympathetic Magic in the Kentucky Mountains: Some Curious Folk-Survivals. The Journal of American Folklore, Jul.-Sep., 1914, Vol. 27, No. 105 (Jul.-Sep., 1914), pp. 328-330.   Gibson, Marion 2023 Witchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials. Scribner, New York, NY.   Harold, Laura 2023 Magical Thinking in Generalized Anxiety Disorder. Verywell Mind, January 3, 2023, www.verywellmind.com/magical-thinking-in-generalized-anxiety-disorder-4151291.   Lovering, Cathy 2022 Demystifying Magical Thinking. PsychCentral, April 16, 2022, psychcentral.com/ health/magical-thinking. Mackay, Christopher S.  2006 The Hammer of Witches: A Complete Translation of the Malleus Maleficarum. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.   Matossian, Mary K. 1982 Views: Ergot and the Salem Witchcraft Affair: An Outbreak of a Type of Food Poisoning Known as Convulsive Ergotism May Have Led to the 1692 Accusations of Witchcraft. American Scientist, July-August 1982, Vol. 70, No. 4 (July-August 1982), pp. 355-357.   Paste Staff 2023 The 30 Best Movies about Witches. Paste Magazine, October 16, 2023, www.pastemagazine.com/movies/witches/the-25-best-movies-about-witches.   Roach, Marilynne K. 2002 The Salem Witch Trials: A Day-by-Day Chronicle of a Community under Siege. Taylor Trade Publishing, Lanham, MD.   Schoeneman, Thomas J. 1975 The Witch Hunt as a Culture Change Phenomenon. Ethos, Winter, 1975, Vol. 3, No. 4 (Winter 1975), pp. 529-554.   Simmons, Marc 1980 Witchcraft in the Southwest: Spanish and Indian Supernaturalism on the Rio Grande. University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, NE.   Snow, Loudell 1979 Mail Order Magic: The Commercial Exploitation of Folk Belief. Journal of the Folklore Institute, Jan. - Aug., 1979, Vol. 16, No. 1/2 (Jan. – Aug., 1979), pp. 44-74.   Wilgorin, Jodi 1999 Don’t Give Us Little Wizards, The Anti-Potter Parents Cry. The New York Times, November 1, 1999, www.nytimes.com/1999/11/01/us/don-t-give-us-little-wizards-the-anti-potter-parents-cry.html.   Yu, Mallory 2020 Opinion: Harry Potter’s Magic Fades When His Creator Tweets. NPR, June 10, 2020